Latest Department News

CSU Student Wins Best Paper Award

Olga Nagdaseva, an undergraduate business student at the Monte Ahuja College of Business, presented an academic paper titled, “Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability Reporting: Creating Value for Shareholders and Society” at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute (MWDSI) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Olga’s paper included research about corporate social responsibility practices, sustainability reporting, and a comparative study examining the corresponding share value reflected in the 30 corporations comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average index. She was the only undergraduate student participating in MWDSI, and competed against MBA and PhD students. This is a tremendous achievement for Olga and was the result of a successful independent study sponsored by Dr. Mark Dobeck. Read the full description here.

New Editors Announced

Dean Scherer of the Ahuja College of Business is pleased to announce that the Editorial Board has selected Dr. Barnes and Dr. Reed to be co-editors-in-chief of American Journal of Business effective April 1, 2012. Congratulations on this honor! The first issue for which our team will be editors will be Vol 27, No. 2. We wish them well in providing this important service to the field.

The journal's website can be found here.

Spring 2012 HCA Professional Site Visit Schedule

Mr. Ken Misener, Executive-In-Residence for the MBA-Health Care Administration program, has announced the Professional Site Visit schedule for Spring 2012.

Full information found here.

The Publishing Prowess of Dr. Richard Reed

Three peer-reviewed articles authored by Dr. Richard Reed, Professor of Management, were recently published. His coauthor on two of these articles is Dr. Susan Storrud-Barnes, Associate Professor of Management. All three articles examine aspects of innovation and competitive advantage. In the list below, use the link on each to read them.

1. Reed, R., Storrud-Barnes, S. & Jessup, L. (2012). How open innovation affects the drivers of competitive advantage. Management Decision, 50, 58-73.

2. Reed, R. & Storrud-Barnes, S. (2011). Patenting as a competitive tactic in multipoint competition. Journal of Strategy and Management, 4, 365-383.

3. Datta, A, Jessup, L. & Reed, R. (2011). Corporate reputation and the commercialization of innovation: Does reputation match reality, and does innovation matter? Technology and Investment, 2, 256-272. **

** This article has been downloaded 282 times since it was published in November 2011!

Internships Available

There are several internship opportunities for students that can be found in the link to the right. Cleveland Foundation, etc. Take a look!

Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) Online Assessment Exam

MLRHR students are required to take the Human Resource Certification Institute’s practice assessment as an exit exam within their last semester of study. The assessment provides feedback concerning readiness to take the actual Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification exam. [Read More]

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