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2023

• Trading Room Opens Up New Hands-On Experience for Business Students (Jul 27, 2023)
• Mastering the Fine Art of Event Management (Jun 15, 2023)
• The Role of Social Spending and Financial Inclusion in Fostering Inclusive Economic Growth in the MENA Region (Jun 15, 2023)
• Cost–Volume–Profit Analysis for Micro Entrepreneurs (Jun 14, 2023)
• The European Union an economic or rather a political project? (Jun 14, 2023)
• LAU and the Alumni Association Honor Two of Their Outstanding Members (Jun 01, 2023)
• The rise of the students influencers (May 23, 2023)
• Promoting Inclusive Growth in the MENA Region: The Role of Social Spending and Financial Inclusion (May 23, 2023)
• A Unidimensional Representation of Multidimensional Inequality, with an application to the Arab Region (Apr 27, 2023)
• Assessing the Progress of Arab States Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Social Expenditures (Apr 12, 2023)
• Assessing the Progress of Arab States Toward the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Social Expenditures (Apr 12, 2023)
• Social Expenditure Monitor for Arab States (Mar 29, 2023)
• Research Highlight: Swayed by a Bot (Mar 02, 2023)
• Citation Counts in Business Schools: Why They Matter, and How to Get Them (Jan 19, 2023)
• A Devastating Event or a Turning Point? How to Survive the Next Sales Crisis (Jan 19, 2023)

2022

• Roundtable Discussion Spotlights Corporate Social Responsibility (Dec 16, 2022)
• Aviation in Practice (Dec 08, 2022)
• Connecting Students With Industry (Dec 08, 2022)
• Abate or Adapt? Research by LAU Faculty Provides Timely Answers to Climate Action Debate (Dec 07, 2022)
• Drivers of Youth Irregular Migration: Evidence from the MENA Region (Dec 07, 2022)
• Female Fatality From COVID-19: A Macroeconomic Perspective (Dec 07, 2022)
• Enhancing Sales Performance Through Complementary Tech Tools and Empowerment of Personnel (Nov 08, 2022)
• IMF Expert Says Risks of a Wage-Price Spiral are Limited (Oct 26, 2022)
• Wage Dynamics Post–Covid-19 and Wage-Price Spiral Risks (Oct 19, 2022)
• AKSOB Faculty Publishes in Prestigious Journal (Aug 03, 2022)
• Authentic Lebanese Evening Showcases Talent of Senior Hospitality and Tourism Management Students (Jun 09, 2022)
• LAU’s Vertically Integrated Project Wins Major International Consortium Awards (Jun 08, 2022)
• Faculty’s Research Featured in Forbes (Apr 29, 2022)
• Innovating with L’Oréal (Apr 27, 2022)
• Monthly Briefing from the Dean to AKSOB Alumni (Apr 19, 2022)
• QS Ranks LAU Among Top Universities Worldwide in Three Subjects (Apr 14, 2022)
• Lebanon Adds “Wheat” to the List of Threatened Goods (Apr 13, 2022)
• AD Scientific Index 2022 Ranks AKSOB Faculty (Mar 18, 2022)
• Kudos to Alumnus Michel Kafrouny (Feb 10, 2022)
• Alumnus Yasser Abdul Malak Appointed Chairman and CEO for Nestlé MENA (Feb 01, 2022)
• LAU and Boise State University Collaborate on Virtual Exchange Program (Jan 10, 2022)

2021

• AKSOB Faculty Recognized for Exceptional Research Influence (Dec 14, 2021)
• Two AKSOB Faculty Members Recognized for Research and Teaching Excellence (Dec 01, 2021)
• AKSOB’s Business and Economics Programs Take the Lead, Again (Oct 26, 2021)
• Port of Beirut Blast: How People’s Subjective Experiences of the Trauma Differ (Aug 11, 2021)
• AKSOB Reaccredited by Prestigious AACSB International (Jul 02, 2021)
• Q&A with Telecoms Expert and Alumna Dania Jouni Shehadeh (May 12, 2021)
• LAU Further Boosts Strategic Pillar to Move Beyond Borders (Apr 07, 2021)
• AKSOB’s Hospitality and Tourism Management Department First in the Region to Gain ACPHA Accreditation (Mar 17, 2021)
• COVID-19 Research Highlight: Will VR-based Site Tours Replace In-Person Visits Post-Pandemic? (Mar 01, 2021)
• AKSOB Professors’ Research Cited by Forbes (Feb 12, 2021)
• Bringing in Renowned Speakers to Deepen AKSOB Students’ Learning Experience (Jan 13, 2021)

