Pietra Rivoli holds a PhD in Finance and International Economics from the University of Florida. She teaches finance and international business in the undergraduate, graduate and executive programs at the University of Florida. Professor Rivoli has special interests in social justice issues in international business.
Professor Rivoli’s recent book, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy, has been widely acclaimed by both the popular press and the academic community as a pathbreaking study of globalization. Finally, Travels of a T-Shirt was recently designated by the American Association of Publishers as the best scholarly book of 2005 in the category of Finance and Economics. Translation are underway into 12 languages.

Economics vs. Biology in the Global Economy
 

Abstract for the plenary session by Petra Rivoli
Professor of Finance and International Business, University of Florida.

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