Media Coverage
Newark, NJ
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Own It Ventures, a woman-owned, NJ based organization has collaborated with Rutgers University-Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development and investors from TechLaunch and Delaware Crossing for a "Get Your Business Pitch Ready for Prime Time" Entrepreneur Roadshow on October 26, 2012 at Rutgers Business School in Newark, NJ. The day is set to educate women entrepreneurs on the important elements of successful business pitches to Angel Investors, the Media and Retailers.
"We have found that most entrepreneurs do not fully understand the process and mechanics of pitching their companies and/or products to investors, the media and retailers. The issue for women is compounded with the fact that if we do not feel confident or knowledgeable, we typically will not attempt to pitch," states Melissa Cloeter, President of Own It Ventures.
The agenda for the Entrepreneur Roadshow is to alleviate the angst and improve the areas where women lag; specifically access to capital, revenue growth, and access to influential business networks. According to the Survey of Business Owners Census in 2007, women own approximately one third of small businesses and employ 7.6 million people, yet only 4% of women owned firms secure bank loans to finance growth and less than 2% receive funds from VCs, family and friends.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
"What the public saw was someone who was not at all contrived, but a basic, decent person," said Michael Santoro, a professor at Rutgers Business School who teaches an ethics course includes an examination of the handling of the Tylenol crisis.
"Ethics wasn't a pie-in-the-sky notion to Jim Burke," Santoro said. He noted that Burke appeared genuinely distraught by the Tylenol killings, which have never been solved, and would speak of the victims by name and extend his sympathies to their families.
After authorities determined that the pills were poisoned after they had been distributed to retail stores, Johnson & Johnson introduced new tamper-resistant packaging to make it harder to break into packages undetected. But, in 1986, when a woman in New York state was killed from a cyanide-laced Tylenol capsule, Burke announced that the company could no longer assure the safety of its capsule product, which led to way to the creation of tamper-proof gel caps and caplets.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Ann K. Buchholtz, professor of leadership and ethics and research director at the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School, said, “anytime that people interact with other people, like the workplace or a managerial setting, problems are going to arise, and, unfortunately, sexual harassment has not gone away.”
The bottom line is people should treat other people with respect, according to Buchholtz, who has co-authored a textbook that discusses sexual harassment.
“Unfortunately, they need to be told how one does that.
“It’s something about which we need to stay vigilant and aware,” she said.
“We can’t stop caring about this issue because it’s so important.”
Thursday, September 20, 2012
The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (The Council) and InnoCentive, Inc. will salute the four innovative multicultural business winners of the 2012 Sustainability Summit Innovation Challenge – Driving Sustainability & Diversity on October 9 at The Council’s 2012 Sustainability Summit: Be Eco Smart at Sentry Center, 810 Seventh Avenue in New York City.
There was great interest in the Innovation Challenge, which sought out unique products or services that could aid a sustainable supply chain, bring benefits to urban and rural communities and promote job creation. The competition was open to Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MBEs) and diverse organizations nationwide, which aspired to highlight their innovation, build capacity, and develop supplier relationships with large publically traded corporations and public sector agencies. In addition to the recognition, each of the four winners will receive a monetary prize of $2,500.
The judges for the 2012 Sustainability Summit Innovation Challenge – Driving Sustainability & Diversity were: Kevin E. Brooks, CEO & president at THiNKGREEN! Global Advisors, Inc.; Leisha John, Americas director, environmental sustainability at Ernst & Young; Dr. Kevin Lyons, supply chain and environmental management and policy at Rutgers University; Jonathan Powers, Obama Administration’s federal environmental executive; Emily Reyna, senior project manager at Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps; Mark Szollar, managing director, diversity & recruitment advertising at New York Times; Apple White, vice president at BNY Mellon; K.O. Ansa B. Yiadom, director of strategic initiatives global procurement & operations at Pfizer, Inc.; Majora Carter, 2011 Peabody award recipient/public radio host, environmental justice advocate and economic consultant; and Don Carli, senior research fellow at Institute for Sustainable Communication. The competition sponsors were: AIG, BNY Mellon and Con Edison.
New Brunswick, NJ
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Because of economy, more turn to startups because of job security.
Newark, NJ
Thursday, September 6, 2012
It's a nice premise: Buy stuff to help those in need. Companies using this model are profiting off people wanting to "do good." Is there anything wrong with that?
