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Seniors and Faculty Honored for Academic and Service Excellence
Seniors earning top academic and service honors were recognized at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Tropaia Exercises Friday, May 17, 2013, in Gaston Hall.During the ceremony, valedictorian Russell Kreutter shared five lessons from his time at Georgetown.First, he asked his classmates to always look for the good because there are opportunities and lessons to be found in every situation. -
Ambassador Advises Graduate Business Students to Address World Challenges
During their graduate studies, master’s students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business learned to view business through a global lens. Mauro L. I. -
Sweatshop Labor is Wrong (Unless the Shoes are Cute)
Nike did it. Apple has done it. In both instances, consumers protested reports of unethical labor practices that would be illegal in the United States.
But despite the implied demand for ‘sweatshop-free’ products, these items are not overcrowding store shelves. Baffled by this economic imbalance, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Assistant Professor Neeru Paharia investigated consumer reasoning and decision-making processes behind purchasing items made from sweatshop labor.
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Impact Investing Conference to Showcase Latin American Companies
Twenty-two companies operating in 12 Latin American countries and 16 different industries, looking to raise a combined total of $50 million, will convene alongside impact investors, industry leaders, and cultural commentaries at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business to participate in Agora Partnerships’ 3rd Annual Impact Investing in Action (IIA) conference.
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MBA Student Perseveres After Tanzanian Bombing
When a bomb exploded at a Tanzanian church on May 5, it killed three people and injured 60 others. It also rocked the foundation of the community’s primary school, just next door, and left MBA Evening Program student Brendan Callahan shaken.
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Business Librarian Receives Research Grant
Jennifer Boettcher, Georgetown University business librarian, has been selected to receive the 2013 Reference and User Services Association BRASS Emerald Research Grant Award.
The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) administers the $5,000 grant, which supports research in the field of business librarianship, and Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd., funds the award.
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Financial Times Ranks Executive Custom Programs #11 in the U.S., #34 in the World
In its inaugural ranking by the Financial Times, the Executive Education Customized Programs at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business ranked #11 in the United States and #34 in the world.
The ranking measures clients’ perceptions of the quality and delivery of the program, as well as the internationality of the overall program through a survey of each business school.
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Five Georgetown Interns Join Bono’s ONE and (RED) Campaigns
The Georgetown McDonough Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) announced that five Georgetown students are joining U2 lead singer Bono’s ONE and (RED) campaigns as interns this summer. The opportunities were established through GSEI’s relationship with Bank of America, a founding partner in the initiative, and were created with the organizations after hosting Bono on campus in November.
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Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy Hosts Conference on the Leadership Role of the Gulf Countries in the Global Economy
On Tuesday, April 9, the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policyin partnership with the Financial Times hosted a conference on the potentialleadership role of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the global economy.The event was co-hosted by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) andtook place at the DIFC Conference and Exhibition Centre in Dubai, United ArabEmirates.Keynote speakers included Mustafa Abdel-Wadood (MBA ‘96), partner and chairof the Executiv -
Georgetown McDonough Announces Commencement Speakers
The Ambassador of Brazil to the United States H.E. Mauro Vieira and United States Senator William M. Cowan (D-Massachusetts) will speak at the graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies for Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.