covid-19

Apr 17, 2025

Prescriptions For an Imperfect Vaccine Market

Market quirks depress demand for new vaccines. Subsidies can offset that effect, Filomena Garcia finds.

Oct 3, 2024

Patrick Flynn Reveals Impact of Collective Engagement on Employee Retention During COVID-19

In a recent study, by Poole professor Patrick Flynn, it was found that workplaces fostering collective engagement among employees before the COVID-19 pandemic saw significantly lower turnover rates.

Jul 1, 2022

Stacy Wood on the Challenges of Promoting COVID-19 Vaccines

Stacy Wood discusses the lack of enthusiasm to continue getting shots from some Americans while others cannot wait to receive another dose.

Jun 4, 2021

Apathy’s Effect on COVID Vaccinations

After the initial boom of COVID vaccines made their way across the country, the rate of vaccinations has fallen. But is it hesitancy or apathy that is keeping people at bay? Learn from Stacy Wood's research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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…

Jun 12, 2020

A Conversation with Steve Allen on Reopening North Carolina

Steve Allen, interim associate dean of academic programs, sits down to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on North Carolina businesses and industries across the United States. As North Carolina transitions through phase two of reopening, Allen sees the light at the end of the tunnel for local businesses as he looks towards the…

Jun 1, 2020

In an Economy Ravaged By COVID-19, B Corps Open a Door for Change

Jessica Yinka Thomas, director of the Business Sustainability Collaborative (BSC) and president of B Academics, explains how B Corps are better positioned to withstand economic downturns.

Jun 1, 2020

Stacy Wood on Creativity and Innovation: COVID-19’s Silver Lining

Poole College’s professor of marketing, Stacy Wood, offers insight on why times of crisis present opportunities for exploration and risk taking.

Apr 23, 2020

How COVID-19 Has Altered the Workplace

Beth Ritter and Patrick Flynn tackle the future implications today's workforce will face.

Apr 20, 2020

Nathan Goldman Answers Burning Stimulus Payment Questions on Fox 8 Greensboro

Nathan Goldman appeared on Fox 8 Greensboro to discuss the impending stimulus payments from the U.S. Department of Treasury.