International Business

Humble, and quietly creative.  That’s a simple, yet effective way to describe Larissa Cavalcante, a graduating international business major who was selected as the student speaker for the class of 2020 Fox School commencement.  While that celebration has been postponed due to COVID-19, Cavalcante’s experiences and successes are worth highlighting during #TempleMade Day.   “I  would […]

Fox School of Business Professor Dr. Ram Mudambi and his team of researchers received a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to host the First International Business, Economic Geography and Innovation (iBEGIN) Conference at the Fox School. It was preceded by workshops in 2013 and 2014. The two-day conference, held Nov. 13-14 at […]

Roughly 800,000 people flooded Philadelphia in late September for a visit from Pope Francis and the World Meeting of Families, a global gathering of Catholics. So… now what? An event jointly sponsored by Temple University’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) and Temple’s Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) considered that very […]

During a 20-year span, from 1994 to 2013, Chinese outbound tourism increased 16 fold, reaching 98.2 million. A new book that details the latest trends in outbound travel from China has been published, with Dr. Xiang (Robert) Li of Temple University’s School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) serving as its editor. Professor of Tourism […]

Fox’s Ram Mudambi hosts NSF-sponsored iBEGIN Conference Click here to view the December 2015 issue Discussed in this issue: • NSF iBegin Conference • Regulating Emotions • Social Media Branding

Innovation in the United States is not lacking. It’s just that patents are being registered in less-likely locales, according to researchers from Temple University’s Fox School of Business. The findings are part of an ongoing research initiative spearheaded by Dr. Ram Mudambi, the Frank M. Speakman Professor of Strategic Management. The umbrella project is dubbed […]

While money can’t buy happiness, access to technology is capable of producing that very result, researchers from Temple University’s Fox School of Business found. The team of Fox School researchers examined the role played by information and communication technology (ICT), uncovering a link between it and personal well-being. Their research paper, titled, “Does information and […]

The city of Philadelphia has reason to be proud: It outpaces the nation as a whole in terms of innovation connectedness. About 9 percent of patents with at least one Philadelphia-based inventor are internationally connected, compared to approximately 7 percent of patents with inventors in the United States overall. However, there is also some bad […]