Hamid Falatoonzadeh Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Business & Society
Education
- Ph.D., agricultural economics, finance, and policy, Texas A&M University
- MBA, finance, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- B.A., accounting and finance, National Iranian Oil Company College of Accounting and Finance, Tehran, Iran
Professional Background
- Economic and political integration of Asian countries for currency unification
- Economic impact of technological innovations
- Exchange rate volatility
- Stock market volatility
- Currently working on telecommunication policy assessments and industry growth in Asia and Latin America
Academic Experience
- Faculty at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California State University, Los Angeles, and Chapman University
Professional Experience
- Tax and financial consultations for individual, partnership, and corporations
Consulting Experience
- Tax and financial consulting
Areas of Expertise
- Economic integration
- Exchange rate management
- Exchange rates analysis
- Statistics
- Telecommunication in Asia and Latin American countries
- Telecommunication strategies in developing countries
Publications
- Falatoon, Hamid, J. H. Pick, K. Gollakota, and R. Green. 2008. "Readiness of Small Enterprises for GIS: The Question of Strategy." In Proceedings of the 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 14–17, 2008.
- Falatoon, Hamid, J. H. Pick, K. Gollakota, L. Benvenuti, and N. Jimerson. 2008. "GIS for Advantage in Marketing and Routing: Case Study of a Small Home Accessories Firm." In Proceedings of the Spatial Analysis for Business 2008 Esri Business GIS Summit. Chicago, April 27–30, 2008.
- Falatoon, Hamid, M. R. Safarzadeh, and M. Kuroki. 2007. "An Analysis of Economic Integration of Asian Countries for Currency Unification." Central Business Review XXVI (1–2): 29–36.
- Falatoon, Hamid, and Mohammad Safarzadeh. 2006. "Technological Innovations and Economic Prosperity: A Time Series Analysis." Revista Internationale de Scienze Economiche e Commerciali (International Review of Economics and Business) 53 (2): 240–248.
- Falatoon, Hamid, M. R. Safarzadeh, and M. Kuroki. 2005. "Does Economic and Political Integration of Asian Countries Justify Currency Unification?" Revista Internationale de Scienze Economiche e Commerciali (International Review of Economics and Business) 52 (4): 537–560.
- Falatoon, Hamid, and Carlos J. Navarrete. 2004. "Evaluation of Telecommunication Policy and Industry Growth in Latin American Countries." In Proceedings of the 10th Americas Conference on Information Systems. New York, Aug. 6–8, 2004, 564–578.
Invited Presentations
- Falatoon, Hamid, and Mohammad Safarzadeh. "Leading Indicators of Business Cycles: A Practical Component Approach." Western Economic International Conference. Seattle, July 2007
- Falatoon, Hamid, and Mohammad Safarzadeh. "Some Economic Indicators of Asset Market Bubbles." Western Economic International Conference. San Diego, July 2006
- Falatoon, Hamid, and Mohammad Safarzadeh. "Does Economic and Political Integration of Asian Countries Justify Currency Unification?" Western Economic International Conference. San Francisco, July 2005
- Falatoon, Hamid, and M. R. Safarzadeh. Organized and chaired a session entitled "Applied Time Series Analysis." Western Economic Association International Conference. San Francisco, July 2005
- Falatoon, Hamid, and Carlos J. Navarrete. "Telecommunication Policy Assessment and Industry Growth in Asian Countries." Global Information Technology Management World Conference of the Fifth Annual GITM. San Diego, June 13–15, 2004
- Falatoon, Hamid. "Economic Impact of Market Liberalization on Telecommunications Services." INFORMS Conference. Atlanta, October 2003
- Falatoon, Hamid. "Technological Innovations and Economic Prosperity: A Time Series Analysis." Western Economic Association International Conference. Seattle, July 2002
- Falatoon, Hamid, and M. R. Safarzadeh. Organized and chaired a session entitled "Applied Time Series Analysis." Western Economic Association International Conference. Seattle, July 2002
- Falatoon, Hamid. "Predictive Power of the Yield Curve as a Leading Indicator of the Business Cycles." American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences. Las Vegas, February 2002
- Falatoon, Hamid. "Using Symbolic Computation in Deriving Economic Rules: Application of 'Mathematica' to Consumer Theory." Western Economic Association International Conference. San Francisco, July 2001
- Safarzadeh, Mohammad, Hamid Falatoon, and Paul Sarmas. "Application of Quantitative Software in Economics and Decision Science." International Conference on Electronic Business. Hong Kong, Dec. 19–21, 2001. Published in the proceedings.
- Safarzadeh, Mohammad, and Hamid Falatoon. "Announcement Effect, Herd Mentality, and Stock Market Volatility." Western Economic Association International Conference. Vancouver, Canada, June 29–July 3, 2000
Awards and Service
- Research grant for three years during study as Ph.D. candidate at Texas A&M University
- Research grant as part of Small Business Administration grant