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Prof. Lisa from University of Miami Visited SPA

On June 3, 2015, President Fan Libo warmly received Prof. Lisa and attendant teachers and students, who came from University of Miami to visit School of Public Administration, UIBE.

Firstly, Prof. Fan extended a warm welcome to Prof. Lisa and attendant teachers and students,and introduced Prof. Geng Huifang to them. Prof. Geng delivered a unique lecture on Yunnan Puerh - Nestle’s Chinese Green Coffee. This lecture covered market price changes, technical help from nestle coffee to Puerh-area farmers, the future and challenges of China's coffee market. After the lecture, the teachers and students made in-depth exchanges on issues of particular interest. After the meeting the students visited the School History Museum and the campus.

Then Prof. Lisa exchanged ideas with teachers from School of Public Administration(SPA) and School of Business on internationally-released green supply chain. Prof. Lisa briefly introduced the authority and the importance of Journal of Supply Chain Management (JSCM) and then made analysis of related methodology: case study, interview, ethnography, survey, laboratory tests, general data analysis, concept and theory construction, and social network analysis. Finally the two sides made a heated discussion on the issue process of JSCM and recently hot-spot research field. The meeting ended in a happy atmosphere and they exchanged the gifts.

Prof. Lisa taught logistics and supply chain management courses, who is a distinguished professor in the field of supply chain management areas from School of Marketing, University of Miami, Ohio State, United State. Her main research interests include sustainable procurement, transportation, supply chain management, service industry procurement and supply chain management, offshore and outsourcing, supply chain cost management, etc. Her articles were published on the Journal of Supply Chain Management (JSCM), California Management Review, MIT Sloan Management Review Industrial Sales Management, Service Journal Management, Logistics Business Weekly, etc. She served as Director of ATK Strategic Supply Leadership Center and members of CAPS Director Research Council, and gave speeches in 20 countries around the world.