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Giving Permission to Fail Motivates Increased Sales and Productivity

Awarding annual bonuses and paying employees based on goal achievement have long been considered the main way to motivate performance, but there could be another way to increase…

June 28, 2017

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Students Visit Banks, Nasdaq in New York

In April, a group of Georgetown University McDonough School of Business freshmen and sophomores traveled with Professor Lynn Doran to New York for the annual Financial Management…

June 28, 2017

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Customer-Friendly Skies

When airline customer loyalty programs change, is backlash justified? By Jennifer Lubell Photo by Drake Sorey When a handful of major airlines recently decided to switch their…

June 28, 2017

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Financial Times Ranks McDonough MBA 19th in the United States

The Financial Times lists Georgetown’s Full-time MBA program as 19th in the United States and 44th in the world in its 2016 Global MBA Ranking. “In a ranking that emphasizes…

June 28, 2017

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GEMBA Students Learn Ignatian Traditions in Barcelona

In September, members of the Georgetown-ESADE Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) program toured Ignatian landmarks near Barcelona to better incorporate Jesuit values into their. …

June 28, 2017

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Bank of America Reinvests in Georgetown's Global Social Enterprise Initiative

The Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has received $500,000 from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation…

June 28, 2017

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Helping People Over 50 Keep Unexpected Expenses From Becoming a Crisis

Nearly half of Americans (47 percent) lack the ability to pay for an unexpected $400 expense, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s Report on the Economic Well-Being of…

June 28, 2017

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Former Nasdaq Executive Joins Leadership of Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy

John Jacobs, a longtime executive at Nasdaq, has been named the executive director of the Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough…

June 28, 2017

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Japan Country Immersion Week for Evening Program Students

Eighteen Georgetown MBA Evening Program students traveled to Japan in March as part of the Kakehashi Program for a nine-day residency that included visits to companies and…

June 28, 2017

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Undergraduates Conduct Summer Research Through Fellowship Program

This summer, 23 undergraduate students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business conducted research as part of the fifth annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship …

June 28, 2017