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5G Networks Better Positioned to Weather Extreme Storms – Experts

Betsy Page Sigman, director of assessment and analytics for Georgetown — gives network operators greater insight into their networks to see when a failure is.…

July 21, 2020

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Georgetown to Launch New Business Analytics Degree In 2021

As part of a broader initiative to prepare students for AI and the future of work, Georgetown McDonough this month announced the launch of a new online MS in Business Analytics,…

June 26, 2020

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Four Students Named to Poets&Quants 2020 Best & Brightest List

Four Georgetown McDonough students from our Undergraduate and MBA programs were recently named to the Poets&Quants Best & Brightest list of 2020 graduates. Since 2016,…

May 20, 2020

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Professors Agrawal and Jose Named to Poets & Quants 40 Under 40 List

Georgetown Professors Vishal Agrawal and Victor Jose have been named to the Poets & Quants 40 under 40 list. The annual list highlights the 40 best MBA professors under 40…

May 14, 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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2020 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Victor Jose, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

Victor Jose strikes the exact balance of strong researcher and impactful teacher we set out to identify and recognize when creating this list of young talent at business schools…

April 29, 2020

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How Much Risk Are We Willing to Take?

“It’s you who has to make the risk trade-off,” says [Robin] Dillon-Merrill, who teaches business at Georgetown. “What are the benefits, what are the risks, what is the…

April 24, 2020

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Finding a Better Way: McDonough Undergraduate Student Creates an Alert System for Grocery Delivery Time Slots

“There’s gotta be a better way,” said Adrian Hertel (B’20), a frustrated consumer and one of many who are reporting weeks-long waits for grocery and pharmacy deliveries…

April 22, 2020

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Faculty Workshop Highlights Sustainability in Operations Management

Georgetown McDonough Professors Vishal Agrawal and Safak Yucel hosted the 2020 Early Career Sustainable Operations Workshop to provide research presentation and networking…

April 7, 2020

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New Research Explains Why Customers Buy More If They Wait in Long Lines

Customers justify buying more if they wait in long lines to make a purchase, according to research by Georgetown McDonough.…

January 10, 2020