September 16, 2014
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Most people, when they encounter poor service while dining out, will chalk up the problem to inexperience or ineptitude on the part of their server. A new Baylor study suggests, however, that when a waiter forgets an order or leaves … Continue reading →
May 15, 2014
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Hankamer School of Business economics professor Dr. Jim West has been elected to the post of research associate with the NBER’s Economics of Education Working Group, chaired currently by Dr. Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University. A graduate of the University … Continue reading →
America’s history is filled with tales about ingenious or heroic actions by men and women who made significant advancements in science and technology. Two of these well-worn narratives concern Thomas Edison’s status as the inventor of the light bulb and Benjamin Franklin’s “discovery” of electricity with his famous kite experiment. But how much of what we know about these two stories is really true?
Dr. Blaine McCormick, an associate professor of management in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business, recently appeared on the Military Channel program “America: Facts vs. Fiction,” where he discussed the popular understanding of these stories and suggested that what many of us learned in our history classes may not be completely accurate.
May 28, 2013
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Two faculty members in the Hankamer School of Business recently received a grant from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology to support their research on boundary violations between family and work responsibilities. Dr. Emily Hunter, assistant professor of management … Continue reading →