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Ryan Named First Sun Trust Professor at Georgia State's Robinson College of Business
April 30, 2008 (Atlanta) – Harley E. "Chip" Ryan, Jr. has been named the SunTrust Professor in Capital Markets at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.
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Robinson Undergrads Finish in "Sweet Sixteen" at Prestigious Investment Conference
April 21, 2008 (Atlanta) – Twelve undergraduate students from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business Portfolio Management Team returned from the RISE VIII Conference in Dayton, Ohio, as a top winner of the conference's oral and poster portfolio competition.
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Georgia State University and Moscow State Team to Launch First U.S. EMBA On-Site in Russia
April 8, 2008 (Moscow) – Russia's first Executive MBA (EMBA) will be part of a joint program announced today by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business in Atlanta.
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Robinson College Adopts Principles for Responsible Management Education
April 2, 2008 (Atlanta) – Furthering its commitment to advance corporate social responsibility, the J. Mack Robinson College of Business has adopted the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), which were unveiled by a group of scholars and leading academic organizations at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in July 2007.
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Robinson Jumps to Fifth in U.S. News Graduate Rankings; College's MBA Program Advances Three Spots in National Survey
March 28, 2008 (Atlanta) – The part-time MBA program at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business moved up three spots to number five in U.S. News and World Report's annual "America's Best Graduate School" rankings for 2009, released today.
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Robinson Launches First Doctorate Program for Senior Business Executives in Georgia
March 19, 2008 (Atlanta) – The J. Mack Robinson College of Business today announced the launch of the Georgia's first doctorate program for senior business executives. The rigorous, three-year program is designed for business leaders who seek to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the global context of management while having the opportunity to shape the study and practice of business leadership.
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And the 2008 MAX Grand Award Goes to...UPS!
February 29, 2008 (Washington, D.C.) – Organizers of the 16th Annual Marketing Awards for Excellence (MAX Awards) today announced UPS' Delivery Intercept as the Grand Winner. Presented by Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business Department of Marketing and Atlanta Business Chronicle, the MAX Awards are Georgia's most prestigious marketing awards event and honor innovation, great marketing and the success of Georgia businesses.
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Optional Federal Chartering Likely to Benefit State Economics, Says New Study by Robinson's Center for Risk Management and Insurance Research
February 28, 2008 (Washington, D.C.) – Optional federal chartering of insurance companies would have little or no impact on state economics and any effects are more likely to be positive than negative, says a new study by the Center for Risk Management and Insurance Research at the Robinson College of Business.
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Rate Cuts Imperfect Cure for Credit Market Blockage; Expect Sub-par Growth Well into 2009, Says Georgia State Forecaster
February 27, 2008 (Atlanta) – The subprime-fueled credit crisis combined with record-high oil and falling home prices has ignited the recession debate. In an attempt to combat the fallout, the FED finally has taken aggressive rate cut measures. But according to Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at the Robinson College of Business, while these and expected cuts will help prevent an outright recession, they will be unable to fully unfreeze the credit market, which is where the nation's biggest problem lies.
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Robinson College of Business Announces Hall of Fame Inductees
January 31, 2008 (Atlanta) – Xernona Clayton, president and CEO, Trumpet Awards Foundation Inc..; Mackey J. McDonald, chairman, VF Corporation; Sam A. Williams, president, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; and John A. Williams, CEO, Williams Realty Advisors LLC, will be inducted into the Business Hall of Fame at Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business.
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Coke Executive Named Chair of Ethics Center Board
January 29, 2008 (Atlanta) – Mark Snyderman has been named chair of the Board of Governors for the Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility at the Robinson College of Business.
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Students Connect with Aviation Industry Icon
January 25, 2008 (Atlanta) – Approximately 150 Robinson students, faculty and staff formed part of the audience for the January 23 taping of a special edition of Georgia Public Television's Georgia Business Report. The program featured Frank Argenbright, chairman and CEO of Air Serv.
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IIB Workshop Series Helps Entrepreneurs Go Global
January 18, 2008 (Atlanta) – Cooking up a global business idea is just the beginning—instituting that idea is where an entrepreneur might fail, often for a lack of knowledge or resources. The Institute of International Business (IIB) at the Robinson College of Business is responding to this need to educate the business community by offering International Business Success, a group of four free workshops that will provide attendees with the tools to either jump-start an international company or to expand an existing company overseas.
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Views from the Top: Dhawan Tells Real Estate Alumni More Rate Cuts Near
January 10, 2008 (Atlanta) – Despite talks of recession, the economy's growth is headed in a "sideways" direction, according to Dr. Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Robinson, who spoke at the annual Views from the Top breakfast.
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