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Eugene Kaciak, Ph.D
Brock University
Faculty of Business
Department of Finance,
Operations, and Information Systems
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1
Tel. (905) 688-5550 ext. 3902
Fax. (905) 984-4188
E-mail ekaciak@brocku.ca
Website http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~ekaciak
A. FORMAL EDUCATION
1973-1977
Department of Econometrics
Faculty of Finance and Statistics
Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw, Poland
Degree: Ph.D.
Major:
Econometrics
Title of the doctoral dissertation: "The Use of Experts'
Knowledge and Econometric Models in Decision Theory"
Supervisor:
Prof. Wieslaw Sadowski
Awarded 1977
1968-1977
Department
of Econometrics
Faculty of Finance and Statistics
Warsaw School of Economics
Warsaw, Poland
Degree: Master of Science in Economics (M.Sc. Econ.)
Major: Operations Research
Title of the master's degree dissertation:
"A Method of Maximal Cuts for Integer Programming Problems"
Supervisor: Prof. Wieslaw Grabowski
Awarded 1973 B. ACADEMIC
DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDSThe Minister of Higher Education of Poland Award
for co-authoring the best textbook in Social Sciences published in Poland in 1992:
Marketing Research Methods with Computer Applications, published as a joint
venture between the Canadian Consortium of Management Schools and Krakow Academy
of Economics. The Faculty of Business Best Researcher Award (1991) C.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORYSince 1989-
Faculty of Business, Brock University
Associate Professor (1989)
Taught courses: Operations Management (undergraduate
and graduate levels), Computer Applications in Business (undergraduate level),
Marketing Research (graduate level), and Applied Business Research (graduate level)
1994-1995
(on sabbatical leave from Brock University)
1. National Bank of Poland, Warsaw · Deputy Director of the Department
of Research and Analysis · Senior Advisor to the Governor of National
Bank of Poland (in the area of bank supervision and bank deposits guarantee fund)
2. Warsaw School of Economics · Professor of Operations Management
and Marketing Research (graduate levels)
3. Krakow Academy of Economics, Poland ·
Lectured on Marketing Research Methods
1987-1989
School
of Commerce and Administration, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada ·
Associate Professor · Taught courses (in French and English): Operations
Management (graduate level), Quantitative Methods in Business, Microcomputer Applications
in Business, Management Science
1986-1987
1. Faculty of Business,
University of Alberta · Assistant Professor · Taught
courses: Statistics, Management Science
2. Faculty of Science, University
of Alberta · Assistant Professor · Taught courses: Mathematical
Statistics
1980-1986
Faculty of Economics, University of Algiers,
Algeria · Associate Professor ("Maitre de Conference") ·
Taught courses (in French and Arabic): Statistics, Management Science, Econometrics,
Matrix Algebra, and Calculus (all undergraduate and graduate levels) ·
Scientific supervisor of the following bachelor degree diplomas:
1. Forecasting
Methods in Business (1981)
2. The Use of Statistical Tests in Econometrics
(1981)
3. An Econometric Model of Gas Consumption in Algeria (1981)
4.
