James R. Wills, Jr.

James R. Wills, Jr.
  • Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Room

BusAd C-401g

Phone

(808) 956-7607

Academic Background

  • PhD, Kent State University, 1976
  • MBA, Western Michigan University, 1970
  • BA, Taylor University, 1968

Research Interests

  • Marketing
  • International Business
  • 
Research Methods

Selected Publications

Samli, A. Coskun, James R. Wills, Jr., Paul Herbig, "The Information Superhighway Goes International: Implications for Industrial Sales Transactions," The International Journal of Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 26, No.1 (1997) pp. 51-58.



Jacobs, Laurence W., James R. Wills, Jr., A. Coskun Samli, and William R. Bullard, "Internationalization of Domestic Product Life Cycles: An Exploration of Causality," International Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No.1 (1997) pp. 75-87.



Samli, A. Coskun, Gregory P. Wirth, James R. Wills, Jr., "High-Tech Firms Must Get More Out of Their International Sales Efforts," The International Journal of Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 23, No.4 (1994) pp. 333-342.

Awards & Honors

  • 1993 - College of Business UHM Excellence in Teaching Award

  • 1992 - Selected for Advertising Education Foundation New York, NY, Visiting Professor Program

  • 1991 - College of Business UHM Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 1991 - Member of Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society
  • 1991 - Member of Mu Kappa Tau Marketing Honor Society
  • 1991 - Selected as a Fellow of the Pacific Asian Management Institute

Additional Information 

Academic Experience



  • 1992-Present - Professor, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii Manoa


  • 1981-1992 - Associate Professor, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii Manoa
  • 1977-1981 - Assistant Professor, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii Manoa


  • 1974-1977 - Assistant Professor, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio


  • 1970-1972 - Assistant Professor, Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana


  • 1968-1970 - Instructor, Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana


Adminstrative Experience



  • July 2003-December 2004 - Interim Dean, Shidler College of Business, UHM
  • 

July 2000-June 2003 - Associate Dean, Shidler College of Business, UHM


  • 1995-2003 - Director, Executive MBA program, Shidler College of Business, UHM


  • 1994-2003 - Executive Secretary, Academy of International Business, Shidler College of Business, UHM
  • 1988-1991 - Director, Hawaii Management Program, Shidler College of Business, UHM; 1982-1985: Associate Dean, Shidler College of Business, UHM
  • 1972-1974 -
Resident Director, Student Life - student dormitory manager, Kent State University