A professor of business information technology is working on developing new approaches for modeling disaster resilience that will enable decision makers to gain a better understanding of the tradeoffs inherent in managing supply chain operations during a disaster.
A new study by a professor of marketing at Virginia Tech sheds new light on consumer responses to rewards programs, used by airlines, credit-card companies, hotels, retailers, and other businesses to promote customer allegiance.
Study reveals the secrets to negotiating a higher salary.
Brother and sister Tom and Dian Griesel, the co-founders of The Business School of Happiness have studied the various ways people can improve satisfaction with their lives including their hours on the job.
For a number of years, gas prices in the United States have been fluctuating—at times reaching more than $4—and this fluctuation has significantly affected American’s disposable income. Dinesh Gauri, an assistant professor of marketing in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, recently studied approximately 1,000 households to determine how consumers modify their shopping behaviors when higher gas prices put pressure on their budgets.
A new Iowa State University study of 69 companies found that having a clear strategy is far more valuable than either availability of resources or management support when it comes to perceived supply chain security by managers.
With the concept of a store-within-a-store growing across the country, a Kansas State University researcher's work shows the increasing importance of brand reputation and its strong role in governing decisions.
Nanotechnology advances at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock creates two new businesses to market a solution to a $600 billion global business problem -- counterfeit products.
Whether or not a company’s CEO holds a college degree from a top school has no bearing on the firm’s long-term performance. And when it comes to getting canned for poor performance, CEOs with degrees from the nation’s most prestigious schools are no safer than the average CEO, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.
Emotional intelligence plays an important role in coping with organizational politics; a high level of emotional intelligence makes for more dedicated and satisfied employees. This is revealed in a new study from the University of Haifa.
Lack of flexibility that interferes with family balance is major factor why relatively few women own quick service food franchises.
The United States workforce, battered by an economic slowdown, now includes a record number of workers who are involuntarily working part-time due to reduced hours or the inability to find a full-time job. Hourly workers are especially susceptible to reduced, irregular and fluctuating hours, and the myriad of challenges associated with them.
A paycheck brings a familiar sense of freedom, albeit one that dwindles in lockstep with the balance in one's checking account. But, it’s not the checking account size that influences consumer behavior; rather, it’s the time that has elapsed since payday.
CEOs often blame something other than their own performance when companies go out of business, but a new study by a University of Iowa researcher suggests they are more responsible than they like to think.
In tough times, many companies slash staff and turn to outsourcing, yet that may doom their products; in good times, as with Toyota, losing control over key components can contribute to failure, says Lyda Bigelow, a University of Utah business-strategy professor.
Overturning more than 40 years of accepted practice, new research proves that the tools used to check tests of "general mental ability" for bias are themselves flawed. This key finding from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business challenges reliance on such exams to make objective decisions for employment or academic admissions even in the face of well-documented gaps between mean scores of white and minority populations.
Intrigued by the question of why managers pursue such deals even when they do not improve shareholder wealth, Dharwadkar, Brandes, and Goranova examined the implications of ownership from a novel perspective. In their paper “Owners on Both Sides of the Deal: M&A and Overlapping Institutional Ownership,” forthcoming in Strategic Management Journal, they investigated the consequences of “overlapping” institutional ownership — whereby owners may have simultaneous stakes in both the acquirer and the target to an M&A deal.
Stock options have rewarded many thousands of employees, particularly those working in the information technology industry, with income that far outstrips their normal salaries. It’s become an article of faith in Silicon Valley that those rewards create incentives for employees to work harder and smarter, in turn rewarding the companies that lavish options on the workforce with better performance and greater shareholder value. But does that assumption stand up to careful scrutiny? The answer: It depends on who is receiving the options, according to a new study.
The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will welcome 23 veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraqi conflicts to its Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) on July 24. The program, offered entirely free (including travel and accommodations) to post-9/11 veterans, provides men and women representing all four branches of the U.S. military with cutting-edge training in entrepreneurship and small business management in an effort to help them “create their own jobs.”
The logo on your designer handbag or sports car may say far more about your social status and social aspirations than the brand name itself, according to a new study from the USC Marshall School of Business, which finds that luxury brands charge more for “quieter” items with subtle logo placement and discreet appeal.
Study shows that incivility isn't tolerated -- even when the employee is being reprimanded for poor customer service.
A study by Ryerson University suggests that courier companies are an uphill battling in delivering time-sensitive packages to business in Canada's urban centres.
Consumers often quit using products that would be beneficial for them in the long run because they experience a short period of pessimism during their initial encounter with skill-based products as varied as knitting needles and mobile devices.
Employees who feel entitled in the workplace are more apt to be frustrated on the job and lash out at their co-workers, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.
