Press & Media

UberX shown to reduce drunk-driving deaths, according to Fox researchers Discussed in this issue: • Innovation on the rise in less traditional locations, Fox researchers find • Lockheed Martin and IBIT to Host National Cyber Analyst Challenge • Apps & Maps students make pitch to Samsung executive

A sophomore from Temple University’s Fox School of Business has been chosen as a finalist for a national peace prize for her outstanding volunteer service to military veterans. Entrepreneurship major Alexis Werner is vying for the Peace First Prize, a national award that recognizes youths between the ages of 8 and 22 for their “compassion, […]

Leaders from the nation’s top online MBA programs gathered recently at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, forming what is believed to be the first consortium of its kind. Academic Director of the Fox Online MBA program Dr. Darin Kapanjie invited program directors, deans, and chairpersons from a host of top-ranked online graduate business programs […]

Domino’s Pizza has cultivated 10 million Facebook followers. Target’s page has collected 20 million. And Nabisco’s Oreo cookie page exceeds 40 million Facebook likes. Such large numbers demonstrate a shift toward social media marketing and the expanding role of commercial branding in today’s online world, according to Dr. Jay I. Sinha, an Associate Professor of […]

Fox’s undergrad program in Human Resource Management ranked #7 Discussed in this issue: • Fox’s Society for Human Resource Management chapter wins regional case competition • Experiential learning the focus in The Co-Op in Human Resource Management • Cynical employees affect work environment more than affirmative employees

Fox School of Business Partnering up for Trade Winds—Africa Fox’s Director of International and Executive Programs and Director of Temple CIBER Rebecca Geffner contributed a post to Tradeology, the blog of the International Trade Administration in advance of this month’s Trade Winds Africa Conference in Johannesburg, which is being hosted by the U.S. Commercial Service […]

How Samsung Became a Design Powerhouse Dr. Youngjin Yoo, the Harry A. Cochran Professor of Management Information Systems at the Fox School, published a co-authored article for Harvard Business Review into the evolution of Samsung as a “design powerhouse.”

The Call To Serve Workers across myriad industries are expected to work longer and off-peak hours, and possibly be asked to shift their living arrangements to accommodate customers during Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia this month. Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management Dr. You-Jin Kim offered insight into how employers can use this as an […]

Researchers Find Uber Use Leads to a Decrease in DUI Deaths Management Information Systems professors Dr. Brad Greenwood and Dr. Sunil Wattal continue to receive media attention for their research into the potentiality of ride-sharing service UberX contributing to reduced rates of drunken-driving related deaths. In addition to Newsweek, other notable mentions and interviews include: […]

Associate Professor of Finance Dr. Bruce Rader was the featured guest for one hour on WURD’s “Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise” show, hosted by Keva Sturdevant. Rader discussed current market volatility, appropriate action by investors, FED policy, and more.

Vanessa Oriolo’s initial foray into beauty pageants came about when she saw a banner advertisement on Facebook. She hardly expected this would lead to being crowned Miss New Jersey USA. Oriolo, a senior marketing major from the Fox School of Business, represented Temple University and her home state in the nationally televised Miss USA pageant, […]

Dr. Boris Iglewicz, a renowned researcher and tenured faculty member within Temple University’s Fox School of Business, died Aug. 25. He was 75. Iglewicz, a professor emeritus, had taught within the Statistics department since 1969, upon his hire as an associate professor by Temple’s School of Business and Management. In 1974, he was promoted to […]

The inspiration for his co-authored research paper, Brad Greenwood said, materialized rather organically. “I was in the backseat of an UberX vehicle,” Greenwood said, “and I wrote myself a cell phone note: ‘Call Sunil about writing an Uber paper.’” According to research by Greenwood and Sunil Wattal, professors at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, […]

Watch Ellen Weber speak about how women can support each other Ellen Weber, the Executive Director of Temple’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, and an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, spoke recently at the TEDxWalnutStWomen conference, where she encouraged female entrepreneurs to support one another with financial (and social) capital.

Millennials successfully selling medical-alert devices for seniors How does a company run by millennials successfully sell and market products toward a geriatric audience? Dr. Jay I. Sinha, Associate Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, weighs in.