Richard G. Linowes is Kogod Outstanding Professor of Undergraduate Programs at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington, D.C. He has a D.B.A. from Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration, masters from the University of Michigan in computer and communication sciences, and bachelors from Princeton University where he pursued a self-designed major in cybernetics (combining math, philosophy, electrical engineering and psychology). Dr. Linowes' professional management experience includes several years with Arthur Andersen (now Accenture) and Goldman Sachs in New York City (where he helped plan the firm’s international expansion). He has also edited four USAID casebooks profiling small businesses in emerging markets.