Stephen J. Kobrin Named Editor of Wharton School Publishing

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 6, 2008 -- The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced that Stephen J. Kobrin, the William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management, has accepted the role as editor of Wharton School Publishing (WSP).

Kobrin will be replacing Yoram (Jerry) Wind, professor of Marketing; director of Wharton’s SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management; and academic director of the Wharton Fellows Program, as he has decided to step down after compiling a long list of accomplishments as founding editor of the imprint.

Under Jerry's leadership, WSP published 53 books, which included 390 translation agreements signed for 28 languages. Many of these books have been recognized as top business books from Amazon.com, American Marketing Association Foundation Berry Books, Business Week, and CEO Reads.

“We owe Jerry our gratitude for his service as the founding editor for WSP,” said Michael R. Gibbons, deputy dean of the Wharton School. “Like his predecessor, Steve brings a global business perspective and expertise to Wharton School Publishing, which is so critical to publishing business literature today. We look forward to continued success with him at the helm.”

Wharton School Publishing is dedicated to presenting the world's foremost business thinkers in print, audio and interactive formats. All titles must be approved by a senior Wharton faculty review board to ensure that they are timely, important, conceptually sound, empirically based, and implementable. The editorial focus on applicable knowledge, along with multi-media publishing, enables readers to gain new insights into the issues shaping the future of business, and plan and take action to achieve their goals. Wharton School Publishing is a partnership between Pearson Education, the world's leading education company, and the Wharton School.

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