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July 2005 Executive MBA Program Introduces Non-Profit Scholarship ISBM Focuses On Future Of B-to-B eBRC Hosts Services Innovation Workshop Susman, Baumgartner Named To Research, Ph.D. Roles Smeal Research: Lowry IPO Paper Honored Building Dedication: Save The Date General Links: - Latest News |
Welcome to the Smeal Zine!
Here's the latest issue of SMEAL Zine, a monthly electronic magazine designed to keep alumni and friends in touch with the latest news and information from Penn State's Smeal College of Business and its nationally ranked programs and world-renowned research centers.
Building Dedication: Save The Date After nearly two years of construction, Smeal moves into its new home this month. Mark your calendar now to visit University Park on Sept. 30 for the afternoon building dedication ceremony. Read more about the 210,000-square-foot facility at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ Smeal Research: Lowry IPO Paper Honored Assistant Professor of Finance Michelle Lowry’s co-authored paper in the Journal of Financial Economics – “Is the IPO Pricing Process Efficient?” – recently was honored with a Jensen Prize as one of the journal’s top papers of 2004. Read more about the award and Lowry’s research at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/ Twelve new faculty members have been hired to join Smeal during the next academic year, marking one of the most successful hiring periods in the history of the college. Included among the new faces will be Timothy Lowe, the Smeal Chair in Supply Chain and Information Systems, and Raghu Garud, the new research director for the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship and professor of corporate innovation and entrepreneurship. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun05/faculty.html. Susman, Baumgartner Named To Research, Ph.D. Roles Gerald Susman, director of Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change, has been named associate dean for research at the college, and Professor of Marketing Hans Baumgartner is the new director of the Smeal Ph.D. program. Susman and Baumgartner take over for Russell Barton, who stepped down at the end of June after three years as associate dean for research and Ph.D./M.S. programs. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun05/research.html. eBRC Hosts Services Innovation Workshop Experts from academia, industry, and government gathered at Penn State in June for a workshop to explore the emerging field of services sciences. Services now constitute more than 70 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product. Hosted by Smeal’s eBusiness Research Center, the event will result in a white paper on the topic. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun05/services.html. ISBM Focuses On Future Of B-to-B Smeal’s Institute for the Study of Business Markets is working to assure future growth and advancements in the practice of business-to-business marketing. In July, ISBM will spearhead the first in a series of events designed to attract new Ph.D. students into the discipline. Read more about the Smeal research center’s ongoing efforts at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun05/isbm.html. Executive MBA Program Introduces Non-Profit Scholarship Smeal’s Philadelphia-based Executive MBA Program, which welcomes its fourth class of students in August, has announced the creation of a $20,000 competitive scholarship to be awarded to one incoming student or divided among multiple students who are also employees of non-profit organizations. Read more about the program and the new scholarship at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/jun05/emba.html. Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world’s news media. In June, faculty members were featured in media outlets such as The Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and CNN Money. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html. Programs and Events Penn State Executive Programs is currently accepting reservations for its upcoming programs. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/date.html for more information or click the link below for some of the specific programs being offered this fall.
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