2020

• LAU’s AKSOB Ranked First in the Top 25 percent Institutions and Economists in Lebanon (Dec 22, 2020)
• AKSOB Students Help Optimize the Lebanese Red Cross Operations (Dec 04, 2020)
• AKSOB Graduates’ Achievements Endorse LAU’s Distinction in Research Innovation (Nov 09, 2020)
• AKSOB’s Business and Economics Programs Ranked First in Lebanon by the Times Higher Education (Nov 02, 2020)
• AKSOB Faculty Talk International Funds and Economic Reform after Beirut’s Blast (Oct 06, 2020)
• AKSOB Research Papers Highlight – September 2020 (Sep 24, 2020)
• The True Public Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon (Sep 04, 2020)
• AKSOB’s EMBA Online Experience: Sharing Thoughts (Jul 23, 2020)
• AKSOB MBA Students Offered Full PhD Scholarships in Top Universities (Jul 16, 2020)
• Q&A with News Presenter, Producer and Alumna Lea Fayad (Jul 06, 2020)
• SAP Dual Study Program Boosts Career Prospects for LAU Students (May 19, 2020)
• AKSOB’s Business and Management Programs Ranked by QS, Again (Apr 24, 2020)
• Research Highlight: People Trust Feelings Over Cold Hard Facts in Times of Crisis (Apr 21, 2020)
• AKSOB Research Papers Highlight - March 2020 (Mar 30, 2020)
• HR Data Analytics: The Key to Strategic Business Decisions (Mar 20, 2020)

2019

• 18th MEEA International Conference (Oct 17, 2019)
• AKSOB Marketing Department Wins Best Paper Award at Prestigious Conference (Sep 11, 2019)
• AKSOB’s EMBA Students Meet with Servant Leaders in Madrid (Sep 03, 2019)
• Dr. Wassim Shahin appointed Dean of the Adnan Kassar School of Business (Jul 16, 2019)
• Honoring Lebanon’s Hospitality Industry Leaders (Jul 10, 2019)
• Research Highlight: What Is SocialCRM and Why Is It Important for Sales? (Jul 01, 2019)
• Challenges Facing Lebanese Business Schools (Jun 12, 2019)
• LAU Conducting Research at ESSEC Business School (May 29, 2019)
• The Impact of New Technologies on Sustainability and Innovations (May 08, 2019)
• LAU Signs MOU with the International Center for the Education of Islamic Finance in Malaysia (May 01, 2019)
• How to Survive in the Age of Automation (Apr 25, 2019)
• Reinventing Performance Management: How to Do it Right (Apr 15, 2019)
• The Best Way to Measure Poverty (Apr 04, 2019)
• Bridging the Gap Between University and the Workplace (Mar 26, 2019)
• Marketing Course Leverages Power of Interactive Case Studies (Mar 19, 2019)
• Hospitality Students Take Home Top Prizes at Cuisine Competition (Mar 14, 2019)
• How to Take a Local Brand International (Mar 12, 2019)
• AKSOB Programs Ranked by QS (Feb 27, 2019)
• Research Highlight: Pros and Cons of Sales-Service Ambidexterity (Jan 12, 2019)

