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Delighted to join old and new friends at the MENA Conference on Information Systems in Dhahran
Delighted to join old and new friends at the MENA Conference on Information Systems in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. While I have given a few...
On how to use your CV to self-assess your performance (and why every academic should do it).
An academic’s curriculum vita (cv) summarizes their academic experience. They differ from a resume. Where a resume tends to be concise, a...
Delighted to be named to the Dean’s Research Honor Roll at the Fox School of Business.
This award recognizes the efforts of my team - we have been blessed, worked hard, and had some luck. Thanks to the Dean for recognizing...
The hardest awards to win are the one’s conferred by your peers!
Congratulations to Yiwen Gao for winning the People’s Choice award at 24th Fox School of Business awards ceremony. As her co-advisor, I...
On taking care of your mental health & suicide awareness.
Some. years ago, a faculty friend took his own life. He had struggled for a long time. It devastated me. Every November, I look back with...
When will university campuses be safe in the United States? What will it take for this insanity to e
Each week, I post in support of students and faculty in Iran. Today, I post in support of students and faculty in the United States. We...
On a student winning ...
Every so often you hire a PhD student with great expectations and they exceed them! Congratulations to Kanghyun Cho for winning the first...
On surviving academic slumps (or pushing through rejection).
A mentor once told me that most academics go through at least two major surges and one major slump in their career. He commented that the...
Delighted to be invested as the Stauffer Chair at Temple University today.
It took three attempts to move to Fox School of Business at Temple University to join the faculty. Many thanks to David Schuff, Munir...
On small things matter (or check your settings).
After going back and forth on editing a paper, my student and I realized that we were not using the same settings in our software - one...
n the peril of humor in academics (or the context really matters)
On the peril of humor in academics (or the context really matters) My sense of humor is terrible. My first wife once commented it was a...
On academic accountability and the crypto-meltdown (or academic words matter).
On academic accountability and the crypto-meltdown (or academic words matter). In light of the collapse of FTX & some cryptocurrencies, I...
On putting your best foot forward as a university while hiring (or what you say will be remembered).
On putting your best foot forward as a university while hiring (or what you say will be remembered). A friend relayed a story about a...
On small things that save space in a paper and other details.
On small things that save space in a paper and other details to attend to when submitting a paper (or you need to make one final push!)...
On why I don't fire coauthors (or five ways to deal with a lousy coauthor).
On why I don't fire coauthors (or five ways to deal with a lousy coauthor). I was asked how to fire a coauthor during a presentation on...
Do not forget the protestors in Iran.
Another week has passed and the people of Iran continue to demand basic human rights, real democracy and respect for women. I stand with...
On taking time to stop and see the sights.
After a week that started in Tucson, Arizona and ended with a talk in Seville, Spain, I’m taking a day to decompress and see a bit of the...
On having more industry voices in business classrooms.
On we need more voices from outside the Ivory Tower in our classrooms (and how to do it without undercutting faculty). A practitioner...
Super fun visiting with the University of Science and Technology of China(USTC).
Many thanks to the students and faculty at University of Science and Technology of China(USTC). I had so much fun participating in their...
Politics, social media, and hiring.
As the election in the United States winds down, many people are going online having sometimes euphoric, sometimes sad, sometimes angry...
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