The Bright Ideas Award celebrates exceptional business teaching and research.

Each year, the New Jersey Policy Research Organization (NJPRO) and the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University, collaborate to produce the annual Publications of New Jersey Business Faculty. The volumes include abstracts and citations from faculty members from business schools within colleges and universities around the state. This is a compilation of scholarly research on business-related issues that are relevant and educational to New Jersey firms. It celebrates the business intellectual capital at colleges of business within the state.

From these articles, a distinguished panel of Deans and business people, chose certain articles as “Bright Ideas Research Awards” recognizing outstanding research within the volume. In addition “Teaching Notes Awards” have been presented to faculty members providing valuable ideas to the classroom.

This collaboration is a natural fit for both organizations. The NJPRO Foundation educates decision makers and the business community about important policy issues of the day and their possible impact on the business world. The Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University seeks to improve the learning environment of students and faculty and to enhance the effectiveness of business organizations. Together, they have compiled the research works of New Jersey business faculty published since 2004. Through this publication, the Foundation and the Stillman School aim to do just that, bring the business and academic communities together.

The publications are made available below in the hope that faculty will be able to share with the business community and government leaders research done in the academic world that impacts the business community.

Bright Ideas Awards

2017 Bright Ideas Awards Ceremony

Date: October 20

Location: Brookdale Community College

Schedule

9:30 - 10:00: Light Breakfast

10:00 – 11:00: Bright Ideas Award Ceremony

11:00 – 11:30: Keynote Speaker

11:30 – 12:30: Lunch & Meeting

Directions

From the Garden State Parkway, use Exit 117. Bear right after toll onto Route 35 South. Follow Route 35 South to Union Avenue (by Dearborn Farms) take the jug handle and cross over Route 35. About 3 blocks on your right is Crown Plaza, make a right; we are the first building on the left.

From Route 36 Southbound: Route 36 South to the Union Avenue turn off. About 1.3 miles on your left is Crown Plaza, make a left and we are the first building on the left.

From Route 36 Northbound: Route 36 North to Union Avenue, take the jug handle, and go over Route 36. About 1.3 miles on your left is Crown Plaza, Make a left and we are the first building on the left.

Keynote Speaker

Michele Brown

President and Chief Executive Officer, Choose: New Jersey

Michele Brown is the President and Chief Executive Officer for Choose New Jersey, Inc., an independently funded and operated 501(c)(3) whose mission is to encourage and nurture economic growth throughout New Jersey with a focus on urban centers. Choose New Jersey is a member of the Partnership for Action (PFA), a four-pronged public-private approach to economic development that serves as a starting point for all initiatives, policies and efforts related to growing New Jersey’s economy and creating sustainable jobs. Led by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, the PFA includes the New Jersey Business Action Center (BAC), the Economic Development Authority, the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education, and Choose New Jersey.

Ms. Brown came to Choose New Jersey after serving for more than two years as Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Prior to that, Ms. Brown served as Appointments Counsel to Governor Chris Christie, where she provided strategic and legal guidance to the Governor. Ms. Brown has an extensive background practicing law, serving 18 years at the United States Attorney’s Office in New Jersey.