Watch Professor Jeffrey Robinson discuss this with the Huffington Post.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
If Harvard does go the honor code route, it could help create a culture where students and professors are more trusting of one another and cheating is less likely to occur.
Honor codes vary in form and are relatively rare, with probably fewer than 100 around, said Donald L. McCabe, a professor of management and global business at Rutgers University who has conducted research and surveys on student cheating for more than two decades. Honor codes generally include at least one of four components: a pledge students sign to affirm they won’t or didn’t cheat on an assignment; a non-toleration clause in which students promise to turn in students they see cheating (these are rare); a judiciary board controlled evenly or mostly by students; and unproctored exams.
McCabe’s surveys have indicated honor codes do reduce rates of cheating, but by how much varies. In three surveys of about 30 small- to medium-sized liberal arts colleges, slightly concentrated in the East, fewer students at colleges with honor codes than those without reported copying exam answers from one another. 13, 19 and 8 percent reported cheating at “code schools,” compared to 31, 32 and 14 percent at “no-code schools.” The surveys are from the 1990-1, 1995-6 and 2005-6 academic years.
“I’m a great believer in honor codes, and if I were [Harvard] I would look at how I might be able to implement an honor code,” McCabe said, adding that faculty and administrators who resist honor codes – as seems to have been the case at Harvard – tend to do so because it means surrendering control to students via a student judicial board or unproctored testing.
Cambridge, MA
Sunday, September 2, 2012
People sit on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Dozens of Harvard University students are being investigated for cheating after school officials discovered evidence they may have wrongly shared answers or plagiarized on a final exam. Very few colleges or universities have honor codes, which some credit for lowering the rate of cheating on campus.
Singapore
Monday, August 27, 2012
Nicolle Pangis moves from President, Real Media Group, Europe, to the global role of President, Real Media Group with responsibility for platform technology sales, publisher services, and media strategy. Pangis has served in various sales and corporate roles in her time with the company, including VP, SVP, EVP of Product Management, with responsibility for the growth of the global media and technology businesses. She also managed the roll out of the company’s joint venture in Asia, and spearheaded the execution of many of 24/7 Media’s global partnerships, including Maxifier and Fivia. Pangis holds a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Boston University and an MBA in Strategic Management and Marketing from Rutgers Business School.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
“It’s hidden in plain sight,” said Jay Soled, an accounting and information systems professor at Rutgers Business School in Newark and New Brunswick. “It’s not subterfuge as to why the wealthy pay less in taxes.”
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Wal-Mart Changes The Dating Game
Grocery manufacturers like expiration dates for the same reason. Until a few years ago, some of them used Julian dating on their products, where an expiration date appeared as a long number. You could figure out the shelf life of something if you knew the formula, but it wasn't immediately obvious.
But in 2004, the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, said it wanted those dates clear and upfront. Many manufacturers had to change their coding system.
Rutgers University professor Dale Rogers studies supply chains. He says when manufacturers made that change, they seized the opportunity to shorten the shelf life of some shelf-stable foods for marketing reasons.
"Vinegar had seven years of shelf life because, what does vinegar turn into? It turns into vinegar," Rogers says.
To make it appear fresher, he says they cut its shelf life down to a single year.
"They don't believe that consumers really want to buy a product that is five or six years old," he says. "Before the open-code dating, there's a likelihood that consumers did buy vinegar that was more than a year old."
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
The educational program, “How to Build a Socially Responsible and Sustainable Business that Improves Your Profitability,” will feature two speakers who will address sustainability programs for the food industry: Dr. Kevin Lyons, professor at the Rutgers Business School in the Department of Supply Chain Management and Marketing Sciences and a research professor in supply chain archeology at the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management; and Niki Kelley, corporate social responsibility communications manager at Campbell Soup Company.
Lyons is an associate director and researcher at the Rutgers Energy Institute and associate director for business development at the Rutgers EcoComplex. In his presentation, Lyons will illustrate how the integration of economics, sustainability, supply chain and on-going supply chain archeology research can provide an application for high-performing business professionals and organizations. He will draw upon his findings at the Supply Chain Archeology Research Lab at Rutgers, which he established. His research there has led to new product development and innovation and new municipal solid waste planning.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
It’s no wonder that public confidence has sunk to an all-time low with so many financial scandals and so many of them self-inflicted, said Ann Buchholtz, a professor of leadership and ethics at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
“This is a case of heroes doing more harm than good,” Buchholtz said. Investors tend to romanticize corporate leaders and attribute success within an organization to them when the drivers of that performance are far more complex, she said. “We tend to make them bulletproof, looking the other way when we see signs of problems. We don’t believe ill of a leader until the evidence is overwhelming.”
