When most people use social media, they’re either chatting with friends or scrolling through feeds. Data mining is not usually top of mind—but for Jimmy Quan, it is.  Quan, a Fox School senior majoring in Statistical Science and Data Analytics (SSDA), spent his summer researching how social media users can weigh the tradeoffs between using […]

Fox School of Business faculty member Guntram Werther outlines how holistic forecasting can be applied to the current COVID-19 pandemic PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1, 2020 — Iceland has been using their national police to contact trace COVID-19. In Israel, they’ve used Shin Bet, the country’s internal security service. Here in the U.S., the response has differed, […]

“In intercollegiate athletics and beyond, you put in your hours. Many people believe the only way to get better, to be more successful, is to work harder.” Elizabeth Taylor, assistant professor at the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management. Do you live to work, or work to live?  Inspired by her own past as […]

TV impacts what we talk about at the water cooler, but how is it affecting executives’ decision making? What TV viewers consume can shape their decisions and beliefs. In today’s polarized political climate, viewers of MSNBC often have completely different interpretations of current events than viewers of Fox News.  Business executives, however, need to make […]

This is part one of a six-part series on using empathy in the classroom.  What makes you an effective teacher? Is it your knowledge of a subject or your passion? Your skill managing a classroom, creating innovative assignments or conveying information clearly? It is probably all of these. But as a professor of strategic management […]

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 […]

When historians tell the story of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom will undoubtedly be part of the conversation. It’s how educators and students experience learning, how business leaders communicate with their organizations, it’s even how extended families connect in the socially distanced world. But, as the team at Fox Management Consulting (FMC) recently learned, Zoom is […]

The emergence of the “Zoom Happy Hour” was not just a fun distraction from being in quarantine. Socializing with coworkers is an important and necessary component of workplace culture. And not being invited, whether to an after-work bar hop or a call-in video conference, can have an outsized emotional impact on our lives. Ryan Vogel, […]

In times of economic strain, financial literacy—the knowledge of how to manage one’s money—is more important than ever. Dennis Martin, DBA ’18, is using his education and experience to help increase the financial literacy of those in underserved areas.

How often can you say that your homework changed a company’s mind? Students in the Strategic Advertising and Marketing program, a joint master’s degree offered by Temple University’s Fox School of Business and Klein College of Media and Communication, proved that hard work pays off.  Five graduate students took on a final project in their […]

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 […]

The emergence of online platforms for healthcare has been growing in popularity over the past decade. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic and social-distancing, telehealth is more useful than ever. Online question and answer (Q&A) forums where patients can directly raise their questions or concerns to their doctors are one of the most efficient methods of […]

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 […]

Research from Temple’s Min-Seok Pang shows that intelligent transportation systems could be key to saving both money and fuel and reducing emissions PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 2020 — We’ve all been there. It’s 5:30 p.m., and you’re driving home on Interstate 95. Traffic has come to a complete…stop. Conventional wisdom suggests that the best way to […]