Love School of Business

Michael Dougherty, chairman and CEO of Kindermusik International, challenged students to consider new paradigms of responsible leadership during a presentation last Thursday evening in the LaRose Digital Theatre of Koury Business Center.

Telling students “the only thing in life you can control is your attitude,” Dave Rendall, a former telecommunications executive who founded his own consulting firm, shared his life story Monday as the inaugural speaker in the C. Ashton Newhall Lecture Series hosted by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Elon's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the accounting and finance honorary, was recognized by the national organization as a Superior Chapter for excellence in academics, professionalism and leadership. The chapter's faculty advisor is Patty Cox.

Professor emeritus David Noer is the featured guest blogger on CNBC.com's "Bullish on Books" blog, where the Sept. 28 entry promotes his latest book, Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations.

Alexander Y. Yap, associate professor of management information systems in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has published a peer-reviewed book chapter titled "U-Commerce in the Financial Marketspace."

Dr. Norris Gunby, assistant professor of management in the Love School of Business, received the Distinguished Research Award at the Academy of Strategic Management conference in August. His paper, “The Governance of Telecommuters: An Agency and Transaction Cost Analysis,” co-authored with Jeff Brice, Texas Southern University and Millicent Nelson, Middle Tennesee State University, will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Academy of Strategic Management journal.

Twenty-three Business Fellows in the Love School of Business visited several Wall Street firms as part of the annual Business Fellows New York City trip September 10-12.

Dave Rendall, former vice president of strategic planning at Nortel and founder of Rendall and Associates, will be the first speaker this fall in the C. Ashton Newhall Lecture Series sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

The Love School of Business is hosting a Town Hall Meeting for LSB juniors and seniors.