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Family Business

OSU's Austin Family Business Program Honors Top Family Businesses:
Reser’s Fine Foods of Beaverton, Nosler of Bend and Solar Summit of Philomath are among the Oregon companies that will receive the 2008 Excellence in Family Business Awards at a ceremony to be held Nov. 20 at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. Full story...

Director Named for Austin Family Business Program: Robin Klemm has been named the director of Oregon State University's Austin Family Business Program.Full story...

OSU to Hold Program for Family-Owned Businesses in Bend: Oregon State University's Austin Family Business Program will hold a program for family businesses called "Marketing in an Uncertain Economy" on Friday, April 25, at the OSU-Cascades Campus in Bend (2600 N.W. College Way). The event will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Full story...

OSU to Hold Conference for Students from Family-Owned Businesses:
Oregon State University's Austin Family Business Program and Students in Free Enterprise are inviting college students from across Oregon to attend the Family Business Student-to-Student Conference on Saturday, March 8, on the OSU campus. Full story...

Austin Entrepreneurship Program

The Austin Entrepreneurship Program Hosts the Inaugural New Enterprise Challenge:
For the first time campus-wide at Oregon State University, students will compete in a business plan competition, called the 2008 New Enterprise Challenge. Hosted by the Austin Entrepreneurship Program, the event started on Jan. 15 and continues through March. Full story...

OSU graduate, screenwriter of 'The Rookie' visits Austin Entrepreneurs:
Thursday night Weatherford Hall played host to "Finding Forrester" and "The Rookie" as well as critically acclaimed screenwriter - and OSU alumni - Mike Rich. Full story...

Teaching Excellence

Online Business and Entrepreneurship Courses Provide Enrichment for Professionals, Students Alike:
Oregon State University Extended Campus (Ecampus) and the OSU College of Business have launched a new online minor in Business and Entrepreneurship that offers a comprehensive series of courses to provide flexible learning options for both undergraduates and working professionals. Full story...

OSU Accounting and Management Information Systems Receive Prestigious Certification: The Information Systems Audit and Control Association has certified Oregon State University's Accounting and Management Information Systems curriculum, making the program one of only five higher learning institutions in the country and one of only 12 in the world to offer this certification. Full story...

Student Achievement

OSU Student Awarded Stanford REE Fellowship:
Oregon State University Honors College student Dann Cutter was awarded the Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education Fellowship at Stanford University for fall 2008. Full story...

OSU Business Students Win Tax Competition:
A team of four accounting students from Oregon State University's College of Business won first prize in the recent 2008 Berntson Porter/University of Washington Master of Professional Accounting Tax Competition in Seattle. Full story...

Accounting Graduate Wins Bronze Medal on CPA Exam:
College of Business graduate Steve Sharpe received the third highest score on the 2007 CPA exam in the State of Oregon. Sharpe, who earned his degree in accountancy with an option in finance last year, was among more than 1300 test takers. Full story ...

Experiential Learning

Business Student to Undergo Internship with Citigroup:
Jonathan Moravec, a junior majoring in business with a finance option, was selected to participate in a ten-week summer internship program with Citigroup. He was one of 35 students to receive an internship and competed against 2200 applicants, many from Ivy-league schools. Full story...

College of Business Students Present Marketing Plan to Local Enterprise: Graduate students in BA516, Essentials of Management and Marketing, tested their business acumen while presenting a marketing plan to Animal Crackers Pet Supply. Cellen Coakley, Giang Dang, Cheri Hahn, and Michelle Funk had only four weeks to formulate a marketing strategy and present recommendations to the Corvallis-based pet supply store. Full story...

OSU Investment Group granted $1 million to invest in stocks:
With the current economical situation, starving investors may just become even hungrier. But right now, the OSU Investment Group is having a full turkey dinner. (Also covered by News Channel 21 and OSU Today)

Faculty News

King to Deliver Presentation on Mobile Commerce Privacy Issues at Portland State University:
Business law professor Nancy King will be the featured speaker at Portland State University's Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Engineering and Technology Management (ETM) in February 2009. Her presentation, titled "Data Privacy Law and Mobile Commerce," is part of the ETM's technology management seminar series for technology managers, scholars and graduate students and is open to the public. Full story...

