On the eve of the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion, constitutional law and gender issues expert David S. Cohen joined MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” show for a discussion […]
Category: Business & Law
Put Undergraduates to Work, for Their Own Good
By John A. Fry Despite an improving economy, eager and talented new college graduates are still encountering significant difficulty in securing jobs. The fallout has landed squarely on colleges. Parents are demanding higher returns for […]
We Are All Entrepreneurs: It’s A Mindset, Not A Business Model
By Donna De Carolis My bet is that if you ask anyone on the street to describe the term “entrepreneur,” they will tell you that it is someone who starts a business. If you ask […]
Sacramento Region Needs to Start Investing in its Young Professionals
By Sandra Kirschenmann When I was young and just out of college, my generation of young professionals selected a career, decided on what company we wanted to work for and went to live wherever that […]
Shoppers Beware: Black Friday Pressures May Lead to Overspending
Black Friday shopping mania is almost here and will begin a bit earlier this year as many retailers are announcing their best deals will now be available on Thanksgiving Day. The National Retail Federation projects […]
Tweeting All the Way to the NYSE, Will Twitter’s Shares Continue to Rise?
Twitter Inc. made its trading debut at the New York Stock Exchange with a $1.82 billion share sale that made it the second largest Internet IPO in the world, relegating Google Inc.’s stock market debut […]
Health Care Reform: Can it Work From a Business Perspective?
The Affordable Care Act, more widely known as Obamacare, has sparked heated debates across the country and was the focal point of the first government shutdown in almost two decades. Drexel professor Dr. Michael […]
Fables in the Boardroom: Seven Tales for Strategic Success
Strategic initiatives fail far more often than they succeed despite the massive amount of resources organizations devote to the development and execution of these strategies, according to Vadake (V.K.) Narayanan, professor and director of the […]
A Matter of Leadership
By Frank Linnehan A recent op-ed piece in the Inquirer by Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, offered sound financial reasons why Philadelphia is unlikely to follow Detroit in filing for bankruptcy. Among the […]
Drexel Business Professors Comment on Potential Next Fed Chair
As the current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke prepares to step down in Jan. 2014 and the media buzz over who will succeed him grows louder, three finance professors from Drexel University’s LeBow College […]