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Here’s Why More Companies are Filing Confidential IPO Paperwork

With Airbnb filing paperwork for an initial public offering last week, it became the latest of many companies to pursue a confidential IPO, which experts say allows for more…

August 25, 2020

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Minority Entrepreneurs at a Tipping Point as Black-Owned Banks Dwindle in the U.S.

“The lack of access to capital is the single highest driver for business failure, and Black founders are less likely to gain it,” said Melissa Bradley, Georgetown McDonough…

August 25, 2020

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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…

August 24, 2020

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‘This Is Like a Volcanic Eruption’: Georgetown Adjunct Professor on Money Lost Due to Cancelled or Scaled Down Professional Sports

Marty Conway, adjunct professor of sports business, joined The Final Round to discuss the state of sports as professional leagues figure out how to carry on with regular season…

August 24, 2020

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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…

August 18, 2020

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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. …

August 18, 2020

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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,…

August 18, 2020

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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…

August 17, 2020

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This is how Americans Actually Used Their First Stimulus Checks

The reluctance to spend is unique to the ongoing pandemic, said Rohan Williamson, a finance professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. “The ability to…

August 17, 2020

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Do You Have a Respect Problem?

A specialist in the area of civility is Christine Porath, associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. She believes that rudeness and disrespect…

August 17, 2020