VCU
School of Business in the News
Faculty Media Activities for January to June, 2006 Following is a synopsis of local, national and international
media attention created by quotes and speeches given by the
VCU School of Business faculty.
March 7, 2006
DR. ROBERT ANDREWS associate
professor in Management Department.
Interview
with Washington
Post concerning the Virginia
General Assembly bill on “cost of textbooks”.
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March
27, 2006
DR.
PETER AIKEN, Professor of Information Systems
“What’s
to become of AdvanTech?” in Metro Business, Richmond
Times Dispatch.
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DR. JON ACKLEY,
professor of Management,
March 6
The
question of “How a cheating scandal could
affect NASCAR’s life” was asked by Jim Pewletz,
a reporter for the Los Angeles Times
May 12
“Life in a perpetual fast lane,” by
Brant James in the St. Petersburg Times. Dr. Ackley discusses
sponsorship.
DR.MICHAEL
W. PITTS, professor of Management
February 18
Interviewed
for the article "At the Birthplace
of Nascar, Dim Hope of Daytona Glory" in the New
York Times. (This dealt with
selection of NASCAR Hall of
Fame
location).
April 10
“NASCAR’s Tradition in the Rearview
Mirror” By Chuck Carlson in The Dallas Morning News
April
14
Picked
up by Greater Milwaukee Today
The Martinsville Daily online
Phoenix Register’s online
and azcentral on-line
Fort Worth News and WFAA.com
Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch
Buffalo News
Herald-Leader, Lexington, Ky.
Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wisc.
Republican American, Waterbury, Conn.
Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah
Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville, Ill. \
Posted on NASCARNation.com
May 18
Sporting
News carried NASCAR-related interview
June 19
National
Public Radio
Drs. Michael Pitts and Jon Ackley, interviewed by Tom
Graham, host of WMRA, affiliate in Charlottesville, VA.
They were joined by Larry DeGaris, director
of James Madison University’s Center for Sports Sponsorship. The foursome
discussed the “Business of NASCAR.”
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DR. ETTI BARANOFF,
associate professor of insurance and finance.
San Antonio
Express-News interview on insurance
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DR. DAVID DOWNS,
Alfred L. Blake Chair in Real Estate
March 2006
“The Beat on Reits” (Trends)
by Rob Walker in Virginia Business
March 30
“Out of area developers taking an interest
in Portsmouth” by Meghan Hoyer and Battinto Batts,
Jr., The Virginian-Pilot
“Office Space Offers A Mixed Picture” in
Blueprint on Richmond, The Wall Street Journal and wsj-online.
May 28
“Double trouble awaits potential homebuyers” by
Bob Rayner in Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond Times
Dispatch.com
June 1 Dr. Downs was quoted in an article about Richmond
condominium Style Weekly
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DR.GEORGE HOFFER,
professor of Economics.
January
13, 2006 7 A.M. interview with Jimmy Barrett on
WRVA radio
January
24
“Norfolk spared in Ford cuts” by
Chip Jones in Richmond Times Dispatch
March
8
“Ford plant hits hurdles. “Green ideas
may not be enough to fend off closure by automaker” by
John
Welbes and printed in Pioneer Press
March
8
“Delta will offer JFK flights” by Chip
Jones in Richmond Times Dispatch
March
22
JetBlue
hires local employees for its takeoff at RIC” in Richmond Times Dispatch
April
3
“Economic Numbers Don’t Add up for Many
Consumers” by Ted Craig in Auto Auction Shopper.
April
3
“CarMax Scouts Minneapolis Store Sites” by
Ted Craig in Used Car News
April
14
“Ford to close Norfolk plant” and “Decision
to close surprises many business leaders” by John
Reid Blackwell in Richmond Times Dispatch
April 17
Discussion
of plagiarism in the auto industry. MSNBC.com
April
30
“Car Wars” – By Paul Wilson in The
Columbus Dispatch and online CarMax CEO expects Columbus
to be a great market.
April
-30
“In the Driver’s Seat” Carmax
is on the move. By Jack Milligan in Virginia Business
May
7
“Knowing buyers now standard at Ford” by
Terry Box, The Dallas Morning News.
May
7
“Art, research keep many prominent educators
out of
classrooms” by Philip Walzer, The Virginian-Pilot.
May 19
“Japanese cars, American Retirees” by
Eduardo Porter, The New York Times.
May 25
“Veteran of CarMax is new CEO” by
Gregory J. Gilligan, Richmond Times Dispatch
June 5
“Changing Lanes: Auto Execs Take New Roles ‘Car
Guy’ Behind Wheel at Superstore Chain” by Ted
Craig, Used
Car News
June 13
“Midsize SUVs run low on sales” by
Terry Box in Dallas Morning News.
June 18
“In high gear, Carmax chief bows out” by
Greg Gilliga, quoting Dr. Hoffer in the Richmond Times Dispatch.
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May-June
DR. JEFFREY KRUG, professor of Strategic Management.
