Research

First-ever Strategic Business Case Competition offers prize money for refining your skills
Feb 22, 2026

Through a Dean’s Club-sponsored Strategic Business Case Competition in the Walker College of Business, students at Appalachian State University...

Photo of student researchers in the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University

Barnes student research program is accepting grant applications
Feb 20, 2026

The Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University is accepting applications to its Barnes Student Research Grant Program.The Barnes grant...

Inside the Center for Entrepreneurship is comfortable seating, stools at a desk, bookshelves, and a wall that features the center name.

Center for Entrepreneurship to help App State researchers build entrepreneurial capacity
Jan 29, 2026

The Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship in the Walker College of Business is partnering with Appalachian State Universit...

Magnifying glass and Center for Economic Research and Policy Analysis overlay a holiday shopping scene

In the news: CERPA report indicates strong holiday sales forecast in North Carolina
Dec 3, 2025

A recent news post by local business advocacy group WNC Business noted that 2025 holiday spending in North Carolina will signal growing cons...

From left are Dr. Jason Xiong, Emily Charlip, Dr. Jeff Kaleta, Dr. Sandra Vannoy, Dr. David Dickinson, Anna Silva, Karlee Cook, and Dr. Dennis Guignet

Cook, business graduate students shine in 3MT competition
Nov 24, 2025

MBA student Karlee Cook earned second place in Appalachian State University's 2025 Three-Minute Thesis competition for graduate student...

From left are Emily Charlip, Karlee Cook, and Anna Silva

Three Walker College of Business students to compete in App State’s Three-Minute Thesis
Nov 17, 2025

Three Walker College of Business students will participate in Appalachian State University's Three-Minute Thesis competition for graduate student...

Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6

Dean's Club research to be presented in Peacock Hall Nov. 6
Nov 2, 2025

Research projects from Walker College of Business faculty and students will be presented on Appalachian State University campus for the 2025 Walker Co...

Student researchers at App State estimate the economic impact of 2025 Blue Ridge Brutal bike ride
Oct 9, 2025

Students and faculty from Appalachian State University’s Department of Economics recently completed an economic impact study of the Blue Ridge Bruta...

In the Media: CERPA in Back-to-School Retail Spending
Sep 11, 2025

Students across North Carolina are settling into school routines, and researchers in Appalachian State University's Center for Economic Research and P...

Guignet, fellow researchers earn 2025 Chancellor’s Innovation Scholars Program grant
Aug 29, 2025

BOONE, N.C. — Three teams of Appalachian State University faculty members have been selected as awardees of this year’s Chancellor’s Innova...