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Today ChanTest announces the hiring of Chris Mathes, Ph.D., M.B.A. to lead its business into a new era. Mathes starts September 1st as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and will oversee all sales, marketing and customer relations activities at ChanTest. He will also contribute to the forward looking and strategic guidance of ChanTest as a global player in the CRO industry.
"Chris is a real ion channel guy," said Dr. Arthur "Buzz" Brown, CEO, President & Founder of ChanTest. "As CCO, he brings a unique mix of science and business to our company in order to make ChanTest's interface to the world even better."
Dr. Mathes has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA and an MBA from Rutgers University. He has published several ion channel papers in peer reviewed journals over the past two decades. In the last 10 years, Mathes has been a pioneer in the development and implementation of automated patch clamp systems for ion channel safety testing and drug discovery.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Farok Contractor says jobs moved abroad are returning as workers buckle down
Some 2.8 million US jobs – 70 per cent of them in manufacturing – have been lost since 2001because of the US trade deficit with China, according to a recent Economic Policy Institute study. Indeed, consumers visiting a Walmart are hard pressed to find much made in America.
It’s true that the share of manufacturing in the US gross domestic product is now only 12- 15 per cent, and the country is predominantly a service economy. But the nation is still the world’s biggest manufacturer, with unrivalled productivity in terms of manufacturing value-added per employee or per hour worked.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
According to a mathematical model designed for the Australian market, if 20 percent of trading moves into the dark, transaction costs on exchanges will climb nearly one basis point -- or nearly three times the Australian Securities Exchange's round-trip exchange fee of 0.3 basis points. The model was constructed by Alex Frino, the chief executive of the Sydney-based Capital Markets Co-operative Research Centre, who says it is applicable to smaller markets, such as Canada and Singapore.
But the model also is relevant to the U.S. marketplace, Frino argues, and it confirms a 2011 report by Rutgers University professor Dan Weaver. Weaver, whose study was commissioned by NYSE Euronext, concluded that the more a particular stock is traded off- exchange, the wider its spread will be, which makes it more expensive to transact. (NYSE Euronext was recently granted permission by the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch its own dark pool.)
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
On January 22, 2010, James Abruzzo, Managing Director of the Nonprofit Practice of DHR International, spoke at a luncheon of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong about the future of the nonprofit sector in Hong Kong and Mainland China, comparing it with that of the United States and Europe. In the speech, he drew parallels between the leadership challenges that occurred in the nonprofit sectors in the United States and Europe and offered predictions about what is likely to occur in Hong Kong and China. He also offered some immediate steps that may address the inevitable growth of the sector in Hong Kong and China. The content of the talk was based on interviews with many nonprofit executives in Hong Kong over a period of eighteen months, a review of various research reports and government documents and draws upon his 30 years’ experience as an executive search consultant and commentator in the field. This essay is adapted from that speech.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Today’s world, workforce, and way of doing business are becoming more globalized and diverse. According to the Pew Research Center, it is projected that 1 in 5 Americans will be an immigrant by 2050. Similarly, a 2011 survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers finds that 51% of U.S. private companies plan to do business abroad in the next one to two years, and 48% already have an international presence. Are organizations and their employees ready to succeed in this environment? The Institute for Ethical Leadership (IEL) at Rutgers Business School welcomes an intercultural training and development expert to its fall speaker series titled “Ethical Leadership and Intercultural Competence in Global Business.” During the September 13th event, participants will discuss ethical leadership and working effectively across cultures and have the opportunity to assess their own intercultural competence.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Mars is investing tens of millions of dollars annually to get training and materials to cocoa farmers, to research the genome of the cocoa plant and to get farmers certified under global sustainable standards. Reid travels to source nations like Ghana, Ivory Coast and Indonesia to meet with farmers and see how better farming techniques have increased yield and improved the quality of life for farmers.
