CBA Spotlight April 2010

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Akron's College of Business Ranked as a Best Value B-School

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has rated Akron's CBA among the top business schools in the nation in several categories:

76th in the nation overall (up from 93 in 2009)
39th in the nation for return on investment among public schools
7th in the nation for recruiter satisfaction
1st in Ohio among all B-Schools

CBA Launches Entrepreneur's Idea Exchange

The Entrepreneur's Idea Exchange is an informal meeting to share and receive critique and practical feedback on business ideas. About 70 people attended last month's event.

Graduate Students Excel in National MBA Case Competition

CBA students outperformed teams from 28 well known MBA programs to place 4th in the Global Supply Chain Case Analysis Competition.

Forthcoming CBA Faculty Research

Aigbe Akhigbe, Anna Martin and Melinda Newman, “Information Asymmetry Determinants of Sarbanes-Oxley Wealth Effects,” Financial Management.
Federico de Gregorio and Yongjun Sung, “Understanding Attitudes toward and Behaviors in Response to Product Placement: A Consumer Socialization Framework,” Journal of Advertising.
Mickey Mosebach. Discretionary Accruals and the Emergence of Profitability. Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance.
Mahesh Srinivasan, Robert Novack and Douglas Thomas, “Optimal and Approximate Policies for Inventory System with Order Crossover,” Journal of Business Logistics.

The Distribution Trap: Andrew Thomas' Latest Book

Dr. Andrew Thomas, assistant professor of marketing and international business, recently co-authored a book on the dangers of current mass-marketing theories.