Story notes contributed by Alex Vestal, Professor in Management at the UNCW Cameron School of Business.
Alex Vestal, Ph.D. assistant professor of management at UNCW Cameron School of Business recently published “Normalizing vs. analyzing: Drawing the lessons from failure to enhance firm innovativeness” in the Journal of Business Venturing.
Topics: analytics, capitalism, community, communication, business analytics, research, innovation
Story notes contributed by Cetin Ciner, Professor in Finance at the UNCW Cameron School of Business.
Cetin Ciner, Ph.D. professor of finance at UNCW Cameron School of Business has “Stock Return Predictability in the time of COVID-19” accepted for publication in Finance Research Letters, which is rated A by the Australian Business Dean’s Council.
Topics: analytics, capitalism, community, economics, communication, stock market, business analytics, research
Guest Blogger: Dr. Thomas Simpson, Executive in Residence of Economics, Cameron School of Business (this post originally appeared on WilmingtonBiz.com on November 20, 2019)
On October 21, 2019, Professor John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor at Stanford University and George P. Schultz Fellow at the Hoover Institution, presented the BB&T Global Capitalism and Ethics lecture in the Burney Center. Professor Taylor is one of the leading macroeconomists in the world today, and noted best around the globe for his development of the “Taylor rule” for use in conducting monetary policy. He has made seminal contributions to the field of macroeconomics and has a distinguished record of public service, including serving as Under Secretary of the Treasury.
Topics: business development, Cameron faculty, capitalism, community, economics, economy, leadership, Insights
Guest Blogger: Dr. Shaoling Katee Zhang, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Cameron School of Business (this post originally appeared on WilmingtonBiz.com on November 6, 2019)
In recent decades, we have seen numerous modern two-sided platforms emerging across a wide range of industries, such as transportation (Uber), hospitality (Airbnb), food delivery (GrubHub), recruiting (Monster), education (Coursera), financing (Kickstarter), healthcare (Cohealo), travel (TripAdvisor), professional service (Upwork), retailing (Alibaba), and local service (Angie’s List).
Topics: business development, Cameron faculty, capitalism, community, marketing, technology, artificial intelligence, leadership, Insights
March 2017 Editor's Note: This post was originally published in October 2016 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
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Guest Blogger: Dean Robert T. Burrus, Ph.D., Cameron School of Business
While capitalism is still favored by the majority of Americans, a January 2016 poll suggested socialism’s popularity is on the rise.
As reported in The Washington Post, a poll asking respondents whether they had a favorable or unfavorable view of socialism and capitalism found capitalism to be the big winner overall. But respondents under 30 years of age decisively embraced socialism.
Topics: BB&T Center, capitalism, debate, socialism
