News & Awards

Hambrick Named Management Society Fellow

Donald C. Hambrick, Smeal Chaired Professor of Management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been selected as one of the charter members of the Fellows of the Strategic Management Society.

Study Addresses Implications Of Ethical Leadership

While poor ethical leadership is easily identified, especially in cases of illegal and immoral conduct, the positive behaviors associated with effective ethical leadership have been more difficult to pinpoint.

Research: Examining Ethics Codes

Regulatory or governmental mandates that call for the implementation of corporate ethics codes do less to influence the strategic decisions of financial executives than pressure from key market-related stakeholders with economic links to the firm according to research co-authored by John (Jack) Stevens and David Harrison of Penn State's Smeal College of Business.

Gray Researches Interim CEOs During Sabbatical

Barbara Gray, professor of management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business and director of the Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation, has launched a research project on the role of interim CEOs in inducing strategic change as part of a recent sabbatical appointment at Tilburg University's TIAS Business School in the Netherlands.

Management Professor Named AMR Editor

Martin Kilduff, professor of organizational behavior at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been appointed editor of Academy of Management Review (AMR), which ranks as one of the most influential academic journals in business.

Smeal Research: Network Embeddedness Linked To Corporate Performance

Companies with distinctive product offerings or unique business processes are even more likely to reap economic gains when they're deeply embedded in a network with other similar niche players according to research co-authored by Ann Echols and Wenpin Tsai at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.

Smeal Research: Companies Exploit Celebrity Status For Competitive Advantage

Companies—like pop divas, sports superstars, and Hollywood A-listers—benefit from the economic rewards that come with celebrity status according to research co-authored by Timothy G. Pollock, associate professor of management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.

Stevens Appointed Associate Dean Of Undergraduate Program

John "Jack" Stevens, professor of management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, will assume the role of associate dean for undergraduate programs at the college in August. He will replace David Christy, who has been appointed dean of the Orfalea College of Business at California Polytechnic State University.

Global Competitiveness For U.S. Manufacturers Lies In Exporting According To Penn State Researchers

Smaller U.S. manufacturers can help offset the economic impacts of overseas competition by focusing on becoming more efficient product exporters according to one of several studies recently conducted by researchers at Penn State University on behalf of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Smeal's Harrison Named Editor Of Leading Management Journal

David A. Harrison, professor of management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, was recently named to a three-year term as editor of the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP), one of the top journals in management. Harrison was previously associate editor of the publication.

Smeal College Management Professor's Study Debunks Ethics Management Myths

The process of managing ethical behavior in a corporate setting has been undermined by various oversimplified responses to the issue, which have fueled common myths about ethics that do not hold up under greater scrutiny according to a new article co-authored by Linda Klebe Treviño of Penn State University's Smeal College of Business.

Earl Strong, Founder Of Executive Education At Penn State, Dies At 93

Earl P. Strong, professor emeritus of management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, as well as the founder and director in 1956 of the University's first Executive Management Program, died on March 22 in State College at the age of 93.

Momentum Essential To Strategic Change According To Study By Penn State Smeal College of Business Professor

Large-scale organizational changes cannot be successful without the support of momentum, which according to a new study by Karen J. Jansen of Penn State University's Smeal College of Business is not a mysterious entity that comes and goes on its own accord, but a measurable force that can be created, harnessed, and maintained via certain actions and behaviors within organizations.

CEOs With COOs Deliver Lower Performance According To Smeal College Management Professor's Study

Companies that rely on both a chief executive officer and chief operating officer for organizational leadership substantially under perform those with only a CEO at the helm according to a new study co-authored by Donald C. Hambrick of Penn State University's Smeal College of Business. The study presents the first-ever examination of both the reasons for and effectiveness of CEO/COO duos.

Smeal College Management Professor Joins Business Roundtable For Corporate Ethics

Linda Klebe Treviño, professor of organizational behavior and the Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has agreed to serve as a core faculty member for the newly founded Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics, joining other leading business ethics experts from several of the nation's top business schools.

Smeal College Wins Multiyear Research Award To Study Manufacturing

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided initial support of $400,000 to Penn State's Smeal College of Business for several studies on the performance of small manufacturing firms as part of a five-year grant that could eventually total $3-to-$5 million in cumulative funding.

Smeal College Management Professor Named To AACSB Ethics Initiative

Linda Klebe Treviño, Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been named to the new Ethics Education Task Force for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Smeal College Of Business Professor Named To Prestigious Editorial Post

Martin Kilduff, professor of organizational behavior at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been appointed Associate Editor of Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ).