Strategy
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3 Ways the Jeff Bezos-era Amazon Helped and Hurt U.S. Workers and Consumers
But the pain small business owners have felt in the Amazon age hasn’t come without gains, said Arthur Dong, a professor of strategy and economics at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
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Chinese Stocks: Gauging Risks Under Biden
“I do believe the overall tenor in terms of friction between the U.S. and China will continue, and that’s been made very clear by the incoming U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken,” says Arthur Dong, professor of strategy and economics at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
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Orchestrating Diversity: Bias vs. Blind
As companies look to diversify, the question becomes: Should we actively bias our hiring process? What does that look like? Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean of strategy, finance, and organization at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business joins the SandHill Road podcast to tell us more.
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Fed Pledges To Look at if the Economy is Working for Lower-Income Communities When Setting Policy
The Federal Reserve changed its inflation policy from a set 2% target, to a more flexible policy that would be based on an average inflation target, allowing for higher inflation temporarily. On Wall Street, stocks moved higher last week, as traders bet the new inflation policy means the Federal Reserve’s zero interest rate policy will be in place even longer. “The big issue is that the Federal Reserve really wants to nurture a strong recovery for Main Street and is putting in place the apparatus for Wall Street to understand that,” said Paul McCulley, adjunct professor at the McDonough School of Business.
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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 Economics in June. This
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So You Want to be a Professor? Here are Some Inconvenient Truths
Jason Brennan, the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, is one of the most productive scholars I know. He earned his Ph.D. in 2007, and since then he has written nineteen books that are either published or forthcoming as well as 46 journal articles. On top of that, he’s a guitar aficionado who plays in two bands.
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MBA Prof. Arthur Dong: Warren Buffet Valuations & MBAs
How beneficial is an MBA when you have an undergrad business degree? What does a Warren Buffet valuation look like? Our latest guest is MBA Professor Arthur Dong, a professor of economic, financial, and managerial strategy at Georgetown’s MBA program! And stay tuned till the end when Professor Dong details his harrowing experiences doing business in post-Soviet Russia.
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Commentary: Systemic Racism, Lay It To Rest
“At the end of the day, a social movement is only as effective as its leaders, and the most effective leaders are those willing to share power and lead from behind,” wrote Leslie Crutchfield, author of “How Change Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don’t.”
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A Surge in Telecommuting Could Jeopardize Economic Growth
Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean of strategy, finance, and organization and professor of management, discusses whether more people working from home during the coronavirus outbreak will help or hurt the economy.
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This Is How To Profit From A Trade War
The U.S. steel, robotics and energy industries should be winners, says Arthur Dong, a professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He believes the demand for high-strength steel will remain strong as more companies produce electric cars.
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