Archive for the Announcement Category


    Top 50 Business Professor Blogs

    August 23rd, 2008

    I am pleased to announce that my blog has been included in the Top 50 Business Professor Blogs. This list was compiled by MBA Explorer, a content website for MBA program information. I feel honored to be included in the list, and I hope that Ping! will prove useful to prospective and existing MBA students.


    Mourning for NIU Shooting Victims

    February 18th, 2008

    Having been traveling and having not caught up on news, I just learned that a shooting tragedy had happened on Northern Illinois University’s campus on Feb. 14, ironically Valentine’s Day. Seeing the names of the victims’ names on NIU’s website brought tears into my eyes. My mourning and sympathy go to the family of the [...]


    Podcast from my MBA Internet Marketing Class

    February 7th, 2008

    My MBA class is jointly creating a podcast on Internet marketing this semester. The first episode has been posted, which discusses the issue of online branding and the use of tools such as virtual worlds in branding efforts. The homepage for the podcast is at http://emarketing.podcast.com. To subscribe to the podcast, please use http://emarketing.mypodcast.com/rss.xml, or [...]