Emilyn Cabanda, Ph.D.

Dr. Emilyn Cabanda joined Regent University in 2008 as associate professor in operations. Prior to her appointment at the School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship, from 2002 to 2008 she served as professorial lecturer in business and economics at the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. She also received the Japan International and Cooperation Center (JICE) fellowship and served as visiting professor at Yokohama National University (2006) and International Christian University (2007) in Japan.

A native of the Philippines, Dr. Cabanda is a product of global education, having earned her degrees on three continents. As recipient of the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, she obtained her Doctor of Philosophy at Monash University in Australia in 2002. In 1991-1992, she held a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship while studying for her Master of Arts at Baylor University in Texas. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Central Philippine University, Philippines.

Throughout her six years of academic employment, Dr. Cabanda has published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals specializing in operations research using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) models. As an established scholar on DEA and SFA, she has been appointed as conference chair in various international conferences sponsored by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies. She has served as an academic referee for International Transactions in Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Technological Governance, and also served as an editorial board member of the Journal of Current Research in Global Business. Currently, she is a member of the following professional societies: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Productivity Analysis Research Network, Performance Measurement Association and Fulbright Association.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

• Research/Creative Works and International Publication Awards 2004-2006 Silver Award, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, March 13, 2008
• Japan International and Cooperation Center Fellowship, September 1, 2007-November 30, 2007
• Outstanding Performance in Research Mentoring and Internationalization Activities, Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Graduate School, Manila, March 10, 2007
• International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, sponsored by the Australian Department of Training and Youth Affairs (DEETYA) and Monash University Graduate Scholarship, March 1998-September 2001
• Honorable Mention in the Esterline Prize Competition (best paper award), Asian Studies on Pacific Coast (ASPAC) 2001 Conference, Monterey, San Francisco, U.S.A., June 8-10, 2001
• National Visiting Scholarship, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, August - October 1999
• Monash Abroad Asia Fieldwork Grant of Monash University, October - December 2000
• Monash University Travel Grant conducted in the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK, September 8-11, 2001
• Monash Postgraduate Publications Award, November 2001-February 2002
• Fulbright-Hays Scholarship, 1991-1992
• Fulbright Professional Enhancement Grant, Washington, DC, June 1992
• Fulbright Regional Travel Grants, 1992

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Performance management and evaluation of profit and nonprofit sectors
• Management science
• Operations research
• Privatization, competition and public policies in Asia Pacific
• International business and foreign direct investments
• Entrepreneurship and Asian business
• ICT management and digital divide
• Efficiency, technological and productivity growth of public and private corporations and non-governmental organizations
• Industry’s structure, conduct and performance
• Multi-criteria decision-making analysis
• Panel and time-series analysis (firm-level, industry-level and world level)
• Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis models, and other benchmarking techniques for decision making