The Lehigh University Business Blog, ilLUminate, offers thoughtful perspectives that shine light on interesting and often complex issues and questions related to the business of business. Find out more at http://cbe.lehigh.edu/blog.
Ahmed Rahman is taking a sabbatical to digitize and quantify the lives of tens of thousands of naval officers across three centuries. Learn why.History of Sabbaticals
The battle over remote work is “shifting from being about where work happens to who gets to decide where it happens,” says the Business School's Loren Keim.Loren Keim on the Future of Office Space (podcast recorded 2022)Back to Work BarometerReimagining Physical Space to Foster ConnectionReturn to Office Mandates and Brain DrainLearn about the Perella Department of Finance at Lehigh Business.Learn about the Goodman Center for Real Estate at Lehigh Business.Learn more about Loren Keim.
"Sexual harassment by clients can be just as pervasive and damaging to someone's career, but it's even more hidden," a Lehigh researcher says.Professor Prevost is conducting additional research into sexual harassment by clients in client-focused professional industries, including law, finance and consulting. She has created a survey to learn more about observations and experiences of sexual harassment by clients. She invites you to complete the survey. It should only take between 5-8 minutes and is confidential. Contact her with any questions or if you would like more information.
A new study suggests that loss of income due to natural disasters devastating crops and livestock reduces farmers' use of health care services.U.S. Federal Crop Insurance programTaiwan Farmer's Health Insurance programLearn more about Professor Hung-Hao Chang.Learn more about Professor Chad Meyerhoefer.
Extensive research into Kodak's failure is at odds with the oft-told story that the company failed to see technology changes coming, Natalya Vinokurova says.Photo gallery of old Kodak camerasGeorge Eastman, inventor of the Kodak cameraSteven Sasson, inventor of the digital cameraLearn more about Professor of Management, Rahuk KapoorLearn more about Associate Professor of Management, Natalya VinokurovaWilly C. Shih, former Kodak employee
Ramayya Krishnan of Carnegie Mellon University, the 2024-25 Year of Learning featured speaker, discusses AI in academia and business.More ilLUminate podcasts about AI.Lehigh Business magazine article about generative AI in business.Learn more about Ramayya Krishnan.
Cyberattacks, talk of tariffs and trade wars, labor shortages and uncertainty about AI concern supply chain managers as new year dawns.Council of Supply Chain Management ProfessionalsLehigh Business Decision and Data Analytics (DATA) departmentZach Zacharia, associate professor of supply chain managementPast Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index resultsCenter for Supply Chain Research at Lehigh
Assistant professor of marketing, Ludovica Cesareo, talks about the problems fake products create for manufacturers, retailers, consumers and society at large.Ludovica Cesareo on COVID-19 Fashion and Holiday Shopping (2020)200 Trunks, 200 Visionaries exhibition (Video)McGruff the Crime Dog Go for Real campaign.Read Assistant Professor Ludovica Cesareo's paper: "Knowledge, Morality, and the Appeal of Counterfeit Luxury Goods." (Subscription required.)Learn more about Ludovica Cesareo's research.
A recent study suggests that reminding people that biases exist and are inherent in human decision making can make them more receptive to AI in medical care.Read the Lehigh News article about Prof. Wang's researchRead Prof. Wang's paper titled, "To err is human: Bias salience can help overcome resistance to medical AI"Learn more about Prof. Wang and her research
What do we lose as generative AI moves from an assistant that helps us accomplish tasks to an autonomous agent? Burak Eskici considers the question.Learn more about the World Bank.Learn more about J-PAL South Asia.Learn more about Burak Eskici and his research.
The increased growth in private credit since 2010 is expected to continue, predicts Dan Pietrzak '97, Partner and Global Head of Private Credit at KKR.2024 Donald M. Gruhn '49 Distinguished Finance Speaker Series: Daniel Pietrzak '97 (VIDEO)Lehigh's Accounting DepartmentKKR & Co. Inc.
Generative AI is poised to become a “core driver of innovation across all industries” in the next decade, says Michael Rivera. So what does that mean for humans?Learn more about Michael RiverailLUminate podcasts about AI2nd Annual Philadelphia Operations and Technology Day
Qianqian Yu, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Perella Department of Finance at Lehigh Business, explores how, for most private firms seeking an SEC exemption to raise capital in private markets, the benefits of not filing the required Form D outweigh the risks of getting caught, a new study finds.
Manoj Malhotra, dean of the College of Business, discusses what attracted him to Lehigh Business, the importance of alumni relationships and the role of faculty research, among other topics.https://business.lehigh.edu/news
How much a seller enjoys making a product or service influences how much buyers are willing to pay and sellers are willing to charge, new research shows.
