Derek Jones Awarded Fellowship at Helsinki School of Economics

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, has been awarded a fellowship at the Helsinki School of Economics by the Foundation of Economics Education. The fellowship will provide support for Jones' continued work on econometric case studies of the nature and effects of human resource policies, in particular cases that are based in Finland. Jones will be a visiting professor at Helsinki School of Economics from January - May 2006. He has also contributed a chapter titled "Corporate Governance Cycles During Transition: Theory and Evidence from the Baltics" (with Niels Mygind, Copenhagen Business School) in the book The Life Cycle of Corporate Governance, edited by Igor Filatotchev, King's College London, and Mike Wright, Nottingham University Business School.