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Advantages of Losing Employees to the Competition

Despite conventional thinking, losing employees to competing organizations is not always detrimental to companies, and employee departures actually can help with recruiting by…

June 28, 2017

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Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics Hosts Scholars of Criminal Law

The Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics (GISME) hosted a unique symposium on criminal law at the Georgetown Law Center on March 31. The symposium, "Crime…

June 28, 2017

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Learning Beyond the Classroom

Last fall, Thomas Cooke, a distinguished teaching professor, and Matthew Cypher, director of the Georgetown McDonough’s Steers Center for Global Real Estate, provided…

June 28, 2017

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International Trade’s Impact on U.S. Presidential Elections

With the U.S. presidential general election right around the corner, it is anyone’s guess who will be the nation’s next Commander-in-chief. One day polls are…

June 28, 2017

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Empowering Women in Global Supply Chains

In a small, rural village in Masoro, Rwanda, more than 150 women make high quality handbags that end up on the shelves of one of the biggest names in fashion: Kate Spade &…

June 28, 2017

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Rebecca Hamilton Named Co-Editor for Journal of Marketing Research

Rebecca Hamilton, professor of marketing and the Michael G. and Robin Psaros Chair in Business Administration, has been named co-editor for The Journal of Marketing Research.…

June 28, 2017

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Facebook Director Erik Hawkins Speaks to Georgetown Community about Mobile Communication

Erik Hawkins, director of global product marketing at Facebook, spoke at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business on Nov. 15 about how Facebook is responding to users&…

June 28, 2017

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Secretary of Energy Calls For Clean Energy Innovation

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz has called for innovation in multiple dimensions and across sectors, including in technology, policy, regulation, and finance. “Innovation…

June 28, 2017

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Scholars Discuss Ethics of Bankruptcy

Do people have moral obligations to repay their debts? What makes a lender ethical or unethical? Should borrowers be forced to repay loans with excessive interest? Scholars from…

June 28, 2017

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The Benefit of Seeing the Brightside

Does a CEO’s positive thinking really impact a firm’s performance? A team of researchers including Gilles Hilary of Georgetown University’s McDonough School…

June 28, 2017