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Collection Overview
| Size | 27.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 10,000 items) |
| Abstract | The John Kasarda Papers, 1980s-2017, consist of reports, proposals, presentations, speeches, course materials, and correspondence in paper, digital, and audiovisual formats that document the research interests of the professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School and director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Topics include global economic development initiatives, especially the aerotropolis city planning model in North America, South America, Southeast Asia, Russia, and other locations; business demographics, including the economic impact of African American and Hispanic populations on North Carolina; transportation and trade; and urban poverty. |
| Creator | Kasarda, John D. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: Jennifer Coggins, Nick Graham, Amy Morgan, and Nancy Kaiser, October 2017
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, October 2017
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Biographical Information
John Kasarda is the Director for the Center for Air Commerce at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the CEO of the airport consulting firm Aerotropolis Business Concepts, and president of the Aerotropolis Institute in China. He is best known for developing the concept of the aerotropolis, a model which emphasizes the role of airports and aviation as catalysts for economic growth.
Kasarda was chair of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Sociology from 1980 to 1990. He then moved to UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School as Kenan Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. During his tenure there Kasarda helped establish the Kenan Institute Asia in Bangkok.
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Scope and Content
The John Kasarda Papers, 1980s-2017, consist of reports, proposals, presentations, speeches, course materials, and correspondence in paper, digital, and audiovisual formats that document the research interests of the professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the Kenan-Flagler Business School and director of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Topics include global economic development initiatives, especially the aerotropolis city planning model in North America, South America, Southeast Asia, Russia, and other locations; business demographics, including the economic impact of African American and Hispanic populations on North Carolina; transportation and trade; and urban poverty.
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John D. Kasarda Papers, 1980s-2017.
Arrangement: original order has been maintained as received; folder list created by office of origin; titles for digital folders and audiovisual materials were derived from media labels.
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