Dirienzo, Das, Burbridge honored for academic paper

An academic paper by three Elon University professors was named a Highly Commended Award Winner as part of the 2008 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.

Casey Dirienzo, Tina Das and John Burbridge authored “Does diversity impact competitiveness? A cross country analysis” in Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal. It was one of three selected for the Highly Commended category

The journal’s editorial team consulted with judges to help select the winners.

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