Archive: Faculty
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Kasra Ferdows Receives Shingo Research Award
Kasra Ferdows, Heisley Family Chair of Global Manufacturing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, received the 2020 Shingo Research Award for his research on the S-curve theor
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Faculty Optimize Virtual Classroom Experience for Fall Courses
Last spring, when the coronavirus prompted a sudden switch to online learning, Georgetown McDonough turned to a team of professors with experience teaching in the school’s online Master of Science in
Categories: COVID-19, News Story
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Petacchi Honored with The Accounting Review’s Outstanding Reviewer Award
Reining Petacchi, Dottie and Tim Hobin Associate Professor at the McDonough School of Business, received The Accounting Review (TAR) Outstanding Reviewer Award at the 2020 American Accounting Ass
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Undergraduates Conduct Summer Research Through SURF Program
More than twice as many undergraduate students at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business participated in this summer’s 2020 annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Over 30 students conduc
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Office Hours: Rebecca Hamilton Discusses Scarcity During Coronavirus
Widespread scarcity gripped millions of consumers across the world, with massive shortages of toilet paper and hand sanitizer during the early months of COVID-19. Rebecca Hamilton, professor of m
Categories: COVID-19, News Story
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Lizhi Liu Earns 2020 Ronald H. Coase Award
Lizhi Liu, an assistant professor of strategy at Georgetown McDonough, was awarded the 2020 Ronald H. Coase Award for the Best Dissertation in Institutional and Organizational Economics in June. This
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Melissa L. Bradley: “Resilient, Courageous, Humble, Patience, and Confidence.”
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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Dining Out: July Marks 3rd Month of Recovery for U.S. Restaurants
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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Not Compensating Canadian Blood Plasma Donors Means Potentially Risky Reliance on Foreign Plasma
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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Critical Retention Strategies: AI Identified Dissatisfied Employees Before They Leave
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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