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Hosted by Penn State Smeal College of Business alum and nationally respected financial journalist Farnoosh Torabi, Better Business features Smeal alumni, faculty members, and other high-achieving thought leaders around the...
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Hosted by Penn State Smeal College of Business alum and nationally respected financial journalist Farnoosh Torabi, Better Business features Smeal alumni, faculty members, and other high-achieving thought leaders around the globe.
The perspectives and insights shared by guests will help listeners do business better in the face of global contemporary trends and complex challenges while reflecting on their own lifelong learning journeys.
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The perspectives and insights shared by guests will help listeners do business better in the face of global contemporary trends and complex challenges while reflecting on their own lifelong learning journeys.
Better Business Podcast
Better Business Podcast
Global Inflation and the Central Banks’ Dilemma
30 JUL 2024 · Guests: Jiro Yoshida, Professor of Risk Management and Claudia Steeb, Senior Managing Director, JLL Capital.
Sinking demand for office space, an elevated interest rate market. This is spelling disaster for many commercial real estate properties and projects. This conversation centers on the trillion-dollar commercial real estate market and its impact on the broader economy and financial system. What do we need to know?
The Journey to Becoming CEO
9 JUL 2024 · Guests: Vilmos Misangyi, professor of Strategic Management, Chair, Department of Management and Organization and John Geller, CEO and President, Marriot Vacations Worldwide.
According to the CEO Genome Project, there are more than 6 million CEOs of companies in America today. Overall, they took an average of 24 years to move from their first job to the chief executive’s office. What does it take to get there? How do some accelerate their career trajectories? And what are the educational, professional and personal choices that they make along the way?
Uncovering Racial Disparities in Mortgage Markets
18 JUN 2024 · Guest: Brent Ambrose, Jason and Julie Borrelli Faculty Chair in Real Estate and Director of the Penn State Institute for Real Estate Studies.
Race Discrimination can take many forms. Brent Ambrose, Jason and Julie Borrelli Faculty Chair in Real Estate and director of the Penn State Institute for Real Estate Studies recently collaborated in a study to understand pricing disparities in mortgage contracts. The paper — “Does Borrower and Broker Race Affect the Cost of Mortgage Credit?” — examines both the race and ethnicity of brokers and borrowers that took part in obtaining a mortgage to see if brokers were potentially charging different fees to different borrowers.
Purposeful brands
30 MAY 2024 · Guest: Tom Buday, former head of marketing and consumer communication for Nestle.
Virgin CEO Richard Branson once predicted that “the brands that will thrive in the coming years are the ones that have a purpose beyond profit.” Penn State Smeal College of Business marketing graduate Tom Buday and his wife, Linda, agree, and they have made a gift to endow a fund at Smeal to prepare marketing leaders to create and “look after” purposeful brands in the future. What are purposeful brands? How is it different from cause-related marketing and what are some relevant, real-life case studies? We’ll explore these questions and more in this episode.
Introducing Season 2: the Better Business Podcast
17 MAY 2024 · The second season of the Penn State Smeal College of Business Better Business Podcast features faculty, alumni, and guests discussing the issues and challenges of today's business world.
Climate change and commercial real estate
2 MAY 2023 · Guests: Jason Borrelli, senior principal for operations at EQT Exeter and member of Smeal Board of Visitors and Eva Steiner, associate professor of real estate and King Family Early Career Professor at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
We’re exploring the economic costs of climate change– specifically in the commercial real estate market. From intensifying storms to rising sea levels, If you’re an investor, a business owner or tasked with expansion efforts at your company, you’ll want to hear from our guests on what they have to say about the financial toll climate change is taking on the industry, the role of ESG in commercial real estate as well as the role of regulation in improving sustainability and affordability.
Funding options for entrepreneurs
25 APR 2023 · Guests: Charles Callahan, managing partner at Triangle Venture Partners, LLC and Jeanette Miller, assistant clinical professor of entrepreneurship and associate director of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
Startup and new venture funding is having a moment. A quiet moment, as recession fears, a softening tech stock market and an uncertain economic future drive new investment capital to a screeching halt. A Crunchbase report reveals that in the final 3 months of 2022, startup investments in North America dropped more than 60%, compared to the same quarter in 2021. Industry analysts say this isn't a time to panic, but a time to pause and reassess. My guests today are here to provide us with access to what’s going on behind the scenes and how entrepreneurs can navigate the current shakeout.
The circular economy
18 APR 2023 · Guests: Steve French, chief operating officer at Natural Marketing Institute and Karen Winterich, professor of marketing and Gerald I. Susman Professor in Sustainability at the Penn State Smeal College of Busienss.
As we attempt to eliminate waste and slow down climate change, we’re seeing a shift to a circular economy or circular business model where products and materials are repurposed in new cycles. This has become a higher priority across the globe but the endeavor is not simple. And it’s far from becoming the norm. Only 8.6% of our world is circular, according to the 2020 Circularity Gap Report.
Today, we’ll discuss the power of the circular economy and how it can meet the needs of countries, businesses and communities with vastly fewer materials and emissions.
The leadership trajectory of women: How COVID, Roe v. Wade, and other obstacles have brought new challenges to a longstanding struggle
11 APR 2023 · Guest: Aparna Joshi, Arnold Family Professor of Management at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
Women have historically been underrepresented in the C-suite. For years, fewer women have ascended to leadership positions because of the so-called broken rung at the first step of management. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many more women out of the workforce -- more than men – and the overturning of Roe v. Wade means more women are at risk of advancing in the workforce. A recent study by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Company revealed that women leaders are leaving their companies at higher rates than ever before. And, the study indicated that for every woman at the director level who gets promoted, two women directors choose to leave their company.
Today, we’ll examine the leadership trajectory of women and how COVID, Roe v. Wade and other obstacles have brought new challenges to a longstanding struggle.
When social activists target organizations
4 APR 2023 · Guest: Forrest Briscoe, professor of management and Frank and Mary Jean Smeal Research Fellow at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
From racial justice to labor reforms to environmental protections, social activists have for a long-time targeted businesses to make an impact and influence society. A recent case was when: TKTKTK. Sometimes the activism is launched from within a company…Other times it’s from the outside… today, we’re taking a closer look at the functions of social activism at the intersection of business and commerce. What are the implications of social activism within an organization. How effective are these campaigns and how should business leaders engage to demands while maintaining the interests of their workers and own stakeholders?
Hosted by Penn State Smeal College of Business alum and nationally respected financial journalist Farnoosh Torabi, Better Business features Smeal alumni, faculty members, and other high-achieving thought leaders around the...
show more
Hosted by Penn State Smeal College of Business alum and nationally respected financial journalist Farnoosh Torabi, Better Business features Smeal alumni, faculty members, and other high-achieving thought leaders around the globe.
The perspectives and insights shared by guests will help listeners do business better in the face of global contemporary trends and complex challenges while reflecting on their own lifelong learning journeys.
show less
The perspectives and insights shared by guests will help listeners do business better in the face of global contemporary trends and complex challenges while reflecting on their own lifelong learning journeys.
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