2018

• AKSOB Dean Elected President of the Middle East Economic Association (Dec 21, 2018)
• Lebanese Econometric Study Group Convenes at LAU (Dec 12, 2018)
• Demystifying Big Data (Dec 12, 2018)
• EMBA Graduates Credit the Degree for Their Success (Dec 12, 2018)
• Innovative Business Plans Compete at AKSOB (Dec 12, 2018)
• Harvard Learning Method Makes its Debut at AKSOB (Dec 05, 2018)
• Alumnus Wissam Moukahal’s Donation Realizes Students’ Dreams (Dec 03, 2018)
• Harvard Course for MBA and EMBA Students (Nov 27, 2018)
• Are Robots Coming for Our Jobs? (Oct 19, 2018)
• Student Entrepreneur Designs App to Improve Patient Experience (Oct 17, 2018)
• AKSOB at Local University Fairs (Oct 15, 2018)
• Hospitality and Event Management Take Center Stage (Oct 15, 2018)
• Talk by Regional Director of Southern Europe & MENA for Sommet Education (Sep 21, 2018)
• AKSOB Faculty to Give Keynote on AI at Medical Conference (Sep 17, 2018)
• Alumni Group Honors Outgoing Dean (Sep 06, 2018)
• Collaboration Announced Between LAU and L’Oréal (Sep 04, 2018)
• Dr. Zahy Ramadan’s Research Reaches Forbes (Aug 13, 2018)
• AKSOB Professors Awarded Major Academic Honor (Jul 11, 2018)
• Research Highlight: Impact of Maternal Care on Child Development (Jul 02, 2018)
• Alphabet’s Chronicle Stephen Gillett: “Fall in love with problems, not solutions” (Jul 02, 2018)
• Management Students compete for the best business plan (May 03, 2018)
• “The future of hospitality is in Asia” (May 03, 2018)
• L’Oreal Head of Trade Marketing Manager Gives a Knockout Presentation to EMBA Students (Feb 03, 2018)

2017

• The AKSOB Family Gets Into The Christmas Spirit (Dec 15, 2017)
• Breaking Data Elitism in the Arab Region: The Role of the Arab Development Portal (Nov 29, 2017)
• A talk by Mrs. Dagmar Symes, the General Manager of Phoenicia Beirut and Le Vendôme InterContinental Hotels (Nov 21, 2017)
• Identifying “Toxic Behaviors in Family Businesses” (Jul 13, 2017)
• AKSOB organizes second LCIS2017 conference (Jun 21, 2017)
• LAU students shine at the “Unleash your creativity” competition (Jun 21, 2017)
• The Kunhadi Competition: Marketing for a Good Cause (May 16, 2017)
• LAU Team Wins Regional Finals of L’Oréal Brandstorm 2017 (May 12, 2017)
• Another Win in Inter-universities Competition (Apr 24, 2017)
• Marriott Corporation Conference (Apr 18, 2017)
• LAU Forum Analyzes Challenges and Trends in Human Resource Management (Apr 10, 2017)
• Going Back in Time (Mar 31, 2017)
• Working Together to Strengthen Lebanon’s Vital Family Businesses (Mar 30, 2017)
• LAU Student Puts Learning Into Business Practice (Mar 27, 2017)
• Managing Upward (Mar 15, 2017)
• Five Star Food and Beverage (Mar 15, 2017)
• ArabNet 2017 (Mar 10, 2017)
• Overview of Career Opportunities at EY (Mar 06, 2017)
• New Campaign for Road Safety (Mar 02, 2017)
• Banks, Explained (Feb 25, 2017)
• The Age of Information (Feb 25, 2017)
• Exposure to the Retail Business (Feb 19, 2017)
• MBA Alumnus Introduces Lebanese Civil Society Work at Davos Forum (Feb 03, 2017)
• Three Winners in Stock Exchange Competition (Feb 01, 2017)
• AKSOB Economics Faculty Receive National Research Grant (Jan 23, 2017)
• Newsweek Europe Cites LAU AKSOB as Leading B-school in Lebanon in Latest Issue (Jan 12, 2017)
• Fostering Leadership Development (Jan 09, 2017)

