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Mar 17, 2021

Rob Handfield: Texas Freeze Exposes Problems with Global Plastic Supply Chain

Rob Handfield explains that the storm caused power outages in chemical plants that highlighted supply chain vulnerabilities.

Mar 17, 2021

Rob Handfield Explains Rubber Shortage Slowing Vaccine Distribution

Rob Handfield says that the rubber stoppers for the vaccine vials have hit a wall in production due to tropical storms in Thailand, Vietnam and India.

Mar 15, 2021

Poole Podcast Episode 3: Top Risks for 2021 and Beyond: A View from the C-Suite

In this episode, we discuss the top risks for businesses for 2021 as well as peek into insights for 2030. Challenges triggered by a once-in-a-century pandemic continue to unfold, combined with numerous other risk issues, such as growing social unrest and polarization.

Mar 11, 2021

Richard Warr Explains What We Can Learn from Hedge Funds

Richard Warr served as an investing expert in breaking down the current impact on the stock market from COVID-19, room for correction in the current market and tips for individual investors.

Mar 11, 2021

Biden Announces A New Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Payments

By Nathan C. Goldman and Christina M. Lewellen With President Biden signing the latest COVID-19 stimulus package into law in mid-March of 2021, the topic of direct payments to taxpayers – also known as stimulus payments – are once again at the forefront of many people’s minds.  In a previous Poole Thought Leadership article, assistant…

Mar 5, 2021

Leadership Advice for CEOs and Entry Level Professionals from Hal Lawton ‘96, President and CEO of Tractor Supply Company

The latest installment of the Wells Fargo Executive Leadership Series was held virtually featuring Hal Lawton, president CEO of Tractor Supply Company.

Mar 3, 2021

Opt-In: Engaging Entrepreneurs in Academic Research

Jeff Pollack led a team of researchers reached out to 1,500 entrepreneurs to determine how to best motivate them to participate in academic research.

Mar 2, 2021

Poole Podcast Episode 2: U.S. Taxation in a Global Economy

Nathan Goldman and Amy Shumaker discuss how COVID's restricted travel has impacted international tax.

Feb 24, 2021

Is E-Commerce the New Commerce?

Poole College professor Don Warsing weighs in on how Internet-based transactions are now the norm. Should re-evaluate how we define, teach and approach the concept of commerce?

Feb 24, 2021

Transparent Supply Chains in Uncertain Times

Visibility and transparency are two words often associated with successful supply chain operations — especially in recent months. But what are the differences, and why do they matter? Poole College professors Tim Kraft and Eda Kemahlioglu-Ziya help break down this highly-relevant topic.