Cobb Payton

Oct 14, 2020

How Investors Can Better Support Women and People of Color-owned Businesses

A study conducted by a team including Jessica Thomas, director of the Business Sustainability Collaborative, and Jeffrey Pollack, associate professor of entrepreneurship, explains the importance of investors supporting women and persons of color-owned startups.

Oct 1, 2020

Study Finds That Unit Cohesion May Mitigate Mental Health Issues From Combat Exposure

A recent study conducted by an interdisciplinary team including Patrick Flynn, Poole College of Management assistant professor of human resource management, examines the impact of unit cohesion during deployment on post-deployment mental health.

Sep 24, 2020

Patrick Flynn Breaks Down Evaluating How Well Employees are Working from Home

Patrick Flynn shares his expert advice and recent research on how companies can evaluate how well employees are working from home during the pandemic.

Sep 23, 2020

Taxation and Representation: How a Biden Presidency Could Affect Federal Income Taxes

With the 2020 presidential election right around the corner, our accounting faculty identify and discuss the key provisions of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s tax plan.

Sep 21, 2020

‘Front of Package’ Nutrition Labels Improved Nutrition Quality

The adoption of nutrition data on “front of package” labels is associated with improved nutritional content of those foods and their competitors.

Sep 14, 2020

5 Steps to Navigating a Layoff during COVID-19

Reflect, tell your story, network, research and be the solution –– are the top five steps Bev Porter, director of the career center for Jenkins MBA programs, shares with anyone who has experienced a layoff.

Sep 8, 2020

The Responsibility to Rebrand: Aunt Jemima’s Case Study

Michael Stanko, associate professor of marketing, dives in to the rebranding of Aunt Jemima and the responsibility of a brand to effect change.

Aug 21, 2020

Equipping Leaders to Support Virtual Teams

Poole's Brad Kirkman, professor of leadership, is fielding inquiries from business leaders struggling to lead their teams in a new, entirely virtual work environment.

Jul 30, 2020

Having Clients From Many Industries Can Hurt the Effectiveness of Auditing Firms

When an accounting firm has an industry diversified client portfolio, the quality of the firm’s audits suffers.

Jul 27, 2020

Risks Can Be Leveraged as Opportunities in the Post-COVID ‘New Normal’

Mark Beasley, director of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative and KPMG professor of accounting, and Frank Buckless, Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Dean of Poole College, hosted the inaugural Virtual Thought Leadership Series event, Strategies of the New Normal: Lessons from Risk Management.  Beasley and Buckless initially broke down the definition of ERM as an…