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As Thomas Watson Jr., second president of IBM, said in a 1973 lecture, “Good design is good business.”  Business requires infrastructure to run, and designers have historically been called on to build the means to move people and generate value.  Today’s designers are building digital infrastructure to promote commerce and social activity in an increasingly […]

Translational research is more than a buzzword. It marks a commitment to take the fruits of research out of academia and into the real world. And a commitment to starting academic research from real-world problems. As part of its leadership efforts in research, the Fox School is looking for new ways to break down barriers […]

Over the past year, businesses all over the world have been forced to go digital for their operations. For the performing arts industry, this has led to platforms such as YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Twitch and others being used to maintain connections with their audiences. Given this trend, how can performing arts businesses use digital […]

Through the Institute for Business and Information Technology, students create digital services and e-commerce for Merchants Fund clients affected by COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2021 — Eileen Teti was thinking 2020 was going to be her year. She was in the process of renovating Hair Way to Beauty, a Northeast Philadelphia salon she had purchased […]

New essay from Temple University faculty member Munir Mandviwalla and five industry executives offers an outlook for how various industries should react following COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, April 2, 2021 — Business and industry as we once knew it has changed. What was their “normal” is likely not coming back either. As we move past the COVID-19 […]

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretched on through months of April, May and June, many nonprofits realized that they would have to adapt in order to survive.  The Resource Exchange (TRE), an environmentally focused thrift shop, gallery and maker space, found that as the lockdown orders slowed their in-person retail sales, they needed to pivot online […]

Through the Institute for Business and Information Technology, students create free digital storefronts for small businesses and organizations affected by COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17, 2020 — According to NBC News, small businesses who pivoted to e-commerce saw record sales during Black Friday weekend. Count Philadelphia’s Urban Princess Boutique among those businesses. A big reason for […]

Students and faculty members, led by the Institute for Business and Information Technology, offer free digital services to small businesses and nonprofits affected by COVID-19.