Vida Vanchan
Assistant Professor
(716) 878-5209
Campus Address: Classroom Building C221
vanchav@buffalostate.edu
My research interests include industrial competitiveness and competitive characteristics of firms within the service industry sector; technology and innovation; economic, social, and regional development; foreign direct investment, free trade agreements; regional, industrial, and political effects of international trade and trade development; multicultural management and negotiation; and economies of Southeast Asian and less developed countries.
I teach courses in world regional geography, geography of Asia, urban geography, corporate applications in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and industrial geography.
Selected publications | Conference participation and presentation
Selected Publications
Vanchan, V. and MacPherson, A. (2008) The competitive characteristics of US firms in the industrial design sector: empirical evidence from a national survey. In press: Competition and Change.
Vanchan, V. and MacPherson, A. (2008) The recent growth performance of U.S. firms in the industrial design sector: an exploratory study. Industry and Innovation, 15(1): 1-17.
Vanchan, V. (2007) Communication and relationships between industrial design companies and their customers. The Industrial Geographer, 4(2): 28-46.
MacPherson, A., McConnell, J.E., Vance, A. and Vanchan, V. (2006) The impact of US government anti-terrorism policies on Canada-US cross-border commerce: an exploratory study from western New York and Southern Ontario. Professional Geographer, 58(3): 266-277.
Conference Participation & Presentation
Vanchan, V. and MacPherson, A (2007) The competitive characteristics of US firms in the industrial design sector: empirical evidence from a national survey. Presented at the 54th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah, GA, November 9, 2007.
Panelist. Critical Regional Pedagogies of Southeast Asia. Organized by Phillip Kelly, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, April 2007.
Panelist. Political Violence and Dissent in Southeast Asia. Organized by Phillip Kelly, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, April 2007.
Vanchan, V. and MacPherson, A. (2006) The growth dynamics of U.S. firms in the industrial design sector. Presented at the 53rd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Toronto, Canada, November 2006.
Vanchan, V. (2006) The characteristics of the U.S. industrial design firms and their relationships with client firms: empirical evidence from a national survey. Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meetings in Chicago, March 2006.
Vanchan, V. (2006) Understanding and working with people across cultures. Presented at the Buffalo World Trade Association Meeting in Buffalo, New York, January 2006.
