Business & Economy

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad (LaunchPad) hosted its annual ’Cuse Tank entrepreneurial competition on Friday, Sept. 27, during Family Weekend in Bird Library. More than 35 student entrepreneur teams from various schools and colleges across campus participated in a “Shark-Tank”…

The undergraduate business program at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management is now ranked No. 40 in the nation, up from No. 47 last year and No. 51 two years ago, by U.S. News & World Report. This is…

Leading scholars and doctoral students studying new product development and innovation management at universities in the U.S. and abroad gathered at Syracuse University from July 30 to Aug. 2 for the 2024 Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) Doctoral Consortium….

There was a meta moment for Kristy Buzard, associate professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, that exemplifies the discrepancy in the mental and economic burdens that women carry compared to their men counterparts in…

Syracuse University Libraries’ Blackstone LaunchPad has announced that Anthony J. Thomas ’24 (School of Information Studies) and Fatim Cisse ’25 (David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamic) have been named 2024-2025 Todd B. Rubin Diversity and Innovation Scholars….

Syracuse University and the Martin J. Whitman School of Management are ranked No. 2 in the world among the top universities for entrepreneurship research productivity. This ranking stems from the 2024 TCU Global University Entrepreneurship Research Productivity Rankings, the only…

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s MBA program is now ranked No. 1 nationally among private universities for its return on investment (ROI) by Bloomberg. The Whitman School also has the second-highest ROI among all schools in the U.S….

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management was prominently featured in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2024, and the program is ranked No. 21 among the Top 50 schools. In 2023, Whitman’s online MBA program was…

The Whitman School of Management announced the appointment of two new department chairs, effective July 1. Professor Lynne Vincent has been named chair of the Management Department, and Professor Craig Nicols has been named chair of the Lubin School of Accounting at Whitman….

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has recently named Professor Natarajan Balasubramanian the inaugural Albert & Betty Hill Professor, effective July 1. With a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, Balasubramanian joined the Whitman School in 2009….