Methods of Convex Programming (1982)
5. An Econometric Model of Beef Consumption
in Algeria (1982)
6. Pseudo-Inversion in Econometrics (1982)
7. An Econometric
Model of Textile Production in Algeria (1982)
8. An Econometric Model of Agriculture
Production in Algeria ((1983)
9. Application of the Theory of Games to Linear
Programming (1984)
10. An Econometric Model of Electricity Consumption in
Algeria (1984)
11. An Econometric Model of Fish Industry Production in Algeria
(1985)
1980
State Planning Commission, Warsaw
· Participated in the earliest stages of developing a free market economy
model for Poland (as a member of the team headed by Dr. Leszek Balcerowicz)
1973-1980
Faculty of Finance and Statistics, Warsaw School
of Economics, Warsaw, Poland · Adjunct Professor (1977-1980) ·
Assistant Professor (1973-1977) · Taught courses: Statistics, Management
Science, Econometrics
D. SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES 1. Publications Books
and chapters contributed to books Kaciak, E. (2000), "Multiple
Correspondence Analysis: Theory and Practice", in The Current State of
Business Disciplines, Vol. II (Business Economics), ed. by S. Dahiya, Spellbound. Kaciak,
E. and S. Kasiewicz (1995), "Operations Management as a Competitive Weapon
in Global Competition", in Nowakowski, K. (ed.) Essays on Managing Operations
in Global Environment, Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw. Kaciak, E. (1993), Gestion des Operations/Operations Management (teaching
manual), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada. Bazarnik, J., T. Grabinski,
E. Kaciak, S. Mynarski, and A. Sagan (1992), Badania Marketingowe-Metody i
Qprogramowanie Komputerowe (Marketing Research Methods and Computer Applications),
Canadian Consortium of Management Schools-Warsaw, Krakow Academy of Economics-Krakow. Kaciak,
Eugene, T. Kuszewski and J. Leleno (1982), "Solving Transportation Problems",
in Z. Galas and I. Nykowski (eds.), Linear Programming, Econometric, and Input-
Output Models (teaching manual), National Scientific Editors, Warsaw. Kaciak, E. and J. Leleno (1982), "Integer Programming Methods",
in Galas Zenon and Ireneusz Nykowski (ed.), Linear Programming, Econometric,
and Input- Output Models (teaching manual), National Scientific Editors, Warsaw. Nykowski, I. and E. Kaciak (1976), Linear Programming Methods (teaching
manual), National Education Association, Warsaw. Articles
in journals Kaciak, E. and C. W. Cullen (2005), “Consumer Purchase
Motives and Product Perceptions: A “Hard” Laddering Study of Smoking
Habits of Poles,” Journal of Business & Economics Research, accepted
for publication Kaciak, E. and J. Mount (2003), "Why Donors Give and
Who They Are?" Perspectives – Electronic Journal of the American
Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Volume 6 (Fall), Carl Renold
(Editor). Kaciak, Eugene (2000), "Predicting Bank Failures in a Newly
Emerging Free-Market Economy", Perspectives-Electronic Journal of the
American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Volume 3 (Fall), James
M. Makepeace (Editor). Ribordy, A. and E. Kaciak (1992), "Les Universites
Sont-Elles Pretes a Relever les Defis du Monde des Affaires des Annees 90? Les
Perceptions des Franco-Ontariens", Revue Organisation, Vol. 1, No.
2, pp. 105-117. Barker, T. and E. Kaciak (1992), "An Examination of
the Equivalence of Four Measurement Scales in Cross-Cultural Research", Journal
of International Consumer Marketing, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 77-93. Ribordy,
Annette, Eugene Kaciak, and Azim Kassaramali Bhimani (1990), "Une Nouvelle
Vedette: La PME des Services en Region Peripherique", Revue Intemationale
PME, December, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 345-366. Kaciak, Eugene and Jordan
Louviere (1990), "Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Multiple Choice Experiment
Data", Journal of Marketing Research, November, Vol. XXVII, pp. 455-465. Kaciak,
Eugene and Waldemar Koczkodaj (1989), "A Spreadsheet Approach to Principal
Components Analysis", Journal of Microcomputer Applications, Vol.
12, pp. 281-291. Kaciak, Eugene and Waldemar Koczkodaj (1989), "Better
Market Analysis with the Principal Components Method", Absolute Reference
-The Journal for 1-2-3 and Symphony Users, March, Vol. VII, No. 3, pp. 16-19. Kaciak,
Eugene (1981), "A Method of Estimating Subjective Probabilities",
Przeglad Statystyczny (Statistical Review), Polish Academy of Science, No.
