Gomez, Miguel I.

Assistant Professor

research

research and scholarship focus

  • Marketing and Price Analysis
  • Quantitative Methods in Applied Economics
  • Economics of the Food Industry

international geographic focus

affiliations

faculty appointment in

other Cornell affiliations

background

educational background

  • Ph.D., (Agricultural and Consumer Economics), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
  • M.S., (Agricultural and Consumer Economics), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995

professional background

  • Industrial Engineer. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 1990
  • Present Research Associate III. Food Industry Management Program, Department of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University.
  • 2004-Present Lecturer in Marketing Management. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.
  • Summer, 2004 Visitor Lecturer – Food Industry Seminar. Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 1999-2001 Assistant Professor. Illinois State University.
  • 1998 Research Associate. Economics Program, International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT). Mexico D.F., Mexico.
  • 1996-1997 Research Assistant. Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • 1995-1996 Visitor Lecturer - Civic Education Project (CEP). Economics Faculty, Latvian University of Agriculture, Jelgava - Latvia, East Europe.
  • 1993-1995 Research Assistant. Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • 1992-1993 Research Associate. Instituto SER de Investigación. Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 1990-1991 "EL ROSAL" FLOWERS. Production and Marketing Planning Manager, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • 1988 INDUPALMA S.A. (10-month internship). San Alberto-Cesar, Colombia

awards and distinctions

  • 2001. Advisor to the group awarded the first prize in the SoyLutions 2001 soybean utilization contest sponsored by the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) and Illinois Soybean Checkoff Board (ISCB). Product: The Taco- Shell.
  • 1999. Distinguished PhD Dissertation award. Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

  • Gómez, M.I., McLaughlin, E.W. and Wittink, D.R. “Customer Satisfaction and Retail Sales Performance: An Empirical Investigation,” Journal of Retailing, forthcoming.
  • Park, K. and M.I. Gómez. 2004. “Predicting Coupon Use from Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics,” Journal of Food Distribution Research, 35(1): 162-168.
  • Gómez, M.I., M.P. Cabal, and J.A. Torres. 2002 “Private Initiatives on Food Safety: The Case of the Colombian Poultry Industry.” Journal of Food Control, 13 (June): 83-86.
  • Unnevehr, L.J., G.Y. Miller, and M.I. Gómez. 1999. “Ensuring Food Safety and Quality in Farm Level Production: Emerging Lessons from the Pork Industry.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 81 (5): 1096-1101.
  • Jensen, H.H., L.J. Unnevehr, and M.I. Gómez. 1998. “Cost of Improving Food Safety in the Meat Sector.” Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics, 30 (1): 83-94.
  • Unnevehr, L.J., M.I. Gómez, and P. Garcia. 1998. “The Incidence of Producer Welfare Losses from Food Safety Regulation in the Meat Industry”, Review of Agricultural Economics, 20 (1): 186-201.
  • Garcia, R.J., D. Miljkovic, and M.I. Gómez. 1998. “Import Prices and Hard Currency Constraints in Eastern Europe: Implications for Coarse Grain Imports and Production of Meat” Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics, 30 (1): 201-215.