Clausen Center for International Business and Policy

Sebastian Teunissen

Current Position

  February, 1998 to present Berkeley, CA
Adjunct Professor and Executive Director,
Clausen Center for International Business and Policy

Walter A. Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley

Courses taught include:

Previous Positions

Education

  1976-1979 Duke University Durham, NC
  • (ABD)Ph.D. Department of Economics.
  • M.A. Department of Economics.
  • James B. Duke Fellowship.

 

1973-1976 University of Guelph

 

Guelph, Ontario Canada

  • B.A. (Honours) Department of Economics and Department of Mathematics.
  • John Kenneth Galbraith Scholarship

Other Positions

 

Presentations/Lectures

Media Mention/Articles

 

 

 

  • Interviewed regarding the Potential Effects of the Financial Crisis on Emerging Economies, WKCR radio, New York, NY, October 7, 2008.
  • Interviewed regarding Tata Group buying Jaguar and Rover, San Jose Mercury News, March 27, 2008
  • Emerging Markets Summit cited in the International Herald Tribune,August 30, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle, August 31, 2007
  • Fortune Small Business, The Ultimate Small Business Resource Guide, Going Global, August 22, 2007.
  • Interviewed by CNNMoney.com for Take Your Business Global, July 13, 2007
  • Interview regarding Toyota Tops General Motors In Sales Worldwide, ABC 7 News, April 24, 2007
  • Parempaa Politiikkaa,, Maailman Nälkä, March 2007, Finland (in support of the re-election of Tarja Filatov, Minister of Labor)
  • Exporting Expertise: Haas Students Polish Skills Serving Far-flung Clients, East Bay Business Times, January 5, 2007
  • Interview in Pomo, (publication of JTO Finland) issue 1/06
  • Interview regarding the visit of China's President Hu to the USA, by ABC 7 News, April 17, 2006
  • “Creating a Business Plan for a Pro-Poor Enterprise,” Focus on Conservation Finance, (.pdf) Vol. 2, no. 1, January 17, 2006.
  • Interview regarding Intellectual Property Rights issues in China, by ABC 7 News, December 14, 2005.
  • Interviewed by Viti Vini Ccultura ( Santiago, Chile) regarding the potential for Chilean wines in China and India, December, 2005.
  • Interviewed by El Mercurio ( Santiago, Chile) regarding Easter Island and the establishment of the Rapa Nui Heritage Foundation, December 24, 2005.
  • Interviewed regarding Governor Schwarzenegger’s trade promotion trip to China , by ABC 7 News, November 15, 2005.
  • Interviewed regarding The surge in textile imports from China into the USA and the proposed reintroduction of quotas or tariffs, by ABC 7 News and KTVL, August 16, 2005.
  • Interview on Chilean Trade with China in El Mercurio's Revistadel Campo, Santiago, Chile, August 1, 2005.
  • Asia Society Presents, Tsunami: Relief, Rebuilding and Cutting the Red Tape KQED radio, May 29, 2005
  • San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 2005, Taking home an MBA- Growing economy lures newly degreed graduate students to return to China
  • Interviewed for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, regarding the end of the Multifibre Agreement, on December 31, 2004.
  • Interviewed for ABC 7 News regarding the possible effects of the death of Paul Johnson, in Saudi Arabia, on American Business confidence. June 18, 2004.
  • Interviewed for Market Wrap, syndicated broadcast of Compak Asset Management, December 11, 2003, commenting on Alan Greenspan's remarks regarding international trade, tariffs and protectionism.
  • Interviewed for On The Case, a business intelligence show produced by The OnBusiness Network, a premium executive content provider. Produced by network anchor Forrest Sawyer's company Sawyer Media Systems, the show is distributed to Fortune 500 companies.
  • Public Radio International, July 4, 2002 story on the IBD program's cooperation with Hewlett-Packard to develop a project in Kuppam, India. The story can be heard on "The World," a co-production of the BBC World Service and Public Radio International carried nationwide in the United States. Download the MP3 file to listen to Jason Margolis reporting on the project and the program.
  • Interviewed by Consulting Magazine regarding International Business Development..
  • Interviewed by KRON, KGO-TV, Oakland Tribune and other local news media regarding international activities.KRON 4 TV SARS Scare Alters Asia Trips.April 3, 2003.
  • Interviewed in Beijing, China by various international media during the Tien An Men uprising in June, 1989.
  • Nikei Net , July 26, 2002 article on the International Business Development Program in the online edition of Japan's foremost business newspaper.
S 545 Haas School of Business # 1900
University of California, Berkeley
2220 Piedmont Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720-1900, USA
Tel: +1-(510) 643-4999
Fax: +1-(510) 642-8228
teunissen@haas.berkeley.edu


Last updated, March 4, 2008

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EWMBA class that descended 3,700 meters into the TauTona mine

An EWMBA class in China.


Rapa Nui (Easter Is.)

EWMBA students at Kvarner-Masa Yards, Turku Finland

Tenshin Aikido Dojo in Juso, Japan with Fujitani Sensei (L) and Nakamichi Sensei (R).

With Haas EWMBA students Dave Dreesen and John Cummins at the Ashanti Goldfields mine in Obuasi, Ghana.

Taking control of the Panama Canal Railroad with Erin Brewer and other Haas EWMBA students.

Tau Tona (formerly Western Deep) mine in South Africa, at a depth of 3,200 meters, July 2004