Ilkka A. Ronkainen is a member of the faculty of marketing and international business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He also serves as a docent of international marketing at the Helsinki School of Economics. He teaches in both schools' undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs. He is the founder and program director of Georgetown's summer program in Hong Kong. Dr. Ronkainen holds a PhD and MBA from the University of South Carolina as well as an MS (Economics) degree from the Helsinki School of Economics. He has received the award in undergraduate teaching excellence twice and the International Executive MBA best teacher award twice at Georgetown University. Ilkka Ronkainen has published extensively in both academic journals and the trade press. He is co-author of International Marketing (8th edition) and International Business (7th edition). His trade books include The International Marketing Imperative and Mastering Global Markets. He serves on the editorial review boards of Journal of Business Research, International Marketing Review, and Multinational Business Review. He has served as the North American coordinator for the European Marketing Academy and as a board member of the Washington International Trade Association during which time he started the association's newsletter, Trade Trends. Dr. Ronkainen serves as a consultant to a wide variety of U.S. and international institutions. He has worked with entities such as IBM, the Rank Organization, and the Organization of American States. He maintains close relations with a number of Finnish companies in support of their internationalization and educational efforts.
