Articles from J. Mack Robinson College of Business

Atlanta, Georgia, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The part-time MBA and specialty programs in information systems, real estate, business analytics, and healthcare management offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Graduate Schools, released today (April 8).

Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The arrival of a new presidential administration always brings change. But the unprecedented speed of directives coming from Washington compelled economic forecaster Rajeev Dhawan to advise attendees at his Feb. 27 webinar conference to stay focused on the fundamentals of the economy.

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Federal Reserve will begin a series of “practically aggressive” interest rate cuts in September that will total 175 basis points by early spring 2025, according to Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. Dhawan released his outlook today (Aug. 28) during Georgia State’s semiannual economic forecasting webinar.

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Four specialized master’s degree programs offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are among the nation’s top 10 public university programs in new rankings from TFE Times. All four programs rose in the 2024 rankings.

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Master of International Business (MIB) offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is 5th in the U.S. according to a ranking of the nation’s 20 top programs by Best Value Schools. The organization bases its assessment on affordability and enrollment.

Atlanta, Georgia, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Two master’s programs offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are among the nation’s best in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Graduate Schools, released today (April 9).

Atlanta, Georgia, April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia State’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business announces that Arun Rai is one of 22 business school faculty honored by AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education alliance—as part of its Class of 2024 Influential Leaders. The annual initiative recognizes notable alumni and faculty from AACSB-accredited business schools whose work inspires positive change in the business world and society at large; this year’s class features faculty leading impact through their research.

Atlanta, Georgia, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business will offer its flagship MBA as an online program beginning fall 2024. 

Atlanta, Georgia, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Executive MBA (EMBA) offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is No. 9 among U.S.-based programs and No. 28 worldwide, according to 2024 rankings from “CEO Magazine.” 

Atlanta, Georgia, March 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In Fortune’s 2024 ranking of in-person graduate programs in data science, the Master of Science in Analytics offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is 15th among all U.S. programs and 11th among public university programs. Robinson’s M.S. in Analytics is the only Georgia program in the ranking; it is second among Southeastern programs.

Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Economic growth in 2023 was robust when measured by gross domestic product (GDP), but business investment had turned anemic. As a result, 2024 will be a year of growth reset and, then with the help of “practical” rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, will lead to growth resurgence in 2025, according to Economic Forecasting Center Director Rajeev Dhawan of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. 

Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AACSB International (AACSB), the world’s largest business education alliance, has recognized Delta Analytics Academy, a nine-month certificate program to remove barriers to career paths in analytics for the operational experts of Delta Air Lines, as one of its 2024 Innovations That Inspire. The Analytics Academy was co-developed by the carrier with Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. It is one of 26 programs AACSB is recognizing this year.

Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business will introduce a redesigned Flexible MBA program in fall 2024 with a streamlined curriculum, new immersive experiences, and expanded career services. The program, developed in close consultation with industry partners, will equip Robinson MBA students with the skills and attributes required to lead in a workplace constantly transformed by advances in automation and technology.

Atlanta, Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Executive MBA (EMBA) offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is 3rd for overall satisfaction among U.S.-based programs and 7th globally in the 2023 Financial Times ranking of the world’s top 100 programs.

Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Four undergraduate specialties and the B.B.A. at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are ranked among the nation’s best programs in the 2024 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report, released today (Sept. 18).

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Job compression in sectors ranging from corporate to transportation resulting in fewer homeowners moving up to bigger and better jobs, combined with a reluctance to take on higher-rate mortgages, has put the nation in a white-collar, middle-class, middle-management “recession,” according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business has appointed Charles Dhanaraj as academic director of its Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program. In this role, Dhanaraj’s responsibilities include enhancing Robinson’s global reputation for producing practitioner-researchers working as senior-level decision-makers in business as graduates of the college’s professional doctoral program. Additionally, he will serve as a professor in Robinson’s Institute of International Business. 

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- S. Tamer Cavusgil, Regents’ Professor, Fuller E. Callaway Professorial Chair, and executive director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER-GSU) at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, has begun a three-year term as Dean of the Fellows of the Academy of International Business (AIB). He is the 17th Dean of the AIB Fellows, a group of distinguished scholars recognized for their outstanding contributions to international business field.

Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Christopher E. Johnson has been appointed Joe Taylor Director of the Institute of Health Administration at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. He joins Robinson from the University of Louisville, where he was chair of the Department of Health Management and System Sciences.

Atlanta, Georgia, May 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2014, the Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration at Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business introduced the Bharat Shah Leadership Speaker Series as a forum for leadership icons to share their personal journeys of struggle and perseverance in an intimate, living room style conversation.

Atlanta, Georgia, May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Four specialized master’s degree programs offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are among the nation’s best in new rankings from TFE Times. All four programs rose in the 2023 rankings.

Atlanta, May 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A first-of-its-kind supplier development program launched by Fiserv, a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, and Synchrony, a premier consumer financial services company, will help prepare businesses to become part of the booming financial services ecosystem. Fiserv and Synchrony partnered with Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business and the Georgia Fintech Academy to develop the curriculum, and their faculty will teach the program. The virtual, six-week course is designed to increase participants’ knowledge of banking and fintech and provide practical insights for suppliers wanting to conduct business with companies in these industries.

Atlanta, Georgia, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Flexible MBA offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business  jumped 13 spots in the Best Graduate Schools rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report, rising from 40th to 27th overall and 17th among public university programs.

Atlanta, April 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has approved renaming Georgia State University’s Department of Risk Management & Insurance as the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Science. The name change recognizes a $15 million gift from The Starr Foundation that will dramatically expand and enhance Georgia State University’s risk education programs and elevate the highly regarded program’s stature worldwide. Maurice R. Greenberg is chairman of The Starr Foundation and chairman and CEO of Starr Insurance Companies.

Atlanta, Georgia, March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Strong retail sales in January and a 10 percent rise in the stock market over the past three months may seem to signal a recovering economy. But bellwether activity, primarily on the West Coast, indicates a sharp and broad-based sector-diffused moderation is on the horizon, according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Three master’s programs offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business are among the best in their fields, according to Eduniversal, a Paris-based rankings agency specializing in higher education. 

Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A $15 million gift from The Starr Foundation to Georgia State University will dramatically expand and enhance its risk education programs and elevate the highly regarded program’s stature worldwide.

Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In its inaugural assessment of in-person master’s degree programs in data science, Fortune magazine ranks the Master of Science in Data Science and Analytics (MSDSA) offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business among the top 20 U.S. programs (18th) and the top 10 programs at public universities (9th). It is the only Southeastern program in the ranking. 

Atlanta, Georgia, Dec. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Flexible MBA program offered by Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is a top 25 public university program (25th), according to part-time MBA rankings from Fortune. Among programs offered by all universities, Robinson’s part-time MBA is 43rd.

Georgia, Atlanta, Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alok R. Saboo of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business is the 2022 recipient of the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Varadarajan Award for Early Career Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research.

Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arun Rai, Regents’ Professor of the University System of Georgia and director of the Center for Digital Innovation at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, has received the 2022 Practical Impacts Award from the INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS). The award honors distinguished information systems academics for outstanding leadership and sustained impact on industry. It was presented to Rai on October 16, 2022, at the organization’s annual meeting. 

Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Financial Times 2022 rankings of Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programs place Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business among the top 20 U.S.-based programs (17th) and the top 10 public university programs (9th). 

Program Co-Developed with Georgia State University Responds to Carrier’s Demand for Analytics Professionals

Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Debra F. Cannon, director of the Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, received the Georgia Restaurant Association Crystal of Excellence (GRACE) Lifetime Achievement Award at a celebration on Sept. 27.