Idea Marketplace

The Fox School’s Neha Mittal, associate professor of operations and supply chain management, and Michael Rivera, associate professor of management, recently won prizes at the 2021 EFMD Case Writing Competition.  EFMD Global is an organization that invites professors and researchers from various organizations around the globe to participate in a case writing competition that encourages […]

The 2008 financial crisis caused financial institutions on Wall Street to hold trillions of dollars of near-worthless investments. Some critics argue that the repeal of the Glass Steagall Act of 1933 played a big role in accelerating the financial crisis. The Glass Steagall Act separated investment banking from commercial banking. Banks that offered commercial loans […]

John D’Arcy, PhD ’05, shares how his love for cybersecurity shaped his professional life Nothing is more rewarding than achieving something you have been working towards for a long time. For John D’Arcy, PhD ’05, that rang true when he was appointed senior editor for MIS Quarterly, the preeminent academic journal in his field, in […]

This is one of the most common questions that people considering a DBA ask, after “What is a DBA?” We asked alumni and current students in the Fox School’s Executive Doctorate in Business Administration program to share why they believe the Fox DBA was the right choice for them. Become An Expert With many years […]

Cheating happens. But what can faculty and staff do to help combat cheating with empathy? Help students understand the importance of academic honesty, and how to avoid issues when writing and submitting work.  Carly Papenberg, director of instructional design for Online and Digital Learning, and Matthew Kunkle, senior associate director of Analytics and Accreditation, share […]

“When we have all data online, it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.” Robert Cailliau, Co-Founder, World Wide Web Cities are growing at an uncontrollable rate. 68% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas by 2030. Given this fast and unstoppable […]

Leaders in several countries—India, China, the U.S. and Brazil to name a few—have witnessed some level of public outrage towards the mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic. But how will their political ratings be affected as a result? Jenson Lau, a current PhD student in the Fox School’s Department of Human Resource Management, posed this question […]

Uncovering a market need often results in groundbreaking ideas. For Greg Goldmacher, MBA ’15, and Ronak Vyas, MBA ’15, the need they found was in the healthcare real estate sector. “I saw the struggles that doctors go through and the trends in healthcare—all of the consolidations, leading to not only private practices being bought up, […]

People are often expected to dress, work and behave with what is “appropriate” to their assigned sex at birth. But how do the languages we speak have an impact on gender representation in innovation and business? Amir Shoham, associate professor of finance and international business at the Fox School of Business, studies the impact of […]

This year, Temple University’s Fox School of Business planned to host the 10th annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience (ISDN) conference, an annual gathering of researchers and practitioners in the field of decision neuroscience that first started at Temple University in 2010. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference hosts in the Center for Applied […]

Research from Temple’s Sezgin Ayabakan shows chatbots could be helpful in alleviating the burden on the healthcare system during the current COVID-19 pandemic PHILADELPHIA, July 21, 2020 — Since early March, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a near-unprecedented amount of stress on our healthcare system. Hospitals are overbooked. Healthcare employees are overworked. And with cases […]

In the past few years, hospitals have put a much greater emphasis on treating patients as consumers. But the industry is still adjusting to giving people a greater say in their healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic has only complicated matters, as hospitals are dealing with more patients and needing to account for their choices. How can […]

Moonsup Hyun, a recent graduate from the PhD in Business Administration program, researches human behavior to uncover deeper connections between sports and the workplace.  Hyun, PhD ’20, wasn’t always sure he wanted to study sport management. It wasn’t until after college in pursuit of his Master’s degree that he discovered his calling. “After graduating from […]

The Fox School of Business is pleased to honor these five exceptional doctoral alumni for their contributions to business research, education and industry leadership. Although this year’s Doctoral Alumni Awards event has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we’re proud of these alumni, as well as all of our graduates, for their achievements.  […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly altering several industries. The efficient, practical and organizational benefits of AI are far too effective to ignore, particularly in occupations that require a lot of crunching numbers.  Cory Ng, assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Accounting at the Fox School, investigated just how much AI is impacting the […]