"They're seeing there is a connection between having a stable as well as sustainable supply chain," said Kevin Lyons, director of the Supply Chain Management program at the Rutgers Business School. "It's securing the supply chain by making sure farmers, the quality of the product and all of the things we know about environmentally responsible are solid. By doing that, you almost automatically have a supply chain that is rock solid."
Sunday, July 1, 2012
The global economic crises of recent years has, more than ever before, exposed the stark contrasts between dynamic emerging markets and those economies that are stuck in the grips of recession, financial turmoil, and economic stagnation. On one hand, China, India, Malaysia, and Singapore, as well as many countries in the Middle East and South America continue booming, despite decreased demand from the ruined west. Conversely, while Europe and the U.S. are struggling to stimulate sustained growth, Japan remains stuck in a prolonged economic stagnation that began in the early 1990’s, and there are still parts of the world yet to experience a rapid economic modernisation. Why is it that some countries are experiencing robust economic growth, while others are lingering in stagnation and endless cycles of boom and bust? Business Tianjin talked to Dr. Frank McIntyre, Assistant Professor of Economics at Rutgers Business School, and a specialist in developing nations and global economics, to find some answers to this economic paradox.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Do you have business on your mind? Whether you're a business major, a current MBA student or a working professional, business school websites give you an entry point into the marketplace of business ideas. The best b-school websites serve as a virtual home for the school's broader global community -- a digital space where students (past, present and future) can connect with faculty and business leaders.
Rutgers Business School. Rutgers' b-school website lays out everything a prospective student would want to know, anchored by a video of student perspectives on the Rutgers Business School experience.
Harrison, NJ
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
"Having the [Panasonic] technology center in Harrison, which is right around the corner, so to speak is also a great move because now everything is closer together," said dt ogilvie, a professor at Rutgers Business School in Newark. "It's convenient for everybody. The locations are great because we have a train system which is easy to navigate."
Daytona, FL
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Ron Rusby
NNPA Columnist
I had the pleasure of serving on a panel at the recent White House Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) Entrepreneurship Conference.
Enlightening. Encouraging. Affirming. Each of these could describe the outcomes of the all-day session. It really had my Florida A&M “Rattler” and Clark Atlanta University “Panther” blood pumping.
A blue-ribbon panel of luminaries from academia and industry was on hand at the invitation of avid U.S. Black Chamber supporter Marie Johns, deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration.
New York, NY
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Prior to joining Roland Berger, Bill Downey was Senior Vice President and Head of the Global Energy Practice at a leading US consultancy. Downey has more than 30 years of experience in the chemicals industry and has become an expert in the lubricants, waxes and petroleum specialties value chains. He has gained deep industry knowledge in selected petroleum industry segments, including commercial fuel segments such as marine and aviation. His functional experience includes B2B industrial sales and distribution channels, M&A strategy and technology as well as pricing, pricing management and sales force development. Downey studied chemistry at Rutgers College in New Brunswick and holds an MBA from Rutgers Business School in Newark.
Monday, May 14, 2012
These schools awarded at least 10 college and graduate degrees to America’s leading executives.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
As each new story of a high-profile company grappling with bribery and corruption scandals, workplace misconduct and potential FCPA exposure breaks, it’s becoming more and more evident that the business world is becoming less and less ethical. In this environment, a conference on ethical leadership is well-placed, especially when it has a focus on ethics in higher education.
At the 2012 Ethical Leadership Conference at Rutgers Business School last week, some of the brightest speakers on ethics presented their thoughts on how to connect with tomorrow’s workforce today, to instill in them a culture of ethics.
Rochester, NY
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
A Rutgers University business professor who is the founding director of an entrepreneurship center has been named head of Rochester Institute of Technology’s business school.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Rutgers' Valentin Dimitrov says Facebook's dual-class structure could help keep entrepreneurial CEO Mark Zuckerberg in control, ultimately delivering greater returns for the company and shareholders.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
In an informal survey conducted by the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School, we found many universities employ a compliance officer, but rarely, a chief ethics officer. Staff and students are taught to comply with rules and laws regarding sexual harassment, conflict of interest and plagiarism. But most universities don’t have training programs to help them recognize and evaluate ethical dilemmas.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
If one has the time, energy and plan, jump-starting a business can bea cinch. But that's not necessarily the case if the chance at entrepreneurship falls beyond the reach of a deserving African-American student who welcomes the challenge, but lacks resources and guidance.
