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Is the Stock Market Open at 3 a.m.? This Startup Says It Should Be

James Angel, a finance professor at Georgetown University, predicted that 24 Exchange would face an uphill battle to attract trading activity outside of standard U.S. trading…

October 5, 2021

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Remote Work Has Vastly Improved the Black Worker Experience

“Going virtual levels the playing field,” said Ella Washington, a management professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of.…

October 5, 2021

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The Great Disconnect: Many More Employers Than Workers Want To Return To Offices

“Studies show that many executives are holding on to the remnants of the past and failing to see this as an inflection point in the workforce,” said Ella Washington, an…

October 5, 2021

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Eyeglass vendor Warby Parker sees $6bn valuation in direct listing

“There will be space for direct listings [in future], but it’s not going to take over the IPO market,” Reena Aggarwal, a professor at Georgetown University and an expert in…

September 29, 2021

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Experiential Learning gets MBA Students out of Their Comfort Zones

In recent years, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington DC, has added numerous other experiential opportunities, including through its Venture…

September 24, 2021

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Online MBA Programs in Real Estate Proliferate

“Employment has never been more robust than it has been coming out of the pandemic,” says Matthew Cypher, director of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown…

September 23, 2021

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Georgetown McDonough Launches MS in Environment & Sustainability Management

As business schools are starting to resume in-person classes for the fall, many students are looking forward to returning to campus and connecting with fellow classmates &…

August 31, 2021

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Viewpoint Diversity About DEI? The Business Schools Weigh In

The connection between philanthropy and higher education is perhaps obvious: Foundations and individual donors provide generous support to universities to help make teaching and…

August 24, 2021

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After Pandemic Decimated Air Travel, These Low-Cost Start-Ups Are the First New U.S. Air Carriers in 14 Years

The pandemic’s disruption has created opportunities for entrepreneurs in the airline sector as it has for other industries, said Jeff Reid, founding director of Georgetown…

June 21, 2021

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Revealed: The 40 Under 40 Class of 2021

The Washington Business Journal is pleased to announce the honorees for our 2021 40 Under 40. This annual list of business owners, CEOs, nonprofit executives, attorneys and other…

June 14, 2021