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Karen Kitching Honored with 2025 Cook Prize for Undergraduate Accounting Education

Teaching Professor of Accounting Karen Kitching was recently recognized with the prestigious American Accounting Association’s (AAA) J. Michael and Mary Anne Cook/Deloitte…

September 15, 2025

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Why Do We Report Stock Price Changes in One-Tenth of a Percent?

If you hear that stock prices are down a tenth of a percent, there’s no need to panic. "A tenth of a percent is basically noise because nobody really knows what a stock is,…

September 8, 2025

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What the Ousting of Nestlé’s CEO Shows About Office Romance Today

Most companies have a zero-tolerance policy for CEOs dating employees because no matter where they are on the org chart, the power imbalance is too great for there not to be…

September 8, 2025

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She Went Viral Running a Burger King Solo. Then She Got Fired.

Juggling caregiving is more challenging for restaurant workers because they rarely have a say over when they work, according to Qiuping Yu, an associate professor of operations…

September 5, 2025

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Target’s CEO Is Retiring, but Not Leaving. Is That Good for the Company?

“I think if they don’t get this right, what you would see is several years of treading water and maybe moving backwards, where there’s nothing that’s really visibly…

August 22, 2025

Research and Insights

Meet the New McDonough Faculty: Tommy Jones

Tommy Jones, visiting associate professor of the practice of operations and analytics, shares what he hopes to accomplish at Georgetown through his engagement with students,…

August 21, 2025

Research and Insights

Meet the New McDonough Faculty: Matthew Zahn

Matthew Zahn, assistant professor of strategy, shares what he hopes to accomplish at Georgetown through his engagement with students, classroom teachings, and.…

August 20, 2025

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How Kelly Ortberg Dug Boeing Out of a ‘Very Deep Hole’ in His First Year in Charge

Rob Britton, adjunct professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and a former American Airlines executive, told BI that Ortberg took the job when the…

August 18, 2025

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Lizhi Liu, Georgetown University – The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China

E-commerce is a big deal in China. Lizhu Liu, associate professor, discusses.…

August 12, 2025

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Francesco D’Acunto, Georgetown University – Can Algorithms Eliminate Implicit Biases in Financial Decisions?

Can algorithms be used to eliminate implicit biases in financial decisions? Francesco D’Acunto, Clark Chair in Global Real Estate and Provost Distinguished professor of, …

August 12, 2025