Successful senior leadership depends on the collective effectiveness of other leaders throughout the organizational hierarchy, according to a study co-authored by Professor Jennifer Chatman at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Most companies are unaware of copyright complexities and enforcement possibilities, which extend to the unauthorized copying and distribution of published material according to copyrights expert.
The Coaching Manager offers business managers insight and developmental coaching skills to help their employees learn and become more productive on a day-to-day basis.
Why do entrepreneurs flock to startup meccas like the Silicon Valley or Boston? Professor and Chair in Real Estate Development Robert Helsley at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, has studied entrepreneurial clustering and showed in a recent working paper that density or thickness of local input markets translates into faster productivity and higher profitability.
Reports that focus solely on technology transfer offices established by colleges and universities tend to underestimate the commercial activity resulting from academic research, according to a study by Indiana University researchers.
Think about the last time you wanted to find more information on a type of business, product or service. Chances are you Googled it. Now think about your business. How can you make your business pop up higher when potential customers use search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo and MSN? One way is through blogs, says Rhoda Israelov, a career mentor and executive-in-residence in Butler University’s College of Business.
Howard Van Auken, the Bob and Kay Smith Fellow in Entrepreneurship in Iowa State University's College of Business, provides advice to determine whether a good business idea has entrepreneurial merit.
UC Berkeley management behavior expert publishes new book on dynamic recipes in innovative tech firms.
Americans want self-respect, and that desire has risen significantly in the last two decades, say marketing researchers at the University of Oregon. Meanwhile, the needs for both security and a sense of belonging have declined in the last 30 years.
UC San Diego’s director of strategic energy initiatives, Byron Washom, was recognized in the June issue of Fast Company magazine as one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business 2010,” ranking him number two in its green category. Since joining the university in 2008, Washom has teamed with faculty researchers, campus-operations engineers and students to pursue projects related to solar power, smart-grid technology, alternative-energy projects and novel renewable-energy financing.
More business schools need to dedicate more attention to emerging markets as the sheer number of said markets, their projected growth, and distinct natures demand it.
Research completed by an Indiana State University Networks Financial Institute fellow has concluded that systemic risk is not a feature of the insurance industry.
Business leaders around the world are more focused today than ever before on managing risk and uncertainty within their organizations. According to new research released this week by Babson Executive Education (BEE)—The Report on Business Uncertainty: 2010 Survey Results— almost half of 1,048 global executives surveyed said they are taking bolder actions than before 2008 when the global economy tumbled.
As thousands of Generation Y college graduates flood the workforce this spring, the nation’s employers may want to brace themselves for a new crop of entitlement-minded workers.
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Cornell University Professor of Law and an expert in environmental law, comments on the liability facing BP as a result of the ongoing Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
A group of University of Iowa students is helping a Chicago nonprofit organization with an ambitious plan to provide GPS-enabled cell phones to every blind and visually impaired child in Illinois.
In a new Social Venture Creation course at the University of Michigan, students who want to make the world a better place are learning hands-on how to use market principles to solve society's challenges.
Responding to concerns about an increasingly electronic stock exchange, Terrence Hendershott studied algorithmic trading and found that computer-driven trading based on algorithmic formulas does, in fact, improve the market’s liquidity. Furthermore, this kind of high speed trading allows stock prices to become more “efficient” or reflective of true supply and demand in the market.
New findings out of the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas confirm that radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items can significantly improve inventory accuracy, even within departments or stores that already have high inventory accuracy.
Two economists offer a new way to look at financial markets that recognizes that the rational market is a myth – in the strictest sense of the word: it is a widely held but false belief. It cannot be turned into reality by any means, including regulatory policy, no matter how wise or efficacious. The reason is simple: assets’ underlying values unfold over time in non-routine ways that no one can fully foresee.
As government expands, demand will increase for tax professionals.
A study from the USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation co-authored by Gerard Tellis, Professor and Director of the Center and Andreas Eisingerich Assistant Professor at Imperial College London, has developed an index of innovative firms. Portfolios of top firms on this index appear to perform better than the S&P 500 in up markets and almost as well in down markets. The superior performance comes without excessive risk.
A cadre of entrepreneurs has built stable, even thriving firms often overlooked by outsiders who can’t see past the general sluggishness of the communities these firms call home. That’s about to change.
To save money on your taxes this year, you’ll need to know the new deductions and tax credits included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Darden School of Business Offers Course on Markets in Human Hope
Sharon C. Ballard, President/CEO of EVI announced today that Baylor University has become a licensee for EVI’s Supercoach® Entrepreneurial Training curricula exclusive for Central Texas. Baylor University is ranked #4 in the Top 25 best undergraduate universities by Entrepreneur magazine in 2010.
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