Better Business Podcast
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.
Episodes
October 22, 2024 • 42 mins
Guests: Sergey Naumov and Suvrat Dhanorkar, Assistant Professors of Supply Chain Management.
The landscape of transportation in America has changed dramatically in recent years thanks to innovations like AI-powered ride hailing and ride sharing platforms, and the potential promised by automated vehicles (AVs). But what are the real implications of these new technologies and how will they impact the growing traffic congestion in citi...
The landscape of transportation in America has changed dramatically in recent years thanks to innovations like AI-powered ride hailing and ride sharing platforms, and the potential promised by automated vehicles (AVs). But what are the real implications of these new technologies and how will they impact the growing traffic congestion in citi...
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October 1, 2024 • 36 mins
Guests: Akhil Kumar, Professor of Supply Chain and Information Systems and Joe Atkinson, Vice Chair, US Chief Products and Technology Officer, PwC.
The speed at which Artificial Intelligence is evolving has left many struggling to comprehend its many implications and opportunities – especially in the world of business. What is AI? What does it mean for the world of business? And how are leading organizations taking advantage of its ...
The speed at which Artificial Intelligence is evolving has left many struggling to comprehend its many implications and opportunities – especially in the world of business. What is AI? What does it mean for the world of business? And how are leading organizations taking advantage of its ...
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September 17, 2024 • 33 mins
Guests: Jeanette Miller, Assistant Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship; Ryan K. Brown, DEI Program Manager, Johnson & Johnson and Chief Operating Officer, We Are Wonderfully Made LLC; and Dana Wilson, CEO & Founder of CHIP, Speaker at Dana Disrupts, LLC.
Entrepreneurship can be an exciting and transformative space. However, connecting with entrepreneurs and funding sources can be difficult to access, particularly for unde...
Entrepreneurship can be an exciting and transformative space. However, connecting with entrepreneurs and funding sources can be difficult to access, particularly for unde...
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September 10, 2024 • 32 mins
Guests: Jeanette Miller, Assistant Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship; Ryan K. Brown, DEI Program Manager, Johnson & Johnson and Chief Operating Officer, We Are Wonderfully Made LLC; and Dana Wilson, CEO & Founder of CHIP, Speaker at Dana Disrupts, LLC.
Entrepreneurship can be an exciting and transformative space. However, connecting with entrepreneurs and funding sources can be difficult to access, particularly for unde...
Entrepreneurship can be an exciting and transformative space. However, connecting with entrepreneurs and funding sources can be difficult to access, particularly for unde...
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August 20, 2024 • 27 mins
Guest: Wael Jabr, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Information Systems.
Few would disagree that social media have reshaped how individuals and companies connect with their stakeholders, but also the public's opinions on everything from brands, products, and even politics. In this episode, we’ll examine the impact of social media on the economic and political landscape here in the U.S. and around the world. What is the curren...
Few would disagree that social media have reshaped how individuals and companies connect with their stakeholders, but also the public's opinions on everything from brands, products, and even politics. In this episode, we’ll examine the impact of social media on the economic and political landscape here in the U.S. and around the world. What is the curren...
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July 30, 2024 • 32 mins
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?
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?
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July 9, 2024 • 48 mins
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...
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...
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June 18, 2024 • 29 mins
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 a...
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 a...
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May 30, 2024 • 28 mins
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” purpose...
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” purpose...
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May 17, 2024 • 1 min
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.
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May 2, 2023 • 36 mins
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 ...
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 ...
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April 25, 2023 • 38 mins
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 dr...
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 dr...
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April 18, 2023 • 38 mins
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 prio...
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 prio...
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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 ...
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 ...
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April 4, 2023 • 27 mins
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, ...
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, ...
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March 28, 2023 • 49 mins
Guests: Pierre Cohade, independent director, advisor and an expert in China relations and Terrence Guay, clinical professor of international business, associate dean of international programs, and director of the Center for Global Business Studies at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
What is the future of globalization? There are many challenges threatening the current international trade flow – from supply chain disruptions...
What is the future of globalization? There are many challenges threatening the current international trade flow – from supply chain disruptions...
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March 21, 2023 • 41 mins
Guests: Halla Thomasdottir, chief executive officer of The B-Team—a global collective of business and civil society leaders driving a better way of doing business for people and planet—and Don Hambrick, Professor of Management and Evan Pugh University Professor at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
Once absent from social and political debates, CEOs have abandoned the traditional norm of staying silent on controversial issue...
Once absent from social and political debates, CEOs have abandoned the traditional norm of staying silent on controversial issue...
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March 14, 2023 • 32 mins
Guests: Andrew Moses, vice president and head of business development at MorganFranklin Consulting and Margaret Luciano, associate professor of management and organization and BNY Mellon Faculty Fellow at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
As the pandemic set in around the world, employees of organizations large and small left the office and retreated to their homes to perform their daily work. Years later, many are now dema...
As the pandemic set in around the world, employees of organizations large and small left the office and retreated to their homes to perform their daily work. Years later, many are now dema...
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March 7, 2023 • 27 mins
Guests: Jerome Griffith, chief executive officer of Lands’ End and Brent Mortiz, associate professor of supply chain management at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
The pandemic spurred widespread disruption in the global supply chain, dramatically slowing shipments, causing shortages of essential products, and creating inflationary pressures that are pinching consumers at the pump and the cash register.
What’s behind all o...
The pandemic spurred widespread disruption in the global supply chain, dramatically slowing shipments, causing shortages of essential products, and creating inflationary pressures that are pinching consumers at the pump and the cash register.
What’s behind all o...
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February 28, 2023 • 35 mins
Guests: Brian Dreibelbis, senior director of supply chain human resources and labor and employee relations at Land O’Lakes and Matt Gustafson, associate professor of finance and Stuart and Michele Rothstein Early Career Professor, at the Penn State Smeal College of Business.
Despite the outcry from Americans across the political spectrum, the Federal minimum wage has not changed in 12 years. Many companies say they simply can’t affo...
Despite the outcry from Americans across the political spectrum, the Federal minimum wage has not changed in 12 years. Many companies say they simply can’t affo...
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