Examples of Isenberg
Fellowships and Assistantships
Alan Robinson with students
The Making of Metal in the Middle East...working with Professor Alan Robinson.
Traveling halfway across the world to the Middle East to meet with the management of a leading aluminum producer is hardly your typical MBA experience. But two recent Isenberg MBA’s were fortunate enough to do exactly that as part of his research project covering corporate idea systems conducted by Finance and Operations Management Professor Alan Robinson. As part of a his research project, Prof. Robinson and two Isenberg MBA students visited Dubal Aluminum in the United Arab Emirates, the largest single aluminum producer in the Western world. ... more
A Case for Business in Real Time...working with Professor Jim Theroux.
For over one hundred years the case method has been a dominant practice in business schools throughout the world. While the case-method has existed for a century, it was not until very recently that an evolution in case-teaching was accomplished. In the fall of 2001, Dr. Jim Theroux, the Flavin Professor of Entrepreneurship at Isenberg, with the help of the school’s Flavin Fellows, executed the world’s first course utilizing the Real-Time Case Method (RTCM). ... more
Hedging on the Future...working with The Center for International Securities and Deriviatives Markets.
Hedge Funds are playing an increasingly important role in the global world of investments. At the forefront of the academic hedge fund world lies the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) housed at the Isenberg School. CISDM is a non-profit academic research center that focuses on security and investment fund performance in both U.S. and international asset markets. The goals of CISDM are to facilitate research in both traditional and alternative investment markets, to promote interactions between the academic and business communities, and to make available CISDM educational material on international financial markets to financial and non-financial firms. ... more
The Importance of Diversity in Management Education...
working with the MBA Admissions Director.
A study by the Boston Consulting Group found that only 7 percent of students in what it considers the top 20 MBA programs nationally are African American, Hispanic or Native American. Recognizing the need for increased diversity in management education, the Isenberg School MBA recruitment office embarked on creating a one-day informational event on MBA education for area students of color. ... more