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Robert M. Salomon is Assistant Professor of Management at the Leonard Stern School of Business, New York University, and he teaches International Business Management and Corporate Strategy. His research, interests and expertise lie in the study of international expansion, technology and knowledge transfer across borders, and how and why firms enter foreign markets, and the impact of this expansion on a firm's performance.

Professor Salomon's papers have been published in various academic journals and his first book, titled Exporting: New Insights, New Perspectives, Edgar Elgar Publishing, published in Feb 2007, explores the relationship between exports and productivity.

He also published a paper which expores this issue further, titled Does knowledge spill to leaders or laggards? Exploring industry heterogeneity in learning by exporting, Journal of International Business Studies, 39 (1): 132-150, Salomon, R. & B. Jin. 2008, which suggests that "trade openness leads to income growth and fosters income convergence among trading partners. The purported mechanism that acts as an engine to such convergence is the learning that occurs as a result of engaging in trade. That is, the exchange of tangible goods facilitates the bidirectional exchange of intangible knowledge across borders, and the learning that results helps decrease technological and income heterogeneity across nations."

Prof. Salomon also authors a blog (http://blog.robertsalomon.com/), where he posts commentary and analysis.

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Career: Assistant Professor of Management, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2005-Present
Assistant Professor of Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 2002-2005
Instructor, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2000-2002

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Education: Ph.D. , International Business and Management, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2002
M.Phil., International Business and Management, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2000
B.B.A., Finance, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 1995

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Editor's Note: I contacted Professor Salomon to ask for an opinion on whether or not free trade agreements should be re-negotiated. Below is his reply, published as is.

I'm not sure I have any view on the negotiation of free trade agreements per se. The negotiation part is not my forte. However, I am a proponent of free trade. I think my writings speak to that belief. In essence, I believe that globalization and free trade allows for the most efficient employment and allocation capital and labor. It also encourages the diffusion of knowledge across borders. In that sense then, I would encourage politicians negotiating the deals to see past their local, myopic interests in favor of the greater good - to achieve the greatest benefits for the largest number of people.

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References: http://www.robertsalomon.com/SalomonCV.pdf
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v39/n1/full/8400320a.html http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Exporting-New-Insights-Perspectives/dp/1845425812