1/2, pp. 75-85. Kaciak, Eugene (1976), "The Use of Econometric Forecasts and Subjective
Probabilities in a Decision Making Process", Przeglad Statystyczny (Statistical
Review), Polish Academy of Science, No. 2, pp. 231- 242. Conference proceedings Cullen, C., E. Kaciak, and L. Bramble
(2005), “Segmentation of the Off-Peak Wine Tourists in Canada’s Niagara
Region,” Proceedings of the International Business Research Conference,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Article #125, March 14-19. Bascik,
K., C. Cullen, and E. Kaciak (2004), "Consumer Purchase Motives and Product
Perceptions: A "Hard" Laddering Study of Smoking Habits of Poles",
Proceedings of the International Business Research Conference, San Juan,
Puerto Rico, Article #204, March 14-19. Kaciak, E. and T. V. Menzies (2003),
"Exploring an International Venturing Opportunity: An Action Research Case
Study from Poland", Proceedings of the International Business Research
Conference, Acapulco, Article #285, March 17-21. Mount, J. and E. Kaciak
(1993), "Transforming the Laddering Technique into a Research Tool for Everyday
Use", Proceedings of the ASAC 1993 Conference, Lake Louise, Alberta,
June, pp. 205-217. Mount, J. and E. Kaciak (1992), "A Comparison of
Two Approaches in Attribute Importance Scaling: Discrete Profile Choice and Semantic
Differential", Proceedings of the EMAC 1992 Conference, Denmark, Aarhus,
May, pp. 869-880. Kaciak, E. and J. Mount (1992), "Free Time Choices
in Leisure Activities and Vacation Spots: A Study of Benefits Sought by Polish
Consumers", Proceedings of the 1992 Inter-Cultural Conference, Denmark,
Aarhus, May, pp. 51-67. Kaciak, E. and J. Mount (1990), "A Comparison
of Two Approaches to Measuring Attribute Importance", Proceedings of the
ASAC 1990 Conference, Whistler, B.C., June, pp. 167-177. Barker, T.
and E. Kaciak (1989), "The Influence of Rating Scales in Country of Origin
Research", Proceedings of the ASAC 1989 Conference, Montreal, Quebec,
pp. 11-21. Kaciak, E. and J. Mount (1989), "Multivariate Statistical
Analysis of Leisure Activities: Who Pays for What and Why", Proceedings
of the ASAC 1989 Conference, Montreal, Quebec, pp. 194-204. Louviere,
J. and E. Kaciak (1988), "A Comparison of Several Approaches for Inferring
Individual and Aggregate Attribute Effects in Pairwise Comparison Conjoint Choice
Tasks", Advances in Consumer Research, Hawaii, October, pp. 612-618. Kaciak,
E. and J. N. Sheahan (1988), "Market Segmentation: An Alternative Principal
Components Approach for Binary and Intensity Scale Choice Data", Proceedings
of the ASAC 1988 Conference, Saint Mary's University, pp. 139-149. Kaciak, E. (1987), "A Descriptive Principal Components Method of Testing
Feasibility of a Set of Cardinal Rankings", Proceedings of the ASAC 1987
Conference, The University of Toronto, pp. 58-68. 2. Papers presented (not published) at conferences and learned societies Kaciak,
E. and J. Mount (2002), "Cigarettes Advertising: Ban or Tolerate", the
5th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences,
Las Vegas, Nevada. Kaciak, E. and J. Mount (1999), " A Singular Value
Decomposition Model for Market Segmentation of Alumni Donorship Data",
the 2nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences,
Las Vegas, Nevada. Kaciak, E. and J. Mount (1998), "Personal Values
Research in Marketing: Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Laddering (Means-End
Chains) Data", the 1st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Behavioral
and Social Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada. Kaciak, E. (1995), "Bank
Deposits Guarantee Fund in Poland -Analysis, Evaluation and Proposal", National
Bank of Poland, Warsaw. Kaciak, E. (1995), "A Multiple Discriminant
Analysis-Based Computer Model for Predicting Bank Failures in Poland", National
Bank of Poland, Warsaw. Kaciak, E. and M. Librowicz (1993), "Canadian-Polish
Joint Ventures in Poland", Forum for Central and Eastern European Canadians
