Sustainability

In April 1970, the very first Earth Day became the largest single-day protest in American history. Roughly 20 million Americans flooded neighborhood streets to demonstrate against industrial pollution and habitat destruction. Organizations like the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) sued companies to get them to change their harmful behavior. These actions shed a light on the […]

Since the 1970s, American corporations have generally adopted a shareholder-centric attitude. As many corporations were seeking to maximize value for shareholders, however, some unintended consequences arose, including ever-widening income gaps between executives and workers and an increase in environmental damages. However, in recent decades, there has been a societal shift. Now, more than ever before, […]

The Fox School’s Neha Mittal, associate professor of operations and supply chain management, and Michael Rivera, associate professor of management, recently won prizes at the 2021 EFMD Case Writing Competition.  EFMD Global is an organization that invites professors and researchers from various organizations around the globe to participate in a case writing competition that encourages […]

How does a business react quickly in a crisis? Have an innovative culture already in place. That’s the way CEO Joe Mirabile, JD/MBA ‘09, LLM ’11, explains his approach to innovation at United Safety and Survivability Corporation, a manufacturing company headquartered in Exton, Pa. “You have to be continually looking at how you can improve […]

At the Fox School of Business, there is an emphasis on investing in innovation and entrepreneurship to help address social problems. This mission ensures that the school generates a positive impact on the city of Philadelphia and across the globe.  This sense of social responsibility in entrepreneurship and corporate culture runs deep in Fox School […]

Like many good ideas, the first Temple University American Marketing Association (TU-AMA) Talent Show was born from a joke among colleagues and friends.  “There are so many people in our organization with cool talents. For years, we joked about doing a talent show,” says Kevin Cassidy, Class of 2022 and co-director of the Social Impact […]

Earlier this month, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute kicked off this year’s Social Entrepreneurship Summit series with an event presented in partnership with the Innovation Leaders Speaker Series featuring Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a social enterprise Eliminating the Idea of Waste®. Szaky attended Princeton University, where his freshman experience learning profit- and […]

Monica Wadhwa discusses how the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and COVID-19 serve as reminders of how our decision making directly impacts climate change PHILADELPHIA, April 22, 2020 — This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and if there is a silver lining with COVID-19, it might be with regard to its environmental […]

Experiential learning is a driving force for the Fox School of Business’ programs, allowing students to apply the skills they have learned in their courses to real-world situations. Temple University’s Management Consulting Program understands the importance of students putting those skills to the test before entering the workforce, resulting in the creation of its first […]

Construction management combines two of the most important industries in Philadelphia – building and business. According to Pennsylvania and U.S. government statistics, Construction Managers are one of the most in-demand and fastest-growing careers. Construction managers oversee the overall construction project. They act as an interface between the owners or architects and the construction workers. They […]

After the jerseys have been washed and the grandstands have been cleared of clutter, a professional sports teams’ work is just beginning. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or a team’s efforts to use its impact for the greater good of its community, is no longer a secondary concern to the product they assemble on the field. […]

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 […]

Colorful Post-It notes lined the walls inside the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, each one containing intricate details on how to improve Philadelphia’s mass-transit system. At the fifth-annual Fox DESIGNchallenge, a civic innovation challenge, students aimed to collaboratively transform their ideas into meaningful change in their community. This year’s objective focused upon identifying problem […]