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Workforce Logiq Files for Three New Patents
“The best data science delivers simple insights to complex questions. Location-based hiring decisions will increasingly be a key value driver in today’s volatile labor market, impacting cost, culture, and organizational performance,” said Dr. Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. “Workforce Logiq’s new location optimization tool will provide data-driven clarity, real-time guidance, and a competitive edge to hiring managers as they scale their teams post-pandemic.”
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Favorite MBA Professors Of The Class of 2020
Alas, Allison Koester could give Mish a run for her money there. She is described as the “kindest, most driven professor at Georgetown” by Colin Miller. While Miller will never become an accountant, he does credit Koester for a feat that enhanced his marriage. “After taking Professor Koester’s accounting class, I was finally able to understand what my wife, who is a CPA, was talking about when she told me about her workday.”
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How We Chose the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50 List of Revolutionary Startups
Jeff Reid, Founding Director, Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, [is among the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50 list of revolutionary start-ups.]
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MBA Prof. Arthur Dong: Warren Buffet Valuations & MBAs
How beneficial is an MBA when you have an undergrad business degree? What does a Warren Buffet valuation look like? Our latest guest is MBA Professor Arthur Dong, a professor of economic, financial, and managerial strategy at Georgetown’s MBA program! And stay tuned till the end when Professor Dong details his harrowing experiences doing business in post-Soviet Russia.
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Mad Dash for Cash Drives Biggest Month for Follow-on Offerings Since the Financial Crisis
“There’s still uncertainty about what the future holds with vaccines and a second wave [of COVID-19 infections], so while the window of opportunity is available, it makes a lot of sense for companies to raise capital,” said Reena Aggarwal, a finance professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
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It’s Time to Think Seriously About Paying Blood Donors
This week, the Adam Smith Institute [ASI] in the United Kingdom released Professor Peter Jaworski’s Bloody Well Pay Them: The case for Voluntary Remunerated Plasma Collections. The report shows that, whatever the moral, ethical, or health case for prohibiting the compensation of New Zealand donors, New Zealand’s health system nevertheless relies on plasma provided by compensated plasma donors.
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Learning a New Game
My name is Mohit Gupta and I’m 28 years old. And I’m an MBA student at Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business.
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America’s Stay-at-Home Seafood Binge Now Faces Virus Threat
“Once consumers learn a few seafood recipes they like, they are likely to continue cooking seafood at home,” said Rebecca Hamilton, professor of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
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You Can Pay Off Credit Card Debt Faster With This Strategy
“Your minimum payments are roughly around 2% of your balances, and missing these will hurt your credit score,” says Simon Blanchard, an associate professor of marketing at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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From Income Share Agreements to the ‘Bank of Mom and Dad,’ Funding Pressure has Forced Students and Startups to Find Creative Solutions to Finance MBA Degrees
Most students combine multiple sources of funding to pay for an MBA, according to Shelly Heinrich, associate dean of MBA admissions at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. She adds that paid internships during the two-year program can be financially worthwhile: the average internship at Georgetown pays $7,668 a month. Some students are fortunate enough to have their employer foot the MBA bill. Heinrich adds that while the MBA is a big outlay, the payoff can be much greater: the average post-MBA salary at her institution is $124,119. “It may pay dividends for life and allow you to pivot careers and advance quicker than peers.”
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