Ioannis (Yianni) Floros recently graduated from Katz School of Business with a Ph.D. in Finance. Dr. Floros plans to conduct research in empirical corporate finance and more specifically in public decisions, private placements and compensation mechanisms. In August 2008 Dr. Floros moved to Iowa as Assistant Professorship in Finance at Iowa State University.
Vanitha Swaminathan joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 2002 and recently received tenure. She teaches Marketing Strategy to PhD students. Her research interests are in the areas of branding strategy and marketing-finance interface issues. Her specific research interests include understanding consumer-brand relationships, investigating how companies can build strong emotional connections with consumers and exploring brand strategies (co-branding and brand extensions).
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Karen Winterich, who received her PhD from the Katz School in 2007 and whose research was funded by the IBC, had an article published in the Journal of Consumer Research in August, 2009. The title of the article is "Donation Behavior toward In-Groups and Out-Groups: The Role of Gender and Moral Identity."
Karen, who is assistant professor of marketing at the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, says of her research: "I've been working on research examining the role of consumer identities in charitable giving as well as cultural influences on purchase decisions. I am also studying the impact of emotions on consumer's judgments and decisions."
The Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute awarded Emily Stiehl the 2009 Dissertation Proposal Award. This prestigious Award, now in its third year, aims to identify innovative research in core business disciplines that considers the interdependence between business decision making and a wider societal or environmental context. Read the whole story.
The University of Pittsburgh placed 13th among U.S. public universities and 35th among all U.S. universities in "U.S. News & World Report's" first World's Best Colleges and Universities rankings, where Pitt is listed among the top 100 universities worldwide. The rankings are based on data from the "Times Higher Education"-QS Quacquarelli Symonds Rankings, produced in association with QS Quacquarelli Symonds, known as one of the world's leading networks for careers and education that has been publishing world rankings since 2004.
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