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Cornell SC Johnson College of Business news, events, and media related to the COVID-19 pandemic
How is COVID-19 affecting businesses, hospitality, the economy, management, finance, policy, and employment practices? What does the future hold? College thought leaders are connecting with faculty across the university to provide guidance and insights during this worldwide crisis.
Upcoming
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Join faculty, alumni, and industry experts online for a series of webinars and panel discussions
Get expert advice and learn how COVID-19 is affecting business, the economy, hospitality, management, supply chain, finance, and more. Registration is open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Featured:
Emerging Markets Institute
COVID-19: Impacting geographies and lives
Thursday, April 2, 10 a.m. (EDT)
With a third of the world’s population under lockdown, EMI will explore the economic and business impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in emerging market countries. Hear insights from Cornell Johnson alumni from China, India, Europe.
Featured faculty:
Alex Susskind
The restaurant business in crisis: Coping with restaurant slowdowns, expense management, and the road ahead
Friday, April 3, 2 p.m. (EDT)
The School of Hotel Administration and the Cornell Institute for Food and Beverage Management (CIFBM) will bring together restaurant executives and faculty experts to offer solutions to the challenges that operators, employees, and guests are experiencing in our new normal.
Because business never stops, join us online for more events
Many of our regularly scheduled events—and new events—will be held online, which means these events will now be open to wider audiences and you’ll be able to join us from afar. Below are some upcoming events that feature our faculty and alumni.
Missed us live? Recorded livestreams are available below.
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SC Johnson College faculty and programs featured in the media or other Cornell news publications
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Sarah Magnus-Sharpe, 607.254.7109
Johnson BusinessFeed
Coronavirus price gouging: 33 top cops demand action from Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, Facebook and Walmart
March 26, 2020Day Family Senior Lecturer in Business Ethics Dana Radcliffe, argues that the rules of a free and fair market should not apply during times of emergency.
Johnson BusinessFeed
Coronavirus emails from companies may not be calming to customers
March 23, 2020Soo Kim, assistant professor of marketing, says that emails to customers may not be as comforting as companies hope during times of crisis and anxiety.
Johnson BusinessFeed
Peer pressure in a pandemic
March 18, 2020Research from Robert H. Frank, Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management, tells us we are much more likely to be swayed by friends, relatives, and neighbors than deliberate attempts from advertising to government regulation.
Dyson BusinessFeed
As the hospitality industry lays off hundreds, grocery employment becomes an opportunity
March 24, 2020Supply chain economist Miguel Gomez says major retailers are hiring not just to meet increases in demand, but also because of new emergency legislation towards worker protections.
Dyson BusinessFeed
Coronavirus drives the U.S. and China deeper into global power struggle
March 22, 2020Dyson’s Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of International Trade Policy, Eswar Prasad, says that U.S.-China relations have deteriorated to a low during a time when they should come together.
Dyson BusinessFeed
Dire dollar shortage shows failure to fix key crisis flaw
March 22, 2020Dyson's Eswar Prasad says the dollar's jump is renewing calls for financial-system reform missed during the 2008 crisis.
SHA BusinessFeed
Coronavirus: Can you–and should you–’shelter in place’ at a hotel or vacation rental?
March 23, 2020David Sherwyn, professor of hospitality human resources, says hotel companies are doing everything they can to make their environments and safe as possible against COVID-19.
SHA BusinessFeed
How should hotels set room rates now and after the coronavirus crisis?
March 21, 2020Sheryl Kimes, emeritus professor of service operations management, discusses the different approaches hotels in North America and Asia are taking towards room costs during COVID-19.
SHA BusinessFeed
Marriott CEO salary cut a ‘new best practice’ amid coronavirus pandemic
March 20, 2020Steven Carvell, professor of finance at SHA, provides his expertise on the financial impact of the new coronavirus in the hotel industry and what companies may implement moving forward.
Across the college
Johnson BusinessFeed
MBAs find ways to stay social from a distance
March 31, 2020From online club meetings to virtual Sage Socials, Johnson's Student Council has taken the lead to ensure MBAs stay connected during the COVID-19 outbreak.
SC Johnson College BusinessFeed
Faculty expert webinars help global audiences navigate the business impacts of COVID-19
March 30, 2020Faculty expert webinars help thousands of Cornell students and alumni navigate the financial, managerial, and social impacts of COVID-19.