Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
Short Vitae
Department of Agricultural Economics
125A Mumford Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-0143
Fax: (573) 882-3958
E-mail: kalaitzandonakesn@missouri.edu
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Economics, University of Florida (1990)
Master of Science, Agricultural Economics, University of Florida (1987)
Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural College of Athens, Greece (1985)
Current Academic Appointments & Other Professional Activities
MSMC Endowed Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia (September 2004 – present)
Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia (September 2002 – present)
Director, the Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC), University of Missouri-Columbia
Director, the Missouri Agricultural Product Utilization and Incubation Center, University of Missouri-Columbia,
Editor, AgBioForum
Editorial Board Member, Choices
Courses Taught
1. AE462: Economics of Agribusiness Networks
2. AE301: Economics and Management of Biotechnology
3. AE485-2: Decision Supports Systems and Tools -- 1996-2001
4. AE485-1: Theories of Decision Making -- 1996-2001
5. AE424: Advanced Production Economics -- 1990-1995
6. AE450: Readings in Growth Economics
Selected Recent Publications
Books
1. Kalaitzandonakes, N. (Ed.), Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective, Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers, New York, 2003.
Book Chapters
1. Konduru, S., J. Kruse, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. Global Economic Impacts of Soybean Biotechnology. In Soybean Biotechnology. G. Stacey, ed., Springer, Forthcoming.
2. Kalaitzandonakes, N., L. Marks, and S. Vickner. Consumer Response to Mandated Labels for Genetically Modified Foods. In Labeling Genetically Modified Food: The Philosophical and Legal Debate. P. Weirich, ed., Oxford University Press, p. 106-27, 2007.
3. Bradford, K.J., J.M. Alston, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. Regulation of Biotechnology for Specialty Crops. In Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. R. Just, et al., eds. Springer, p. 683-97, 2006.
4. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J.M. Alston, and K. J. Bradford. Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops. In Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. R. Just, et al., eds. Springer, p. 37-57, 2006.
5. Barnes, J., H. James, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "An Application of the Coasian Lens to GMO Regulation" in New Ideas in Contracting and Organizational Economics Research, H. James, editor. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2005.
6. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J. Kaufman, and X. Wang. "E-Commerce in Agricultural Input Distribution: Firm Entry and Disintermediation" in E-Commerce in Agribusiness, T. Smitz, et al., eds., Iowa State University Press, 2005.
7. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman. "Electronic Trading, Structural Change and the Future of Agricultural Commodity Exchange" in E-Commerce in Agribusiness, T. Smitz, et al., eds., Iowa State University Press, 2005.
8. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and Steven S. Vickner. "Consumer Purchasing Behavior Toward GM foods in Europe" in Consumer Acceptance of Biotech Foods, R. Evenson and V. Santaniello, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, p. 23-39, 2004.
9. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Parcell. "Do Agricultural Commodities Prices Respond to GMO Bans?" in Consumer Acceptance of Biotech Foods, R. Evenson and V. Santaniello, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, p. 1-8, 2004.
10. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman. "Innovation in Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods" in The Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, K. Hunt, ed., Marcel Dekker NY, 2004.
11. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "The Future of Agrobiotechnology: Implications for National Competitiveness" in Agricultural Biotechnology, Bhalgat, M., W. Ridely, A. Felsot, and J. Seiber, eds., Oxford University Press, Washington, D.C., p. 21-36, 2004.
12. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and P. Suntornpithug. "Why Do US Cotton Farmers Adopt Biotechnology?" in Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech: A Global Perspective, Kalaitzandonakes, N., ed., Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers, NY, 2003.
13. Theodorakopoulou, I. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Structure and Performance of Private Public Knowledge Networks in Plant Biotechnology" in Knowledge Generation and Transfer in Agriculture, S. Wolf and D. Zilberman, eds., Kluwer-Plenum Academic Publishers, New York, 2001.
14. Marks L., N. Kalaitzandonakes, K. Allison, and L. Zakharova. "Time Series Analysis of Risk Frames in Media Communication of Agrobiotechnology" in Market Development for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products, V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson, and D. Zilberman, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, 2001.
15. Marks L., S. Mooney, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Quantifying Scientific Risk Communications of Agrobiotechnology" in Market Development for Genetically Modified Agricultural Products, V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson, and D. Zilberman, eds., Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishers, 2001.
16. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Biotechnology and Agrifood Industry Competitiveness" in The Competitiveness of US Agriculture, W. Amponsah, et al., eds., Hayworth Press, 2000.
Journal Articles
1. Suntornpithug, P. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Understanding the Adoption of Cotton Biotechnology in the US: Firm Level Evidence." Agricultural Economics Review, Forthcoming.
2. Huang, J., D. Zhang, S. Rozelle, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Will the Biosafety Protocol Hinder or Protect the Developing World? Lessons from China's Experience." Food Policy, Forthcoming.
3. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J. Alston, and K. Bradford. "Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops." Nature Biotechnology, 25(5), 509-11, 2007.
4. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, L. Wilkins, and L. Zakharova. "Mass Media Framing of Biotechnology News." Public Understanding of Science, 16(2), 183-203, 2007.
5. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Cartagena Protocol: A New Trade Barrier." Regulation, 29(2), 18-25, Summer 2006. http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv29n2/v29n1-4.pdf.
6. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and S. Konduru. "Globalization in the Mass Media." World Economy, 29(5), 615-36, 2006.
