Martin Grace has been a busy guy. He’s the Harry Cochran Professor in Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management at the Fox School of Business and has spent the past year as president of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA). Every five years, ARIA hosts the World Risk and Insurance Economics Conference in New York […]

Fox School of Business professor analyzes when retailers and companies should retarget customers after they abandon their online shopping carts PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7, 2020 — Most online shoppers tend to be a bit indecisive. They’ll place an item in the shopping cart, but for one reason or another, they never complete the transaction. Perhaps the […]

Does your organization effectively engage race at work? The Translational Research Center recently brought together researchers and industry leaders to help answer this question. Monica Wadhwa, associate professor of marketing and supply chain management and moderator of the event, led a discussion on how failure to do so not only leads to social justice issues […]

Cory Ng is pleased to announce a forthcoming book Artificial Intelligence in Accounting: Practical Applications to be published by Routledge in December 2020. The book, co-authored by John Alarcon, DBA ’18, aims to provide accounting practitioners, researchers, educators and students with a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) and its many accounting applications. “In recent years, my focus […]

New research from Temple University faculty member Jason Thatcher shows how political posts on social media profiles can impact hiring decisions PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2, 2020 — Social media is a haven for politically-charged content. Users routinely share their thoughts on candidates, policies and all sorts of polarizing topics. For jobseekers, this might not be a […]

How many Friday afternoon office conversations go a little something like this? “What are your plans for the weekend?” “We’re hoping to binge the new season of ‘Ozark.’ We’ve been waiting for this to drop on Netflix for months.” But binge-watching, by definition, is not supposed to be a planned activity. It’s supposed to be […]

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 […]

COVID-19 has brought about an unprecedented economic downturn. The looming question in front of policymakers and business executives is: What can be done to facilitate financial recovery?    The Translational Research Center (TRC) brought together research and industry experts—Benjamin Collier, assistant professor in the Department of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management at the Fox School, and […]

In 1973, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize the use of marijuana. Nearly fifty years later, eleven other states—including Colorado, Alaska, California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Vermont—have all fully legalized recreational marijuana. So, what is holding back the rest of the country from joining in the green rush? Kevin Fandl, associate professor […]

This is part six of a six-part series using empathy in the classroom. Higher education as an industry is changing rapidly, even more so than we could have anticipated before the COVID-19 pandemic.  Let’s set ourselves apart by embracing empathy as the future of education.  As educators, we can practice empathy in our virtual classrooms […]

Many Americans have already begun to cast their votes for the 2020 election, which will decide their representatives in Congress and who controls the White House.  Supporters of both major political parties are often motivated by the opportunity to elect their preferred candidates. But some voters may be motivated by something else—punishing the other party’s […]

The current public health and economic crisis brings with it an unprecedented number of challenges for businesses. Given this cloud of uncertainty, one question that businesses face today is—what should brand communication look like? On Sept. 16, the Translational Research Center (TRC) brought together research and industry experts to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on […]

This is part five of a six-part series on using empathy in the classroom. Students, like organizations, can be very good at knowing things, but can find themselves challenged when it comes to the “doing” part. “By activating empathy, we can fuel connection and cross the knowing-doing gap,” says Bert Verhoeven, associate professor and program […]

You’ve scoured the company website, memorized the firm’s mission and vision, reviewed the annual 10k report and read the company press releases. Now, what? You can Google, Google, Google galore. But without some sort of organizing protocol, the mere thought of memorizing dozens of dizzying company factoids can overwhelm the best of us. These three […]

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused—and will continue to affect—dramatic changes in our world. In the early part of the crisis, information changed rapidly. Entire industries needed to react quickly, by pivoting, adapting or crumbling in the face of the country’s social distancing guidelines.  When surrounded by the unknown, a single decision can make or […]