In this episode, we talk with Robert Hisrich, Ph.D., Bridgestone Chair of International Marketing at the Kent State College of Business Administration. Dr. Hisrich has vast global experience as a visiting and honorary professor at more than eight universities in six different countries. He has authored or co-authored 36 books and written more than 300 articles on entrepreneurship, international business management, and marketing. Listen as Dr. Hisrich shares some career highlights and discusses the College’s entrepreneurship offerings.

In this episode, hear from Chris Groening, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marketing at Kent State, on his recent research in Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Behavior and his recent first-place win in the MENA case competition. He also discusses his approach to helping Executive MBA students solve business problems.

On this episode of Breaking Down Business, we hear from Drew Sellers, EDM, CMA, chair of the Department of Accounting at Kent State’s College of Business Administration. Drew shares with us highlights on the accounting program including career trajectories for accounting students and the newly launched Online Master of Science in Accounting program.

In this episode, Kent State University Chair of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Robert Jewell, discusses his consumer behavior research on secret consumption and shares the career opportunities for graduates of the Managerial Marketing Program and why recruiters are eager to hire them.

In this episode, we hear from Kent State Economics Department Chair Kathy Wilson as she discusses her role on the Ohio Economics Experts Panel and gives an overview of what the Kent State economics major entails and which types of career economics students can go into following graduation.

On this episode of Breaking Down Business, we hear from Amy Grincewicz, Ph.D., senior instructional designer at the College of Business Administration. Amy shares with us about the progress the college has made in seeking Quality Matters Certification for online courses in an effort to provide high-quality instruction to students.

In this episode of Breaking Down Business, we hear from Shawn Rohlin, Ph.D., professor of economics and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation at Kent State’s College of Business Administration. Rohlin shares how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the national economy and how smaller businesses have been affected. He also talks about the College’s entrepreneurship highlights and resources available for students looking to start a business.

COVID-19 impacted how universities delivered courses for the second part of the spring 2020 semester. Kent State University successfully moved over 9,000 course sections online, with more than 200 of those courses being in the College of Business Administration. While this mode of delivery is new for the College’s undergraduate population, the College has been delivering graduate courses online for many years and is providing the same quality educational experience to students. In this episode, Dean Deborah Spake, of the Kent State University, College of Business Administration, discusses the College’s response to COVID-19 and how business students will continue being taken care of regardless of how courses are delivered in the future.

In this episode of Breaking Down Business, we learn about the College of Business Administrations, Responsible Leadership Initiative from Cathy Dubois, and Brandon Shields.

In this episode, Mark Whitmore overviews The Kent State University College of Business Administration’s assessment tool that helps students learn about their leadership style and hone their skills in a simulated business environment. Listen through the end of this episode to learn about the Workplace Big 5 Profile Assessment and how studying personality traits can help guide leadership development.