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Georgetown McDonough MBA Class of 2023 Profile: More Diverse and More Selective

Georgetown McDonough has released its fall 2021 incoming MBA class profile, and once again, it is the most diverse and high-achieving class of students the school has admitted.…

November 22, 2021

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‘Thriving In a Complex World’: Georgetown’s New Initiative & The Future Of Business Education

Business education must keep up with the rapidly evolving pace of the business landscape, and it must embrace the cutting edge of technology and the need — and desire — to…

November 10, 2021

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Paul McCulley says the infrastructure bill advances both capitalism and social justice

Pursuit of a more perfect union between the equity imperative of democracy and the profit imperative of capitalism should not, and need not, always be a partisan spitting. …

November 10, 2021

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8 Companies That Changed Their Names to Signal a Strategy Shift

Neeru Paharia, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business whose research focuses on brand signaling, said that the rebranding allowed…

October 29, 2021

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The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in major cases on abortion and guns. Here’s what to know

The oral arguments over Texas’ law come less than two weeks after the court approved the two cases on a highly accelerated schedule. The rocket-docket proceedings could also…

October 29, 2021

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Facebook’s New Name Draws Critics, But at Least It’s Not Tronc

Luc Wathieu, a professor of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, said Facebook’s new name might help it create some psychological distance from…

October 28, 2021

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As 2021 World Series starts, MLB stares down a possible lockout

“It’s a little bit of a WWE effect,” said Conway, now a professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. “You got to have some drama and characters,…

October 26, 2021

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Why experts are worried about the Trump SPAC

James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University, notes that the limited number of available shares in the days after the merger was announced meant that it wasn’t…

October 26, 2021

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iFit Delays Its Debut As Wobbly Stocks Send A Chill Through The IPO Market

I spoke this week with Reena Aggarwal, who researches markets and IPOs in her work as the director of the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy. She was quick to…

October 10, 2021

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The pandemic pushed millions of U.S. workers to join the ‘Great Resignation.’ Here’s why

Georgetown University's Brooks Holtom has long studied worker turnover...."Periodically, people experience shocks that cause them to reconsider how work fits with the rest of…

October 8, 2021