Media Mentions

The World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia

On June 7th, The World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia (WTCGP), in partnership with the Philadelphia U.S. Export Assistance Center, held a seminar at LeBow College for companies interested in long-term reconstruction opportunities in Haiti. Philadelphia was one of four cities selected in support of a national initiative organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce in support of the Administration's program to assist in rebuilding Haiti.

PR Newswire

Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business is recognized as one of the 54 schools participating in the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) University Partnership Program (UPP).Created in 2006, the UPP’s goal provides select academic institutions an expanded pool of qualified Hispanic applicants for graduate business programs, while also providing financial assistance to Hispanic students and professionals to complete bachelor and master’s degrees through scholarships, fellowships and assistantships to qualifying individuals.

The Wall Street Journal

Dean George P. Tsetsekos, Ph.D. contributed to this article on online degree programs that discussed how schools have increased their engagement efforts with students to keep them from dropping out. He was quoted as saying, “Students are turned off if they recognize that the online content is delivered like you’re just reading from a textbook,” says George Tsetsekos, dean of Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, which offers two online M.B.A. programs. “Attrition is attributed to the quality of the content.”

SmartMoney.com

Research conducted by Ralph Walkling, executive director of LeBow College’s Center for Corporate Governance, and Jie Cai, assistant professor of finance, was referenced in a SmartMoney.com article titled “Given Say on Pay, Shareholders Say No.” Companies that overcompensate their executives relative to peers can see a stock-price boost when say on pay proposals are announced, according to research by Cai. Yet, in the past, activist shareholders’ say on pay demands haven’t targeted firms that truly overpay their top brass, Cai says.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The results of Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship Incubator Competition were covered in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s PhillyInc. column. Kenny’s Gamer Glove, Outplay, and Donna’s Designs all won a year of space in the Incubator, as well as cash and in-kind prizes. Mark Loschiavo, executive director of the Baiada Center, said he was constantly amazed by the students’ energy and “incredible capacity for work.” After all, this amounts to “extracurricular activity” for students carrying a full class load or working in a Drexel Co-op program, he said. The competition was also covered by the Philadelphia Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blogs/technology/2010/06/gamer_glove_wins_baiada_center_competition.html

The Current of Galloway Township

Nicole Price, a One-Year MBA student at LeBow College, was featured in an article titled "Price studies business in China" printed in The Current of Galloway Township about a recent trade mission to China sponsored by the LeBow College of Business and the World Trace Center of Greater Philadelphia.Nicole and other LeBow College MBA students partnered with companies in Philadelphia interested in doing trade with China. They had a chance to sit in on negotiations with potential suppliers and distributors as well as conduct research on the Chinese market for their respective companies.

CNBC

Shawkat Hammoudeh, PhD, a LeBow College professor of economics, was quoted in an article titled “Are Lower Gas Prices a Windfall for Consumers?” featured on CNBC.com. The article addressed the recent decline in gas prices and the subsequent effect on consumer spending. “Consider the reason for the slide in gasoline prices. Crude oil prices logged their decline on fear that the U.S. is about to import a second recession from overseas,” said Hammoudeh.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., R. John Chapel, Jr. Dean, was featured in an article titled "34,000 found jobs in Pa. in April" published in The Philadelphia Inquirer about an increase in employment in Pennsylvania during the month of April -- the largest single-month increase since 1996."Largely due to efforts by the Rendell administration to develop overseas markets for Pennsylvania companies, the state's exports are up 35 percent over the last year," said Tsetsekos.

The Triangle

LeBow College of Business was featured in an article published in The Triangle about a new partnership with Washington Township High School that allows students applying for a business degree to be automatically accepted if they met certain requirements, including high SAT scores, class ranking, and performance in high-school level business courses.  

BusinessInsider.com

LeBow College of Business sophomore Bradley Ericson, Entrepreneur Magazine’s College Entrepreneur of 2009, spoke to BusinessInsider.com about winning Entrepreneur magazine’s 2009 College Entrepreneur of the Year competition and what advice he would give college students planning on entering this year’s contest. “Since incorporating my business in 2009 I have told myself one rule: Always be true to yourself,” says Ericson. “I never want to run a business that doesn’t directly reflect my personal beliefs.”

