April 2008
Latest News: April 2008
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.
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.
Five Teams Of Entrepreneurs To Compete In IdeaPitch Final
The 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.
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. The annual competition requires contestants to play the role of CEO of a global corporation, leading their companies through complex business crises and major international disruptions.
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 Shaun Bond, a Smeal visiting associate professor of real estate.
'The Next CEO' To Be Crowned Monday
Ten Smeal College of Business students will compete Monday 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. The daylong event gets underway at 8:30 a.m. in room 124 of Smeal's Business Building. Each of the camp's four scholars will give a one-hour presentation followed by a discussion with the audience.
It All Starts With Deeper Customer Understanding: A Call To Researchers
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.
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.
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.
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. The Penn State Entrepreneurship Camp will be held June 22-27 on Penn
State's University Park campus.
Leading Manufacturers To Share Experiences Implementing Change
The 63rd meeting of the Advanced Manufacturing Forum, hosted by Smeal's Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change (CMTOC), will be held April 10 and 11 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on Penn State's University Park campus.
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.
