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- Smeal Partners with U.S. Army to Offer Logistics Training to Iraqi Officials 12:33pm Nov 6
- Regulating Energy Inefficient TVs 6:16am Nov 5
- Pay Brain Drain? 8:20am Nov 4
Smeal's Center for Supply Chain Research is working with the U.S. Army's Iraq Training and Advisory Mission (ITAM) to assist in the logistics training of Iraqi officials. Army ITAM is tasked with the support and sustainment of the various government ministries for the Republic of Iraq...
BusinessWeek’s Cliff Edwards reports on California’s plan to regulate the sale of televisions that are not energy-efficient, leaving consumer electronic companies and retailers up in arms. “As early as Nov. 4, t...
Time:6:00PM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:Grand Concourse Restaurant, 100 W. Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, PA
Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg acknowledged concerns on Monday that his mandated executive compensation cuts at bailed out firms may cause some talent to leave these firms for those not facing pay restrictions. In his latest column, Smeal’s J. ...
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RESEARCH: The increase in global sourcing opens the door for unavoidable and potentially severe disruptions within a firm's supply chain. Smeal's Chris Craighead stresses the need for supply chain managers to understand the risks involved with each supplier before it's too late. http://research.smeal.psu.edu/news/avoid
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With consumer spending dwindling over the past couple months, retailers are hoping to see it increase with the holiday shopping season. In order to seize the opportunity and boost sales, retailers need to ensure on-time product delivery from their suppliers. ...
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The Penn State IFC/Panhellic Dance Marathon (THON) is a yearlong effort to raise funds and awareness for the fight against pediatric cancer.
“By the middle of next year, Internet surfers will be allowed to use Web addresses written completely in Chinese, Arabic, Korean, and other languages using non-Latin alphabets,” The New York Times reports. “I...
Smeal College of Business Smeal alum and U.S. Steel chairman and CEO John Surma will speak at the college on Friday, Nov. 6, at 11:15 a.m.
Source: www.smeal.psu.edu
John Surma, chairman and chief executive officer of United States Steel Corporation, is scheduled to speak at Penn State's Smeal College of Business on Nov. 6 as part of the college's executive speaker series, Leadership in Focus: Executive Insights.
Smeal College of Business Smeal's Ron Gebhardtsbauer testified before the Senate HELP Committee yesterday on pension funding. You can view his testimony at the link below. It begins at 110:26. He fields questions from the committee at 135:00 and at 145:22.
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With the housing bubble burst and the real estate economy forever changed, Smeal’s Austin Jaffe recently outlined ten principles to consider regarding the new real estate market. From his post on the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors’ blog, Just Listed: 1. Th...
Ron Gebhardtsbauer, faculty-in-charge of Smeal's Actuarial Science Program, is scheduled to testify tomorrow before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP)...
“The Vatican announced a stunning decision Tuesday to make it easier for Anglicans to convert, reaching out to those who are disaffected by the election of women and gay bishops to join the Catholic Church’s conservative ranks,” The Associated Press reports. Smea...
As the H1N1 pandemic continues its spread around the world, many businesses, governments, and NGOs are learning that they are ill-prepared to handle such a disease outbreak...
The New York Timesreports today that former Fed Chair Paul Volcker’s call to forbid commercial banks from mixing with investment banks is falling on deaf ears within the Obama administration. ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of an insider-trading case against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.The Wall Street Journal reports: In July, a federal judge in Dallas threw out the SEC’s case against Mr. Cuban that centered on trading in 2004. Th...