7. Kalaitzandonakes, N., L.A. Marks, and S. Vickner. "Sentiments and Acts Towards GMOs." International Journal of Biotechnology, 7(1-3), 161-177, 2005.
8. Alston, J., K. Bradford and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "The Economics of Horticultural Biotechnology." Journal of Crop Improvement, 18(1/2), 413-31, 2005.
9. Parcell, J.L. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Do Agricultural Commodity Prices Respond to Bans Against Bioengineered Crops?" Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52(2): 201-09, 2004.
10. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Another Look at Biotech Regulation." Regulation, 27(1): 44-50, 2004.
11. Kalaitzandonakes, N., L.A. Marks, and S.S. Vickner. "Media Coverage of Biotech Foods, and Influence on Consumer Choice." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(5): 1238-46, 2004.
12. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and A. Magnier. "Biotech Labeling Standards and Compliance Costs in Seed Production." Choices Magazine, Second Quarter, 2004.
13. Kalaitzandonakes, N., J. Kaufman, and X. Wang. "Firm Entry through E-Commerce in the U.S. Agricultural Input Distribution Industry." Journal on Chain and Network Science, 3(2): 123-33, 2003.
14. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and S.S. Vickner. "Evaluating Consumer Response to GM Foods: Some Methodological Considerations" Current Agriculture, Food and Resource Issues, 4(1): 80-94, 2003.
15. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Bijman. "So Who's Driving Biotech Acceptance?" Nature Biotechnology, 21(4): 336-39, 2003.
16. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and L. Zakharova. "Media Coverage of Agrobiotechnology: Did the Butterfly Have an Effect?" Journal of Agribusiness, 21(1): 1-20, 2003.
17. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J. Kaufman. "An E-merging Revolution in Agricultural Commodity Exchange?" Choices, 6-10, Spring 2002.
18. Marks, L.A., N. Kalaitzandonakes, and L. Zakharova. "On the Media Roller-Coaster: Will GM Foods Finish the Ride?" Choices, 34-38, Spring 2002.
19. Boehlje, M., J. Akridge, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Preparing for Success in the Agribusiness Market Place." Journal of Agribusiness, 20(1), Spring 2002.
20. Kalaitzandonakes, N., R. Maltsbarger, and J. Barnes. "The Costs of Identity Preservation in the Global Food System." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 49: 605-615, 2001.
21. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Strategies and Structure in the Emerging Global Seed Industry." Biofutur, (215): 38-42, 2001.
22. Bredahl, M. and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Biotechnology: Can We Trade It?" Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, 2(1): 75-92, 2001.
23. Kalaitzandonakes, N. "Agrobiotechnology and Competitiveness." American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82(5): 1224-33, 2000.
24. Marks, L.A., B. Freeze, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "The Agrobiotechnology Industry: A U.S.-Canadian Comparison." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 419-431, 2000.
Chapters in Proceedings
1. Huang, J., D. Zhang, S. Rozelle, and N. Kalaitzandonakes. "Hindering Trade or Protecting the Developing World? Assessing the Impact of the Biosafety Protocol for the Case of China" in the International Food and Agricultural Policy Center (IPC) Report, Beijing and Washington DC, 2006. http://cesp.stanford.edu/items/pubs/21621/BSP_Impact_Paper_June_28_2006.pdf.
2. Kalaitzandonakes, N., "The Potential Impacts of the Biosafety Protocol on Agricultural Commodity Trade" in the International Food and Agricultural Policy Center (IPC) Technology Issue Briefs, December 2004. http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conferenze/icabr2005/papers/KALAITZANDONAKES_paper_1.pdf
3. Kalaitzandonakes, N., "Regulating Biotechnology: GM Food Labels" in Biotechnology: Science and Society at a Crossroad, National Agricultural Biotechnology Consortium Proceedings, Cornell University, 2004.
4. Maltsbarger, R., N. Kalaitzandonakes and J. Barnes, "Hidden Costs in Identity Preserved Supply Chains" in Economics of Identity Preservation, T. Sporleder, and L. Moss (Eds.), Columbus Ohio, The Ohio State University, 2001.
5. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and L. Marks, "Innovation Dynamics and Optimal Licensing Strategies in the Agro-biotechnology Industry" in Transitions in Agbiotech: Economics of Strategy and Policy, Proceedings, W. Lesser and J. Caswell (Eds.), 1999.
6. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and M. Hayenga, "Change in the Biotechnology, Seed and Chemical Industrial Complex: Theory and Evidence" in Transitions in Agbiotech: Economics of Strategy and Policy, Proceedings, W. Lesser and J. Caswell (Eds.), 1999.
Industry Journal Articles
1. Kalaitzandonakes, N. and J Kaufman. "GM Crops Impact Starch Industry." World Grain, March 2006.
4. Kalaitzandonakes, N., "The Economics of Corn Distribution." Starch/Staerke, Willey InterScience, 55: 236-39, 2003.
5. Kalaitzandonakes N., "The Future of Corn Production and Delivery." 2002 Corn Annual, p. 18-20, American Corn Refiners Association, Washington, D.C., May 2002.
6. Maltsbarger, R. and N. Kalaitzandonakes, "The Hidden Costs of Identity Preservation." Feedstuffs, 72(36): 1-2, 2000.
7. Kalaitzandonakes, N., and J. Akridge, "E-Commerce: Finding Opportunity." Farm Chemicals, 11-12, January 2000.
8. Kalaitzandonakes, N., "Impact of Biotechnology at the Farm Level." Seeds Today, March 2000.