Michael Page

Michael Page is Professor of Finance and Management and a past Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bentley University in Massachusetts, United States of America. He also holds an Extraordinary Professorship at Stellenbosch University Business School, South Africa and an appointment at the Rotterdam School of Management B.V., Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Mike has served on the boards of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB, International). He is also a past board member of South Africa Partners.

His active engagement with the international management education industry, includes serving on and chairing around fifty accreditation visits for AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA, as well as supporting development activities offered by the Central and Eastern European Management Development Association (CEEMAN). He is currently Senior Adviser Americas for the EFMD Global Network.

Mike serves on or has served on international advisory boards for Nagoya University of Commerce and Business (Japan), Cape Town University’s Graduate School of Business (South Africa), École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) School of Management, Paris (France), Kedge Business School, Bordeaux and Marseille (France), the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow (Russia), the Erasmus Centre for Women and Organisations, RSM Erasmus University (The Netherlands), the European School for Management and Technology, Berlin (Germany), and on the international advisory board of Chulalongkorn University’s Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration (Thailand).

He resigned from the international advisory board of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration following the country's invasion of the Ukraine.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Cape Town
• MBA University of Cape Town
• Bsc (Civil) Engineering Natal University

Teaching Interests

Primary area of teaching is Corporate Finance at the undergraduate, graduate and executive level. Previously taught investments and international corporate finance in China, France, The Netherlands, Morocco and South Africa.

Research Interests

Management Education and the challenges facing minorities and women in career progression in organizations

Consulting/Practice Interests

Diversity management within the corporate sector that involves both direct consulting and the development of executive training initiatives for enterprises looking to rectify challenges with respect to minority and women career progression and retention.

Publications

Journal Articles

• Page, M. J., Brunsveld, N., Bevelander, D. L. (2017). Does International Business Accreditation Assure Quality or Constrain Innovation?. Business Education and Accreditation, (9) 2 15-26.
• Page, M. J., Bevelander, D. L., Pitt, L. F., Parent, M. (2015). On a Mission: Achieving Distinction as a Business School. South African Journal of Business Management, (26) 2 29-41.
• Cleton, N. B., Bosco-Lauth, A., Page, M. J., Bowen, R. A. (2014). Age-related Susceptibility to Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Domestic Ducklings and Chicks. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, (90) 2 242-6.
• Page, M. J., Bevelander, D. L. (2011). Ms Trust: Gender, Networks and Trust - Implications for Management and Education. Academy of Management Learning and Education, (10) 4
• Caruana, A., Pitt, L. F., Berthon, P., Page, M. J. (2009). Differentiation and Silver Medal Winner Effects. European Journal of Management, (43) 11/12 1365 - 1377. (Link)
• Pitt, L. F., Berthon, P., Page, M. J., Spyropoulou, S. (2008). How Well Are Business Schools Managing Their Brands: A Research Note. Journal of General Management, (33) 1 (Spring) 1-10.
• Page, M. J., Bevelander, D., Bond, D., Boniuk, E. (2006). Business Schools and Lifelong Learning: Inquiry, delivery or developing the inquiring mind?. South African Journal of Business Management, (vol. 37) 4 1-5.
• Pitt, L. F., Page, M. J. (2006). Grading Feedback of Marketing Management Case Studies: The Elegant and Warm Approach. Marketing Education Review, (vol. 16) 59-62.
• Page, M. J. (2004). Partnership Programmes. EFMD Forum Magazine.
• Page, M. J., Cleton, D. L., Pitt, L. (2004). Positioning the Executive MBA Product: Let’s Not Forget the Requirements of the Corporate Market. Journal of General Management, (vol. 30 ) 1 1-16.
• Page, M. J. (2003). Knowledge sharing from the perspective of business schools. EFMD Forum Magazine.
• Fraser, E., Page, M. J. (2000). Value and momentum strategies: Evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Investment Analyst Journal, (51) 25-35.
• Page, M. J., Ferret, A. (1998). Co-integration of South African Index Futures contracts and their underlying spot market indices. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, (22) 1 69-90.
• Page, M. J. (1998). Investment Basics XXXVIII: Options pricing using a binomial lattice. Investment Analyst Journal, (48) 67-69.
• Morris, M. H., Brunyee, J., Page, M. J. (1998). Relationship marketing in practice: Myths and realities. Industrial Marketing Management, (25) 4 359-371.
• Oldfield, C., Page, M. J. (1997). Assessing flexible portfolio performance: The case of South African unit trusts. Investment Analysts Journal. 44 25-41.
• Page, M. J., Pitt, L., Berthon, P. (1997). Before they leave, switch on the light: Knowing the value of keeping customers. Journal of Targeting, Measurement and Analysis for Marketing, (5) 3 232-246.
• Page, M. J. (1997). Further evidence of firm size and earnings anomalies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. De Ratione, (10) 1 27-44.
• Page, M. J., Reyneke, I. J. (1997). The timing and subsequent performance of initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, (24) 9&10 1401-1420.
• Page, M. J., Pitt, L., Berthon, P. (1996). Analyzing and reducing customer defections. Long Range Planning, (29) 6 755-756.
• Page, M. J., Pitt, l., Berthon, P., Money, A. (1996). Analyzing customer defections and their effects on corporate performance: The case of IndCo. Journal of Marketing Management, (12) 7 617-627.
• Biger, N., Page, M. J. (1996). Some further evidence of the effects of model choice on market events: Distribution of stock dividends on the Tel-Aviv Stock. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, (20) 3 39-47.
• Page, M. J. (1996). The number of arbitrage pricing theory factors: An assessment of the power of multivariate tests used. Modeling techniques for financial markets and bank management, Physica-Verlag. 223-258.
• Biger, N., Page, M. J. (1994). Assessing portfolio performance: The case of flexible investment unit trusts. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, (18) 3 27-43.
• Biger, N., Page, M. J. (1994). The market reaction to stock splits: A new look. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, (18) 1 1-14.
• Biger, N., Page, M. J. (1993). Unit trusts’ performance: Does the yardstick matter. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, (17) 1 1-15.
• Page, M. J., Way, C. V. (1992). Stock market over-reaction: The South African Evidence. Investment Analysts Journal. 36 35-49.
• Biger, N., Page, M. J. (1992). The market reaction to stock splits and capitalization issues: Recent JSE experience. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, (16) 3 1-15.
• Bird, W. W., Page, M. J. (1991). The pricing of South African Equity Linked Financial Instruments. Journal for Studies in Economics and Econometrics, (15) 3 1-21.
• Page, M. J., Palmer, F. (1991). The relationship between excess return, firm size and earnings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. South African Journal of Business Management, (21) 3 63-73.
• Page, M. J. (1990). Gold futures prices: An investigation into the theories of storage and forecast power and premium. South African Journal of Business Management, (21) 1 1-6.
• Page, M. J. (1989). Model Selection for measuring security price performance. South African Journal of Business Management, (20) 78-81.
• Page, M. J. (1986). Empirical testing of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory using data from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. South African Journal of Business Management, (17) 1 38-42.
• Page, M. J., Way, C. (). Stock Market Over-reaction: The South African Evidence (special edition reprint). Investment Analysts Journal, (Special 50th Anniversary Edition) Forthcoming.
• Page, M. J., Fraser, E. (). Value and momentum strategies: Evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (special edition reprint). Investment Analysts Journal, (Special 50th Anniversary Edition) Forthcoming.

