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Richmond, Virginia

Van R. Wood (Ph.D.) Professor of International Marketing Philip Morris Chair in International Business Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia 23284-4000 E-mail: vrwood@vcu.edu Van Wood is a specialist in international business having spent over 25 years involved in global marketing and trade. Dr. Wood was educated at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (spending one year as an officer aboard a U.S. merchant vessel with port destinations of Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong), the University of Washington (B.A. - Marketing 1973, M.B.A. - International Business 1975), and the University of Oregon (Ph.D. - International Marketing 1982). His teaching, research and consulti