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Archive for September 2009
September 30, 2009

Finance Looks Around the Bend

"Your Business School years have coincided with an extraordinary time and now you have a huge opportunity," Paul Calello '87 of Credit Suisse told students in a recent lecture.

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September 28, 2009

A New Solution for Poverty?

Switching aid to the local business sector in order to cultivate a middle class is the only way to eliminate poverty in poor countries, Dean Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan say in their new book.

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September 24, 2009

How to Harness Volunteer Power

Our Pangea Advisors team spent the summer working with Qualitas of Life, a community-based financial education organization for Hispanic immigrants. The mission was to improve their volunteer network.

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September 21, 2009

'A Terrific Pick' for Wall Street

On September 10, James P. Gorman '87 was selected as the new chief executive of Morgan Stanley.

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September 18, 2009

Driving Results With Social Media

It's imperative that marketers realize that social media is the business strategy - not just a part of the business strategy.

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September 14, 2009

Out of the Crisis, Now What?

Before Lehman's fall, the government played a relatively small direct role in financial markets. Now, the most important player in financial markets is the government.

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September 09, 2009

Can Business Learn to Embrace Politics?

If the financial crisis taught business schools anything, it's that the curriculum can no longer turn a blind eye to pressing policy issues that impact business, says Professor Bruce Kogut.

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September 08, 2009

Financial Crisis Module Offers Framework for the Core

A new orientation lecture about the financial crisis was created this year to give students an overview of the causes and key issues of the crisis.

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September 02, 2009

This Is Your Brain on Stereotypes

Stereotypes and bias affect judgment in the subtlest of ways. New brain imaging research shows just where these biases are experienced deep within grey matter.

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