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Lisa Delpy Neirotti, associate professor and director of sport management programs, presented results of the National Association of Sport Commissions’ 2012 membership survey at the organization’s annual conference in Louisville, Ky. Neirotti is commissioned to track trends for the association and conduct the annual survey.
Posted by gwsb on May 7, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Dean Doug Guthrie spoke May 7 at the University of Chicago on “U.S.-China Business Relations in an Era of New Leadership.” The presentation was part of the “East Asia Workshop: Politics, Economy and Society” held at the university.
Posted by gwsb on May 7, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Donald Hawkins, Eisenhower Professor of Tourism Policy, delivered the keynote address, “UNWTO Knowledge Network Vision and Strategic Directions”, at the Travel and Tourism Research Association’s European conference held April 16-19 in Dublin, Ireland.
Posted by gwsb on May 7, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Ravi Achrol, professor of marketing and interim associate dean for research and doctoral studies, was invited by the Florida State University School of Business as the Wachovia Distinguished Scholar to present a talk, “The Theory of Marketing Networks,” on April 5.
Posted by gwsb on April 23, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
William Halal, professor emeritus of information systems and technology management, gave a presentation on his TechCast project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on April 12.
Posted by gwsb on April 23, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Mark Hyman, sports journalist, author and adjunct professor of sport management, was a panelist at the Association of Health Care Journalists in Boston. The topic, “Will Research Drive More Changes in School Sports?” focused on the increasing attention that is being paid to the pervasive number of sports injuries. More than 3.5 million children each year need medical treatment for sports injuries, and more than three dozen states have passed youth concussion safety laws in response to a growing body of research showing the long-term damaging effects of these injuries. Experts are are also working to better protect female athletes, who are more likely to get concussions or sustain knee damage. In addition to Hyman, panelists included:
• Chris Nowinski, co-director, Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy,
• Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH, co-director, Boston Children’s Hospital Female Athlete Program, and
• Moderator: Kelley Weiss, broadcast reporter, CHCF Center for Health Reporting.
Posted by gwsb on March 27, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
GWSB faculty, students and staff took part in the 23rd annual United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) conference held earlier this year in San Francisco.
GWSB’s and its Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) had nine members presenting, attending or assisting with the conference, including: George Solomon, associate professor of management, CFEE co-director and past president of the USASBE; Ayman El Tarabishy, associate teaching professor and executive director, of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB); Paul Swiercz, professor of management; John Rollins, director of the GW Business Plan Competition; Sergio D’Onofrio, director of academic scheduling; Michael Battaglia, vice president of operations for the ICSB; Kevin May, doctoral fellow in the Department of Management; Mary Chang, administrative director of the Department of Management; and Katelyn Wohlford, CFEE graduate research assistant.
Faculty participated in three workshops: “Innovation and Creativity: The Keys to Entrepreneurship,” chaired by El Tarabishy; “Past-Forward: The Evolution of Entrepreneurship Education,” chaired by Solomon; and “Online Learning Excellence (OLE): Why Online Learning Has Yet to Explode,” chaired by El Tarabishy.
Faculty and doctoral students presented papers as follows: Reconsidering Scrooge: Selfish Management or Self-Management? Emotional Self-Management, Employee Benefit Offerings and Firm Growth among Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot 500 (Jae Kang, co-author, May, presenter and co-author, and Jeewhan Yoon, co-author); The Moderating Effects of Value Systems on the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Firm Performance (May and Solomon, presenters and co-authors).
CFEE also sponsored the nationally award-winning “3E Innovative Entrepreneurship Education Competition”coordinated by May and Battaglia. Rollins and Solomon served as judges.
Posted by gwsb on March 12, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Sanjay Jain, associate industry professor of decision sciences, presented his paper “Supply Chain Environmental Performance Evaluation” at the 6th annual conference of the Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) held on the campus of ICFAI Business School in Hyderabad, India.
Posted by gwsb on February 12, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Donald Hawkins, Eisenhower Professor of Tourism Policy, gave a presentation on “Global Tourism: Major Forces and Influencing Trends” at the Catholic University of Portugal.
Posted by gwsb on January 29, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Sanjay Jain, associate industry professor of decision sciences, presented the paper “Supply Chain Carbon Footprint Tradeoffs Using Simulation” at the 2012 Winter Simulation Conference. The paper was based on collaborative research done during Jain’s sabbatical last year with co-authors Bjorn Johansson, associate professor at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and his PhD student, Erik Lindskog. The Winter Simulation Conference is the premier conference for discrete event simulation and its applications. Jain also served in the program committee for New Methods in Manufacturing Simulation track for the conference.
Posted by gwsb on January 29, 2013 | Filed under: GWSB News,Presentations.
Dr. Doug Guthrie, Dean, Professor of International Business and Professor of Management at The George Washington University School of Business is an expert in the fields of economic reform in China, leadership and corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility.
James Bailey is the Ave Tucker Professorial Fellow of Leadership and director of the World Executive EMBA at the George Washington University School of Business.
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