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MBA students study in Eastern Europe

wburpitt — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:23:00 +0000

MBA students traveled to Krakow, Poland, and Prague, Czech Republic over the summer as part of a course on international business.

The class, led by Dr. Tom Tiemann and Dr. Mark Kurt, visited manufacturing sites, financial firms, educational institutions, and historical and cultural sites in Krakow and Prague.

This study trip is part of the Elon MBA international experience. Such trips have taken MBA students to China, Southeast Asia, South America and the UK.

MBA Alum Receives CFO of the Year Award

wburpitt — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:20:00 +0000

Bernadette Spong, MBA class of 2007, was among those honored at the inaugural 2009 Triangle Business Journal CFO of the Year Awards luncheon. This award recognizes the critical contribution made by chief financial officers in providing financial stewardship guiding their firms through trying financial times. The luncheon was held July 14th, 2009, at Embassy Suites in Cary, NC. Spong is the Executive VP and CFO at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh.

MBA Hosts Annual Pig Pickin’

wburpitt — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:20:00 +0000

Elon MBA students and alumni, their families, and faculty enjoyed the 4th annual Summer Pig Event, held Saturday August 1 at Jamestown Park. This year’s event, hosted by the MBA Leadership Council and MBA faculty member Dr. Jo Ann Buck and her husband Paul, had nearly 90 folks in attendance. The annual pig pickin’ has become a highlight for MBA students and their families. Says Dr. Buck, “It’s about continuing personal relationships, camaraderie, a family event since children are welcome and come in crowds now, and the sharing of good food.”

Bill Burpitt publishes research article

wburpitt — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:31:00 +0000

Bill Burpitt, faculty member in the Love School of Business, has published an article, “Exploration versus exploitation: Leadership and the paradox of administration,” in the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management, 2009, Vol. 10, No. 1.

Focused on small firms, the paper explores the effectiveness of transformational versus transactional leadership in responding to disruptive environmental change and the ability of the firm to balance exploitation of its existing domain against the need to explore new ventures and modes of operation.

Associate Professor William Burpitt has paper accepted

wburpitt — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:05:00 +0000

Bill Burpitt, Associate Professor in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has had a paper accepted by the Journal of Behavioral and Applied Management.

The paper, “Exploration versus Exploitation: Leadership and the Paradox of Administration,” explores the role of leaders in stimulating an organizational shift away from a traditional reliance on familiar and efficient routines in favor of the greater risk inherent in exploring new opportunities. The paper identifies specific leader behaviors associated with such a strategy.

Burpitt has two papers published

wburpitt — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:20:00 +0000

William Burpitt, Associate Professor of Business, has had two papers published. These papers, co-authored with Sally Fowler, Assistant Professor, American University, explore the strategic responses of small firms to the off-shoring of their customer base and low-cost foreign competition. The papers have been published in the spring/summer issues of the Journal of Small Business Strategy and the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship.

Burpitt’s second paper on small firms’ response to foreign competition accepted

wburpitt — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:20:00 +0000

The second in a series of research papers by Bill Burpitt, faculty in the Love School of Business, focusing on how small firms respond to foreign competition has been accepted for publication. This paper, “Entrepreneurial Strategies in a Declining Industry,” uses a case-based qualitative methodology to explore how such firms can overcome resource constraints and inertia to fashion effective responses to low-wage, off-shore competition. The paper has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Small Business Strategy.

Burpitt has article accepted for journal publication.

wburpitt — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:13:00 +0000

Bill Burpitt, Associate Professor of Business Administration, has had his article, “Surviving Industry Decline,” accepted for publication by the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship. Targeting businesses that supply the furniture industry, the study explores how small firms confront industry decline and examines their primary strategic responses. It found that firms that employed diversification strategies were more likely to survive and even prosper than were those that focused on retrenchment and cost reductions. These firms also reported greater changes in manufacturing and management systems and in knowledge and skills employed in their operations.

Burpitt presents papers

wburpitt — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:17:00 +0000

Three papers written by William Burpitt, Love School of Business, have just been presented at the August, 2006 annual meetings of the Academy of Management. All three describe various organizational responses to industry level decline, with emphasis on the performance implications of these strategies. Two of the papers were co-authored with Dr. Sally Fowler, American University. Burpitt was sole author of one of the three.

The three papers are: Burpitt, W. J. Not all fail: Organizational responses to industry decline; Burpitt, W. J., & Fowler, S. Surviving industry decline; and, Burpitt, W. J., & Fowler, S. Entrepreneurial strategies in a declining industry.

Burpitt article accepted by Academy of Management

wburpitt — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:15:00 +0000

Bill Burpitt, Love School of Business, has had a third article accepted by the Academy of Management for its 2006 Conference. The article, Entrepreneurial Strategies in a Declining Industry, co-authored by Dr. Sally Fowler of American University, examines the advantages of an entrepreneurial strategy for firms considering how to respond to pressures from low-cost, off-shore rivals. This paper is one of three that explores the alternatives facing firms in the U.S. furniture industry.

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