New USF study: Rapid change makes leaders seem less authentic
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Christopher Sneed, an associate professor and consumer economics specialist in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) at the University of Tennessee, has received the 2025 Excellence in Extension Award for an individual.
The prestigious national award was presented at the recent Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Conference by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Cooperative Extension and the APLU. The award recognizes one Cooperative Extension professional who has demonstrated outstanding scientific programming, visionary leadership and positive community impact.
Small farmers in Brazil are facing the harsh realities of climate change head-on, but a new study published in the Strategic Management Journal warns that many of their strategies may be unintentionally deepening their vulnerability.
Led by Dr. Lucrezia Nava, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Business Management at the University of Exeter Business School, and co-authored by Dr. Jorge Chiapetti and Dr. Rui Barbosa da Rocha of Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, and Dr. Maja Tampe of Universitat Ramon Llull, the study explores how smallholder cocoa producers in Southern Bahia respond to climate threats such as severe droughts and economic crises.
Entrepreneurship studies often focus on firm growth-related topics. The factors affecting the high-growth (HG) in high-growth firms (HGFs) are not well established. While some studies suggest that proactive strategizing precedes the HG period, others consider that the near-random structure of the firm’s growth is better to delay growth-related investments. This study focuses on the “timing” of setting up new hierarchical layers and the consequences if it happens before or after the growth event.
Engineering students developed an AI-powered irrigation solution rooted in intelligence, earning them first place in the “Building a Better Future Through Business and AI” competition.