The Marcus Foundation grant will fund the creation of the Georgia State University Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund, which will result in the creation of at least 10 new businesses in metro Atlanta by June 2020.
Recent research by Georgia State University economist Carlianne Patrick found that properties rose 13-14 percent in value after being designated as part of historic districts.
The faculty of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are among the most productive researchers in the world, according to 2019 rankings from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).
The 35-day partial government shutdown was likely economically insignificant except for those who suffered delayed paychecks, according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.
Innovative student mobility opportunities, robust partnerships in research, business, science, and education, and an award-winning Confucius Institute are all part of Georgia State’s connections to China, a global powerhouse.
Georgia State University alumna Ann-Marie Campbell, executive vice president of U.S. Stores at The Home Depot, is one of 33 business school graduates who have been honored by AACSB International, the world’s largest business education alliance, as a 2019 Influential Leader.
Checkout charity, a phenomenon where cashiers or self-service technologies solicit charitable donations from customers during the payment process, is quickly becoming an established aspect of many retail and service experiences, including restaurants.
Denish Shah, director of the Social Media Intelligence Lab, talks about how social media insights are changing the way companies — even cities — operate.
Rent-to-own financing practices have long preyed on minority homebuyers. And according to professor Dan Immergluck, they’re making a comeback in African-American neighborhoods.
Firms are under increasing pressure to implement effective internal whistleblowing systems to avoid the potential Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation, fines and negative publicity associated with external whistleblowing. While firms can provide incentives to encourage internal whistleblowing, it remains controversial how such incentives should be structured.