The Wall Street Journal

John J. Brennan, chairman emeritus of Vanguard, had an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal that was based on a speech he gave at LeBow College's Center for Corporate Governance. "It is corporate proxy season, and one can expect the usual spate of stories about excessive executive compensation, lax directors and the failure of institutional investors to exert their influence over boards and management," Brennan writes. "As a participant in the corporate governance process for a large investment manager for more than 25 years, I will take a contrary view. Over the past quarter-century, the performance of corporate boards has improved markedly. Yet there's room to go."

El Tiempo Hispano

Ian Sladen, assistant dean for undergraduate programs, was quoted in an article titled "Latino Students Fullest Potential" printed in El Tiempo Hispano about a collaboration between the LeBow College of Business and ALPFA Cares Philadelphia to offer a scholarship to Latino students seeking to pursue a degree in business.  "ALPFA Cares Scholarship Program will assist high-ability Latino scholars in achieving their goal of obtaining a top-quality business education at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business," said Sladen.

Entrepreneur

Mark Loschiavo, executive director of Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship, was quoted in an article titled “When to Outsource” in Entrepreneur magazine. The article covered the costs and benefits of outsourcing business operations. “The first layer of cost savings in outsourcing comes from payroll taxes, insurance and benefits paid to full-time employees,” says Loschiavo. “Entrepreneurs should expect to pay roughly 30 percent of an employee’s salary in addition to the salary itself for these overhead costs.” This story was also picked up by The Washington Post.

Fox Business

Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., executive director of the LeBow College of Business Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in an article titled "Safeguarding Executive Travel in Wake of Polish Accident" published by Fox Business. The article covered crisis management and policies Fortune 500 companies have in place restricting executives from the same company to travel on the same airplane.“I think it will serve as a wake-up call," Walkling said, referring to the plane crash in Poland. "It’s very wise to be prudent and not put all of your eggs in one basket - or in this case, all of your executives into one airplane."

U.S. News and World Report

Drexel University's LeBow College of Business was featured in an article titled "How to Get In" under "Best Business Schools" on the U.S. News and World Report Web site. The article covered what admissions officers look for in applications for candidates of an MBA and what they can do to stand out.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

George Tsetsekos, Ph.D., R. John Chapel, Jr. Dean, was quoted in an article titled "Questions and Answers on Greece's Financial Crisis" printed in The Philadelphia Inquirer. "Greece's woes provide the first major test of the euro zone. Even though it is a small country, the implications for the survival of Europe are tremendous," said Tsetsekos.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ralph Walkling, Ph.D., executive director of LeBow College Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in an article published in The Philadelphia Inquirer titled "This Economy: Financial Regulation a Tricky Process" which talked about the evolution of businesses to changing economic landscapes and their ability to stay ahead of changing regulations. "Successful regulation would evolve with business, but that will not happen because the political process makes it impossible," said Walkling. "Regulation doesn't follow a Darwinian process. It is more like a pendulum that gets stuck, either on the side of too much regulation or too little regulation," he said.

KYW News Radio

Donna De Carolis, Ph.D., associate dean for strategic initiatives, covered the importance of accountability within a firm in a commentary that aired on KYW News Radio. "Too often managers assume employees understand what is expected of them, when in fact this isn't the case," De Carolis says. "Teams and individuals need to have clear goals and outcomes while leadership needs to consistently set expectations of accountability."

The Wall Street Journal

LeBow College of Business was featured in a Wall Street Journal article titled "Sustainability Is a Growing Theme,"  which addresses a new effort led by Dave Stangis, vice president of corporate social responsibility and sustainability at Campbell Soup Co., to integrate social responsibility related initiatives within college curricula.Mr. Stangis says he spends a few days a week with professors and students at business schools like the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Columbia Business School, and Drexel University's LeBow College of Business. "What I want them to figure is what's really cutting edge," he says. The job of the students is to figure out "what the best companies are doing in this space."

