Quotes Sean Joyce T’87, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Financial Crimes Unit leader, in an article discussing how the global cyber attacks that started last Friday have highlighted the lack of technological expertise at U.S. corporate finance departments.
May 16, 2017Highlights Merritt Patridge T’13 as an honoree at this year’s Vital Communities’ Annual Heroes and Leaders Celebration. The event recognizes community members who have made significant positive impacts in the region.
May 13, 2017An opinion piece co-authored by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch argues the importance of driving down health care costs and making them more predictable to reduce the financial insecurity many Americans are facing.
May 11, 2017As a guest on NPR's "All Things Considered," Paul Wolfson discusses recent research that used Yelp reviews to examine how minimum wage increases in the San Francisco Bay Area have had an impact on the local restaurant industry.
May 08, 2017A feature article about Next Step: Transition to Business, Tuck’s new executive education program aimed at military veterans and Olympic athletes, quotes Punam Anand Keller, associate dean for innovation and growth and the Charles Henry Jones Third Century Professor of Management.
May 08, 2017Tom Allin T’17 and Kiz Syed T’17 are featured on Poets and Quants “2017 Best & Brightest,” a list of 100 MBA graduates. Poets and Quants received 237 nominations for this year’s list from 63 full-time MBA programs which it invites to participate.
May 07, 2017A feature article about Luke Anthony Peña, Tuck’s new executive director of Admissions and Financial Aid. Peña will be joining Tuck from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
May 04, 2017Cites the paper “Immigrants Play a Key Role in STEM Fields,” co-authored by Dean Matthew Slaughter in an article discussing the complexity of the H-1B visa system in the U.S. and its subsequent challenges. Research by Slaughter found that while immigrants usually earn less than U.S. workers across most occupations, the difference tends to be smaller in STEM fields.
May 04, 2017Quotes Vijay Govindarajan in an op-ed discussing whether India can move away from being a low-cost innovator, and become a hub for disruptive innovation. “The time for incremental change is over,” says Govindarajan.
May 02, 2017Quotes Peter Fisher in an article about discussions amongst the Trump administration and U.S. Treasury Department on whether to sell ultra-long bonds as a solution to fix the nation’s aging infrastructure and cut taxes.
May 01, 2017An opinion piece by Richard D'Aveni discusses President Trump’s change in stance on China while offering an alternative approach. “We don’t need to confront China head-on,” writes D’Aveni.
May 01, 2017An opinion piece by Eesha Sharma about how financial constraints change individual behavior and decision making. “As consumers, we must routinely consider our financial standing when we assess how much we can afford to spend on things like education, housing, and vacations,” writes Sharma.
Apr 25, 2017As a guest on NPR's "All Things Considered," Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses the Commerce Department’s plan to implement a 20 percent tariff on Canadian lumber imports.
Apr 25, 2017Highlights recent research by Adam Kleinbaum, associate professor of business administration, and co-authors that shows how social networks have become so important that the human brain has evolved to encode and recognize the position of others within a social group at a precognitive level.
Apr 20, 2017An opinion piece by Matthew Rees, senior fellow at the Center for Business, Government & Society, discusses how musicians are urging Congress to modernize the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Apr 19, 2017Cites the book Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent written by Sydney Finkelstein, the Steven Roth Professor of Management, in an article about the advantages of letting top talent leave an organization.
Apr 18, 2017Mentions the September 2016 solidarity gathering organized by Black Students at Tuck and quotes Matthew Bubley T'17 regarding MBA student activism. “It is a feeling that business people ought to be concerned about what goes on in the broader world around them," says Bubley.
Apr 16, 2017An article about how traditional active stock management is dying because computers are better and cheaper, cites a simple quantitative value strategy compiled by Kenneth French, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance. French’s strategy would have yielded the same risk-adjusted return as Peter Lynch's legendary run and beaten Bill Miller's famous 15-year win streak against the S&P 500.
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