New Book Published by Questrom Professor Peter Fox-Penner
Professor of the Practice in the markets, public policy, and law department and director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Peter Fox-Penner has just released a new book titled Power after Carbon: Building a Clean, Resilient Grid. The book, published by Harvard University Press, offers a roadmap to the electric... More
Career Building in the Time of Coronavirus
Questrom Magazine Extra: In this Q&A, Questrom Magazine talks with Charles Tharp, a professor of the practice and former head of HR at Bristol Myers Squibb, about starting, maintaining, or resurrecting your career during turbulent times. More
Retirement Savings Hit by COVID-19? Here’s What to Do Next
Questrom Magazine Extra: In this Q&A, Questrom Magazine talks with investments and savings expert Zvi Bodie about how the coronavirus crisis exposed long-standing faults in our retirement system—and how to fix them. More
The Importance of Consistency in Returning to Work
While we might not know when we’re going back to the workplace, it’s imperative to plan—and Professor Fred Foulkes posits that consistency in return initiatives is crucial. “As multi-disciplinary task forces at companies and universities deal with the complicated challenges of developing effective plans for employees or students to return to... More
Two Questrom MBA Candidates Named to Poets & Quants’ 2020 Best & Brightest List
This year, two Questrom students, Nari Malkhasyan (’20) and Pat DeMarle (’20), were named to the annual Poets & Quants Best & Brightest MBA List, a compilation of the most accomplished MBA students from a pool of global nominees. While they might not be walking in a traditional graduation ceremony... More
Dean Susan Fournier Named Marketing Science Institute Academic Fellow
Susan Fournier, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean, was recently recognized among the 11 renowned marketing scholars named Marketing Science Institute Academic Fellows. They join nine current Academic Fellows (formerly Academic Trustees) who represent marketing's most distinguished academics and will play an important role in ensuring that Marketing Science Institute (MSI) continues to exemplify innovative marketing... More
New Businesses—Not Just Main Street Firms—Need Rescuing
Questrom’s Catherine Fazio presents new research that shows new business formation is beginning to decline in a dramatic and worrisome fashion due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Featured in Forbes, new research from The Startup Cartography Project, an initiative co-led by Fazio, shows that new business formation has received little focus in economic relief efforts. More
How Do We Care for Our Caregivers?
In a new piece in Psychology Today, organizational psychologist and Questrom Professor Bill Kahn dives into what that stress means, how to enable health care workers to remain as resilient as possible amidst the stress, different ways that hospital administrators can support their front-line workers, and more. More
Two Questrom Undergrads Make Poets & Quants’ 2020 Best & Brightest List
Seniors Kristin John and Brian Harrison recognized as stellar standouts from a nationwide pool of nominees. Since 2016, the annual Poets & Quants Best & Brightest list has honored 100 of the most accomplished seniors who majored in business, representing “the catalysts who inspire action, the innovators who unleash talent, and... More
How To Manage Coronavirus Layoffs With Compassion
In a recent article published on the Harvard Business Review website, Dean Emeritus Ken Freeman reflects on how best to handle laying off employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. More