Media Mentions

My Auburn

California newspaper My Auburn reported that the Drexel Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento will offer an MBA in Healthcare Administration starting in the fall.“While medical professionals have years of training in delivering medicine, there is a growing need to equip emerging leaders in health care with the skills they need to manage these complex organizations,” said Dr. Sandra Kirschenmann, associate vice provost and executive director for the Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento.

SmartMoney.com

Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., executive director of the Center for Corporate Governance, is quoted in a SmartMoney.com article titled "Will Citi Vote Embolden Shareholders?"   “It’s the egregious situations where pay is totally out of line with performance that get rejected,” says Walkling.

Wall Street Journal

Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., executive director of LeBow College’s Center for Corporate Governance, is quoted in today's Wall Street Journal in an article about Facebook Inc.'s purchase of Instagram. Walkling says the board should provide caution to the CEO in such deals, as "they are the last line of defense for minority shareholders.''

The New York Times

Involvio, a college campus event management platform launched by Drexel LeBow student Ari Winkleman, is included in The New York Times’ list of apps for navigating campus life on April 13.

Fox Business

Ralph Walkling, PhD, executive director of LeBow College’s Center for Corporate Governance, is quoted in the Fox Business article about the blurred lines between personal and professional lives in business and the potential for scandal when they meet. Says Walkling: “Certainly shareholders lose when this bad news come out, but there’s also evidence that accounting performance suffers a bit during the time when these alleged indiscretions were going on.”

Bloomberg Businessweek

A press release published in Bloomberg Businessweek has announced the appointment of Marek Hlinka as a junior global security analyst at Turner Investments. Hlinka, who earned his B.S. in business administration from LeBow, is a 2012 graduate of of Drexel's Pennoni Honors College.

NPR

Vice Dean Frank Linnehan, Ph.D., was quoted in an NPR segment produced by WBUR in Boston about how colleges can deepen their brands by building satellite campuses in other states. Linnehan offered the following questions to help frame the discussion for institutions considering branching out: "How do you establish the brand? How do you make the economics work? And what is the purpose of being there."

TechnicallyPhilly

Drexel University's Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship was mentioned in a TechnicallyPhilly piece about the changing face of business incubation in Philadelphia.

YouTube

An April Fool’s Day prank video starring Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter features footage of LeBow’s “Words I Live By” advertising campaign at a Center City bus stop. In the video, Mayor Nutter introduces a new sidewalk safety initiative called the E-Lane — a special sidewalk lane for people who use electronic devices.

Uwishunu

Tom McCusker '05, the LeBow graduate behind the popular Honest Tom's Taco Shop and food truck in University City, was featured in a video interview on Uwishunu, the official tourism blog of Philadelphia. "It's a great city to do business," says McCusker. "A lot of nice people. A lot of nice places."

Philadelphia Business Journal

Ridaroo, a Baiada Institute incubator startup on the rise, was mentioned in a Philadelphia Business Journal blog. Company co-founder Andy Guy, who graduated from LeBow's One-Year MBA program, helped to develop the algorithm used by Ridaroo to match carpool partners with likely personality matches.

The Arizona Republic

David Stewart, senior director of graduate programs for Drexel LeBow's Sacramento campus, was quoted in an Arizona Republic article about the possibility of Arizona State University opening a new campus in the Los Angeles metro area. "Ultimately, competition in general makes everyone stronger ... and competition by some schools entering other schools' regions makes everyone's institution and the industry stronger," Stewart said.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Donna DeCarolis, Ph.D., LeBow's associate dean for graduate programs and management department head, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the need for small businesses to implement strategic changes and adapt to growth. "Every time there's a growth spurt, that means there needs to be a change in strategy," DeCarolis said.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Donna DeCarolis, Ph.D., LeBow's associate dean for graduate programs and management department head, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the benefits of Employee Stock-Ownership Plans (ESOP). ESOPs afford business owners "the satisfaction of knowing that the company will carry on, typically in the hands of people that they have worked with," DeCarolis said.

Asheville Citizen-Times

Shawkat Hammoudeh, Ph.D., an economics professor at LeBow, was quoted in an Asheville Citizen-Times article about rising gas prices in the United States. “If you look at the inventories for oil and gas in the U.S., they are near the upper limit of the five-year average, so the supply side is very good,” Hammoudeh said. “And the demand side for gasoline has been going down in the U.S.”

Sacramento Bee

Dr. Shawkat Hammoudeh, an economics professor at LeBow, was quoted in the Sacramento Bee on February 23 in a story about gasoline prices in California.  

Huffington Post

Ari Winkleman, a senior business administration major, was mentioned in the Huffington Post on February 21 in a story about startups. Winkleman founded a new social media platform, Involvio, that allows students to view all events on campus in one place.

