Participate in Faculty Research

Advances in management practices are often made possible through the collaboration of business professionals and academic researchers. Partnering in School of Management research can provide you or your organization with keen insights, and your time commitment is generally minimal because research is often conducted through online surveys or interviews.  

• Marketing Research - Indranil Goswami, associate professor of marketing, is looking for individuals to share how their organization does research to inform business decision-making with his students. The research could entail primary research or the use of secondary data. If you are willing to share your experience, contact Indranil Goswami.
• Marketing Research - Arun Lakshmanan, associate professor of marketing, is conducting research on how structuring product displays and using different ways of depicting products affects consumer responses. If you are interested in studying different approaches to your product displays in advertising or retail, please contact Arun Lakshmanan.
  
• Operations Management - Charles Wang, associate professor of operations management and strategy, is looking for retail experts to engage in his food waste research to provide a deeper understanding of the management and practice for food waste reduction in organizations, supply chains and society. If you are willing to help, contact Charles Wang.
• Sustainability - Aditya Vedantam, associate professor of operations management and strategy, is looking for organizations involved in sustainability for two different engagement opportunities. For his research with the UB Plastics Center, he would like to connect with companies that deal with plastic scrap or use recycled plastics in their products to participate in case study-based research interviews. He is also looking for individuals involved in their company’s work towards sustainability, recycling, environmental certification, clean energy, energy efficiency, green manufacturing or social responsibility to speak to students in his course “Sustainable Operations.” If you can assist with either of these requests, contact Aditya Vedantam.