Media Mentions

Institutional Investor

Joshua Kohler ’15, a former Dragon Fund analyst, took first in the “Short Alpha” category of the 2015 Institutional Investor Student Analyst Competition.

Institutional Investor

Drexel LeBow undergraduate Spiro Nanakos placed second out of over 2,000 competitors in the annual Institutional Investor Student Analyst Competition.

New York Times

LeBow marketing professor and Center for Corporate Reputation Management fellow, Daniel Korschun is quoted in a story about the recall of all Blue Bell ice cream due to listeria contamination.

philly.com

H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest, owner of the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com, was honored Monday as the 61st Business Leader of the Year by Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.

Philadelphia Business Journal

LeBow marketing professor Daniel Korschun comments on the Philadelphia brand in an article about local companies which are growing beyond the region.

Insights by Stanford Business

Research by Drexel LeBow’s Yanliu Huang challenges assumptions about what drives collectors and suggests that the activity may not always be fully intentional.

Philly.com

Gerry Lenfest, philanthropist and publisher of the Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer and philly.com, has been named the Business Leader of the Year by Drexel LeBow.

New York Times

Drexel LeBow’s marketing efforts in support of the executive MBA program are noted in a piece about the growth of such programs for experienced, career-oriented students.

NBC10.com

Mark Stehr, assistant director of the School of Economics, is quoted in an NBC 10 article about the impact of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

philly.com

Several media outlets, including philly.com, WFMZ.com and NJ.com, reported on Drexel and Econsult’s analysis of the possible economic impact of a proposed Penn East Pipeline.

The Blog on Huffington Post

Christopher Gray, Drexel LeBow senior and entrepreneur behind the Scholly app, provides his top tips for those seeking to found a start-up as a student.

Technical.ly Philly

Drexel LeBow assistant professor Elea Feit discusses her research into using data analytics to understand customer behavior and her new book R for Marketing Research and Analytics.

Philadelphia Business Journal

By collaborating on research, Drexel and Independence Blue Cross seek to improve the delivery of health care. This is an expansion of a partnership that began with a business analytics certificate program offered through LeBow.

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.”