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New Book Provides Strategies for ‘Being Present’ in the Age of Digital Distraction
Technology has streamlined the way we work, live, and interact with those around us. People are able to connect from anywhere in the world, at any time. But what happens when we allow these devices t
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Office Hours: Ricardo Ernst on How Shared Value Can Turn Companies Into Engines of Change
Jerry Haar, executive director for The Americas and Caribbean and professor of international business at Florida International University. Ricardo Ernst, Baratta Chair in Global Business and profe
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Consortium Fellows Emphasize the Importance of Mentorship for New Students
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business is committed to fostering a diverse community, which is why its partnership with the Consortium for Graduate Study of Management is integral in supporting th
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Sticker shock over holidays could shake up how retailers, consumers think about sales
Luc Wathieu, a professor of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, said retailers don’t need to dangle discounts in the same way this holiday. In fact, he said, retailers would be silly to do so.
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Sitting Out the Season: A Record Number of Americans Say They Won’t Be Buying Holiday Gifts This Year
Karthik Easwar, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business who specializes in consumer psychology, said he agrees that the pandemic’s economic impact has been stark and uneven…”We all experienced the pandemic, but some experiences were very different for different parts of our society — especially our workforce,” said Easwar.
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Office Hours: Xiaofei Zhao on the Effect of Increased Labor Force Telework Flexibility Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
As companies continue to adapt to remote work, labor force telework flexibility has become a popular arrangement for employees. Information and communication technologies, in particular, have adv
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‘Thriving In a Complex World’: Georgetown’s New Initiative & The Future Of Business Education
Business education must keep up with the rapidly evolving pace of the business landscape, and it must embrace the cutting edge of technology and the need — and desire — to use the privileged perch of business to effect positive social change, says Paul Almeida, dean of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
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Paul McCulley says the infrastructure bill advances both capitalism and social justice
Pursuit of a more perfect union between the equity imperative of democracy and the profit imperative of capitalism should not, and need not, always be a partisan spitting contest. America welcomes bipartisan sensibility — robust, but civil, debate in the public square, that gets good things done. The bill you will soon sign does exactly that: gets good things done. Public investment is the living infrastructure of America’s dual embrace of democracy and capitalism.
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8 Companies That Changed Their Names to Signal a Strategy Shift
Neeru Paharia, an associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business whose research focuses on brand signaling, said that the rebranding allowed Dunkin’ to diversify its product offerings.
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The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in major cases on abortion and guns. Here’s what to know
The oral arguments over Texas’ law come less than two weeks after the court approved the two cases on a highly accelerated schedule. The rocket-docket proceedings could also lead the justices to issue rulings much more quickly than if the cases were moving at normal speed, Georgetown University business law professor Thomas Cooke told CNBC.
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