Archive: covid-19
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Office Hours: Christie Nordhielm Explains How Both Consumers and Retailers are Adapting Amid COVID-19
With the increasing e-commerce demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are shifting their focus to accommodate consumer needs. Christie Nordhielm, associate teaching professor of mark
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Office Hours: Leslie Crutchfield on Corporate Social Responsibility During A Global Pandemic
As the role of business in society continues to evolve, many organizations are rising to the challenge to support their community’s needs during COVID-19. For this defining moment in history, man
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Georgetown Undergraduate Sparks Hope and Raises Funds for Medical Workers with Lawn Sign Business
While many of us remain apart from our loved ones due to COVID-19, the new social distancing era has people looking for a sign of hope, and a Georgetown student is putting one right in your front law
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Georgetown Master’s in Management Revises Admissions Requirements to Offer More Flexibility
In recognition of the impact COVID-19 has made to the graduate admissions process, and in response to testing center closures and economic uncertainty, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of B
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Office Hours: Marty Conway Explores How Communities are Affected by the Cancellation and Postponement of Sports
The spread of COVID-19 immediately sparked the cancellation and postponement of all major sporting events around the world in an effort to prevent the spread of infection. In times of crisis, spo
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Convalescent Plasma Treatment for Coronavirus
Peter Jaworski, ethics professor at Georgetown University, discusses possible convalescent plasma treatments for Coronavirus on TVN24’s Wstajesz i Wiesz (in Polish).
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There Will Be More ‘Zoonotic’ Viruses Where COVID Came From
But against this backdrop, more urgent “first-response non-profits,” are attracting the attention and money of many, says Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact at Georgetown University. This often comes at the expense of environmental causes.
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Office Hours: Catherine Tinsley Explains Why Social Distancing Is So Hard
As humans, the impulse to maintain human connection runs deep. With the growing COVID-19 crisis, it has never been more difficult to stay connected, while being physically apart. Governments and
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College Freshman Selling ‘Thank You’ Lawn Signs to Help Feed Frontline Workers During COVID-19
Georgetown University freshman Liam Marshall (B’23) discusses his fundraising efforts in New Jersey.
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The Pandemic Calls into Question the Model of Service Outsourcing
“Artificial intelligence does not go on strike, it can work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is less of a problem,” said Michael Czinkota, professor of international trade at Georgetown University in Washington.
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