News
Saturday, October 4, 2014 - 12:29pm
New Location of US Export Assistance Center to Enhance Export Outreach to Area Businesses
Kent State’s College of Business Administration has signed an agreement with the U.S. Commercial
Service (CS) to promote U.S. exports by locating a US Export Assistance Center in the…
Saturday, October 4, 2014 - 12:18pm
The College Welcomes 11 New Faculty Members:
Dr. Asli Arikan
Management and Information Systems Department
Formerly with The Ohio State University, her areas of expertise include competitive strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, growth after IPO and…
Saturday, October 4, 2014 - 09:34am
World renowned author and expert on choice, Sheena S. Iyengar will open the 2015 Spirit of Women
Business (SWIB) Conference sponsored by the College of Business Administration on Wednesday, March
4, 2015 at the Kent State Student Center. The 2015 conference will offer…
Saturday, October 4, 2014 - 12:00am
Kent State’s College of Business Administration reported a 3.4 percent increase in fall enrollment and a
freshman retention rate of 83.8 percent, up from 80 percent last year. With total enrollment of 4,502, it
is the second largest business college in Ohio.
“There are multiple…
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 12:00am
Kent State’s College of Business Administration welcomes the addition of The Tech Spot, an on-site technology service and repair center to the second floor of the Business Administration Building. “Effective Fall 2014, the College of Business Administration implemented the…
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 12:00am
Kent State’s College of Business Administration’s Executive MBA program will co-present Crain’s Forty Under 40 program. Crain’s Forty Under 40 program celebrates Northeast Ohio’s rising business stars under the age of 40. In its past 22 years, the event has honored nearly 900…
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 12:00am
Kent State University alumnus Naveen Sharma is coming to speak to the general public and College of Business Administration students, faculty and staff. Sharma, a former Kent State research assistant professor of computer science, is the featured speaker at the Michael D.…
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 12:00am
Kent State University’s College of Business Administration alumnus, Thomas Ngniatedema, Ph.D., received the 2014 Outstanding New Researcher Award for his significant contributions in the area of Information Systems and Supply Chains Management. Ngniatedema, a Kettering…
Kent State MBA Alumnus Named Department Chair of Business Administration at William Peace University
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 12:00am
RALEIGH, N.C., September 22, 2014 – William Peace University, a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, is proud to announce the hiring of Dr. Jeffrey Carr as Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Business Administration. In his roles, Carr will redesign…
Monday, September 1, 2014 - 12:00am
Five high school seniors received $1,000 scholarships each to attend Kent State University’s College of Business Administration in fall 2015 after winning a competition during the college’s Young Business Scholars Program.
Jennifer Guerriero of Archbishop Hoban High School,…
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 12:00am
Corporations with more diverse boards of directors are less prone to take risks and more likely to pay dividends to stockholders than firms whose boards are more homogenous.
That’s what my two colleagues and I found in a soon-to-be-published study of more than 2,000 publically-…
Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 12:00am
The 2014 Gay Games is a competition of winners and losers, but apparently, every host city is automatically a winner by just taking part.
Kent State University economic professor, Shawn Rohlin, says the Games provide a boost to northeastern Ohio's economy of approximately $56…
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 12:00am
The National Senior Games provided a $36 million economic boost to Greater Cleveland last year.
Gay Games 9 should have an even bigger financial impact on Northeast Ohio this year, organizers and economists predict.
Cleveland and Akron are hosting the games, an Olympics-style…
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 12:00am
The Year of MORE, a program created by the College of Business Administration set to launch in fall 2014, aims to assist sophomores in making a successful transition from first year to the second year.
“The Year of MORE is broken into four areas,” said Nicole Kotlan, academic…
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 12:00am
Stacey Less’ life had progressed just about as planned.
She graduated from Ohio University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in management information systems. That same year, she joined Hyland Software as a developer, a job she parlayed into a position as project manager in…
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 12:00am
Five high school seniors each received a $1,000 scholarship to attend Kent State University’s College of Business Administration for fall semester 2015 after winning the college’s Young Business Scholars Business Plan Competition.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 12:00am
Aspiring music student Dennis Meacham spent the month of June studying in the Italian city of Florence, home to Michelangelo's "David" and the possible birthplace of opera. It was an experience he thinks will shape his career trajectory as he studies to become a music teacher…
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 12:00am
Newswise — Corporations with more diverse boards of directors are more likely to pay dividends to stockholders and are less prone to take risks than firms whose boards are more homogenous.
That’s what researchers at Wake Forest University found in a study of more than 2,000…
Monday, July 28, 2014 - 12:00am
$20 Bill Experiment - Over the last five (5) years I have conducted a real life experiment after speaking to small to large audiences of thousands of people that range from:
1st Graders to 8th Graders
High School Students to College Students
All the way to Business…
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 12:00am
Millennials make up the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs today. According to reporting from the Harvard Business School, 34% of startup founders are between the ages of 20-29. Experts point out that young entrepreneurs often make “rookie mistakes” starting a business.
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 12:00am
Once the notes are uploaded on the website in formats like PDFs or Excel spreadsheets, Gayle is able to share the link of her notes to her classmates through emails and social media platforms like Twitter. Spreading the word is important, but the quality of a person's notes is…
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 12:00am
Kent State University’s MBA team took home the grand prize in the Cleveland Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Competition that took place at the Union Club in Cleveland. The regional competition’s case focused on mergers and acquisitions.
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 12:00am
Beta Alpha PSI and the Accounting Association were pleased to present Philip Cajka, the CEO of Audio-Technica on Thursday February 16, 2012. This presentation at the College of Business was open to all Accounting, Finance, and Information Systems majors.
Celebrating its 50th…
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 12:00am
The Dean's Office is pleased to announce that Jaume Franquesa will officially begin his new role as the Academic MBA Director next week. In this important responsibility, Jaume will work closely with the Dean's Office and the five Department Chairs to advance all facets of the…