Love School of Business

Elon faculty members Earl Honeycutt and Sharon Hodge, and marketing student Kelley Blakewood, presented their article "Turnover and the Sales Force" at the 2009 National Conference in Sales Management that will be held in Norfolk, Va., from March 25-29.

Mark Kurt, an assistant professor of economics, presented his working paper, “New Observations Regarding Individual Heterogeneity and Inter-industry Wage Differentials," at the 2009 Midwest Economics Association Annual Meetings in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 21.

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 interviewed by CNBC Africa on March 26 regarding the importance of developing African youth as entrepreneurial thinkers as a long term strategy to boost Africa's economy.

Professor John Burbridge delivered two lectures on March 24 and March 26 to a Sports Law class at Florida State University.

Mary Gowan, dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, spoke with News 14 Carolina news reporter Tim Boyum on March 25 for a segment on the use of furloughs, rather than layoffs, by governments and private companies alike during the current economic recession.

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published March 21, 2009, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.

From AIG and the mortgage meltdown to Bernie Madoff’s greed, everyone, it seems, is talking about ethics in business. Elon University faculty harnessed that interest Tuesday in a panel discussion that debated what role morals should have in the business world, regardless of economic climate.

In another sign of its commitment to teaching ethical values, the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has formally adopted the Principles of Responsible Management Education, which connects the university with an international group of business schools that encourage social responsibility in the creation of a sustainable global economy.