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New Book by Keith Ord Focuses on Forecasting
Principles of Business Forecasting, a new book co-authored by Keith Ord, a professor of operations and information management at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, and Robert Fildes of Lancaster University Management School, serves both as a textbook for students and a reference book for experienced forecasters. The book introduces both standard and advanced forecasting methods and their underlying models. It also includes general principles to guide and simplify forecasting practice.
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Serious Business Starts Now
This August, incoming MBA students arrived early to complete the Structure of Global Industries, a three-week integrative course that teaches the critical features of competition in international business. It is the first course in a newly designed curriculum that aims to develop principled leaders with a global mindset to be in service to business and society through integrative teaching, added rigor, and a greater emphasis on quantitative and analytical skills.
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Advice for B-Schools: Don’t Ignore Nonprofits and Cooperatives in the Classroom
John R. Whitman, adjunct professor in management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, calls for higher education to promote a diversity of forms of economic and social organization in the chapter “Education for the Social Economy,” published in the new book Business with a Difference: Balancing the Social and the Economic.
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Kurt Carlson Wins Award for Best Publication in Decision Analysis
In recognition of his research on why people are unable to clearly identify decision objectives, the Informs Decision Analysis Society honored Kurt A. Carlson, associate professor of marketing at Georgetown McDonough and research director of the Georgetown Institute for Consumer Research, and his co-authors with the 2012 Decision Analysis Publication Award. The award recognizes the best article or book on “decision analysis, broadly defined,” which includes such topics as theoretical work on decision analysis methodology, descriptions of applications, and experimental studies.
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Serious Business Starts Now
Georgetown McDonough MBA Students Dive Into International Business on Day 1 With New Structure of Global Industries Course
As a pioneer in global business education, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business once again is changing the way that MBA students attain a global mindset.
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Advice for B-Schools: Don’t Ignore Nonprofits and Cooperatives in the Classroom
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MBA Students Sponsor Desks for School Children in Africa
As co-founder of the nonprofit Achieve in Africa, Brendan Callahan works to improve education in rural areas of Africa most in need. -
Conference on Financial Markets Quality, September 19
The Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and Financial Times will host a timely conference on financial markets quality Wednesday, September 19, 2012.Keynote speakers include Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the board, CME Group; Robert Engle, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics and Michael Armellino Professor of Finance, New York University's Stern School of Business; Daniel Gallagher, commissioner, U.S. -
Maya Angelou Addresses Global Executive MBA Graduates
Maya Angelou, the acclaimed poet, novelist, educator, actress, filmmaker and civil rights activist, spoke to graduating Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) students at a Saturday afternoon ceremony.
The ceremony also was attended by her son, Guy Johnson, and her grandson, Colin Johnson – one of the graduates. Angelou’s original name was Marguerite Johnson.
Angelou told stories about her experiences and told the graduates how much they were appreciated.
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The Future of Innovation in Brazil
Panel Discussion to Launch New Corporate International Master’s Program by Georgetown University, ESADE Business School, and EBAPE/Fundação GetulioVargas
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Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will launch its new Corporate International Master’s program with a lecture and panel discussion on “The Future of Innovation in Brazil.”