Poole in the News

Jan 3, 2017

What’s the Best Way to Protect Against Inflation?

Many stock investors have an irrational fear of inflation, selling when inflation significantly heats up. Don’t make the same mistake yourself. Instead, researchers say, you should not only hold on…

Dec 15, 2016

Charity Requests at the Checkout: Do You Love or Hate Them?

Stefanie Robinson, assistant professor of marketing at the NC State Poole College of Management, is co-author of a study that determined charity-at-checkout campaigns lower customer satisfaction and could actually backfire on retailers. Read about…

Dec 15, 2016

Take the Practicum Plunge

Overcome obstacles to giving students real-world accounting experience. That’s the opening sentence in this story about student practicum experiences published by the American Institute of CPAs – AICPA – on their website.…

Nov 15, 2016

Everyone Wants a Piece of the Drug Industry …

Don’t just blame drug companies for rising prescription prices. … drug prices are a lot more complicated than pointing the finger at a lone villain. For a single prescription drug, there…

Sep 19, 2016

Building Luxury

Walter Magazine features NC State's Global Luxury Management program.

Sep 8, 2016

U of I Study Examines Need for Better Business Connections to Academic Research

Academic researchers and business managers have more common interests and challenges than they might imagine, and better connections to that research could help drive better business decisions, according to a…

Aug 26, 2016

Economists See Ride-hailing Industry as Ripe for Competition

Hear what economists have to say about the popular taxi service Uber Technologies Inc.’s operations in China and the growing competition. Stephen Margolis, economist and anti-trust expert at Poole College was…

Aug 16, 2016

Should You Praise Top Workers or Group Efforts?

Learn about whether the managerial trends, which changed from praising individuals to congratulating the entire group, are effective or not. Researchers at Poole College conducted an experiment where groups were…

Aug 6, 2016

Six People to Know in NC State Entrepreneurship

Laura Braverman, ExitEvent writer, posted this story about the role of NC State faculty, staff and alumni – including Poole College’s Lewis Sheats – in spurring innovation and economic development.…

Aug 4, 2016

The Tesla Effect: How the cutting edge company became the most powerful engine in Bay Area manufacturing

Learn how Tesla’s Fremont car factory’s rapid growth is making it the most powerful engine in Bay Area. Robert Handfield, Ph.D., supply chain management professor and executive director of the…