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As business becomes more globalized, U.S. companies are increasingly earning significant amounts of income in foreign countries. The American Jobs Creation Act provided a temporary reduction in the repatriation tax with the intention of motivating firms to bring monies back to the U.S. for domestic investment. But did the firms that were Congress’ intended targets of the American Jobs Creation Act benefit the most? Recent research by Susan Albring, assistant professor of accounting in the Whitman School of Management, examined whether private and public debt constraints faced by a firm influence the firm’s response to the temporary reduction in repatriation taxes.

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The United States is in the thick of a “green trend.” Increased awareness of and commitment to sustainability and improving the environment through reduced carbon emissions and energy use have led to more consumer demand for “green” products—including green construction. Even with the downturn in the housing market, a 2008 poll showed that 91 percent of registered voters nationwide would still pay more for a house if that meant a reduced impact on the environment.

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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.

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A good sign for our economy is that companies are slowly beginning to rebuild inventory. But the recession walloped a number of suppliers—those that are still in business worked hard to reduce their inventory investments and free up capital and now don’t have the goods they once did to pass on to their clients.

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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.”

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Representatives from the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) will ring the closing bell at NASDAQ on July 23.

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Thirty-four MBA students in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will get a first-hand look at these opportunities with visits to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in March 2010. The week-long study trip will provide insight into business practices, opportunities, and challenges in the Middle East at a time when such understanding is increasingly vital. In addition to providing a general understanding of doing business in this region, the course will focus on global strategy, banking, energy, environment, and the growing business for real estate in the region.

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Students from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will travel to Djibouti on the Horn of Africa during their spring break as a part of Empowerment through Entrepreneurship, a new initiative aimed at promoting new business innovation in a country with few resources and high levels of unemployment, poverty, and malnutrition.

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In an effort to create socially responsible business models, students in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University are developing innovative business solutions for prevalent social issues in an increasingly competitive environment. Programs that address societal concerns allow students to focus on business models that not only create business value, but also great social value, developing a new kind of social entrepreneurship.

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Conflicts of interest in mutual funds between managers, fund sponsors, and shareholders are, in some ways, the nature of the beast given that mutual fund managers benefit from high-paying risky investments while sponsors and shareholders tend to benefit from lower risk investments.

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The Internet has made online auction sites somewhat ubiquitous—and has facilitated the rise of name-your-own-price (NYOP) auctions, a few of which are quite popular and profitable. With NYOP auctions, as most prominently exemplified by Priceline, consumers bid on products or services without knowing the threshold price. If their bid exceeds the concealed threshold price, they receive the product at the amount they’ve bid.

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The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) today announced an expansion of its services to include veterans of the U.S. Coast Guard, who have been identified as having a service-connected disability as a result of their support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom.

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The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) today announces three major initiatives that will significantly expand the reach and impact of the EBV to assist in rebuilding the lives and economic potentials of U.S. veterans with disabilities.

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The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) program in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University has been ranked among the best in the country by Entrepreneur Magazine and The Princeton Review.

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On Oct. 6, 2009, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host the 60th anniversary of the Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Program, an annual celebration of achievements in supply chain management. The recipient of this year’s Salzberg Medallion Concept Award is the late Malcom McLean.

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On Oct. 6, 2009, the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host the 60th anniversary of the Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Program, an annual celebration of achievements in supply chain management. This year’s recipient of the Salzberg Medallion for Outstanding Practitioner is Michael J. Ward, chairman and CEO of CSX Corporation, a leading North American transportation company providing rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services.

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The Army Community Covenant (ACC) program of the Department of the Army has recognized the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Program (EBV) as a "National Best Practice" in serving soldiers and their families. The ACC is a Secretary of the Army initiative designed to identify, highlight, and direct soldiers and their families to programs sponsored for their benefit to assist in the transition from military to civilian life.

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Brian Iglesias, 31, a combat decorated U.S. Marine, was a newlywed and a father-to-be when he returned home from his second tour of duty in Iraq in 2007. Designated as having a "˜service-connected disability' by the Department of Defense, Iglesias struggled with finding work to support his family. He also harbored a persistent desire to start his own filmmaking company. At this same time, his mother-in-law came across information about the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), and soon thereafter, an entrepreneur was born.

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Ask a successful entrepreneur what question they are most often asked at a dinner party, and they'll most likely tell you that people want to know how to decide if their business idea is one that can be the basis for a successful business?

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Stacey VanWaldick worked with the Syracuse University Community Test Kitchen (COMTEK), located in Syracuse University's South Side Innovation Center (SSIC) on South Salina Street in Syracuse, to turn her dream of making jewelry from chocolate into reality. Today, she is founder and sole proprietress of Promise Me Chocolate, which sells premium artisan chocolate gems, rings, and bonbons crafted from custom molds and using only the finest chocolate and fillings by Meyers Chocolates of Oneida, New York.

