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• Cornell study: Eateries can boost sales by adjusting meal pace

  - 2007-08-10

  ITHACA - A recently published Cornell University study shows restaurateurs how to change the pace of meals to increase table turnover and resulting revenue. According to the study conducted by researchers Breffni Noone, Sheryl Kimes, Anna S. Mattila, and Jochen Wirtz, the pace at which customers are served during their...

  Tags: FINANCE, Litigation, Manufacturing, Noone, Pennsylvania State University, professor, SALES

• Trailblazers: floating to the top: when it comes to aquatics and water safety, expert Tom Griffiths rises above

  - 2006-11-01

  Name: Thomas Griffiths, Ed.D. Title: Founder, Aquatic Safety Research Group and Director of Aquatics, Safety Officer for Athletics and Affiliate Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University Member Since: 1992 During the past 30 years, Tom Griffiths has bubbled up the ranks of the aquatics world through innovative...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Leadership, Litigation, Pennsylvania State University, PRODUCTIVITY

• BEST 50 Women in BUSINESS: Lisa A. Ritter

  - 2006-06-01

  Lisa A. RitterOwner, partner Boles Metzger Brosius and Ritter PC Susquehanna Township, Dauphin CountyEducation: Bachelor's degree in business administration, Penn State University; CPA, certified fraud examinerPrimary job function: Audit partnerCompany description: Auditing firm providing reviews and compilations, and tax and management advisory servicesMost influential role model: I have always considered...

  Tags: audit, auditing, compilation, FINANCE, fraud, Litigation, Pennsylvania State University, Taxes, women

• Lancaster New Era, Pa., business people column.

  - 2004-11-08

  Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 8--PNC BANK has hired Milton S. Hefft as senior vice president and manager for PNC business and corporate banking. Hefft, of Lancaster, was most recently senior vice president at Citizens Bank...

  Tags: Banking, Litigation, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, PNC Bank

• Institutionalizing Community Mediation: Can Dispute Resolution "Of, By, And For The People" Long Endure?

  BNET - 2004-02-01

  Conflict arises from a clash of divergent perspectives and ideas on a particular issue. Several methodologies are available for amicable resolution of conflicts. The same help to minimize the escalation of conflict and, thereby, reduce litigation costs. One of the methodologies of conflict resolution is to let community play a...

  Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Conflict Resolution, Communication Skills, Litigation, Career, Business Operations

• Lancaster New Era, Pa., Business People Column.

  - 2003-12-01

  Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 1--YOHE PASSES EXAM FOR ARCHITECTS: Charles E. Yohe of Lewis & Associates Architects has passed the architectural registration examination and become a registered architect in the state of Pennsylvania. Yohe,...

  Tags: attorney, Litigation, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University

• Now At National

  - 2001-09-10

  Patricia Kelley, a graduate of the Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University, was recently named special assistant to the president for legal, legislative and strategic initiatives for National University. Kelley previously worked as legal counsel to Scripps Health. She has also worked for the law firms of...

  Tags: Benefits, graduate, HEALTHCARE, Litigation, Pennsylvania State University, president, SOFTWARE

• Burden of Dreams: History and Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine.(Review) (book review)

  - 1999-06-22

  Wanner, Catherine Burden of Dreams: History and Identity in Post-Soviet Ukraine University Park, PA: Penn State University Press 255 pp., $50.00 cloth, $18.95 paper ISBN 0-271-01792-0 cloth ISBN 0-271-01793-7 paper Publication Date: October 1998 In Burden of Dreams Catherine Wanner, a lecturer...

  Tags: cloth, festival, Government, identity, Litigation, Pennsylvania State University

• Pennsylvania State University Reaches Settlement with Orthopedics Center.

  - 1999-05-23

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 22 -- Penn State has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with University Orthopedics Center, Ltd., the two announced Friday in a joint statement. The lawsuit dates back to January 1995, when Penn State argued that ...

  Tags: lawsuit, Litigation, Penn State, Pennsylvania State University, settlement