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Office Hours: Shiliang (John) Cui Explores How COVID-19 Testing Can Be Incentivized
As COVID-19 cases surge across the country, testing facilities are experiencing longer wait times, which may be discouraging individuals from getting tested. In his recent paper, Design of COVID-
Categories: COVID-19, News Story
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How The Turmoil With TikTok Could Change The Course Of Big Tech
While TikTok’s announcement is a big story, Betsy Sigman, professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, points out that it’s far from a done deal. Partnering with Oracle makes some sense, since Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is one of the only Silicon Valley tech leaders to vocally support Trump. “This could also help position Oracle well for the ongoing period of trade wars between China and the US, and expand into cloud operations and advertising,” Betsy adds.
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Big Tech CEO Hearing: Showdown or Show Trial?
The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google all faced tough questions from the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel. Betsy Sigman, a distinguished professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, says that finding counterfeit sellers is a herculean task for many companies, but it is still crucial to work towards better regulation. Learn about the key takeaways from the panel.
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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 likely.
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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, the latest foray in the school’s search for “future business leaders interested in learning how to understand and use data to create, share, and sustain value.” The new program will begin in January 2021 and applications are open through mid-December.
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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, Poets&Quants has honored 100 st
Categories: Announcements, News Story
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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 years old, and it includes
Category: News Story
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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 Cusumano, professor at the Georgetown University Business School, about other airlines that have problems and if more bankruptcies are approaching (translated from Spanish).
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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 around the world. With more than 500 Google Scholar citations and many research awards, Jose’s work in decision and risk analysis and forecasting is impressive. What’s more, Jose received many nominations citing his classroom and teaching prowess. The 39-year-old’s teaching has also received numerous awards including the 2017-2018 MBA Teaching in Excellence award for Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business — where he is the William and Karen Sonneborn Associate Professor.
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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 likelihood, what are the consequences? How bad could this be?”
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