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The Heat: President Xi Supports COVID-19 Review
With more than 4.7 million cases globally and some 300,000 deaths, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the World Health Organization’s annual assembly he supports a comprehensive…
May 19, 2020
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The OPT Program Is in Trump’s Crosshairs; B-Schools Weigh Threat
“At Georgetown, we created our STEM-designated management science major in our MBA because it was valuable to all of our students,” [Prashant] Malaviya tells P&Q. “It is a…
May 14, 2020
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The Pandemic Helped Topple Two Retailers. So Did Private Equity
Clothing is an almost entirely discretionary purchase, dependent not just on cycles within the economy but on consumer taste and the images of the brands themselves. Private…
May 14, 2020
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MLB Wants to Restart the Season in July, but it has to Persuade Players it’s Safe First
“Next year, they’ll be in a regular economic format. Will they be able to afford that without going much deeper into debt?” said Conway, now an adjunct professor at…
May 13, 2020
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Are More Airline Bankruptcies Looming in Latin America?
After learning that the Colombian airline Avianca is the first to declare bankruptcy due to the paralysis caused by the pandemic, Xavier Serbiá talks with José Guerrero,…
May 12, 2020
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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…
May 8, 2020
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Do Bank Branches Have a Future? Pandemic Reveals Ultimate ‘A/B Test’
That in-person interaction between a small-business owner and a banker can be hard to replicate digitally, said James Angel, professor of finance at Georgetown University’s…
May 6, 2020
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The Heat: U.S. Approves Drug to Treat COVID-19
China and the United States are beginning to slowly reopen while continuing to deal with the devastating impact of the virus. But there’s some promising news about a potential…
May 5, 2020
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Are CMOs Failing Brands or Are Brands Failing CMOs?
And we may soon be adding "crisis management" to the list of skills CMOs are expected to have, thanks to the disruption the pandemic has caused throughout retail, said Karthik…
May 5, 2020
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Opinion on COVID-19: Canada Needs to Pay Plasma Donors to Protect its Domestic Supply
An op-ed by Peter Jaworski, associate teaching professor: "As countries race to find effective treatments and methods of preventing COVID-19, some hope has come along in the form…
May 5, 2020