Courtney Edwards, associate director of the Kenan Institute's affiliate UNC Tax Center, was recently featured in a Charlotte Parent Magazine article about the effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on families. Edwards says the legislation will include fewer exemptions, higher deductions, a child tax credit increase and changes to 529 plans.
Courtney Edwards, associate director of the Kenan Institute-affiliated UNC Tax Center, offered up her expertise in a recent WalletHub article highlighting the best U.S. states for retirement this year. "Taxes are an important consideration for so many decisions individuals make and should not be overlooked when deciding where to retire," Edwards said.
Dr. Jim Johnson, director of the Kenan Institute-affiliated Urban Investment Strategies Center, was recently featured in a WRAL-TV report and website article on what he sees as a major problem facing society – the declining role of men. Johnson points to poor performance in grade school, high incarceration rates and discrimination as some of the factors leading to the change. Johnson says the effects will have wide implications, including a decrease in the eligibility pool of marriageable men.
The 12th annual Alternative Investments Conference, hosted by the Institute for Private Capital and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, was previewed in a WRAL TechWire article on March 27. The conference will cover the latest themes and trends in private equity, hedge funds, real assets, venture capital and other alternative investment types.
Cisco Chairman & CEO Chuck Robbins's conversation with UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Doug Shackelford on April 25 was highlighted in a Triangle Business Journal article. Robbins talked candidly about leadership lessons, geopolitical issues and Triangle accolades.
A recent research brief by Kenan Institute Executive Director Greg Brown, Director of Research Services Ashley Brown and Shai Bernstein of the Stanford Graduate School of Business on the value of immigrant entrepreneurs to the U.S. economy has been featured in a Triangle Business Journal article. The brief cites a growing body of academic literature demonstrating that high-skilled immigrants provide a range of long-lasting and material benefits to the U.S. economy through entrepreneurship and innovation.
Growga, a yoga and mindfulness training company offering classes for children throughout the Triangle, was featured in a recent article in the Raleigh News & Observer. Growga is one of the startups supported by Launch Chapel Hill, an award-winning startup accelerator and co-working space supported by the Kenan Institute-affiliated Entrepreneurship Center.
Private labels have become ever-more important and are slowly turning into brands of their own. Retailers increasingly offer three-level ‘good, better, best’ private-label programs that include economy, standard, and premium private-label tier goods. For each of these tiers, retailers must decide under what name to brand their private label.
Kenan-Flagler Business School professor and UNC Tax Center Research Director Jeff Hoopes comments on the intricacies of interpreting the president’s tax records if the push to release them ever comes to shove. Hoopes was quoted in this NPR article, which has been posted by more than 50 media outlets so far.
Marketing academics are keenly aware of the seismic shifts in today's marketing environment caused by digital (dis)intermediation. In this article, we discuss four types of digital (dis)intermediation, and how they affect branding activities of incumbents and new firms.
This article’s objective is to inspire and provide guidance on the development of marketing knowledge based on the theories-in-use (TIU) approach.
Greg Brown and Olga Hawn discuss the rise of B Corporations and entrepreneurs who are using sustainability as a key selling point in this New York Times article.
Greg Brown, executive director of the Kenan Institute, says policymakers, companies and individuals need to focus on longer-term solutions in order to move forward through the pandemic.
Kenan Institute Executive Director Greg Brown is quoted in this recent Los Angeles Times article on what some entertainment venues are doing to make up for lost revenue due to COVID-19 restrictions.
From research to teaching to community, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Associate Professor Mahka Moeen always has an eye on innovation and creative adaptation. Learn about her inspired – and inspiring – approach to her work in this recent article.
Innovating isn’t easy, but new research finds leaders’ ability to handle critical tensions that accompany innovation in dynamic environments can make the difference between hitting the goal and missing the mark. UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor Chris Bingham weighs in on mastering innovation in a new MIT Sloan Management Review article.
Learn more about the impact of machine learning on the resiliency of supply chain management in this recent article in the Harvard Business Review, co-authored by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Vinayak Deshpande.
The tools for crowdsourcing have been a research focus for quite some time. However, even today, crowdsourcing platforms have remained rather technologically rudimentary as simply idea dropboxes and discussion forums. Our research has indicated that technical modifications to current crowdsourcing platforms are needed for crowds to generate more novel and useful solutions.
The latest report from the Department of Labor showed continued robust job growth. Employers added 431,000 jobs in March. The news of sustained job gains speaks to the strength of the U.S. economy. Moreover, the labor force participation rate inched up slightly to 62.4% in March, from 62.3% in February, indicating more Americans are reentering the workforce. We still have a long way to go to resolve the imbalance between job openings and unemployed people, however, and this means that current issues of worker burnout will also linger.