Love School of Business

David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published Dec. 20, 2009, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has been appointed as chair of the International Entrepreneurship Interest Group of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Tina Das, professor of economics, and Casey DiRienzo, associate professor of economics in the Love School of Business, have published an article, “The Nonlinear Impact of Globalization on Corruption,” in the International Journal of Business and Finance Research (vol. 3(2): 33-46, 2009).

Two teams of Elon students have advanced to the final round of Stanford University’s Global Innovation Tournament, a contest where students around the world were challenged to make an impact on a global issue.

Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, was a featured speaker on Nov. 19 and chaired the plenary panel session launching the RENT XXIII Conference in Budapest, Hungary.

The MBA Program is forming an MBA Student & Alumni Consulting Group that will focus on not-for-profit organizations. The goal of this group is to provide a wide range of business consulting services to not-for-profits from the home communities of MBA students and alumni from the Triad to the Triangle.

The MBA Consulting Group Steering Committee is meeting this evening from 6 pm to 7 pm in KOBC 204. Members of the Consulting Group Steering Committee include Jennifer Sider, Florence Bell, Paul Marshall, Kate Panzer, Heather Scheel, Dave Clark, LaToya Marcus, and Eduardo Figueroa.

Karl Sherrill, VP of Sales for Senn-Dunn and an Elon MBA alum, was a guest speaker in Michael Rodriguez’s Professional Selling class on Friday, Nov. 20.

Love School of Business students Sarah Doggett, Caitlin McGuire and Charles McKenna competed in the Great Northwoods Sales Warmup competition, held Nov. 12-14 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. It was Elon’s first appearance in this regional sales competition.

Earl Honeycutt, professor of marketing in the Love School of Business and director of the Chandler Family Professional Sales Center, co-authored an article with Vince Magnini of Virginia Tech titled “Use of E-Mail Signature Files in the Hotel Industry.” The article appears in the November issue (50:4) of Cornell Hospitality Quarterly.