April 2008

Jordan Named To Board Of Leading Technology Conference

John Jordan, executive director of the Center for Digital Transformation at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been named to the advisory board of DEMO, a leading semiannual technology conference where the newest products in digital technology often debut.

Leading Manufacturers To Share Experiences Implementing Change

Managers from four top manufacturing operations will visit Penn State's Smeal College of Business this month to discuss their experiences introducing technological and organizational change in their manufacturing processes.

Farrell Center To Host Entrepreneurship Summer Camp

Penn State Outreach and the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Smeal College of Business are hosting a weeklong summer camp for high school students with an interest in entrepreneurship.

Smeal Alumnus To Speak At College’s Advance Realty Lecture

Smeal College of Business alumnus Simon Ziff '87, president of The Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, will return to Penn State to speak at Smeal on April 8 as part of the college's Advance Realty Group Real Estate Lecture series. The lecture begins at 11:15 p.m. in room 107 of Smeal's Business Building

ISBM Launches Academic Newsletter

The Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) at Penn State's Smeal College of Business has begun publishing a quarterly newsletter to connect academics and Ph.D. students around the world who are interested in the study of business-to-business marketing.

ISBM Trends Study: It All Starts With Deeper Customer Understanding

Triggered by an original request from Hewlett-Packard in 1999, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) surveys business marketers and B-to-B academic researchers every two years. ISBM asks them to identify the most critical challenges marketers will encounter, the capabilities needed to overcome them, and which firms surfaced as having achieved benchmark performance in the areas identified.

Jordan Quoted In smSmallBiz.com Article

John Jordan, executive director of the Center for Digital Transformation, is quoted in an article on smSmallBiz.com, SmartMoney's small business Web site.

Leading Scholars To Share Research At Third Annual Marketing Research Camp

The Department of Marketing at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will welcome four prominent marketing scholars to the college on April 25 to participate in the department's third annual Marketing Research Camp.

University Honors Smeal Student Groups With Multiple Awards

Penn State's Center for Student Engagement presented its Student Leadership and Service Awards this month, and student groups from the Smeal College of Business won five out of the six awards presented to groups.

Two Supply Chain Students Receive $5,000 Scholarship Awards

The R. Gene and Nancy D. Richter Foundation has awarded two students at Penn State's Smeal College of Business with $5,000 scholarships. Douglas Burke and Andrew Spicher, Smeal students majoring in Supply Chain and Information Systems, have been selected to receive two of the six available 2008 R. Gene Richter Scholarship Awards.

KPMG Executive Named Accounting Alumnus Of The Year

David M. Otteni, managing director of KPMG's Raleigh, N.C., office, has been named as the 2007-2008 Penn State Outstanding Accounting Alumnus of the Year by the Accounting Department at the Smeal College of Business.

‘The Next CEO’ To Be Crowned Monday

Ten Smeal College of Business students will compete April 21 in front of an audience of hundreds of their peers, friends, and family members to earn the title of The Next CEO. The eighth annual academic competition, which is sponsored by PNC, gets underway at 7 p.m. in Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.

Only A Select Group Of Property Fund Managers Outperform Market, Study Finds

Only a small group of elite property fund managers are able to consistently lead their funds to gains greater than the market, according to new research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business.

Senior Supply Chain Student Named 'The Next CEO'

Smeal College of Business student Douglas Burke, a senior majoring in supply chain and information systems, outlasted nine of his classmates on April 21 to win the college's unique executive simulation challenge, The Next CEO.

Five Teams Of Entrepreneurs To Compete In IdeaPitch Final

he inaugural Penn State IdeaPitch Competition comes to a close on April 30 as five business ideas—from mass-produced fresh sushi to a new building material—go before a panel of judges. More than 30 teams registered for the competition, which is sponsored by the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Penn State's Smeal College of Business and Ben Franklin Technology Partners.

Accounting Research Conference Brings Top Accounting Experts To Smeal

Leading accounting experts from around the country will gather at Penn State's Smeal College of Business on May 2 and 3 for the Department of Accounting's fourth annual Accounting Research Conference, sponsored by LSV Asset Management.

Smeal Alum Leads Online Ad Agency Into The Inc. 500

When Craig P. McGuinn II graduated from Penn State's Smeal College of Business in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, he didn’t expect to have a profession in marketing. However, that's exactly where he has taken his career; and as chief operating officer of Ward Media Inc. in New York City, he's leading the company to new heights and has helped it earn a spot on the prestigious Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States.