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August 31st, 2020

Kasra Ferdows, Heisley Family Chair of Global Manufacturing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, received the 2020 Shingo R…

COVID-19

August 24th, 2020

Last spring, when the coronavirus prompted a sudden switch to online learning, Georgetown McDonough turned to a team of professors with experience te…

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August 18th, 2020

Reining Petacchi, Dottie and Tim Hobin Associate Professor at the McDonough School of Business, received The Accounting Review (TAR) Outstanding …

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August 18th, 2020

More than twice as many undergraduate students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business participated in this summer’s 2020 annual Summer Unde…

COVID-19

August 18th, 2020

Widespread scarcity gripped millions of consumers across the world, with massive shortages of toilet paper and hand sanitizer during the early mo…

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August 17th, 2020

Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor of strategy at Georgetown McDonough, was awarded the 2020 Ronald H. Coase Award for the Best Dissertation in Instit…

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August 14th, 2020

Ben Ari of Thrive Global interviews Melissa Bradley, professor or practice, on the changes she would like to see in society that enable equity and access for all.

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August 14th, 2020

Sales and employment at U.S. restaurants posted another month of improvement in July, but at rates below previous months as the industry remains challenged by the pandemic and economic crisis. “It’s trending in the right direction,” said Arthur Dong, professor of the practice at Georgetown McDonough. “Are they out of the woods yet? By no stretch of the imagination.”

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August 13th, 2020

Peter Jaworski, associate teaching professor, sheds a light on Canadian plasma donations. He explains that most donors are not compensated and Canada does not collect nearly enough of the plasma necessary to meet the need for immune globulin.

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August 11th, 2020

Artificial intelligence technology can inform retention strategies and help employers predict who is most likely to leave, as well as what incentives might encourage them to stay. Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean for strategy, finance, and organization discusses the implications of these AI tools.

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August 11th, 2020

“In order for Bitcoin to go mainstream, we have to find ways to bridge the crypto world with the rest of the world,” said Perianne Boring, distinguished fellow at the Center for Financial Markets and Policy and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce. Boring tells Bitcoin Magazine the value approach to investing in crypto assets and the new story behind these crypto investments.

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August 11th, 2020

Sudipta Dasmohapatra, academic director of Georgetown McDonough’s new Master of Science in Business Analytics program, goes in-depth on who the new online master’s program is for and how it will prepare students for careers in data science leadership.

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August 10th, 2020

In dozens of lawsuits that have been filed over the last three months, accounting firms are seeking a slice of PPP pie through agent fees. Thomas Cooke, distinguished teaching professor, tells Bloomberg Tax this legal fight could last for years and Congress could intervene.

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August 6th, 2020

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 and the integration of Hong Kong into China. Growth in the future will not be as high as in the past,” said Gilles Hilary, chaired professor of accounting, referring to the city’s developers as a group.

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August 5th, 2020

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, associate professor of finance at Georgetown McDonough.

News Story

August 5th, 2020

How do you ensure MBA students learn to become well-rounded, principled leaders? At Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, the ans…

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August 4th, 2020

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 of a larger strategy,” says Ella Washington, a professor of practice at the McDonough School of Business.

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August 3rd, 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 2020.

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July 31st, 2020

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 Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, says that finding counterfeit sellers is a herculean task for many companies, but it is still crucial to work towards better regulation. Learn about the key takeaways from the panel.

COVID-19

July 30th, 2020

Anger can have detrimental effects on behavior in organizations. Angry employees are likely to become more egocentric, less empathetic, and more …

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July 28th, 2020

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 economy is that new shipments and new orders of durable goods by U.S. manufacturers increased at healthy rates in June – by 15 percent and 7 percent respectively. Larry Kudlow almost certainly will herald the numbers as proof that American manufacturing is back, and good times are just around the corner.

News Story

July 28th, 2020

Due to the impact of COVID-19, many college students are unsure of what the future has in store as many have had their internships rescinded, delayed…

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July 27th, 2020

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, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook. Christie Norhielm, associate teaching professor of marketing explains the “stickiness” of brand value and how brands are modernizing their delivery to compete.

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July 25th, 2020

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 time to think about strategic alternatives to reinvent at least part of your business offerings, then you’ll get passed by,” said Jason Schloetzer, William and Karen Sonneborn Term Associate Professor of Business Administration at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

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July 24th, 2020

“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 at the McDonough School of Business.

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July 22nd, 2020

“All great leaders share one common trait: they’re ‘leaderfull,’ meaning they give power away, rather than hoard it,” says Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Crutchfield sits down with Ben Ari from Thrive Global to have a discussion on the importance of social movements and leadership.

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July 21st, 2020

Betsy Page Sigman, director of assessment and analytics for Georgetown — gives network operators greater insight into their networks to see when a failure is likely.

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July 21st, 2020

Alberta legislators will likely debate a private member’s bill that seeks to overturn a provincial ban on paying for blood and plasma donations. Peter Jaworski, a Georgetown University professor of business ethics who has studied global supply and demand of blood products, said no country can source all its needed plasma with voluntary donations.

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July 21st, 2020

Marty Conway, adjunct professor of sports business, highlights the uncertain future of the NFL and the relationship between professional football and generating advertising revenue.

News Story

July 21st, 2020

Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business welcomed nine new faculty for the 2020-2021 academic year. Tenured and tenure-track faculty …

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July 18th, 2020

“There’s a pattern of de-energizing, frustrating, or putting down teammates. It’s not just that Joe is rude; the whole team suffers because of it,” said Christine Porath, associate professor at the McDonough School of Business. She provides insight for employees looking to avoid a potentially bad hire via Zoom interviews.

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July 17th, 2020

Gerorgetown’s McDonough School of Business created the Pivot Program to help previously incarcerated individuals make a turn in their lives through mentorship and expert guidance from faculty. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald speaks with program director, Pietra Rivoli, about how the initiative gives people a second shot at a productive life.

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July 16th, 2020

Trump’s promotion of the Goya brand may harm its business in the near term, according to Neeru Paharia, a professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

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July 14th, 2020

Yitzi Weiner of Authority Magazine speaks with Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business on creating a more inclusive and equitable society.

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July 14th, 2020

The looming election may also serve to accelerate, rather than pause the trade pact between China and the U.S. Arthur Dong, teaching professor at the McDonough School of Business says Trump’s election prospects hinge on China acting upon commitments of the phase one deal.

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July 13th, 2020

Marty Conway, a Georgetown University adjunct professor of sports marketing and business, said that while the NFL and team could pay tens of millions of dollars to buy back old merchandise, the long-term benefits are more lucrative with a new stadium naming rights deal and other corporate sponsorships. “It’s a huge opportunity, certainly long overdue in terms of the time frame,” Conway said. “But I think there’s sort of an immediate opportunity, which we’re seeing play out every day, which is to reposition the franchise and in a step-by-step way away from the roots of its past and consistent with the change in time and social climate.”