Media Coverage
A compilation of clips of Smeal or Smeal faculty appearing in the media this month.
May 2012
Marketplace, 05/21/2012—Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies, was interviewed regarding regarding China's role in the U.S. economy. "If the industry is sensitive—whether it's ports, or whether it's defense-related, or it's telecom-related, etc.—you begin to see some kind of concern, either from a national security point of view, or 'Oh my god, the foreigners are coming, buying this, that, and the other.'" Ghadar said.
Barron's, 05/21/2012—J. Edward Ketz, associate professor of accounting, comments on an AICPA ethics complaint against Abraham J. Briloff. "The AICPA did not look good," says Ketz. "It was foolish of them to proceed that way." (Champion of Accounting and Accountability).
The Wall Street Journal Online, 05/18/2012—Blog entry mentions the Smeal MBA Program. "The full-time M.B.A. program at Penn State University's Smeal College of Business received 534 applications this year for enrollment in fall 2012, up more than 14 percent from 467 in the prior year. The school had seen increasing application volume in 2008 to 2010, as the financial crisis pushed many back to school, but interest declined for the class starting in 2011, as prolonged economic concerns soured some prospective students. Wyatt DuBois, a spokesman, says Smeal is now above 2007 levels but not quite at the mid-recession peak. (Are B-Schools Bouncing Back?).
Sports Business Journal, 05/14/2012—Wayne DeSarbo and Chris McKeon, director and coordinator, respectively, of the Center for Sports Business and Research, and Smeal Ph.D. student Ashley Stadler Blank write in an op-ed about in-game promotions and event attendance. (Proper Mix of Promotional Offerings Can Produce for Teams).
B-to-B, 04/14/2012—Ralph Oliva, executive director of the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, comments on an ISBM research project. "What we've seen across many of our member firms, whether large or small, is that the quality of marketing planning is at best mixed," says Oliva. "A key role for a strong corporate marketing function is to develop a marketing plan that is high-level enough to be used flexibly but tight enough so it enforces discipline." (ISBM Identifies 10 Key Roles for B2B Corporate Marketers).
Altoona Mirror, 05/13/2012—Brent Ambrose, director of the Institute for Real Estate Studies, comments on foreclosed homes maintenance. "In small and rural municipalities where foreclosures are uncommon, banks may sometimes neglect to hire maintenance crews, said Brent Ambrose ... 'It could be that there's just not a large enough volume of foreclosures in the area,' Ambrose said." (Foreclosed Homes Irk Neighbors).
MBAPrograms.org, 05/10/2012—Stacey Dorang Peeler, MBA admissions director, comments on the Smeal MBA Program. ""The best advice we can give from the admissions committee perspective is to put forth the strongest application possible," Dorang Peeler says. "Putting yourself in the running for merit-based aid that you don't have to pay back is the best way not to accrue excessive debt via loans, some of which may have high interest." (Four Ways to Pay for Business School).
Forbes.com, 05/01/2012—John Jordan, clinical associate professor of supply chain and information systems, writes in an op-ed about robots. "We’re seeing incredibly rapid change in social norms, work habits, relationships, and risk as tens of millions of people carry powerful, networked Unix computers on their person," Jordan writes. "From the other side, packbots, prosthetics, and other robotic extensions redefine human capability still further. The grey area in the middle between man and machine is only going to get more complicated in the coming years. Times will be interesting, for sure." (The Robotic Moment).
Money, May 2012—Feature includes a graph provided by Ron Gebhardtsbauer, clinical associate professor of actuarial science. (Ask the Expert: Why Do I Need My Savings to Last to Age 100 if My Average Life Span Is Much Shorter?).
PGA Magazine, May 2012—Article on a golf clinic put on for Penn State Women in Business by the PGA Golf Management University Program at Penn State. (Growing the Game on Campus and in the Community).