KYW News Radio

Management Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Donna DeCarolis, Ph.D., covered involving customers in inventory buying, psychological resilience for business owners during hard times, the advantages of sustainable strategies, and the trade offs that come with starting a business based out of the owners home for the February editions of her Business Commentary for KYW News Radio.

PR Web

Dean George Tsetsekos Ph.D. was featured in a press release posted on PRWeb.com titled “Greek-born B-School Dean: In Midst of Crisis in Greece, EU Needs to Establish Financing Facility” where he discusses the recent debt crisis Greece is facing within the European Union. Tsetsekos said that with the support of the European Central Bank, the EU should establish a financing facility to provide short-term financing support for countries like Greece that need to rollover existing debt and/or finance public deficits.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Dean George Tsetsekos, Ph.D, was featured in an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer talking about the debt crisis his native country Greece is currently facing. Tsetsekos says he is confident there will be a solution. His prescription is for the European Union, with help from the European Central Bank, to set up a mechanism to provide short-term financing support for countries that need to roll over their debt or finance public deficits. “The EU is a younger alliance of nations. They never anticipated this crisis and never devised the mechanisms to address one,” said Tsetsekos.

Business Week

Ian Sladen, assistant dean for undergraduate programs at LeBow College of Business, was quoted in an article titled “Co-ops: Launching a Career Before Graduation” published in BusinessWeek. The article covered the benefits co-op experiences provide undergraduate students. LeBow College was named as one of the top two business co-op programs in the nation. “Students with co-op experience have a leg up on the competition because they have the one thing you can’t get in a classroom—practical work experience,” says Sladen.

KYW News Radio

Donna De Carolis Ph.D., associate dean of strategic initiatives at LeBow College of Business, was quoted in an article titled “Area Business Leaders Attend Conference on Greening for Profits” featured on the website KYW News Radio. De Carolis said that investing in sustainability can lead to lower costs, more innovation, and even better employee morale. “By not being sustainable, in the long term you can put yourself at a competitive disadvantage,” she says.

Philly.com

Jacqueline Garner, Ph.D., associate professor of finance, was featured in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer titled "Numbers Professionals and Their Cars." In the article, financial professionals discuss what factors they take into account when buying a car.Garners says she always buys a five-speed transmission, never an automatic, because "that will take the price of the car down. I need a car that can get me to work and park in a small place."

The Metro

Elie Farhat, director of graduate programs, was featured in an article in The Metro titled "Make an Executive Decision: Get an MBA" which addressed how executive MBA programs are designed for people with leadership experience.“We look at the type of decisions the person makes, and how those decisions impact their unit or organization,” Farhat says. 

The Metro

Frank Linnehan Ph.D., associate dean for graduate and undergraduate studies, was quoted in an article titled "Go Global with Business" published in The Metro about the importance of international business courses within a MBA curriculum.“It’s very difficult to find a business today that isn’t influenced on an international level,” Linnehan says.

KYW News Radio

Management Professor and Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives Donna DeCarolis, Ph.D., discussed role separation for the CEO and the Chair of the Board on KYW News Radio on January 30, 2010. A strategic approach to governance is having vigilant oversight committees and strong board members, in order to manage any disadvantage of splitting the CEO/chairman role.

680 News Radio

Elliot Schreiber, Ph.D., clinical professor of marketing, was interview by 680 News Radio in Toronto about Toyota's recent recall and the effect it will have on the company. Schreiber commented that Toyota has always been at the top of quality and reliability which throughout the years created perceived value to its customers. He said he believes the company has been hurt but has not suffered any irreparable damage because it immediately took responsibility for its actions, halting sales and production until a solution is found.

Fox Business

Ralph Walkling Ph.D., executive director of LeBow College Center for Corporate Governance, was quoted in an article titled "Staving off the Side Effects of the Steve Jobs Syndrome" featured on Fox Business.“It is frightening to think when companies are CEO-dependent how much that value could shift by a change in the CEO. Even if they don’t supply the creativity, their departure would certainly necessitate a public-relations campaign,” said Walkling.