That scenario and others were addressed during a recent summit sponsored by the Small Business Association (SBA) and U. S. Department of Education in collaboration with the White House.
When asked what she tells young people bent on becoming their own bosses, panelist dt ogilvie of Rutgers University, responded that entrepreneurship is one of the most important subjects that can be taught. She noted a campus project which encourages youth to think about owning businesses.
"We're doing something called 'Lemonade Day' in Newark for the first time," ogilvie said. "Kids from kindergarten to age 12 learn how to be entrepreneurs in the context of developing a lemonade stand. [They learn] all the attributes of business" by putting a stand together to acquiring money for supplies, marketing and hiring.
"And that's important, because our young people need to be aware of entrepreneurship as an alternative career," said ogilvie. "We believe that entrepreneurship is the key."
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Jill Zarin, former Real Housewives of New York Citystar, gives marketing advice to MBA students at Rutgers Business School (@RutgersBSchool, 4/19).
New York, NY
Monday, April 9, 2012
Avon Products Inc. AVP has named Johnson & Johnson JNJ executive Sherilyn S. McCoy as its new chief executive, effective April 23. Ms. McCoy, 53 years old, has spent 30 years at Johnson & Johnson, most recently serving as a vice chairman on the company's executive committee.“Shari is a tremendous executive: forthright, pragmatic, knowledgeable, decisive,” Deborah Dunsire, CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s Millennium Pharmaceuticals unit, said in a February telephone interview after McCoy was passed over for J&J’s top spot. Ms. McCoy will also join Avon's board. Her resignation from Johnson & Johnson is effective April 18. She has a B.S. degree in textile chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, a master's degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University, and an MBA from Rutgers University.
Friday, April 6, 2012
When it comes to association CEO salaries, the old aphorism holds true - the rich do get richer, and at a more rapid clip than the not-quite-as-rich, according to the latest CEO Update Inside Compensation analysis.
Newark, NJ
Friday, April 6, 2012
Professor Mark Castelino Writes to Editor a response to "How to Avert a Financial Overdose" (Fair Game, April 1). "The idea is intriguing. The standard argument made by Wall Street and many of my academic colleagues is that these instruments are useful for risk management and hedging. What is troubling, however, is whether some of these innovations manufacture risks where none existed before, amplify them and then create the need to hedge those risks. Credit default swaps are a prime example."
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Friday, April 6, 2012
All of Julie Culley’s running will come down to one day, June 28, when she finds out if she has made the top three in the final tryout round for the U.S. Olympic team in the 5,000-meter race. Culley, a Rutgers Business School alumna, is now one second away from the Olympic qualifying standard of 15 minutes and 20 seconds to complete the 5,000-meter race. She will train and race hard over the next few months to hit that standard.
San Jose, California
Friday, April 6, 2012
A survey conducted last year in a Midwest school district found that 53 percent of high school students admitted to cheating on tests, 62 percent turned in work done by others and 72 percent admitted working with classmates on homework when collaboration was not permitted. Such numbers have remained high over time, said Don McCabe, the Rutgers Business School professor who conducted the survey of 4,800 students. A nationwide survey in 2010 indicated that two-thirds of high school students admit to cheating in some form.
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that the next event in its university outreach program, The Road to Wall Street: Analyze Your Options, will be at Rutgers Business School in Newark, NJ on Friday, April 13.
Friday, March 30, 2012
The International Warehouse Logistics Association recently presented its 2012 Distinguished Service Award to Dale S. Rogers, professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and co-director of the Center for Supply Chain Management at Rutgers University.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Professor Robert Schindler, a marketing professor at Rutgers Business School, conducted a study of a women’s clothing retailer. He found that the 1 cent difference between prices ending in .99 and .00 had “a considerable effect on sales," with items whose prices ended with .99 far outselling those ending with .00.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Knowing that diehards will see the movie out of loyalty to the book series helped Lionsgate keep its marketing budget at $45 million. John Longo, who teaches stock valuation and market psychology at Rutgers Business School, said the hype has made an impression on Wall Street, too. Lionsgate Entertainment Group’s stock price soared to a 52-week high as the studio shows signs of reaping big rewards with its newest franchise. Yesterday the stock closed trading for $14.55, up nearly 90 percent this year.
