Faculty/Staff Directory

First Name
Paul

Last Name
Mudde

Email
[email protected]

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Title
Associate Professor

Office
SCB 3063

Phone
(616) 331-7443

Department
Management

Expertise

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Transition & Acquisition Strategies
• Business & Corporate Strategy

Education

• PH.D., Strategic Management, Finance, Purdue University. (2004).
• MS, Industrial Administration, Purdue University. (1989).
• BSE, Engineering, Calvin College. (1987).

Teaching Areas

• Strategic Management - Undergraduate and MBA level
• International Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Publications

• Mudde, P. (2017). Using Variance Analysis to Evaluate M&A Performance: Examining Positive and Negative Synergies in United''s Acquisition of Continental. Journal of
• Management Policy and Practice/North American Business Press, 18(3), 17.
• Mudde, P., Sopariwala, P. (2014). U.S. Airways Merger: A Strategic Variance Analysis of Changes in Post-Merger Performance. Journal of Accounting Education, 32, 305-322.
• Mudde, P., Sopariwala, P. (2011). Relative Strategic Variance Analysis: The Case of American Airlines. Cost Management, 25(3), 25-40.

Service

• Board Member and Treasurer for church, pool association, non-profit real estate developer, and Christian water development charity.
• SCB MBA Task Force
• ACG Case Competition Faculty Leader (2009-2015, 2017)

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