June 2, 2006
Quoted
by Peggy Anne Salz in the article “High Performance,
a Three-Prong Strategy Smooths the Path to Profitable M&As” in
a June issue of The Wall Street Journal’s special
section produced by Accenture. Accenture is a global management
consulting,
technology service and outsourcing company dedicated to
helping clients improve their performance. Dr. Krug quoted
from his
February 2003 Harvard Business Review analysis of post-merger
executive departure, in which he found that the loss of
talent in the first year is often 25%--three times the
rate of similar
companies that have not gone through a merger. Dr. Krug
is continuing research on this topic. He currently is a
new
faculty member at VCU School of Business.
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DR. RANDALL SLEETH,
associate professor of Management
April to current
Teaming
up with Dr. Wallace Johnson to write “Speaking of Work, “ a
weekly business column in Metro Business, Richmond Times Dispatch.
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DR. BRENT SMITH,
assistant professor of Real Estate and Land Development
April 27
Interviewed by WRVA, Richmond, about housing prices
in the Richmond area
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ROBERT W. TAYLOR,
Director of the Virginia Real Estate Center
January 17
Interviewed on WRVA, Richmond, about housing
Affordability in the Central Virginia area.
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DR. ROBERT TRUMBLE,
professor of Management
Call-in
show and interview on “Insight” a
radio program on station WMRA Serving Charlottesville and
Shenandoah Valley from 3 to 4 p.m. Discussion on immigration
issues.
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DR. DAVID URBAN,
professor of Marketing
September to June 8
Business “Lessons Learned” -
15 episodes (weeks) of “The Apprentice” on Richmond.com.
As a tie-in Dr. Urban has presented a summary of the Lessons
Learns at the Alumni Investors Club meeting and School
of Business Open House in May
2006
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DR. HEIKO D. WIJNHOLDS,
professor of Marketing
Dr. Wijnholds writes a weekly column “Money & Marketing” in
the Metro Business section, Richmond Times Dispatch.
January 2, 2006. Are Chinese Playing Fair with Currency Policy?
January 9, 2006. Housing prices, Katrina recovery cloud
'06 outlook.
January 16, 2006. Predicting the stock market can be hazy.
January 23, 2006. Marketers run big risk by ignoring older
consumers.
January 30, 2006. Transportation, taxation move to front
seat.
February 6, 2006. Tax cuts not permanent; politics always
goes on.
February 13, 2006. U.S. competitive, but priorities an
issue.
February 20, 2006. Don't make China scapegoat for the U.S.
trade deficit.
February 27, 2006. Free trade does not guarantee secure
trade.
March 6, 2006. Market still best option for solving energy
woes.
March 13, 2006. Better to trade with India than ignore
the inevitable.
March 20, 2006. Airlines try to entice fliers with value
beyond price.
March 27, 2006. Housing slowdown will hit owners and tax
collectors.
April 3, 2006. Many developments cloud Fed's crystal ball.
April 10, 2006. Immigration: market works better than enforcement.
April 17, 2006. Tax preparers can sell your data to marketers.
April 24, 2006. Negotiating with China may work better
than threats.
May 1, 2006. Fighting high gas prices requires some sacrifices.
May 8, 2006. Social security debate is about wrong question.
May 15, 2006. Fed's rate strategy has become less effective.
May 22, 2006. Effect of cheaper dollar on trade deficit
debatable.
May 29, 2006. Did tax cuts shrink federal budget deficit?
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AND INSURANCE STUDIES CENTER |
March & April,
2006
was
featured in a two-part story by Ed Curry in Insurance & Financial Advisor Monthly- Virginia
Edition. It provided a well written profile of the insurance management program,
focusing on different
aspects of curriculum. Mini-interviews were with Dr. E.G. Miller, senior
associate dean, who also holds CPCU & CCLU designations, Dr. Etti Baranoff,
and Puneet Prakash.
March 19
Fraud Conference reviewed by Richmond Times Dispatch columnist
Iris Taylor. She discussed the cost of fraud and reported
speakers’ comments.
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ECONOMIC EDUCATION (VCEE) |
January 21, 2006
“Teaching
Session for stock game upcoming” Richmond
Times Dispatch
March 31, 2006
Economics
Challenge “
Champs of Economics” in Richmond Times-Dispatch and
TimesDispatch.com and View by Julian Benbow.
April
Featured on VCU InSight, VCU news magazine that appears
on Community Idea Stations (CH24) National Public Television.
Suzanne Gallagher from School of Business narrated parts
of the video.
April
27
“Children get down to business” in Richmond Times-Dispatch by Dena Sloan. Describes Mini-Market
activities.
Mini-Economy Market Day also was covered by InSight. Suzanne
Gallagher from School of Business narrated parts of the video.
May
23
Chantilly High School was featured as second place
winner in
National competition. “Hit the Buzzer for John Kenneth
Galbraith and You Might Win the Economics Bee” By
Deborah Kolben, The
New York Sun.
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May,
2006
Imagine Cup coverage: “VCU team wins national Imagine Cup competition
second year in a row.” By Anne Buckley May 8, University News Service
in VCU News
May
9 “VCU Team wins for software” by Jeffrey Kelley
in Richmond Times Dispatch.
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April
2006
“International flavor. Students from 96 countries
are studying at VCU’ Richmond Times Dispatch, quotes
Dr. Van Wood |
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Compiled by Frances Altman, Public Relations Specialist, VCU School
of Business - fealtman@vcu.edu (804)
827-1801
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