A recent study counters the prevailing narrative that the nursing home industry is unprofitable, and needs higher reimbursement rates to avoid widespread closings.https://business.lehigh.edu/news
The managing director of Lehigh@NasdaqCenter has come up with the DIvA framework to help women develop individual authenticity, a key to success in the workplace.
AI's impact on the fintech industry has “been pretty profound already, and it's only going to accelerate from here,” a Lehigh Business faculty member says.In this episode of Lehigh University's College of Business ilLUminate podcast, we are talking with Don Bowen about the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) has already had on the fintech industry and some of the ways that AI offers both future potential benefits and threats to fintech.Bowen is an assistant professor in the Perella Department of Finance who teaches Lehigh Business's Capstone course in FinTech, among other courses. He also is co-director of Lehigh's FinTech Minor.
“We ensure that the benefits of the regulations justify the costs.” Ricky Revesz talks about the “obscure but important” federal agency he heads.
Researchers asked executives and doctors about the biggest challenges and opportunities facing pharmaceutical marketing. Their answers may surprise you.
A Lehigh Business economist weighs in on greedflation, a theory that argues excessive corporate profits have played a large role in fueling inflation.
Two Lehigh Business economists are part of a $7 million, multi-university and multidisciplinary USDA grant that aims to develop new ways to protect mushroom crops.
Cybersecurity and Data Risk tops the latest Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index for the fourth straight quarter.
Companies that pay employees less fairly to reap short-term gains may sacrifice greater long-term firm value, a new study suggests.
A marketing researcher discusses Black Friday, the power of omnichannel shopping, what to look out for in online reviews, and the role AI will play in shopping.
In training AI systems on hiring, adding external information to data on past company hiring decisions can help make the process fairer, a study suggests.
Launched in spring 2023, the Lehigh Ventures Lab helps students, faculty and recent alumni turn their entrepreneurial visions into viable startups.
The Medicare Open Enrollment Period starts on Oct. 15, and runs through Dec. 7. If you or someone you love are on Medicare, what should you be looking at?
Research shows that ambivalence in leaders and team members is a two-edged sword. It can boost performance, but also hurt your chances for promotion. Why?
Can truckers be nudged into being mindful about the social, environmental and financial effects of how long they let their trucks idle and changed their idling behavior?
The 2023-2024 Lehigh Business Year of Learning topic explained: Interdependency Between Government and Business.
Startup Academy, experiential learning. Students go to San Francisco, paired with companies in Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, learn hands-on about being an entrepreneur.
Growing concerns about Cybersecurity and Data Risk top the latest Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index by a wide margin.
If consumers, businesses, investors and economists collectively think inflation will rise, chances are it will. With inflation expectations, believing is seeing.
New research indicates that more access to financial services is related to substantially lower death rates from COVID-19.
Lehigh's Cathy Ridings and Greg Reihman discuss how Chat GPT and other generative AI tools may affect issues ranging from academic integrity to efficiency and quality of human work.
In all the debate swirling around the new wave of AI chatbots, it can be hard to separate the hype from what's real, the writer, tech journalist and author says.
The reasons behind two recent regional bank failures were very different from those that led to the 2008 global financial crisis, a Lehigh expert says.
Machine learning strategies can enhance investment performance, but nowhere near as much as previous research has suggested, a recent study found.
In this episode of Lehigh University's College of Business ilLUminate podcast, we are speaking with Georgette Chapman Phillips about the newly constructed Lehigh Business Innovation Building.
It is not a question of whether we should replace all lead pipes, says researcher Muzhe Yang. It's a question of how quickly we can do it.For more information, listen to this March 2021 podcast in which Yang discussed his previous research on factors affecting maternal, fetal and infant health.
Heading into 2023, Economic Risk—spurred by the war in Ukraine, inflation, and labor shortages—tops the Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index.
A framework of four leadership attributes that companies should consider if they're struggling with how to effectively manage a mix of remote and onsite workers.
Five-star customer reviews are the Holy Grail of online retailers. But asking customers to only leave positive reviews may lead to diminished customer loyalty.
Why your perception of what motivated someone to post on social media about an experience they had may unknowingly keep you from enjoying the same experience.
The founder and CEO of Vistex, Inc., discusses topics including the American Dream, entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, and adapting to “tectonic shifts” in business.
In this episode of Lehigh University's College of Business ilLUminate podcast, we are speaking with Dean Georgette Chapman Phillips about the Year of Learning program.
Marketing a travel destination with humanlike characteristics can attract some tourists, but turn off others. What the tourism industry needs to know.
While many employees will continue working part-time from home, real estate expert Loren Keim also sees “a substantial return to the office environment, probably in a hybrid model over the next few years.”
Ahmed Rahman discusses what the federal government and the Federal Reserve could have done to more effectively counter soaring inflation in the U.S.
Economic Risk poses the greatest threat to the global supply chain in the 3rd quarter of 2022, according to the new Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index.
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