New Brunswick, NJ
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Rutgers Center for Management Development (CMD) today announced that it has updated the format of the program to utilize the best Apple iPad 2 collaboration apps into the curriculum of the Strategic Marketing Management course in its Mini-MBA Program. All the modules and applications for the week-long course, which begins March 26, 2012, on the New Brunswick, New Jersey, campus will be pre-loaded onto an Apple iPad 2, which is included in the course fee.
Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced today John Marinho will be its Vice President of Technology and Cybersecurity effective March 12. In the newly created role, among Marinho's key responsibilities will be leading CTIA's efforts to help the wireless industry secure its networks and devices against cybersecurity threats and educating policymakers on emerging technologies while advocating for sensible and practical regulations that do not impose unintended consequences. He will also serve as CTIA's primary liaison with government agencies on cybersecurity issues. Marinho has an MBA from Rutgers Graduate School of Management and graduated cum laude from New Jersey Institute of Technology in electrical engineering.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Dr. Jen joins ROTH from Maxim Group where he was a senior equity research analyst focusing on the biotechnology sector since 2007. Prior to Maxim Group, he held associate analyst positions with Rodman & Renshaw and Thomas Weisel Partners. His investment views have been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Dow Jones Newswires. Prior to joining Wall Street, Yale spent several years with KPMG Corporate Finance Life Sciences Group and Genesis Group Associates focusing on mergers and acquisitions and pipeline optimization for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Dr. Jen holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Cornell Medical School and an MBA from Rutgers University.
Newark, NJ
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership will host its Third Annual Ethical Leadership Conference on May 3 and 4.
Each year the Institute for Ethical Leadership hosts a conference to address ethical issues within the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The Rutgers Institute for Ethical Leadership will host its Third Annual Ethical Leadership Conference on May 3 & 4, 2012. Each year the Institute for Ethical Leadership hosts a conference to address ethical issues within the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors. This year senior leadership from colleges and universities around the country will come together to discuss what it takes to build an organizational culture imbued in ethics and how leaders from across sectors can learn from each other to enhance and renew organizations that benefit civil society. Ralph Izzo, PhD, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of PSEG and Chairman of the Rutgers University Board of Governors, will deliver the keynote address on Friday, May 4th.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Q: It's tax season--time to ponder that annual conundrum: How much of my vehicle usage can I claim as a business expense?
A: The IRS code governing vehicle use runs roughly the length of "Infinite Jest." But it doesn't have to be that complicated, says Jay Soled, a professor of accounting and information systems at Rutgers University, who has testified before Congress on tax compliance issues. "The problem is the rules are a morass," Soled says.
Monday, February 27, 2012
As for what kind of debt to give as compensation, it can take any number of forms. First, defined-benefit pensions and deferred compensation are already frequently used in practice. These instruments have equal priority with other unsecured creditors in bankruptcy, giving the CEO a strong incentive to look after their interests. And they seem to work: The research of Raghu Sundaram and David Yermack of New York University finds that CEOs with large defined-benefit pensions manage their companies more conservatively. Similarly, a paper by Divya Anantharaman and Vivian Fang of Rutgers University and Guojin Gong of Pennsylvania State University finds that debt compensation leads to fewer loan covenants and a lower cost of debt.
New York, NY
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), a leading forum for the investment community, and Rutgers Business School will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square. In honor of the occasion, NYSSA Board Secretary, Barry Sine, and John Longo, the Rutgers team advisor, will ring the Closing Bell.
Piscataway, NJ
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Even if most existing science doesn’t find lipstick poses a danger, public discussion of the issue could hurt sales for L’Oreal, said S. Chan Choi, a professor of Supply Chain Management & Marketing Sciences at the Rutgers Business School.
"The main issue here is if you are very loyal to L’Oreal products you can forgive it, but if you are not very loyal and if you are an occasional user of L’Oreal products, then you cannot forgive it," Choi said. "Even if this is safe as the FDA says, they will have to show the consumers they are doing something to remedy whatever this is."
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Even if most existing science doesn’t find lipstick poses a danger, public discussion of the issue could hurt sales for L’Oreal, said S. Chan Choi, a professor of Supply Chain Management & Marketing Sciences at the Rutgers Business School. "The main issue here is if you are very loyal to L’Oreal products you can forgive it, but if you are not very loyal and if you are an occasional user of L’Oreal products, then you cannot forgive it," Choi said. "Even if this is safe as the FDA says, they will have to show the consumers they are doing something to remedy whatever this is."