Business News Daily

Research by LeBow College PhD graduate Ginny Miori ‘06 is cited in a Business News Daily article about how business intelligence can help even small businesses to operate more effectively. “The businesses that aren’t obtaining this kind of information are operating below the curve,“ Miori says. “Business intelligence provides small businesses with tools to standardize data, reduce costs and identify new opportunities to improve efficiency.” Miori is an assistant professor at St. Joseph’s University.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Elliot Schreiber, Ph.D., executive director of LeBow's Center for Corporate Reputation Management, was quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article about the NCAA's approach to negative media coverage. "You would think an organization like the NCAA would be more amenable to cooperating and listening because it is literally a collection of universities," Schreiber says in the article. "Rather than representing the interests of athletes, they seem more worried about maintaining control."

Institutional Investor

Institutional Investor quotes assistant professor of finance Wesley Gray, PhD, in the article “Can Twitter Predict Stock Market Moves?” Gray says: “Do people Tweeting have the money that drives the sentiment? Probably not.” Gray questions whether the relationship between measures of calm and future market returns makes intuitive sense and, in a recent blog post, concluded that “using mood to predict stock prices doesn’t pass the sniff test.” The article also references recently published research conducted by Gray and LeBow Ph.D. student Jack Vogel.

The Metro

John Adamski, director of graduate admissions at LeBow College, was quoted in a Metro article titled "How to Become a Sought-After MBA Candidate," providing advice on how to best position oneself for admission to business school. For example, Adamski says LeBow weighs GMAT scores more heavily for younger candidates with less working experience, and he advises applicants to have a solid statement of purpose that goes beyond the general 'it will help me with my career.'

The Economist

Research co-authored by Eliezer Fich, Ph.D., and Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., was cited in an Economist article titled “Rip-Cord Economics: Pay-Offs for the Boss Need to Be Better Designed.” Their research found that when golden parachutes are larger, proposed mergers are more likely to be completed, but buyers pay less for the shares of the target firm.

BBC News

LeBow College Associate Professor of Economics Mark Stehr, PhD, was quoted in a BBC News article about Web applications and websites that apply behavioral economics theory to influence healthy choices among users.“Companies are seeing healthcare costs go up, and they’re looking for some way to bend that curve,” Dr. Stehr says in the article.

Triple Pundit

CSR research conducted by Daniel Korschun, PhD, assistant professor of marketing, and colleagues, was mentioned in an article titled “CSR: Still a Question of Balance and Value,” which was published by Triple Pundit, a leader in green and sustainable business news.

WHYY and Newsworks.org

Daniel Korschun, PhD, assistant professor of marketing, was interviewed by WHYY for a story about customers who are angry over Johnson & Johnson pulling some varieties of o.b. tampons from shelves. The company launched a personalized apology video featuring a singer crooning, “I’m sorry.” Korschun says of the company’s apology: “I think they could do it more in keeping with the traditional J&J approach, which is to be honest, frank and explain the situation without trying to make a joke out of it.”

Reuters

Shawkat Hammoudeh, Ph.D., professor of economics, was quoted in a Reuters article titled "Crises, New Markets Shift Gulf Pertodollar Flows.""Capital flows around the world are changing," said Hammoudeh, who added that the amount of Gulf capital available to the West was shrinking, in a process that could take many years.

BusinessWeek

A BusinessWeek article titled “B-School Research Examines the Business of Gift-Giving” cites research by LeBow College assistant professor of marketing George Knox, PhD Knox and two colleagues investigated what percentage of unplanned purchases Europeans shoppers were making vs. planned purchases.

Asbury Park Press

Elliot Schreiber, Ph.D., executive director of LeBow's Center for Corporate Reputation Management, was quoted in an Asbury Park Press story that traces the turbulent past and uncertain future of Johnson and Johnson as the company prepares to launch a new prostate cancer drug. Says Schreiber: “Everyone wanted Johnson & Johnson to be a success because it was the gold standard. It’s no longer a gold standard. They look human."

TechnicallyPhilly

TechnicallyPhilly posted an article about why the founders of Baiada Center startup CityRyde are moving their headquarters to the Boston area. The company, which focuses on bike sharing initiatives, will also continue to keep office space in the Baiada Incubator.

Harvard Business Review

Paul Green Jr., a LeBow MBA who earned his degree at Drexel's Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento, is quoted in a Harvard Business Review article about his employer Morning Star Co. and its model of no hierarchy and no titles.“We believe you should do what you’re good at, so we don’t try to fit people into a job,” says Green, who leads the company’s training and development efforts. “As a result, our people have broader and more complicated roles than elsewhere.”