Introducing our new faculty members: Ricard Gil
November 16, 2018
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This profile is part of a series highlighting some of the new faculty members who have recently joined the Queen's community. The university is currently in the midst of the principal's faculty renewal plans, which will see 200 new faculty members hired over five years.
Ricard Gil (Smith School of Business) sat down with the Gazette to talk about his experience so far. Dr. Gil is an associate professor of business economics.
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Fast Facts about Dr. Gil
Department: Smith School of Business
Hometown: Barcelona, Spain
Alma mater: Harvard 카지노게임사이트 (post-doctoral fellowship), 카지노게임사이트 of Chicago (PhD), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (undergraduate)
Research area: Organizational economics
Hobbies include: European football, Netflix (House of Cards), food, sports
Tell us a bit about your academic journey.
I completed my PhD at the 카지노게임사이트 of Chicago. My first job was at 카지노게임사이트 of California in Santa Cruz 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ which was a lovely place to be, at least for a little while. I recommend Northern California to everyone.
While at UCSC, I took a one-year hiatus to complete a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Business School. I was offered tenure at Santa Cruz, but made what might be considered an unconventional decision카지노 게임 컬렉션¦I instead took an offer without tenure at John Hopkins 카지노게임사이트. I was single and young back then, so it made sense at the time.
In between, I took a year off and visited the MIT Sloan School of Management and the department of management at the London School of Economics.
Hopkins was a good experience as I had never taught in graduate programs before. I also met my wife and started my family in Baltimore.
I have lived in three different time zones since moving to North America 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ it has been an interesting journey so far!
What are you researching right now?
My scope of research has to do with firm behaviour. It카지노 게임 컬렉션™s all about governance.
The idea is, for very simple transactions like you and I going to the grocery store카지노 게임 컬렉션¦there카지노 게임 컬렉션™s no governance for that. Why? Because it is very simple. You go to the store, you buy a product, they give you a receipt which is a contract that states if the product is not in good condition you can bring it back.
The world is not always characterized by these very simple transactions 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ especially when you have firm to firm, firm to government, or government to individual relationships. The complexities can come from the fact there are more than two parties involved, or how to define the limitations and the contributions of each party. You need to establish a good governance model in these cases.
I study how transaction characteristics drive the adoption of different governance models. I have studied it in the airline, movie, and TV industries카지노 게임 컬렉션¦and I once even studied dry cleaning.
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How did you decide this was what interested you, and that you wanted to research it?
You are basically able to observe the same sort of transaction, under the same circumstances, and understand why the diversity of governance models happens. I find that interesting.
I always thought that, through the study of many years, one comes out with many questions which others might not be reflecting on. I like to communicate those.
If I get to shake students out of their comfort zone and make them think in a way that is not conventional, it카지노 게임 컬렉션™s a good day. That카지노 게임 컬렉션™s what keeps it interesting.
What do you do for fun?
I am a soccer fan 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ I root for Barcelona. I like sports in general 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ European football tends to drive my weekend.
I like to travel. I watch a lot of movies and shows 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ not as much as I used to, with young kids I don카지노 게임 컬렉션™t travel as much anymore, and don카지노 게임 컬렉션™t get to watch movies in-flight. Having said that, I just finished the latest season of House of Cards. I am always looking for new shows.
How did you decide Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s was the right fit for you?
While I was at Hopkins, I came to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s for a research seminar. I met some people and liked my experience here. There was a job opening a few months later and some of the people I met encouraged me to apply.
Kingston seemed more attractive than Baltimore, and the university카지노 게임 컬렉션™s student profile made it seem like a pretty good deal. So my family moved to Kingston in May 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ mainly to avoid moving during winter! My wife is happy, my four-year-old is enjoying his school, and our nine-month-old doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t seem to mind.
I am looking forward to teaching next year once it is determined who I am teaching. I hear very good things about Smith undergraduates.
In the meantime, I am helping the school with some committee work, getting ready for winter, and conducting some research and supporting my colleagues카지노 게임 컬렉션™ research. And I am once again navigating the bureaucracy to obtain Canadian permanent residency 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ I currently hold Spanish and U.S. citizenship.