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Innovative program includes Syracuse University, UCLA, Texas A&M, Florida State University, and now Purdue University, that provides post-9/11 veterans disabled in Iraq and Afghanistan training in entrepreneurship, small business management to start new lives.

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The industrial revolution was inherently flawed from a supply chain perspective" says Patrick Penfield, assistant professor of supply chain practice in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. "The U.S. supply chain processes in business have been developed on the basis of an inexhaustible supply of resources and a total disregard of waste products. We in essence have created a "˜disposable society.'

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Recent findings by Dinesh Gauri indicate that consumers patronize three types of grocery store concepts: the regular supermarkets, the every-day-low-price stores, and the discount stores. "Conforming to any of these three concepts will increase the sales potential of the stores," Gauri says." His findings suggest that stores like Fresh & Easy, a subsidiary of the UK based food retailer Tesco, or Wal-Mart's new Marketside, may be unsuccessful if they fall outside the traditional concepts with which consumers are comfortable.

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A finance expert in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University predicts an active prime market after the take-over of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae by the government.

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A new study by Amber Anand, associate professor of finance in the Whitman School of Management, seeks to examine the role of intermediaries in a market where intermediaries are not on the trading floor.

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New research by Amiya Basu, professor of marketing in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, and Padmal Vitharana, associate professor of management information systems at Whitman, assumes that customers vary in their knowledge of components and finds that three factors determine the optimal pricing strategy.

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Original research conducted by a team from Syracuse University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of Utah that includes Kira Reed, assistant professor of management in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, finds that competency and desire play key roles in "sector-shifting."

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New research by Eunkyu Lee, associate professor of marketing in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, questions the necessity of complicated and costly contracting practice in the movie industry.

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New research by Alex Thevaranjan, associate professor of accounting in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, suggests that a solution for marketers to combat spam is bonded senders. This option involves posting a bond with an intermediary that is forfeited if the recipient identifies the email as an unwanted communication.

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New research by Burak Kazaz, associate professor of supply chain in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, explores which products at each state of equipment deterioration should be produced, helping manufacturers determine production policies.

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A new consortium between Syracuse University, UCLA, Texas A&M and Florida State University will provide post-9/11 veterans disabled in Iraq and Afghanistan training"”at no cost"”in small business management.

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New research by Amber Anand, associate professor of finance in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, shows that a significant amount of price discovery is through medium and small size trades.

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Female managers who are seen as unkind, insensitive and unaware of others' feelings are judged as worse bosses because of it "“ yet men who exhibit the same qualities aren't. This is the conclusion of Kristin Byron, assistant professor of management in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, who wanted to see if being good at spotting emotions meant managers had more satisfied staff.

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On Aug. 11, the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University launched the second phase, onsite training, of its inaugural "Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities" (EBV), a cutting-edge, experiential training program in entrepreneurship and small business management for veterans identified as disabled resulting from their service in Iraq.

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New research from marketing professors at the Whitman School indicate that clear guidelines are needed for setting prices when there is an intermediate level of competition "“ when the number of companies competing is between a monopoly and perfect competition, and where there is also a differentiation of product.

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New research from Michel Benaroch, professor of information systems in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, indicates that all companies that manage risk should consider seriously utilizing real options techniques for improved economic performance.

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In the world of business, it is not unusual for managers to occasionally make decisions with which shareholders disagree. Decisions related to diversification "“ that is, a company which operates in more than one industry "“ are no exception. However, new research from professors at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University finds that the real picture is more complex.

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The Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises in the Whitman School of Management is launching the "Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities" (EBV), a cutting-edge, experiential training program in entrepreneurship and small business management for veterans identified as disabled resulting from their service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and/or Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Research from Byong-Duk Rhee, associate professor of marketing in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, indicates that WLNP has actually had an adverse affect on smaller service providers.

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Email communication has transformed the way we conduct business"”by some estimates, more than 100 billion emails are sent daily by approximately 1.1 billion users. New research from Kristin Byron, assistant professor of management in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, suggests that those 1.1 billion email users may be expressing and interpreting emotions in email more often than we think.

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Eunkyu Lee, associate professor of marketing, finds that retailers have a broader range of strategies for introducing store brands that go well beyond merely "emulating Tide."

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New empirical evidence from David Harris, associate professor of accounting in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, sheds light on investor trading around earnings releases. Harris finds that private information held by traders yet unrevealed publicly at the time of earnings announcement (known as private event-period information) results in greater trading volume.

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A professor of supply chain management in the Whitman School at Syracuse University finds reasons to rethink legislation around the collection and disposal of e-waste. Take-back legislation can result in higher manufacturing and remanufacturing profits.