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DR. AHMED IBRAHIM GHONEIM 


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1. Academic Positions 
2. Permanent Address 
3. Education 
4. Academic Experience 
5. Business Experience 
6. Scholary Publications 
7. Professional Affiliation 
8. Honours and Awards 
9. References 
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Professor Ahmed I. Ghoneim
 

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

 Dean’s Advisor for Development and Accreditation & professor of Marketing, Faculty of            Economics and Administration, King AbdulAziz University, Saudi Arabia.
  Professor of Marketing & Advertising, Cairo University,  Egypt.
  Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM),  The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

  Ex-Dean, College of Management, MSA University, Cairo, Egypt


 

PERMANENT ADDRESS

HOME (correspondence)

12 Salama El-Rady St.,
Al-Ahram Avenue, Giza,
Cairo, Egypt, 12111.

Tel/Fax: (002) 02 56 86 700

Mobile phone: (002) 0101428693
E-mail: aghoneim@kaau.edu.sa       
 

OFFICE

Faculty of Econ & Admin.

King AbdulAziz University,

P.O. Box 80201, Jeddah, 21589

Current Phone: (++966) 507523871   

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Bus. Admin., Pennsylvania State University, USA, May 1987.
M.S., Bus. Admin., Pennsylvania State University, USA, May 1983.
M.S.,  Bus. Admin., Cairo University, Egypt, May, 1975.
B.S., Bus. Admin., Cairo University, Egypt, May, 1966.

  • MAJOR FIELD:       Marketing.
    MINOR FIELD (1):  Statistics.
    MINOR FIELD (2):  Behavioral Sciences.
     

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Business Marketing, Research Associate, Penn State University, USA.

Principles of Marketing, Grad. Lecturer, Penn State University, USA.

Several Marketing and Bus. Admin. courses in English, (including Organizational  Behavior, Public Relations, Communications, Purchasing and Inventory Control), Visiting Professor,  English section, Helwan University, Egypt.

Several Marketing and Bus. Admin. courses (including Principles of  Management,  Principles of Marketing, Advertising, Purchasing and Inventory  Control, Production     Management, Sales Management, Public Relations), Visiting Professor, Cairo, Sudan and United Arab Emirates University.

Several Marketing and Bus. Admin. courses Graduate and  Under-graduate, (including  Principles of Marketing, Personnel, Purchasing and Inventory Control, Research  Methodology, Feasibility Studies, Marketing Research),  Asst. Professor, Cairo University, Egypt.

Several Marketing and Bus. Admin. courses, (including Marketing Research, Principles of Marketing, Purchasing and Inventory Control, Material Management, Advertising, Marketing Channels, Consumer Behavior, Principles of Management, Sales Management, Marketing Strategies),  Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates University, UAE.

Several courses in the English section, Cairo University, Egypt.
Several Marketing courses, October University (MSA), Egypt.
Several course in the English section, Mansoura University, Egypt.
Several Marketing courses, Misr International University (MIU), Egypt.
Marketing Management MBA program, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
Marketing Management (MBA level), Arab Academy for Science & Tech., Egypt.
Advanced Marketing (MBA level), Arab Academy for Science & Tech., Egypt
International Marketing, Arab Academy for Science & Tech., Egypt
Consumer Behavior, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.
Marketing/Customer Interface (Graduate), American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.

  Marketing Channels, Faculty of Econ & Admin, King Abdul Aziz University, KSA.

  Principles of Marketing, Faculty of Econ & Admin, King Abdul Aziz University, KSA.

  Principles of Marketing, MBA, Faculty of Econ & Admin, King Abdul Aziz University.

Consumer Behavior, M. Sc., Faculty of Econ & Admin, King Abdul Aziz University.

   Marketing Management, M. Sc., Faculty of Econ & Admin, King Abdul Aziz University.

   Advanced Marketing, EMBA, Faculty of Econ & Admin, King Abdul Aziz University.

    Services Marketing, MBA, Jedda Outreach program, Maastricht Management School.

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BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
 
Consultant to Rose Enterprises Inc.,
USA, 1987.

Consultant to a number of Egyptian and USAID Projects in Egypt.

Consultant to RADAR, company for Consulting, Training, & Info. Tech., Egypt.

Consultant to Al-Ain Advertising, UAE.

Participated in developing a major in Marketing for the College of Business and Economics, UAE University, UAE.

Developed a major in Marketing for Commercial Education, Ministry of Education, UAE.
Participated in developing a strategic plan for the College of Bus. & Econ., UAE Univ.
Participated in Examining and Evaluating the Marketing program of both Ajman College and Sharjah College for the Ministry of Higher Education, UAE.

Developed and conducted several training courses in several areas of Marketing for several  customers in Egypt and UAE.

Referee, Journal of Academy of Business Administration, USA.
Referee, Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing,USA.

