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Trade in the Trump Era: The ‘Politics of Resentment’

Ahead of Davos, The New York Times’s deputy Washington editor, Jonathan Weisman, sat down to talk trade in the Trump era with Pietra Rivoli, a professor at Georgetown…

January 15, 2017

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The Challenges for the Region After Trump’s Business Agenda

Ricardo Ernst, director of the Global Business Initiative and professor of operations, speaks with CNN En Español about Trump’s business. …

January 12, 2017

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District’s Charter and Traditional School Principals to Work Together to Solve Problems

Robert Bies, a Georgetown professor of management who directs the [DCPSL EML] program, said he hopes principals will gain skills that will help boost student achievement in…

January 12, 2017

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Three Lessons from the Ethics Office Reversal

An article by Thomas Cooke: Before the 115th session of Congress could be sworn in, the Republican House leadership arranged several closed-door meetings, voting to eliminate the…

January 10, 2017

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Yuan’s Steep Drop Poses Major Risks for Chinese, Global Economies

An article by Arthur Dong: The 1979 film “The China Syndrome” dramatized a fictional nuclear power plant meltdown that had the potential to burn its way to China. Since the…

January 9, 2017

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Where Biz Undergrads Go To Work

Where a business undergraduate ultimately goes to work is often a matter of what school he or she goes to. Everyone knows that geography is often destiny when it comes to jobs.…

January 8, 2017

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The Behavior Making Work Even More Stressful

Feel as if you’ve been snubbed or dissed by a boss or co-worker lately? It’s probably not your imagination. Workplace rudeness is rampant -- and on the rise, according to…

January 6, 2017

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Road to Meaningful Tax Reform Filled with Potholes

An article by Thomas Cooke, distinguished teaching professor: To different people, tax reform means different things. The mere words “tax reform” bring out special interest…

January 4, 2017

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Influencing One Business is not Sound Pro-Business Policy

An article by Michael Douma, director of the Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics: Arguably, Trump knows how to run a business, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he…

January 4, 2017

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Job Placement At The Best Undergraduate Business Programs

The school with the best 2016 track record on the job front was Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business at 99%. Buoyed by a cooperative education (co-op)…

January 3, 2017