Ithaca College

Professors Narges Kasiri and Hormoz Movassaghi approved for grant from HSBC Bank for small business sustainability study.

The School of Business is proud to recognize Professors Narges Kasiri (Management) and Hormoz Movassaghi (International Business and Finance) who have been approved for a research grant from HSBC Bank. Kasiri and Movassaghi submitted a proposal to HSBC to conduct research on small business sustainability in the Ithaca area. The grant was funded for research that helps to understand the patterns of success in adopting sustainability in small businesses and to study the differences in sustainability commitments by small businesses across towns in order to establish guidelines for broader adoption.