Media Mentions

Flying Kite

Flying Kite reports that Baiada Incubator startup Ridaroo has partnered with PECO/Exelon to launch a secure enterprise-wide ride-sharing program.

Bloomberg Businessweek

A LeBow College Tweet about the student-driven Dragon Fund beating the S&P 400 made Bloomberg Businessweek’s B-School Twitter Roundup.

Fox Business

A Fox Business article on the shift toward separating the roles of CEO and chairman quotes Ralph Walkling, PhD, executive director of the Center for Corporate Governance.“It’s sound governance to split the roles,” says Walkling. “I’ve known some CEOs who I thought were pretty darn effective at being chairman of the board. But I still worried about not having the independence and a separate pair of eyes.”

Fox Business

David Becher, Ph.D., associate professor of finance, is quoted in a Fox Business article about support for increased fracking disclosures among Exxon and Chevron's shareholders. He says that if enough shareholder votes favor the proposals, they could lead management to cave in to some petitions before next year's shareholder meetings.

U.S. News & World Report

Ari Winkleman, a senior business administration major, was featured in a May 31 U.S. News & World Report article about students who create start-ups focusing on their peers. Winkleman developed Involvio, a new social management platform for students, in his freshman year at Drexel.

KYW Newsradio

Patricia Connolly, director of LeBow’s Center for Corporate Governance and a member of the Forum of Executive Women, told Philadelphia City Council that the nominating process of many corporate boards becomes a “self-fulfilling exercise” in which a lack of diversity on the board is perpetuated by those who sit on it, as reported by KYW Newsradio.

CFO.com

Jacqueline Garner, Ph.D., associate professor of finance, was quoted in a CFO.com article about the ramifications of Facebook's misplaced IPO. Says Garner: “Price support went away in a day, and when that price support went away, the true picture was revealed."

The Wall Street Journal

Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., executive director for the Center for Corporate Governance, is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about Chesapeake Energy cutting its board members’ pay. “The question is, will the market think that the board is being responsive, or will they think that the board should have been proactive before these issues were raised,” Walkling says. “It could be a case of too little, too late.”

Fox Business

David Becher Ph.D., associate professor of finance, was quoted in a Fox Business article about the role Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has played in the ascent of the social networking site. “Running a publicly-traded company is very different than running a private one,” Becher said. “It’s one thing to talk to other engineers or techs about your company; it’s another thing to talk to Wall Street.”

MSNBC

Elliot Schreiber, Ph.D., executive director of the Center for Corporate Reputation, was quoted in an MSNBC article about GM pulling its advertising from Facebook.“A lot of marketers at places like GM continue to see Facebook as a media buy rather than a conversation tool. When you look at it from that standpoint it doesn’t look like a good media buy,” says Schreiber.

Yahoo! Finance

The research of George Knox, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing, was highlighted in a May 15 Yahoo! Finance article about why consumers make bad decisions while shopping in crowds.

CBSs New York Radio

Dr. Elliot Schreiber, executive director of the Center for Corporate Reputation Management, was interviewed on CBS’s New York Radio (1010-AM) about exit packages for corporate executives.

Reuters

Elizer Fich, Ph.D., associate professor of finance, was quoted in a Reuters article on Green Mountain Coffee’s demotion of its chairman and director of stock sales after a huge loss in the value of its stock led to scrutiny of its management team. “It definitely reflects poorly on the company’s corporate governance that they were allowed to pledge such a big portion of their stock on margin,” said Fich. The article was picked up by various outlets including MSNBC.com and CBNC.com.

The Philadelphia Business Journal

Eliezer M. Fich, associate professor of finance, is quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about how Lynn L. Elsenhans, the former Sunoco Inc. chief executive, stands to bank $37.4 million for dramatically transforming the company, which is being sold.

Philadelphia Business Journal

The Philadelphia Business Journal ran an article about the Laurence A. Baiada Institute last week. Baiada was formerly a Center of Excellence within Drexel LeBow, but has been promoted to an institute that serves all of Drexel.

Wall Street Journal

Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., executive director of the Center for Corporate Governance, is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on NYSE Euronext, which suffered an embarrassing defeat last week when shareholders voted against the re-election of director Ricardo Salgado. Walkling says "low votes for directors are rare."

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 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.

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.