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Flight plan
One week after Crit Jones ’14 graduated Furman, he was hired by Duggan Associates Inc., a consulting company specializing in operational excellence. A few months later, the business and accounting major from Argyle, Texas, was touching down in Malaysia...
Continue ReadingThe precarious road to economic recovery
The economy is improving, but it is not improving as well as it could, said Tom Smythe, Ph.D., an associate professor of business and accounting at Furman University. Smythe spoke Wednesday at High Noon at...
Continue ReadingWhere is the U.S. economy headed?
By most accounts, the U.S. economy is doing better and is well on the way to recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. But many financial experts also agree that things could be better. Furman business professor...
Continue ReadingTen faculty appointed to endowed professorships
Furman announced this week that 10 faculty members have been appointed to endowed professorships at the university. Four of the new professorships are lifetime appointments, while the other six are for limited terms. Gifts from donors...
Continue ReadingBusiness and accounting students receive top honors
Furman University’s business and accounting department recently honored five students—three seniors and two juniors—with awards for their academic achievements. Senior Will Crooks received the Fred and June Current Accounting Award. Hayley Frost and Hunter Burton,...
Continue ReadingPreparing for business leadership
Few private liberal arts colleges offer business degree programs. Even fewer incorporate a rigorous MBA-like experience in those undergraduate disciplines. Furman does both. "The Block" meshes the fundamental elements of management—accounting, finance, marketing and operations...
Continue ReadingProject iPad
When Jeanine Stratton was selected to study the use of iPad minis in the classroom, she was prepared for two possible outcomes – 1) a mountain of data on student hardware and software preferences or...
Continue ReadingA bright spot in tax season
The woman was hugging Makenzie Beam with tears running down her face. The two hadn’t met before that day, but in a single hour, Beam had made a significant difference by crunching a few numbers...
Continue ReadingIn praise of the modern global market
In this recent season of political debate, America’s increasing economic interdependence with the rest of the globe was often the subject of negative discourse. But a glaring omission in this discussion of globalization, trade and...
Continue ReadingFive appointed to endowed professorships
AUGUST 21, 2012 by John Roberts, Newspage Editor Faculty appointments to one life-time and four limited-term endowed professorships were announced last week by John Beckford, vice president for academic affairs and dean. The honored professors are...
Continue ReadingUnderwood’s article published
FALL, 2012 Robert Underwood’s article, "Automotive Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.: Economic and Market Consequences of Globalization," has been published in the September/October issue of the journal Business Horizons. The article examines the growth of foreign...
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