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Jeff Inman Receives Second AMA Lifetime Achievement Award

Jeff Inman Receives Second AMA Lifetime Achievement Award

The American Marketing Association’s 2022-23 awards include J. Jeffrey Inman, associate dean for Research and Faculty and Albert Wesley Frey Chair in Marketing, as a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for the Consumer Behavior Special Interest Group. This...

2022 Pitt Business Year in Review

2022 Pitt Business Year in Review

Watch HERE Happy New Year! Who made 2022 a remarkable year for the University of Pittsburgh’s College of Business Administration and Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business? See them in this 90-second video above. Innovators: Graduate students drive autonomous race...

Racial Bias in Customer Service on Twitter (now X)

Racial Bias in Customer Service on Twitter (now X)

This paper by Assistant Professor Priyanga Gunarathne and others provides the first large-scale evidence of business-to-customer racial bias (B2C bias) on a digital platform, on which the perpetrators are individual employees who act on behalf of a company and the victims are customers.

Researchers Connect College Students with Black-Owned Businesses

Researchers Connect College Students with Black-Owned Businesses

Assistant Professor Michael Hamilton and other researchers, motivated by the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black-owned businesses, began working with community organizations to try and identify ways the students could support Black-owned businesses in the Pittsburgh area.

What is an Executive MBA and Why Do You Need One?

What is an Executive MBA and Why Do You Need One?

Executive MBA programs (EMBA) have existed since 1943, yet people still wonder how this degree is different from a traditional MBA. U.S. News & World Report explains the differences, “Unlike the traditional full-time Master of Business...