on Business Development, Toronto. Kaciak, E. and J. Mount (1992), "Attribute
Scaling: Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Attribute Importance Data",ORSA/TIMS
Semi-Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April. Kaciak, E. and J. Mount
(1991), "Multivariate Statistical Analyses of Choice Data", EMAC
Conference, Dublin, Ireland, May. Kaciak, E. (1990), "Spatial Representation
of Choice Behaviour -A Discussion Paper", Banff Invitational Symposium
of the Leading Marketing Research Scholars on Recent Advances in Choice Models,
May. Louviere, J., E. Kaciak and A. Finn (1990), "How Can Multiple
Correspondence Analysis (MCA) Guide Specifications of Choice Models?", ORSA/TIMS
Semi-Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, May. Barker, T. and E. Kaciak
(1989), "An Evaluation of the Reliability of Alternative Rating Scales in
Country of Origin Research", Conference of the Association for Global
Business, New Orleans, November. Kaciak, E. (1989), "Multiple Correspondence
Analysis: A Goodness-of-Fit Criterion for the Reweighed Multivariate Indicator
Matrix", ORSA/TIMS Semi-Annual Meeting, New York, October. Kaciak,
E. and W. Koczkodaj (1988), "A Spreadsheet Approach to the Principal Components
Method", ORSA/TIMS Semi-Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April. 3. Grants obtained a) Internal grants - Brock
University – Internal SSHRC Competition Grant
- Faculty of
Business Research Grant, Brock University
Research Project jointly
funded by the above two grants: “What Motivates Residents to Recycle? A
Means-End Chain Analysis.” Team one-year grant (2005-2006). Researchers:
Joseph Kushner and Eugene Kaciak. - Faculty of Business
Research Grant, Brock University
Research Project: "A Means-End Analysis of the Values of Canadian Wine
Drinkers". Team three-year grant (2003-2006). Researchers: Carman Cullen
and Eugene Kaciak. b) External grants - Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Research Project: "Longitudinal Study of the Role of Consideration Sets
in Shopping Choice". Team three-year grant (1991- 1994). Team leader: Jordan
Louviere, University of Alberta. Co-researchers: Adam Finn, University of Alberta,
and Eugene Kaciak, Brock University. - Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Research Project: "Using
Singular Value Decomposition Methods to Jointly Analyze Choice Data and Uncontrolled
Covariates". Individual, three-year grant (1989 -1992). Researcher: Eugene
Kaciak.
4. Other Scholarly Activities a) Author of/Consultant
for a number of business plans for Canadian-Polish joint-ventures in Poland b)
Service as an assessor/referee · Referee of a dozen of ASAC Conference
Proceedings · Reviewer of an Operations Management textbook c) Presentations/Workshops ·
Kaciak, E. and J. N. Louviere (1989), "Multiple Correspondence Analysis of
Multiple Choice Experiment Data", Working Paper Series #89-005, Faculty
of Business, University of Alberta. · Kaciak, E. and J. N. Sheahan (1987 ), "An Alternative Method of
Principal Components", Research Report No. 87.06.18, Department of
Statistics and Applied Probability, University of Alberta. d) Consulting
Activities · Kanton, M. and E. Kaciak (1980), co-translators from English
to Polish of Harvey M. Wagner's textbook Principles of Operations Research
with Applications to Managerial Decisions, Prentice Hall, Inc. New Jersey,
pp. 1-1,095. · Consultant in the Canadian Consortium of Management
Schools, Ottawa:
a survey of Canadian-Polish joint ventures in Poland. 5.
University/Community Service a) Member of the Undergraduate Student
Affairs Senate Committee – currently b) Member of the Faculty of
Business MBA Program Committee c) Member of several Senate committees in
the past (BUAF, Library) d) Member/Chair of several Faculty of Business
committees in the past e) Coordinator of the Management Concentration Area
of the Faculty of Business, Brock University (1993/94) f) Member of the
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