Dan Jennings is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution in Texas A&M University's Dwight Look College of Engineering. Dr. Jennings' corporate career includes engineering, corporate planning, and managerial positions with Armstrong World Industries, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Olinkraft, Inc. (now Riverwood International), Boise Cascade Corporation, and Certainteed Corporation in locations in the United States, Canada, and South America. His industry experience involves manufacturing and distribution activities. Previously the W. A. Mays Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at Baylor University, Jennings holds a… Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, a M.B.A. from Northeast Louisiana University, and a B.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee. He is a registered professional engineer. He has served as a Visiting Professor at Universities in Russia, France, Canada, and Australia and has conducted executive development programs in the U.S., Canada, France, and Italy. As a published author of 10 textbooks and more than 100 articles in academic and practitioner journals, Jennings has received awards from the Academy of Management, Prentice-Hall Publishing, McGraw-Hill Publishing, New York University and Baylor University for his publications. His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.