The fifth annual Impact Summit, hosted by the Translational Research Center at the Fox School of Business, invites scholars and academics to discuss ways that we can better bridge the gap between research and practice.  

About  

The need for academic research with impact is increasingly talked about. But the barriers to true impact are immense, such as isolated disciplines, narrow incentives and more.  

Business schools can change this trajectory, but it will require bold, intentional action.  

• Impact-oriented researchers need a career-long plan to ask better questions, develop collaboration skills, and hone communication skills to translate research findings.
• Impact-oriented business school administrations need to change incentives, measurements and networks with the business community to generate and distribute research that changes business and social practice.  

This summit will discuss ways that researchers and administrators can develop clear pathways forward to build business relations, conduct and communicate the results of meaningful research, and design and deliver transformative classes at scale. 

Agenda

8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00 a.m.
Welcome remarks by Aubrey Kent, Senior Associate Dean , Fox School of Business
 
9:15 a.m.
Panel 1: Preparing Business School Faculty for a Career of High Impact Research
 

Panelists

• Prof Charles Dhanaraj (moderator), Chair, Department of Management; Evelyn & Jay Piccinati Endowed Chair Professor, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver.
• Prof Christopher Ittner, EY Professor of Accounting Chairperson, Accounting Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Prof Subodha Kumar, Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Chair Professor of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science; Founding Director of the Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies, Fox School of Business, Temple University; Deputy Editor POMS
• Prof Maureen Morrin, Henry Rutgers Professor of Marketing, Rutgers School of Business - Camden, co-editor, Journal of Marketing Research
• Prof Sherry M.B. Thatcher, Skinner Professor of Business (Department of Management and Entrepreneurship), Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Editor, Academy of Management Review

 
10:45 a.m.
Break
 
11:00 a.m.
Panel 2: Winning Together: How can Industry, Government and Academia form Successful Collaborations?

Panelists

• Andrew Buss, Deputy Chief Information Officer/Public Technology and Innovation, City of Philadelphia
• Prof Helka Kalliomäki, Associate Professor, School of Management, Regional Studies, University off Vaasa; Visiting scholar 1/2022-6/2023, George Washington University; Co-chair, Administrative Sciences Research Group
• Shaunak Roy, Founder and CEO, Yellowdig
• Prof Monica Wadhwa (moderator), Associate Professor of Marketing (Behavioral Science) and Liacouras Research Fellow, Fox School of Business; TEDx Speaker
• Prof Bruce Weber, Dean, Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware 
• Mark Wheeler, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia; Director of the Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT)

12:30 p.m.
Lunch + Keynote address by John Panichella, CEO Solenis Inc
 
2:00 p.m.
Working sessions

• What’s Your Theory of Research Impact? Institutional Context and Engagement with Business & Social Leaders
• Building the Culture and Practice of Research Impact

 
3:30 p.m.
Break
 
3:45 p.m.
Breakout Group Report out and Key Takeaways
 
4:15 p.m.
Reception

Keynote Speaker

• John E Panichella, CEO Solenis

Speakers 

• Andrew Buss, Deputy Chief Information Officer/Public Technology and Innovation, City of Philadelphia
• Charles Dhanaraj, Chair, Department of Management; Evelyn & Jay Piccinati Endowed Chair Professor, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver.
• Christopher Ittner, EY Professor of Accounting Chairperson, Accounting Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Helka Kalliomäki, Associate Professor, School of Management, Regional Studies, University off Vaasa; Visiting scholar 1/2022-6/2023, George Washington University; Co-chair, Administrative Sciences Research Group
• Subodha Kumar, Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Chair Professor of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science; Founding Director of the Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies, Fox School of Business, Temple University; Deputy Editor POMS
• Maureen Morrin, Henry Rutgers Professor of Marketing, Rutgers School of Business - Camden, co-editor, Journal of Marketing Research
• Shaunak Roy, Founder and CEO, Yellowdig
• Sherry M.B. Thatcher, Skinner Professor of Business (Department of Management and Entrepreneurship), Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee Knoxville; Editor, Academy of Management Review
• Prof Monica Wadhwa (moderator), Associate Professor of Marketing (Behavioral Science) and Liacouras Research Fellow, Fox School of Business; TEDx Speaker
• Prof Bruce Weber, Dean, Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware 
• Mark Wheeler, Chief Information Officer, City of Philadelphia; Director of the Office of Innovation and Technology (OIT)

Funding provided by Rosenberg Distinguished Lectureship and Solenis Inc.