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Hong Kong’s Richest Family Loses US $8B in a Single Year
Shares of the Kwoks' Sun Hung Kai Properties are now trading at less than half the value of the company's net assets. "The long-term value of these assets is tied to Hong Kong…
August 6, 2020
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How Much Money is in Nonprofit Endowments in America?
The endowment assets of the country’s nonprivate-foundation nonprofits totaled over $690 billion dollars in 2017, according to their Form 990s analyzed by Sandeep Dahiya,…
August 5, 2020
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Next Steps for Companies That Pledged to Do Better on Diversity
Meeting diversity goals will take much more than training sessions on topics such as implicit bias. “Training can be helpful and start a conversation, but only if it’s part…
August 4, 2020
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Favorite MBA Professors of the Class of 2020
Described as the "kindest, most driven professor at Georgetown," Allison Koester, associate professor at Georgetown McDonough was named to Poets&Quants Favorite MBA Professors of…
August 3, 2020
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Big Tech CEO Hearing: Showdown or Show Trial?
The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google all faced tough questions from the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel. Betsy Sigman, a distinguished professor at…
July 31, 2020
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Coronavirus Forces Georgetown MBA Program to Start the Fall Fully Online
“I am proud of how our community has come together to care for one another, and I’m confident that our faculty, staff, and students will continue to keep the spirit of our…
July 29, 2020
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Trump is Wrong Again: U.S. Manufacturing is Not Recovering
An op-ed by Robert Shapiro, a senior fellow at the Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown McDonough: The headline from the Commerce Department’s new report on the…
July 28, 2020
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Apple, Microsoft, and Other Tech Giants Top Forbes’ 2020 Most Valuable Brands List
When it comes to brand value, it is hard to topple Big Tech. On Forbes’ 2020 list of the 100 most valuable brands, the top five are the same as last year: Apple, Google,…
July 27, 2020
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Personal Services are Getting Creative to Stay in Business During Pandemic
While grocery stores and other essential businesses stay open but take health and safety precautions, other businesses have to get creative. “I think if you’re not using this…
July 25, 2020
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What is Chapter 11 Bankruptcy?
“The goal in Chapter 11 is to carve out the productive part of the company and get rid of the parts that are losing money,” said James Angel, associate professor of finance…
July 24, 2020