International coordinator, Academy of Business Administration (ABA), USA.

Reviewer, several marketing & management academic journals in several Arab countries.

Coordinator, Accreditation process, Faculty of Econ & Admin with AACSB.

 


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SCHOLARLY  PUBLICATIONS
 
Publications are in chronological order:

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1986), "Power and Influence Structure within the Organizational Buying Center", Report No. 13/1986, ISBM, USA.

Wilson, David T. and Ghonein, Ahmed  I. ,(1986), "Transferring Organizational Buying  Behavior Theory Across Cultural Boundaries", In Turnball and Paliwoda (eds), Research in International Marketing, London: Croom Helm.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1989), "Philosophy of Science: Recent Developments  and Implications for Developing an Egyptian Marketing Science", The Egyptian Journal for Commercial Studies, Vol. 13 # 5, pp. 1-29.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1991), Strategic Marketing Management, (in Arabic), Cairo: Dar El-Nahda.
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Ghoneim, Ahmed I. and El-Ansary, Osama , (1991), "An Analysis of the UAE Consumers Adoption of the Electronic Bank Services (ATM & Phone Banking), The Review of the Faculty of Commerce , Assiut University, # 17, pp. 153-192.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1992), "Perceived Risk Effect on Egyptian Industrial Buyer Search for Information Behavior", Journal of Business Administration, Accounting, and
Insurance, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, # 44, pp. 1-61.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1992), "Attitudes of UAE Consumers Towards Direct Mail-Order Technique", Journal of Business Administration, Accounting, and  Insurance, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University,  # 44, pp. 265-305.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1993), "Information Sources for Organizational Buying Decisions: A Cross Cultural Study",  Advances in Competitiveness Research, Vol..1, No. 1, pp.157- 166.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1995), "Organizational Buyers' Search and Selection Behavior: A Comparative Analysis",  Trends in Modern Business , ABA, Reno, NV., pp. 482-491.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1996 & 1999), Fundamentals of Marketing with Special Reference to UAE and Gulf, (in Arabic), Dubai: Dar el-Kalam.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1996), "Effect of UAE Consumers' Perceptions of USA on their  Attitudes Towards American Products" , ABA, Miami, Fl., USA, 9-14 April.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1996), "Competitiveness of Egyptian products in UAE Markets," Egyptian Journal for Commercial Studies, Vol., 20, # 1, 1996.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1997), "Effect of Ad System and Ad Language on Memory for TV Commercials: An Experimental Study", International Conference of IABD and Tanta University, Cairo, 2-4 August.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1997), "Analysis of Tourists' Satisfaction with Egypt as a Tourist  Destination", Money & Commerce, #339, July.

Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (1999), "Vertical Marketing Systems: Future Research Trends", Annual Conference of Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities, Cairo, 29-30 April.

 Hagen, A., Amin, S. and Ghoneim, A. (2000), “How do African-American College Students Perceive Sales Jobs as a Career?” International Conference of ABA, London, August 14-21.

 

 Ghoneim, Ahmed I., (2003), "The Introduction of Environment-Friendly Products: an  Opportunity or a threat?” To be published.


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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
 
American Marketing Association, USA.
Academy of Marketing Science, USA.
Academy of Business Administration, USA.
American Society for Competitiveness, USA.
Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.
Gulf Marketing Association, Bahrain.
Consumer Protection Association, UAE.
Arab Management Association, ARE.

Egyptian Association for Marketing Experts, President Elect, (under establishing)


 

HONORS  AND AWARDS

Beta Gamma Sigma, National Honorary Business Association, USA.
Alpha Mu Alpha, National Honorary Marketing Association, USA.
Scholarship from Egyptian Ministry of Education to study in USA.
Assistantship from the Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Department nominee for the Best Researcher Award, College of Bus. UAE Univ.
Department nominee for the Best Teacher Award,
College of Bus. UAE University.
International Dedicated Service Award, International Coordinator,  Academy of Bus. Admin., USA.
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REFERENCES

Dr. David T. Wilson, Professor of Marketing and Managing Director of ISBM, Penn State University, 701 BAB, University Park, PA., 16802, USA,  Phone: (001-814) 865-2219 (office).

Dr. Gary Lilien, Professor of Marketing and Research Director of ISBM, Penn State  University, 701 BAB, University Park, PA., 16802, USA. Phone: (001-814) 865-1869     (office).

Dr. Aly Abdul-Meguid and Dr. Shawky Hussein, Professors of Bus. Admin., Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Phone: (00202) 5728765 / 5726166 (office)

Dr. Amr Mortagy, Ex- Dean, College of Econ. & Admin. Sciences, UAE University, UAE, currently at American Un. .in Cairo, Phone: (00202)3504010 (home).

Dr. Mahmoud Bazaraa, Ex-Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Phone: (00202) 572 8371 (office), 337 0488 (home).
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