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(August 7, 2008) Reporters Right On Ranking "the Greatest Ever" Scholars in the CoB by Duane Cobb When it comes to ranking "the greatest ever" scholars in CoB history, almost all of the work has already been done. The reporters who produced "the greatest ever" series for USMNEWS.net did a good job of making a case for the three top scholars who worked in USM's business school at one time or another. That case was so good that the only thing left for me to do was choose the "Close Call" recipient, whose name will appear later in this essay.

(August 10, 2008) Special Report Labored Breadth An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The recent Special Report series on "the greatest ever" scholars in CoB history produced a mountain of new data. Reporters at USMNEWS.net decided to make good use of some of it by ranking CoB faculty on the basis of the breadth of their academic research. To do this, the number of unique A-level journals hit by each faculty was collected and ordered from biggest to smallest. The results are shown below in Table 1.

(August 13, 2008) Special Report Lost Breadth An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research Credentials The recent Special Report series on "the greatest ever" scholars in CoB history produced a mountain of new data. As in the Labored Breadth report, USMNEWS.net decided to make good use of some of it, only this time by ranking former CoB faculty (who departed for other universities since 2003) on the basis of the breadth of their academic research. To do this, the number of unique A-level journals hit by each these former faculty was collected and ordered from biggest to smallest. The results are shown below in Table 1.

(August 19, 2008) Making a Move An Update to the 2009 Louis K. Brandt Predictions When we last visited our predictions for the CoB’s 2009 Louis K. Brandt Research Award, MIS stalwart, Fujun Lai, stood solidly at the top. Though that remains true even today, Lai’s hold on the top position is a bit more tenuous heading into fall 2008, the stretch run. A recent Internet search has revealed that CoB economist, Trellis Green, has not one recent A-level publication, as reported earlier, but two.

(August 20, 2008) Economics or Economic Development? A Look at the Two Competitors for USM's ECO/IB Platform Conventional wisdom around USM is that the economic/international development programs are barely schlock, at best. CoB faculty and others around the USM campus have roundly criticized these programs publicly. The criticism from CoB corners is most interesting, given that the programs were once part of the College of Business and Economic Development, which existed at USM from 2003-04. The only dean of that College (CBED) was Harold Doty, who came to the CBED from Syracuse University. During his interview, Doty made a point to emphasize the presence of the programs to his desire to serve USM as the CBED's first dean. On top of that, the only course Doty taught while CBED dean was a graduate level economic development course, even though Doty is trained in management.