Business Research Team Receives AT&T Environmental Fellowship Grant: Business faculty Zhaohui Wu of Oregon State University, Jacob Park of Green Mountain College, and Joseph Sarkis of Clark University received a $25,000 grant from AT&T’s Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship program. The award will support the team’s project, "Understanding Business and Environmental Value Opportunities in the Global Supply Chain of China's Information and Communication Technology Industry," which looks at end-of-life waste management regulations and practices in China’s telecommunications sector. Full story...

Accounting Faculty Honored with Student Learning and Success Teamwork Award: Oregon State University selected College of Business accounting faculty Monica Banyi, Amy Bourne, Carol Brown, Larry Brown, Dennis Caplan, Roger Graham, Byron Marshall, and Jared Moore to receive the Student Learning and Success Teamwork Award. The award was presented at the 2008 University Day held on September 18. The team received $5,000 that will go toward supporting student learning and success activities. Full story...

OSU-Cascades Researcher Receives Fulbright to Study Impact of Science on Policies: Oregon State University-Cascades Campus researcher Julie Elston will travel to Europe as part of a Fulbright fellowship in June. Full story...

Faculty Experts

Green Collar Jobs:
Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Director of the Sustainable Business Initiative, Zhaohui Wu, was a guest on KLCC Public Radio on December 9. The show covers various employment aspects in the green sector. According to Wu, green doesn’t necessarily mean recession-proof. Audio story...

A Sustainable Auto Industry:
Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, Dayna Simpson, was a guest on OPB’s Think Out Loud along with John Viera, Director of Ford Sustainable Business strategies, Chris Warner, Transportation Policy Advisor for Governor Kulongoski, and Mark Perry: Director of Product Planning for Nissan North America on December 1. The topic was sustainability within the context of the auto industry. Audio story...

Promoting ‘Family’ Brand Linked to Companies’ Financial Success: A new study by Oregon State University researchers shows that promoting the fact that the business is a "family" business positively influences customer purchasing decisions. Full story...

Study: Business Students Not Less Ethical than Other Students: A new study by Oregon State University researchers finds that business school students do not differ from other students in terms of personal moral philosophies - a finding that contradicts some widely held assumptions about business students and business education. Full story...

Design of Wine Bottles Makes Significant Difference in Perception, Taste: A new study by Oregon State University researchers finds that business school students do not differ from other students in terms of personal moral philosophies - a finding that contradicts some widely held assumptions about business students and business education. Full story...

Research Reveals Link between Life Satisfaction and Self-Employment: If your New Year's resolution calls for a more fulfilling career, new research from Oregon State University suggests going into business for yourself might be the answer. Full story...

Sustainable Supply Chains:
Recycling isn’t just for consumers. Manufacturers are finding competitive advantages in what is known as “end-of-life product management,” says OSU business professor Zhaohui Wu. While dealing with old desktop computers and other high-tech cast-offs can be expensive, innovative companies are redesigning their products — and their supply chains — in response to “take-back” laws cropping up from the Pacific Rim to the European Union. Full story...

OSU Viewpoint: Even shy people can do networking:
Much has been written about the value of networking in finding a job or enhancing your career. The challenge for most people is understanding how to get started, especially if you are shy by nature and have difficulty approaching others. I will share a method that I have taught in my workshops over the past few years. Full story...

OSU Viewpoint: Curriculum changes to meet business needs:
During World War II, business curriculum prepared students for war and post-war services. In the 1980s, when inflation rates soared, and the economy collapsed, students showed renewed interest in business education as a practical measure to battle an uncertain market. Today, our education system is facing perhaps its most looming challenge: how to prepare students for a globally complex, entrepreneur-driven and knowledge-based world. Full story...

OSU Viewpoint: A Balancing Act - Sustainability's Long Term Sense:
In the past several years, with the rising costs of natural resources and broad concern about climate change, many companies have re-examined their business operations and adopted more sustainable business models. Full story...

Working for a boss, or being one?
Is it better to be the owner of a small business or to work for someone else? A recent study suggests that small-business owners enjoy higher levels of overall life satisfaction and job satisfaction than those who work for wages or a salary. Although the risks and challenges of business ownership are well documented, most self-employed people who participated in the study indicated that the benefits of ownership outweigh the overall costs. Full story...