August 2007

Treviño Named Academy Of Management Fellow

Linda Treviño, Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been elected as a fellow of the Academy of Management, a leading professional organization for scholars in the field of management and organization.

Study: Auto Loans For American-Made Cars More Likely To Default

New research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business could change the way banks assign interest rates to auto loans based on the make of the car being financed. In a forthcoming book chapter, Brent Ambrose, professor of real estate at Smeal, and his co-authors find that the probability that borrowers will default on their auto loans is affected by the type of car that is financed. Loans secured for European cars and Japanese cars are 50 percent and 56 percent, respectively, less likely to default than loans on American cars.

Op-Ed: Diversity Includes Generation Differences

Managing diversity has long meant dealing with issues of race, gender, nationality, and religion in the workplace. Today, however, it is important to include generational diversity. The fact is that the mix of workers has never been greater. Frankly, generational differences in outlook, expectations, and philosophy of work-life balance are as real as those between other groups in the offices of America.

Spychalski Retires After 39 Years At Smeal

John Spychalski, professor emeritus of supply chain management, recently retired from Penn State's Smeal College of Business after serving on the college's faculty for nearly 40 years. Spychalski came to Smeal in 1968 as an associate professor after serving as assistant professor of transportation at the University of Maryland.

Smeal Retains Top Ten Public Ranking In U.S. News

Penn State's Smeal College of Business is ranked 10th among public business schools and 18th overall, unchanged from last year, in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of undergraduate business programs. U.S. News also ranks specialty programs, or majors, offered by the nation's business schools. Smeal's Supply Chain Management degree program is ranked fifth in the nation overall by the magazine.

Smeal Welcomes New Undergraduate And MBA Students

With the start of the 2007-2008 academic year only a few days away, new Smeal College of Business students have begun arriving on campus and some have already started their programs.

Best-Selling Business Author And Executive Coach To Speak At Smeal

Best-selling business author and leading executive coach Marshall Goldsmith will be a guest speaker at Penn State's Smeal College of Business in October as part of an executive coaching program hosted by Penn State Executive Programs.