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Faculty Insight: For Governor Christie as for Industry, Collaboration and Innovation go Together!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
When announcing a new blueprint to transform medical education in New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie said he wanted to increase "the collaboration and innovation between these institutions and New Jersey’s research based industries." His statement which united collaboration and innovation is supported by research performed by the faculty at Rutgers Business School. More ›
Faculty Insight: Inventors are not innovators!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Was Steve Jobs an inventor? No! says Lev Grossman in a recent article in Time magazine. Inventors are the people who come up with the bright idea. While Jobs took other peoples bright ideas and made them better and better until they could become "irresistible retail commodities." More ›
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Europe, including Germany, has been downgraded; the US deficit is non-sustainable and has been so for about three years; and banks and investment houses are hurting. And yet, why is it that the stock-market has posted a gain? Farrokh Langdana offers his insights. More ›
Alumni Spotlight: Whitney A. Lesch, Global Manager at Bristol-Myers Squibb
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Whitney A. Lesch graduated from the Rutgers Pharmaceutical MBA program in 2010. She is now a Manager of Global Development and Medical Affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb. More ›
Rutgers Professor Terri Kurtzberg publishes book "The Essentials of Job Negotiations"
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Terri R. Kurtzberg, Associate Professor, Management & Global Business at Rutgers Business School, along with co-author Charles E. Naquin from DePaul published the book “The Essentials of Job Negotiations” printed by ABC CLIO. The book explores negotiating job packages, one of the trickiest tasks most people face in their professional lives. Filled with accessible, research-backed advice, the book counters myths about job negotiations and seeks to act as a map for success. More ›
Rutgers Business School becomes largest public university Ph.D. program in the country
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Rutgers Business School has the most successful and largest Ph.D. program in a public-university business school in the country. More ›
MBA Alumni Q&A: Lakshman P. Kannan
Monday, January 23, 2012
We caught up with MBA Alumn Lakshman P. Kannan, Senior Manager, Advisory Services at Ernst & Young LLP. More ›
J&J Chooses Rutgers to provide Custom Digital Marketing Program to Global Workforce
Friday, January 20, 2012
Johnson & Johnson selected the Rutgers Center for Management Development (CMD) to roll out a global custom-tailored executive education program in Digital Marketing. More ›
CFA Level 1 Exam Prep Course offered at Rutgers
Friday, January 20, 2012
Rutgers Center for Management Development has teamed up with NYSSA to offer CFA Level 1 Exam Prep right here at Rutgers! Passing the CFA Level 1 exam is the first step in becoming a specialist and noted professional in the investment industry. More ›
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A new book, Reader-Friendly Reports, by Rutgers Business School professor Carter Daniel, has just been published by McGraw-Hill. More ›
Thursday, January 19, 2012
The Rutgers University Board of Governors appointed Paul G. Falkowski, a professor of geological and marine sciences, as the first holder of the Bennett L. Smith Chair in Business and Natural Resources. More ›
Today's SOPA Protests: Rutgers Business School Professors Respond
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
With an online protest today that includes a temporary shutdown of Wikipedia, Reddit, Wordpress, Tumblr and many other major sites, the legislative battle over two Internet piracy bills –SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), and PIPA (Protect IP Act) has reached a new level. Rutgers Business School professors respond. More ›
Two Trusted Leaders Unite in Support of Community-Wide Engagement Effort
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
As part of this new collaboration, Olive Grove Consulting and the Institute for Ethical Leadership will provide hands-on experiences that will help Rutgers students be more engaged in the surrounding community. The collaboration between the two organizations will thus give students a rich, multi-layered learning environment and will help local nonprofits receive low-cost expert consulting services. It will also expand the Institute’s reach, depth and breadth of expertise. More ›
Supply Chain Management students inspired at 2011 APICS Global Conference
Monday, January 9, 2012
Four students in the highly ranked Supply Chain Undergraduate Program at Rutgers Business School were selected to attend the 2011 APICS Global conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they had the opportunity to learn from and network with the industry’s biggest names. More ›
Young social entrepreneurs from Rutgers take on heart health and the beverage world
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Ray Li, John Vitug and Shaun Bratton, 2nd Place Winners of the 2011 Rutgers Business School Business Plan Competition, bring “Heart Juice” to Market. More ›
Supply Chain Management undergrad student wins $5,000 scholarship from SAP North America
Monday, December 19, 2011
Rutgers Business School undergraduate student Andrew George, majoring in Supply Chain and Marketing Science, has applied his knowledge and initiative with tremendous results this semester winning a $5,000 scholarship awarded by SAP North America. More ›
Thursday, December 15, 2011
In the latest Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR), released in June 2011, the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), which is edited by Professor John Cantwell, is ranked as one of the top three journals in the Business category in terms of Citation Impact factor. JIBS has consistently been included in the top 10 journals in the ranking for three years, but this latest ranking is an all-time high for JIBS, further consolidating its position as a top journal. More ›
Alumni entrepreneurs give advice on growing social businesses
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Rutgers alumni Joe Shure and Rohan Mathew founded The Intersect Fund in 2008. Learn how their entrepreneurial spirit has grown their business and see what advice they give to aspiring social entrepreneurs. More ›
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Planning to establish a National Urban Innovation Fund that will be instrumental in driving entrepreneurship in underserved communities is under way by The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) at Rutgers Business School (RBS). The fund is one of the principal outcomes of the “Gathering of Angels” Summit, an event recently held at RBS that explored ways in which investment capital is organized in developing high-growth businesses in urban centers and minority communities. More ›
American Marketing Association Foundation elects Rutgers professor Jerome Williams chairperson
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) Board of trustees unanimously elected Rutgers professor Jerome Williams chairperson for a two-year term. More ›
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Rutgers University in Newark will honor individuals and organizations from the campus for exemplary leadership in connecting Rutgers-Newark with the Greater Newark community. The annual Chancellor’s Community Engagement Awards will be given out at a Dec. 15th ceremony that recognizes the valuable relationships that faculty, staff and students have created in Newark and with surrounding communities. The Institute for Ethical Leadership and Pharmaceutical Management Club at Rutgers Business School were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Newark community. More ›
Flex MBA program still accepting applications for Spring 2012 (UPDATED)
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Updated on January 9, 2012: We are no longer accepting applications to our Flex MBA program for the Spring 2012 semester. Candidate's can still apply to the Flex MBA program for the Summer and Fall 2012 semesters. More ›
Rutgers University Newark team places 2nd in the nation in Federal Reserve competition
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A five-student team fielded by the Economics Department at Rutgers University in Newark came in second in the nation at the national finals of the College Fed Challenge, bested only by the team from Harvard University. This is the fourth time in six years that the Rutgers-Newark undergraduate team has reached the national finals, and the third time it has placed in the top three national teams. Rutgers Business School finance senior Gaurav Pendse was part of the team. More ›
Faculty Insight: Hide your research! Not from your competitors but from your investors?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Google has a clandestine research lab working on "new future" breakthrough innovations. That story broke in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago and was not surprising to those who follow Google and their culture of innovation. The lab is full of robotics, artificial intelligence and other cutting edge researchers working on things like driverless cars and refrigerators that restock themselves. More ›
Study Trip to China course offered in Spring 2012
Friday, November 18, 2011
This unique course features a study trip to China over Spring Break, March 8th – 18th, 2012. The objective of the course is to learn about China’s dynamic economy and business environment through hands-on learning. This course is open to all students (MBA, Masters, and undergraduate) and alums. Students should consult with the department chair of their concentration to see if this course will count toward their concentration. For anyone interested in doing business in China, or knowing more about one of the most important developing economies today, this course is a must. More ›
