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Season’s Greetings from the Veale Institute!
As we prepare to welcome the new year, we’d like to thank you for your support of entrepreneurship on campus, reflect on the past year and plan for the future. Since the institute launched through support from the Veale Foundation in January, we developed several programs and series and responded…
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Newly diagnosed cancer patients, African Americans more at risk for COVID-19 infection
Cancer patients, especially newly diagnosed and African American patients, are significantly at risk for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and mortality, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case…
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To Fred Gray, alumnus and icon, on his 90th birthday 
On behalf of the students, faculty and staff of Case Western Reserve University, we wish a happy 90th birthday to Fred Gray—civil rights icon, distinguished lawyer and 1954 graduate of the law school.  Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, Gray left to study law at Case Western Reserve when…
Research: Global Platforms and Ecosystems: Implications for International Business Theories
In a newly published paper in the Journal of International Business Studies, Satish Nambisan, the Nancy and Joseph Keithley Professor of Technology Management, and his co-authors consider the dual perspectives of cross-border platforms and ecosystems – as a venue for multifaceted innovation and as…
Research: Value first, cost later: Total value contribution as a new approach to sourcing decisions
Susan Helper, professor of economics, has published research in the Journal of Operations, Management on a new approach to sourcing decisions that promotes attention to value. Helper and her co-authors introduce the new approach, “total value contribution” or TVC, as a way to address the…
Research: Pre-trade Hedging: Evidence from the Issuance of Retail Structured Products
Li Wang, assistant professor of banking and finance, published new research in the Journal of Financial Economics on pre-trade hedging. Wang and her co-authors find evidence consistent with previously unrecognized market manipulation by broker-dealers. Specifically, that pre-trade hedging, which…
The REP student experience in their own words 
The Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship launched the Remote Entrepreneurship Project (REP) Program this summer in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused many students to lose valuable opportunities to develop their skill sets. The REP Program matches Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)…
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Case Western Reserve’s Human Trafficking Project assisting survivors as part of ‘Operation Autumn Hope’
Collaboration between School of Law and Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences helping clients put their lives back together During a massive statewide crackdown on human trafficking last month, Anjali Kanwar and several of her classmates at Case Western Reserve…
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Alumni-founded company wins Early-Stage Startup of the Year
In 2015, a pair of Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumni teamed up to form Sports Data Labs, Inc. (SD Labs), a promising company off to an impressive start after being selected as the 2020 Early Stage Startup of the Year by Sports Technology Awards.  Founded by Mark Gorski (‘07) and…