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180 Statler Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6902
607 255-6376

Applying:

2009-10 Tuition: Research degree: $29,500; professional degree: $37,750; M.M.H.: $56,675 (3 semesters)

Application deadlines:
M.M.H.: Rolling decisions (application available from Aug. 15 to June 30); see www.mmh.cornell.edu for details
M.S./Ph.D.: Feb. 1; August enrollment only

Requirements summary:

  • all Graduate School Requirements, including the TOEFL Exam for Non-Native English Applicants

    M.M.H.
  • GMAT
  • TOEFL minimum score of 100 Internet-based (iBT), 250 computer-based (CBT), or 600 paper-based (PBT); IELTS score minimums (writing, 6; reading, 6; listening, 6; speaking, 6; overall, 6)
  • Personal interview
  • Information, www.mmh.cornell.edu

    • M.S. and Ph.D.
  • GMAT
  • TOEFL minimum score of 100 Internet-based (iBT), 250 computer-based (CBT), or 600 paper-based (PBT); IELTS score minimums (writing, 6; reading, 6; listening, 6; speaking, 6; overall, 6)
  • Personal interview

Degrees, Subjects & Concentrations:

Subjects: Hospitality Management (M.M.H., M.S., Ph.D.)

Major concentrations: financial management; food and beverage management; hospitality management; hotel accounting; human resource management; marketing

Minor concentrations: properties asset management, real estate management Degrees: M.M.H., M.S., Ph.D.

Course descriptions and rosters:

Description:

MMH program
The Master of Management in Hospitality (MMH) program leads to a terminal professional degree and is designed to help individuals who have professional work experience prepare for successful management careers in hospitality at the corporate and operational levels.  

Application:
Admission is offered for May enrollment only. Submission of Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores is required of all applicants.  International applicants must have a minimum TOEFL score of 100 on the Internet-based test (iBT), 250 on the computer-based test (CBT) or 600 on the paper-based test (PBT); IELTS score minimums (writing, 6; reading, 6; listening, 6; speaking, 6; overall, 6). You must indicate on your application to which campus you are applying (Ithaca, N.Y. or Singapore). Decisions are made on a rolling basis. A personal interview, on or off campus, with a representative of the M.M.H. program is scheduled by the applicant online. For more information about scheduling an interview and application deadlines, please see www.mmh.cornell.edu. 

M.S. and Ph.D. programs
These degree programs prepare students to teach at the college level and do research in the field.

Application:
Admission is offered for August enrollment only. Submission of Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores is required of all applicants. International applicants must have a minimum TOEFL score of 100 on the Internet-based test (iBT), 250 on the computer-based test (CBT) or 600 on the paper-based test (PBT); IELTS score minimums (writing, 6; reading, 6; listening, 6; speaking, 6; overall, 6). Applications must be submitted by Feb. 1. A personal interview is by invitation only after review of the application.

Faculty:

  • Chris Anderson -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: revenue management; dynamic pricing; real options

  • Judith Brownell -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: leadership development; listening behavior; women in the hospitality workforce; customer service in the cruise industry; intercultural communication

  • Linda Canina -- Concentrations: financial management; hospitality management; Research interests: asset pricing; valuation

  • Steven Carvell -- Concentrations: financial management; hospitality management; Research interests: developing models to incorporate real options, risk analysis, and debt capacity into hotel feasibility analysis; economic value-added models applied to hotel operations

  • John Corgel -- Concentrations: real estate management; Research interests: real estate and corporate finance

  • Jan de Roos -- Concentrations: hospitality management; properties asset management; real estate management; Research interests: hospitality real estate

  • Chekitan Dev -- Concentrations: hospitality management; marketing; Research interests: strategic marketing; branding; strategic alliances; e-commerce

  • David Dittman -- Concentrations: financial management; hospitality management; Research interests: managerial accounting; financial accounting

  • Cathy Enz -- Concentrations: hospitality management; human resource management; Research interests: innovation; competitive dynamics; pricing strategy; change management and human resource investment strategies

  • James Hesford -- Concentrations: financial management; Research interests: design and implementation of cost accounting systems; use of accounting information and its effects upon managerial decision making; managerial control systems

  • Timothy Hinkin -- Concentrations: human resource management; Research interests: supervisor-subordinate relationships; power and influence in organizations; group dynamics; service quality

  • Daphne Jameson -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: language as it is used in business, technical; and professional contexts

  • Michael Johnson -- Concentrations: marketing; Research interests: development of customer information systems and how they can be utilized to craft strategy and manage customer relationships

  • Arturs Kalnins -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: hospitality; franchising and small business strategy with an emphasis on geographical issues

  • Sheryl Kimes -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: revenue management; hotel location; and service quality

  • Renata Kosova -- Research interests: hospitality management

  • Robert Kwortnik -- Concentrations: marketing; Research interests: consumer behavior; with special attention to consumer decision making for experiential products and associated strategic implications for services marketing

  • Peng (Peter) Liu -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: hospitality management

  • William Lynn -- Concentrations: marketing; Research interests: tipping behavior; status consumption; and consumer response to product scarcity

  • Qingzhong Ma -- Concentrations: financial management; Research interests: corporate finance; mergers and acquisitions; corporate governance; investment banking and financial intermediaries

  • Stephen Mutkoski -- Concentrations: financial management; hospitality management; Research interests: food and beverage management

  • Richard Penner -- Concentrations: hospitality management; properties asset management; Research interests: planning and design of hotels, resorts, and conference centers

  • Gordon Potter -- Concentrations: financial management; hospitality management; hotel accounting; Research interests: management accounting

  • Daniel Quan -- Concentrations: real estate management; Research interests: real estate finance; mortgage markets; auction markets

  • David Sherwyn -- Concentrations: hospitality management; human resource management; Research interests: labor and employment law issues relevant to the hospitality industry; specifically, mandatory arbitration of discrimination lawsuits and sexual harassment

  • Judy Siguaw -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: sales and channel management

  • Tony Simons -- Concentrations: hospitality management; human resource management; Research interests: trust, integrity, and conflict in executive groups and between employees and management

  • Alex Susskind -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: organizational communication and behavior examining (a) the impact of communication network relationships upon the attitudes and perceptions of organizational members at both the individual and group levels, and (b) the customer-server exchange focusing on service workers behavior and attitudes, and their influence upon consumer behavior and satisfaction

  • Mary Tabacchi -- Concentrations: food and beverage management; hospitality management; Research interests: employee wellness; healthful menus; consumer preference for healthful food at home and while eating out; marketing health-related vacations

  • Gary Thompson -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: labor scheduling in service delivery systems

  • John Tracey -- Concentrations: human resource management; Research interests: training, leadership, employment law, and turnover costs

  • Rohit Verma -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: product-service design and development, customer choice modeling, marketing/operations interrelated issues; supplier selection strategies quality; and process improvement

  • Kathleen Walsh -- Concentrations: human resource management; Research interests: service relationships and delivery; empowerment; organizational and professional identity and commitment

  • Sean Way -- Research interests: human resource management

  • Dina Zemke -- Concentrations: hospitality management; Research interests: hospitality facilities operation; the effect of the facility on human behavior

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