BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Aamir Malik, an alumnus of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, has been named executive vice president and chief business innovation officer of Pfizer Inc., a company known worldwide for its vaccines and for working to end the current COVID-19 pandemic. Malik, who will be a member of Pfizer’s executive leadership… Read more »
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How does the job market look like for the Class of 2021 ? The answer: much better
Editor’s note: As the class of 2021 graduates this weekend and leaves the Indiana University Bloomington campus to embark on new challenges and careers, we asked Rebecca Cook, executive director of undergraduate career services at the IU Kelley School of Business, to reflect on the current job market. She also offers insights into what… Read more »
Next Equity Now talk to highlight challenges for the disabled now and after COVID-19
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — As we all know, COVID-19 has had a profound effect on the workplace. Many working from home have faced the additional challenges of caring for children and other family members and other concerns normally outside the job environment. But what about for those with disabilities? Marianne DelPo Kulow, the Gregory H Adamian… Read more »
Entrepreneurs benefit more from emotional intelligence than other competencies, such as IQ
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Running a successful business has its challenges, but the COVID-19 pandemic has required many owners to pivot and look for new ways to operate profitably while keeping employees and consumers safe. Research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business found that emotional intelligence – the ability to understand, use and… Read more »
Looking back at great things that happened in 2020, Kelley’s historic centennial year
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – As we turn the page on another calendar year, a somewhat muted centennial celebration of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business also comes to an end. As we reflect on what has been a tumultuous 2020, it remains true that students, faculty and staff at Kelley continued a 100-year legacy of… Read more »
Kelley School’s HOPE Digital Project helps more than 360 Hoosier ventures through pandemic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – During the pandemic, more than 360 small businesses and public organizations in Indiana in 52 counties across Indiana – half of them owned by women – have been helped through a no-cost assistant program by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Working in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation… Read more »
Kelley alumnus fires up his 3D printers and a national network of others like him to create respirator shields for COVID-19 first responders
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – This spring, as everyone was beginning to understand the devastating public health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeremy and Amy Filko were like many Americans. They felt helpless. They supported passive efforts to flatten the curve, such as wearing masks, social distancing and supporting the lockdown, but wished they could do… Read more »
At a time when many firms cut professional development, Kelley offers discounted courses and resources to help alumni keep current
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Recent reports have highlighted the need for professional development during the COVID-19 crisis, as those in business and other fields react to tectonic changes in how work is done. The business world already had changed rapidly since the start of the Millennium, but the pandemic is accelerating that evolution. At the… Read more »
As international academic conferences are cancelled because of COVID-19, Kelley faculty step forward to host them virtually
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Much has been reported about efforts at Indiana University and the Kelley School of Business to provide students with a high-quality educational experience online, but two major conferences hosted virtually by the school also demonstrate its ability to use the same technology to advance research knowledge. In the aftermath of the… Read more »
IU Research Office, Kelley School provides financial support for social ventures coming out of Idea Sprint Weekend Against COVID-19
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – In mid-March, faculty at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business organized a three-day “virtual idea blitz” to address impacts of COVID-19 across the arenas of health, education and small business, in communities and through changed purchasing behaviors. Led by Regan Stevenson, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship and the John and Donna… Read more »