Media Mentions

Philadelphia Inquirer

Drexel has added $500,000 to the student-managed Dragon Fund. The students in this course and faculty adviser Daniel Dorn now manage over $1 million of the University’s endowment.

Institutional Investor

Students in Drexel LeBow’s Dragon Fund make up 11 of the top 100 managers in the All America Student Analyst Competition.

Pa. Conference for Women

Networking is most important when you seem to need it the least, says Alison Young, executive director of Drexel LeBow’s Institute for Strategic Leadership. She provides four tips for building an effective network.

Business News Daily

When working across disciplines, teammates face communication challenges. LeBow professor Christian Resick’s research reveals the traits that can help cross-functional members achieve their goals.

The Washington Post

Employees of the Market Basket chain of supermarkets rally against the removal of CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. Daniel Korschun, fellow in the LeBow Center for Corporate Reputation Management attended the rally and comments on just how unusual the overwhelming support for a chief executive by rank and file employees is. He is also cited in coverage by the Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times.

Marysville Appeal-Democrat

A mother’s wisdom, a classic underdog story and an adventurous life as an Air Force flight surgeon inspire a new book by Drexel College of Medicine and Sacramento MBA alum Dr. Clarence Lee Jr.

CNN

As stock prices tumble at two apparel brands with controversial founders, CNN Money looks to research by LeBow professor Ralph Walkling, PhD to examine what the costs of the two men’s indiscretions truly are.

Domain-B

A study by a team of researchers that includes LeBow marketing professor Yanliu Huang indicates that mobile promotions, which encourage additional in-store travel, increase unplanned spending.

Morningstar

Drexel LeBow finance professor Wesley Gray discusses his upcoming actively managed value ETF.

Tech Crunch

The handheld solar charging device with a 3D printed shell is ready for its next phase of development. By simplifying the production process, LeBow students David Hunt and Jason Browne have kept the devices affordable, and early adopters have a chance to reserve their charger through a Kickstarter campaign. Also covered in 3D Printing Industry and Philly.com

Forbes

Research by Daniel Korschun, assistant professor of marketing at Drexel LeBow, supports the idea that “employee expectations of the companies they work for are dramatically expanding when it comes to corporate philanthropy.” Korschun’s research is also cited in The Guardian.

Fox Business

Wes Gray, PhD, assistant professor of finance, talks to Fox Business about the carried interest tax. “There’s only one thing in the world that I’m really bullish on, and that’s tax rates. And I think they are going up … Governments are going broke,” he says. His guess? The 15 percent tax rate on carried interest will go up in the next three to five years. “Carried interest is low-hanging fruit for a lot of politicians.”

Bloomberg TV

Seniors Joshua Kohler and Anthony Gryscavage, along with Dragon Fund faculty member, Daniel Dorn, associate professor of finance, and Cathy Ulozas, Drexel chief investment manager, are interviewed about the success of the Dragon Fund and how it has exceeded the market in 2013 by 42.7 percent investing mainly in U.S. mid-cap stocks.

The Wall Street Journal

LeBow’s Eli Fich, PhD, associate professor of finance, spoke to the Wall Street Journal about Symantec’s board amid the criticism surrounding its firing of its CEO last week. Fich says the average age of its members is “substantially higher” than other tech companies. The WSJ reports: “Symantec last week fired Chief Executive Steve Bennett, less than two years after ousting his predecessor, who had himself spent only about three years on the job. The stock fell about 12 percent, suggesting the market thinks shuffling CEOs again may not solve Symantec’s problems.”

Pa. Conference for Women

There are three simple rules to great leadership, says Alison Young, executive director of Drexel LeBow’s Institute for Strategic Leadership: personal connections and relationships matter, set an example for your team and your partners, and do the hard things first.

Wallet Hub

Shawkat Hammoudeh, professor of economics and international business at Drexel LeBow and associate editor of Energy Economics, says “The shale natural gas revolution is real and a game-changer for the country’s energy cost. It has been felt at both the firm and household levels.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Inga Saffron, architecture critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, praised Gerri C. LeBow Hall for conjuring “real architecture out of space and light.”

Channel One News

This broadcast news story features Drexel LeBow sophomore Christopher Gray, his app Scholly and his cover story in Drexel LeBow’s fall issue of Market Street magazine!

Cardhub.com

David Becher, Ph.D., says he was surprised by the government’s decision to move to block a merger between American Airlines and US Airways, because they don’t have that much overlap. “The Justice Department, however, is looking at anti-competitive concerns using a broader measure than just route overlap. Apparently, USAir’s CEO has made a number of statements in e-mails concerning the ability of the combined carrier to alter pricing and other issues.”

Philly.Curbed.Com

LeBow College of Business was mentioned in an article for the completion of Gerri C. LeBow Hall.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The article shared the news of the opening of Gerri C. LeBow Hall and the events surrounding the festivities

Philadelphia Business Journal

Drexel LeBow’s new School of Economics was mentioned in the article about the new building opening.

Philadelphia Business Journal

Drexel LeBow’s new School of Economics was mentioned in the article about the new building opening.

CBS Philly

Student David Hunt was mentioned as one of the speakers for the official dedication of the new building.

Candy Industry

Assistant Professor of Marketing Yanliu Huang was mentioned in an article about unplanned consumer purchases made while shopping, such as chocolate. She and her colleagues used in-store video tracking to observe shoppers and wrote about their findings in a recently published paper.

NBC 10

Mark Stehr, associate professor of economics, was quoted about the proposed increases to the Pennsylvania minimum wage, stating that low-income workers will only benefit from the increase if they are able to keep the hours they are currently working.

Lowell Sun

Assistant Professor of Marketing Daniel Korschun was quoted about the strife between the directors of Market Basket, a grocery chain, and its employees regarding their popular CEO and the company’s profit-sharing plan.

Advertising Age

Executive Director of LeBow's Center for Corporate Reputation Management Marc Brownstein recently penned a piece in AdAge on the importance of building and maintaining your once-in-a-lifetime reputation. 

Advertising Age

Executive Director of LeBow's Center for Corporate Reputation Management Marc Brownstein recently penned a piece in AdAge on the importance of building and maintaining your once-in-a-lifetime reputation. 

Main Street

LeBow Associate Professor of Finance Eliezer Fitch and Assistant Professor of Finance Wes Gray were quoted in Main Street about the uncertainty of Fed tapering on rates and its effect on the consumer and stock market due to the impending U.S. intervention with Syria.