2016

• Serving the Community through Research (Dec 20, 2016)
• LAU Faculty Research Gets International Recognition (Dec 14, 2016)
• LAU to Get a Center for Innovation (Dec 09, 2016)
• “Banking and Monetary Policies in a Changing Financial Environment: A Regulatory Approach” (Dec 05, 2016)
• Acknowledging a Leader’s Contribution to Business and Education (Dec 01, 2016)
• “An Apple a Day Keeps the Farmer Hooray!” (Nov 16, 2016)
• When Business Supports Education (Nov 08, 2016)
• LAU Team Behind Pioneering Paper on Delivery Drones (Nov 03, 2016)
• LAU Adnan Kassar School of Business Implements Technology K-20 (Nov 01, 2016)
• LAU Signs Student Exchange Agreement with University of Chicago (Oct 27, 2016)
• Exploring Social Entrepreneurship (Oct 25, 2016)
• Faculty Workshop by Dr. Paul Hong (Oct 13, 2016)
• LAU Alumnus announced as Head of Pan-Arab Daily (Oct 13, 2016)
• LAU Gains Recognition in International Internal Audit Event (Oct 11, 2016)
• The Lebanese Diaspora Lends a Helping Hand (Sep 30, 2016)
• Innovation and Leadership: Drivers of Economic and Social Advancement (Sep 28, 2016)
• Training, Completed (Sep 07, 2016)
• LAU’s Study Abroad Program: A Learning Opportunity for All (Sep 02, 2016)
• LAU, Building Capacity Among the Youth (Aug 18, 2016)
• LAU Alumni: Ambassadors Worldwide (Aug 08, 2016)
• The Role of Higher Education in Supporting Volunteerism (Jul 01, 2016)
• LAU, three-time winner in the “Concours des Écoles Hôtelières” (Jun 30, 2016)
• “Mediation: Why and How in Family Businesses” (Jun 16, 2016)
• Ethics and Knowledge, Weapons of LAU’s Graduates (Jun 13, 2016)
• Top Performers Once Again (Jun 09, 2016)
• AACSB Annual Conference for Europe, Middle East and Africa (Jun 07, 2016)
• EMBA Alumni Celebrate AACSB Accreditation (May 27, 2016)
• Bankmed Online Trading Competition Concluded (May 23, 2016)
• “Syria at War: Five Years On” (May 23, 2016)
• “How to Write a Research Paper” (May 12, 2016)
• Technology in Business: Exposure to Enterprise Resource Planning (May 10, 2016)
• Congratulations to the Adnan Kassar School of Business (May 10, 2016)
• Training Explained by Bankmed (May 06, 2016)
• LAU showcased at Wharton School of Business MENA Conference (Apr 28, 2016)
• The Spirit of Service Lives on at LAU (Apr 26, 2016)
• Adnan Kassar School of Business Gains AACSB Accreditation (Apr 24, 2016)
• The 2016 Inter-universities Finance Competition (Apr 20, 2016)
• Introduction to the World of Banks by Fransabank (Apr 01, 2016)
• The School Welcomes the AACSB Peer Review Team (Mar 18, 2016)
• Research Methodologies and Integrity in Business (Mar 03, 2016)
• The Bankmed Online Trading Competition (Feb 23, 2016)
• Delving Into the Minds and Opportunities of Arab Youth (Feb 03, 2016)
• How Would You Awaken the Inner Lion? (Jan 29, 2016)
• Dr. Sebastian Ille Adds Another Title: Editor-in-Chief (Jan 22, 2016)

2015

• Celebrating a Leader’s Commitment to Education (Dec 22, 2015)
• Call Them Talented Strategists (Dec 20, 2015)
• “The Economic Impacts of Syrian Refugees: Challenges and Opportunities in Host Countries” (Dec 11, 2015)
• Dr. Guy Assaker Chosen for Fellowship Program (Nov 02, 2015)
• ABANA Fellowship Program (Oct 30, 2015)
• “Lebanese Labor Market Challenges” (Oct 29, 2015)
• AACSB Information Sharing Seminar (Oct 27, 2015)
• Alumni, a guiding light for graduating students (Oct 22, 2015)
• Dr. Ismail Granted Post Doc Fellowship (Oct 20, 2015)
• Eyes on Experience (Oct 07, 2015)
• A Case of Private vs. Public (Sep 18, 2015)
• All About Business in New York (Sep 11, 2015)
• China’s devaluation: what does it mean? (Sep 10, 2015)
• Ethics: Relative or Absolute? (Aug 10, 2015)
• Congratulations to Dr. Abdul-Nasser Kassar (Aug 08, 2015)
• LAU alumni reconnect with their alma mater (Aug 07, 2015)
• I Have an Interview. Now What? (Aug 07, 2015)
• Rewarded for Their Talents (Aug 07, 2015)
• Giving Back to the Community (Jul 24, 2015)
• Institutions must encourage growth in manufacturing, say LAU economists (Jul 15, 2015)
• What’s Your Story? (Jul 01, 2015)
• And So Their Journey Begins! (Jun 29, 2015)
• Exploring the Subject of Intellectual Property (Jun 08, 2015)
• LAU Brings America to Beirut (Jun 02, 2015)
• Family Businesses — Promoters of Spirituality at Work? (May 22, 2015)
• Business Advisory Board Meeting (May 13, 2015)
• “Radicalism brings evil and death” (May 12, 2015)
• Our Students Are Winners in the “Concours des Écoles Hôtelières 2015” (May 08, 2015)
• The “Online Marketing and Social Media Management for Family Businesses” Workshop (May 07, 2015)
• Preparing for Future Marketing Strategists (May 07, 2015)
• An LAU alumna with a Midas touch (Apr 30, 2015)
• LAU Reveals “Adnan Kassar School of Business” (Apr 22, 2015)
• The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Lebanon’s Agricultural Sector and Local Consumption (Mar 10, 2015)
• Lebanese chocolaterie of LAU alumna awarded grand honor (Jan 26, 2015)

