Alex McKelvie, associate professor of entrepreneurship and chair of the department of entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises at Whitman School of Management. His expertise is focused on how and why new firms grow, and how entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial firms pursue opportunities. His work has involved the strategic behaviors of entrepreneurs and how entrepreneurs deal with uncertainty. He teaches courses in entrepreneurship, strategic growth, family business management and corporate entrepreneurship.
MaryAnn Monforte, professor of accounting practice at Whitman School of Management. Her expertise includes how to avoid overspending during the holiday shopping season, store credit cards, and financial health for people at all stages of their lives.
Amanda Nicholson, associate dean of undergraduate programs and professor of retail practice at Whitman School of Management. Professor Nicholson has more than 20 years of experience in the retail management field before entering higher education. She began her career with Marks & Spencer in London and then moved to Chicago to work in a variety of department store management positions. Her expertise includes department stores, general retail and brand management, as well as online shopping.
Julie Niederhoff, assistant professor of supply chain management at the Whitman School of Management. An expert in supply chain management and decision making and behavior, Assistant Professor Neiderhoff recently authored a report that examined how to find the fastest checkout line at a store. The paper, Humans Are Not Machines: The Behavioral Impact of Queueing Design on Service Time, was published in 2016 and found that when customers wait in one long line and go to the next available server, those servers work more slowly than when servers each have their own queue.
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