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It’s a Big Year for Emerging Growth Companies
“It seems like a lot of companies have taken advantage of being an EGC,” says Reena Aggarwal, a professor of finance at Georgetown University and director of the Georgetown…
August 31, 2017
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STAWAR: Analyzing accidents
According to Catherine Tinsley from Georgetown University, multiple near misses invariably precede major accidents and man-made disasters. The infamous British Petroleum oil…
August 31, 2017
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The Admirable Success of the Jan Dhan Yojana
In a 2017 working paper, Georgetown University professor Sumit Agarwal and his co-authors studied account activity in 1.5 million PMJDY accounts from August 2014 to May 2015 (the…
August 30, 2017
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Appointments
Paul Almeida, deputy dean for executive education and innovation at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, to dean of the business.…
August 29, 2017
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Being Busy Is a New Status Symbol
An op-ed by Neeru Paharia, assistant professor of marketing: Movies, magazines, and popular television shows often highlight the abundance of money and leisure time among the…
August 29, 2017
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Trump’s Tough Talk Does Little to Deter North Korea
“It makes it a little difficult to continue to be talking about, ‘Oh, you better watch out, North Korea, we’re going to get you,’” said James Moore, a former assistant…
August 29, 2017
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GE’s Jeff Immelt as Uber CEO Would Bring Stability and Outsider Status
Georgetown University professor Jason Schloetzer, who specializes in CEO succession and corporate governance, says Immelt did not leave GE on his own terms and Uber represents a…
August 25, 2017
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Canada Needs Blood Plasma. We Should Pay Donors to Get It
An op-ed by Peter Jaworski, assistant teaching professor: “Canada buys the overwhelming majority of its plasma-protein products from American, for-profit companies that attract…
August 24, 2017
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Two People In The D.C. Region Are Million Lottery Winners After Wednesday’s Powerball Drawing
As folks in D.C. folks got caught up in Powerball fever during that time, Allan Eberhart of Georgetown University advised people to do practical things with their winnings like…
August 24, 2017
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The Advice D.C.’s Student Entrepreneurs Wish They Had Before Their First Venture
It’s hard enough launching your first venture, but imagine doing that while balancing a full-time college course load. It’s not easy. That’s why local universities like…
August 23, 2017