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Georgetown McDonough Hosts Inaugural Spectrum Summit To Address Innovations and Challenges in Digital Connectivity
The Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business held its inaugural Spectrum Summit, which brought together experts in law,…
November 16, 2022
- Research and Insights
McDonough Professor Catherine Tinsley Appointed to Kate Spade New York’s Social Impact Board to Address Women Empowerment, Mental Health
Kate Spade New York recently launched a new Social Impact Council, comprising several leading women’s empowerment and mental health leaders from around the globe, to further…
March 8, 2022
- In the News
Biden’s First 100 Days: What Will He Actually Get Done?
Biden has also set up his White House staff to handle the logistics around vaccine administration and other pandemic mitigation efforts, said Rob Shapiro, founder of economic…
January 12, 2021
- In the News
Cisco Vows to Go to Court After Acacia Tries to Cancel $2.6 Billion Merger
“Companies try to get out of mergers all the time and it usually has nothing to do with the thing they cite as the reason for getting out of it,” said Larry Downes, project…
January 8, 2021
- In the News
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
- In the News
Report: U.S. Networks Outperform Europe’s During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business released a paper detailing how broadband networks held up under the bandwidth…
June 22, 2020
- In the News
Why Were the Unemployment Numbers So Messed Up?
“There is good reason to be skeptical of [the Trump] administration’s latest report,” said Robert J. Shapiro, chair of the consultancy Sonecon and a fellow at Georgetown…
June 8, 2020
- In the News
T-Mobile Joins the Ranks of Major Carriers as Sprint Acquisition Closes
“I always thought it made a lot of sense,” said Larry Downes, project director for the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy. “Sprint was not a viable,…
April 1, 2020
- In the News
Five Myths About Antitrust Law
An article by John Mayo, Elsa Carlson McDonough Chair of Business Administration, professor of economics, business and public policy and executive director, Center for Business…
March 20, 2020
- In the News
Here’s Why Big Tech Is Winning the War Against the Government
“Some chaos is normal, [but I’ve] never seen an administration this unpredictable,” says Larry Downes, an author and fellow at the Georgetown University Center for Business…
February 16, 2020