Longmeadow, Mass. Student Presents Research Paper at Academy of International Business Conference

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Matt Weiss

HAMDEN, CT (11/05/2009)(readMedia)-- Matthew Weiss of Longmeadow, Mass., a student in the School of Business at Quinnipiac University, presented a research paper at the Academy of International Business - Northeast Chapter meeting at the New York Institute of Technology, Oct. 1-4.

Weiss and Anthony DeTurris of Smithtown, N.Y., both international business majors at Quinnipiac, presented their study titled, "Consumer Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Cross Cultural Comparison of the United States and Germany."

The students, part of Quinnipiac's European Union studies program, conducted their research and wrote the papers under the supervision of Mohammad Elahee, associate professor of international business at Quinnipiac. The students traveled to Europe last summer to research consumer perception of corporate social responsibility.

The Academy of International Business (AIB) is the leading association of scholars and specialists in the field of international business.

The Quinnipiac University School of Business offers an MBA (master of business administration) degree, an MBA in health care management, an MBA in supply chain management, an MBA with a Chartered Financial Analyst track, a master's degree in computer information systems, a master's degree in organizational leadership and a combined master of business administration and juris doctor degree. It also offers undergraduate degrees in accounting, accounting and information systems management, advertising, biomedical marketing, economics, entrepreneurship and small business management, finance, information systems management, international business, management and marketing.

The School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 5,700 full-time undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students in 52 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac ranks among the top 10 universities with master's programs in the Northern region in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges. The 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the North. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's The Best 371 Colleges. For more information, please visit http:// www.quinnipiac.edu.