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Strategic Mgt. BA4780 Online

Dr. E. K. Valentin is a Professor of Marketing and Management. He immigrated from Germany in 1954, graduated Salt Lake City's East High School in 1962, and served in the U.S. Army (Signal Corps) from 1962 to 1966. While in the Army, he spent 18 months in Korea and 12 months in Thailand. Upon being honorably discharged from the military, he returned to Thailand for two years as an electronic communications specialist and microwave/troposcatter communications site supervisor. He entered the University of Utah in 1968 and earned his B.S. degree (magna cum laude) two years later. He earned his M.B.A. degree from the University of Utah in 1971.  Thereafter, he joined the Boise Cascade Corporation as an administrative assistant to various executives. 

In 1974, he returned to the University of Utah to work on his Ph.D., which he earned in 1979. He majored in marketing and minored in business statistics and finance. While working on his dissertation, he joined the Morrison-Knudsen Company in 1977 and returned to Boise Cascade in 1978.

In 1982, he embarked on a teaching career, which brought him to Weber State in 1984. He has taught market strategy, business research, retailing, strategic management, business statistics, and numerous other courses. Approximately 40 of his articles and cases have appeared in various scholarly publications, including the Journal of Management Studies, the Journal of Consumer Affairs, the International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research, the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, the Journal of Marketing Education, and the Marketing Education Review.  Further, his research has been cited in The Wall Street Journal.  In addition to teaching and writing, he enjoys consulting in the areas of business strategy and marketing research.

Dr. Valentin can be reached at 801-395-3530, 801-395-3519, evalentin@weber.edu.