Books

• Hair, J. F., Page, M. J., Brunsveld, N., Cleton, N., Merkle, A. (2023). Essentials of Business Research Methods, 5th edition. London: Taylor & Francis, Routledge Forthcoming.
• Hair, J. F., Page, M. J., Brunsveld, N. (2019). Essentials of Business Research Methods, 4th edition. New York, NY: Routledge
• Page, M. J., Hair, J. F., Celsi, M., Money, A., Samouel, P. (2016). Essentials of Business Research Methods. 3rdRoutledge
• Hair, J. F., Money, A. H., Wolfinbarger Celsi, M., Samouel, P., Page, M. J. (2011). Essentials of Business Research Methods. 2ndWiley International
• Hair, J. F., Money, A. H., Page, M. J., Samouel, P. (2007). Research Methods for Business. Wiley International

Book Chapters

• Page, M. J. (2022). Expert Testimony In Michel Kalika, (Eds.) BSIS: A decade of Impact. 188-191. Caen: Éditions EMS
• Page, M. J., Coetzer, D. (2021). Dianne Bevelander: A Courageous Woman of Passion and Resilience In Jennifer Moss Breen, Madeleine Van Der Steege, Suzanne Martin, and Judith Glick-Smith, (Eds.) Women Courageous: Leading through the Labyrinth. 79-96. Bingley: Emerald Publications Forthcoming.
• Page, M. J., Bevelander, D. L. (2018). Orange: The color of responsibility and inclusion In Patricia M. Flynn, Milenko Gudić and Tay Keong Tan, (Eds.) Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education. 227-247. Routledge
• Page, M. J., Bevelander, D. L. (2017). Our Need, Your Interest: Responsible Decision Making in Private Equity In Patricia M. Flynn, Milenko Gudić and Tay Keong Tan, (Eds.) Beyond the Bottom Line: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education. 83-93. Routledge, Greenleaf Publishing
• Page, M. J. (2015). The Eighth Summit: Women's Ascent of Organizations In Patricia M. Flynn, Kathryn Haynes and Maureen A. Kilgour, (Eds.) Integrating Gender Equality into Business and Management Education. 391-407. Greenleaf Publishing