2014

• Remarkable Resilience: Lebanon’s Economy and the Syrian Crisis (Dec 22, 2014)
• “We Need an Overhaul of Lebanon’s Housing Market!” (Nov 06, 2014)
• Does it Pay to be Green? (Jun 06, 2014)
• A Search for Why the Smoking Ban Failed in Lebanon (May 31, 2014)
• Is Industrialization MENA’s Missed Opportunity? (May 15, 2014)
• Researching Youth and the Arab Spring (May 07, 2014)
• Can the Islamic Economic System be the Alternative? (Apr 24, 2014)
• Dr. Saad Andary and Dr. Makram Bou Nassar Visit LAU (Apr 02, 2014)
• Economics, Public Policy, and Youth Empowerment (Apr 02, 2014)
• Education, Employment and Cost of Living (Apr 02, 2014)
• Economics Faculty Member Dr. Ayman Reda Wins the Potter Award (Jan 30, 2014)
• The SAHWA Project (“Empowering Arab Youth: Towards a New Social Contract”) (Jan 30, 2014)
• Running for a cause (Jan 29, 2014)

2013

• How Effective Are Human-Resource Practices? (Dec 06, 2013)
• More Than 2 Million Domestic Workers in the Middle East (Nov 15, 2013)
• MEA Back to Black: Fifteen Years of Challenges (Nov 15, 2013)
• LAU unveils Executive Center at Solidere (Sep 12, 2013)
• Class of 2013: Stepping into a Bright Future (Jul 15, 2013)
• Let the Celebrations Commence (Jul 09, 2013)
• Backpack to Briefcase (Jul 03, 2013)
• Hands-On Learning at Business Competition (Jun 18, 2013)
• Taste of Italy (May 24, 2013)
• Strength in Times of Crisis (May 17, 2013)
• Marketing Students Visit FP7 and UM Beirut (Apr 29, 2013)
• LAU Students win Live Junior Chef Competition (Apr 29, 2013)
• Responsible Business Practices (Apr 15, 2013)
• Investing in Human Capital (Mar 18, 2013)
• The Future Allocation (Mar 01, 2013)
• Economic Statecraft (Feb 25, 2013)
• Be Their Guest! (Feb 18, 2013)
• Taking LAU Expertise Beyond the Classroom (Feb 06, 2013)
• MENA and the Monetary Rise of Gold (Jan 28, 2013)
• Thinking Quantitatively (Jan 14, 2013)
• A Mouthful of Heaven (Jan 09, 2013)

2012

• Designing Powerful Presentations (Dec 20, 2012)
• A Globalized Lingua Franca (Dec 19, 2012)
• Young Enterprise (Dec 19, 2012)
• From Beirut to London (Dec 19, 2012)
• Reconciling Business with Family (Dec 19, 2012)
• Family Affairs (Dec 19, 2012)
• Beirut Airport Hosts LAU Business Students (Dec 19, 2012)
• Cooking With the Stars (Dec 19, 2012)
• Transforming Educational Spaces (Dec 10, 2012)

2009

• World Bank Expert Discusses the Effects of the Financial Crisis on Arab Markets (Jan 13, 2009)