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Lehigh University Business Thought Leadership
The Lehigh University Business Thought Leadership, ilLUminate, offers thoughtful perspectives that shine light on interesting and often complex issues and questions related to the business of business. Find out more at https://business.lehigh.edu/news.
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Jul 9, 2026
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Episodes
Naomi Rothman on the Value — and Potential Pitfalls — of Ambivalence 12.09.2023 34:52
Research shows that ambivalence in leaders and team members is a two-edged sword. It can boost performance, but also hurt your chances for promotion. Why?
Saif Mir on the Effect of Nudging on Truckers 29.08.2023 37:31
Can truckers be nudged into being mindful about the social, environmental and financial effects of how long they let their trucks idle and changed their idling behavior?
Georgette Chapman Phillips on Year of Learning: Interdependency Between Government and Business 15.08.2023 10:17
The 2023-2024 Lehigh Business Year of Learning topic explained: Interdependency Between Government and Business.
Celebrating Lehigh Business Startup Academy 01.08.2023 28:04
Startup Academy, experiential learning. Students go to San Francisco, paired with companies in Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, learn hands-on about being an entrepreneur.
Zach Zacharia on Top 3rd Quarter Risks to Supply Chain 23.06.2023 32:34
Growing concerns about Cybersecurity and Data Risk top the latest Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index by a wide margin.
Fabio Gómez-Rodríguez on Why Inflation Expectations Matter 02.06.2023 31:01
If consumers, businesses, investors and economists collectively think inflation will rise, chances are it will. With inflation expectations, believing is seeing.
Todd Watkins on How Financial Services Affect COVID Death Rates 10.05.2023 29:09
New research indicates that more access to financial services is related to substantially lower death rates from COVID-19.
The Impact of AI on Universities and Students 26.04.2023 39:12
Lehigh’s Cathy Ridings and Greg Reihman discuss how Chat GPT and other generative AI tools may affect issues ranging from academic integrity to efficiency and quality of human work.
Brian Merchant on the Limitations of Technology 11.04.2023 35:55
In all the debate swirling around the new wave of AI chatbots, it can be hard to separate the hype from what’s real, the writer, tech journalist and author says.
Kathleen Weiss Hanley Explains Bank Failures 23.03.2023 20:42
The reasons behind two recent regional bank failures were very different from those that led to the 2008 global financial crisis, a Lehigh expert says.
Sterling Yan on Human vs. AI Investing Strategies 14.03.2023 25:10
Machine learning strategies can enhance investment performance, but nowhere near as much as previous research has suggested, a recent study found.
Dean Georgette Chapman Phillips on the New Lehigh Business Innovation Building 14.02.2023 31:37
In this episode of Lehigh University’s College of Business ilLUminate podcast , we are speaking with Georgette Chapman Phillips about the newly constructed Lehigh Business Innovation Building .
Muzhe Yang on Lead in Our Drinking Water 31.01.2023 28:09
It is not a question of whether we should replace all lead pipes, says researcher Muzhe Yang. It's a question of how quickly we can do it. For more information, listen to this March 2021 podcast in which Yang discussed his previous research on factors affecting maternal, fetal and infant health.
Zach Zacharia on the Biggest Threats to the Global Supply Chain 03.01.2023 28:25
Heading into 2023, Economic Risk—spurred by the war in Ukraine, inflation, and labor shortages—tops the Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index.
Ozias Moore on a New Vision for the Future of Work 19.12.2022 41:45
A framework of four leadership attributes that companies should consider if they're struggling with how to effectively manage a mix of remote and onsite workers.
Nevena Koukova and Rebecca Wang on How Asking for Positive Online Reviews Can Backfire on Retailers 30.11.2022 32:30
Five-star customer reviews are the Holy Grail of online retailers. But asking customers to only leave positive reviews may lead to diminished customer loyalty.
Danny Zane Explains Motivation Contagion on Social Media 09.11.2022 31:43
Why your perception of what motivated someone to post on social media about an experience they had may unknowingly keep you from enjoying the same experience.
Sanjay Shah ’89 MBA on Technology and His Entrepreneurial Journey 24.10.2022 37:40
The founder and CEO of Vistex, Inc., discusses topics including the American Dream, entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, and adapting to “tectonic shifts” in business.
Georgette Chapman Phillips on the Year of Learning 11.10.2022 14:11
In this episode of Lehigh University’s College of Business ilLUminate podcast, we are speaking with Dean Georgette Chapman Phillips about the Year of Learning program.
Marina Puzakova on Anthropomorphism in Tourism 27.09.2022 27:14
Marketing a travel destination with humanlike characteristics can attract some tourists, but turn off others. What the tourism industry needs to know.
Loren Keim on the Future of Office Space 13.09.2022 26:57
While many employees will continue working part-time from home, real estate expert Loren Keim also sees “a substantial return to the office environment, probably in a hybrid model over the next few years.”
Ahmed Rahman Explains Inflation 29.08.2022 29:34
Ahmed Rahman discusses what the federal government and the Federal Reserve could have done to more effectively counter soaring inflation in the U.S.
Zach Zacharia on Supply Chain Risks - 3rd Quarter 2022 01.07.2022 28:32
Economic Risk poses the greatest threat to the global supply chain in the 3rd quarter of 2022, according to the new Lehigh Business Supply Chain Risk Management Index.
Mary Beth Deily and Oliver Yao on Paying More to Signal Status 21.06.2022 26:43
Contrary to conventional wisdom, certain wealthy, knowledgeable consumers may be willing to pay more for luxury goods with a "quiet" brand logo, research suggests. To see the Louis Vuitton bags used in the research, watch a short video featuring Deily talking about the study.
Parveen Gupta & Heibatollah Sami on Effects of Boardroom Gender Diversity 10.05.2022 32:32
Do women on corporate boards improve long-term firm performance? Two Lehigh Business professors discuss their study examining that question.
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