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Bono Speaks at Georgetown McDonough
U2's Bono recently spoke at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business at an event hosted by the Global Social Enterprise Initiatve.
Other event sponsors included:
- The Office of the President
- Bank of America
- One and Project (RED)
- The Atlantic
View the webcast here.
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Dialogue to End Human Trafficking
Conference to Focus on the Evolution of Human Trafficking and Solutions to End the Practice
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Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative Earns Leadership Award
Georgetown McDonough School of Business Program Selected For Developing A Model For Entrepreneurial Universities To Emulate
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Disclosing Conflicts of Interest Can Backfire
Georgetown McDonough Study Finds Disclosure Can Burden Advisees to Increase their Compliance with Advice That They Trust Less
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U2's Bono and Bank of America's CEO to Speak on Social Enterprise
Musician and activist Bono will deliver a keynote address at Georgetown University on social enterprise and the power of social movements to create change on Monday, November 12, at the university's Gaston Hall. He will be introduced by Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan.
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Symposium on the Ethics of Bailouts and Government Support of Corporations
Event Hosted by the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics
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Georgetown McDonough to Launch New Global Embassy Series Forum with Mexican Ambassador
Series to Connect Georgetown Students to Washington’s International Community
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Jason Scholetzer Named to "People to Watch" List
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) named Jason Schloetzer, assistant professor in accounting at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, as part of its “People to Watch” list for his academic research and research-related work investigating CEO transitions, succession planning, and gender diversity in the boardroom.
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Professors Publish Research on High Cash Holdings of Multinational Companies
The National Bureau of Economic Research recently published research titled “Multinationals and the High Cash Holdings Puzzle” by Lee Pinkowitz, associate professor of finance, and Rohan Williamson, professor of finance, at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, as well as René Stulz, chair of banking and monetary economics at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.
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Georgetown MBA Alum in New Book by MSNBC's JJ Ramberg
A business tip by Ivy Cohen (MBA’86), was published in It’s Your Business by JJ Ramberg, host of MSNBC’s Your Business. Her tip stems from her 11 years of experience leading Ivy Cohen Corporate Communications, Inc. The book is filled with smart and easy tips for running a company. In tip #19, Cohen advises that to ensure that senior professionals are going to stay engaged once they are hired, the best way is to include this clause in the contract.
-- Joan Lim