Smeal Zine

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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' nationally ranked programs and world-renowned research centers.

RENEWED MBA PROGRAM LAUNCHED
To be a leader in today's business environment, MBA students must be drivers of change and leaders in creating competitive advantage from non-traditional business opportunities. Penn State's Smeal College of Business is molding these new leaders with a dynamically renewed MBA program. Explore the renewed MBA online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov01/renewmba.html

DOCTORAL PROGRAM SCORES HIGH
Graduate students gave the Ph.D. program in Smeal College high marks -- including an "A" for overall satisfaction -- in the recent National Doctoral Program Survey. The Ph.D. program in Smeal College received higher grades in every category than the national average for business and management Ph.D. programs in the survey. Read more about the survey online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct01/phddoc2.html

STUDENTS AID NEW YORK RELIEF
Smeal College undergraduate students teamed with area restaurants, eateries and other establishments and raised $6,000 for recovery efforts in New York and Washington, D.C. with "PSU Night Out" on Thursday, November 8, 2001. A story on the fundraising effort is online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov01/fundrais.html

PUBLIC FIRMS AND TAKEOVERS
When a firm goes public with an IPO, conventional wisdom and past research suggest managers might take action to drive up stock prices to help with the eventual sale of the firm. Surprisingly, a new study shows managers take action when they go public, but only to make sure they retain control.

INSIDERS AND EARNINGS
Two accounting professors are co-authors of a new study that offers strong evidence that insiders anticipate earnings trends up to two years in the future, and trade to profit from this information. "Our study provides evidence that insiders possess, and trade upon, knowledge of specific and economically significant forthcoming accounting disclosures as long as two years prior to the disclosure," says Bin Ke, assistant professor of accounting. More information on the findings is online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct01/earnings.html

ARE YOU CONSIDERING AN MBA DEGREE?
Check out the renewed Smeal MBA program to see how it will provide the professional development you need. Visit the MBA program Web site at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/mba/index.html.

CLASS NOTES
For information on your classmates and other Smeal alumni, visit Class Notes at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/classnotes/index.html. You can contribute to the section online at Submit Content.

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