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Dartmouth Tuck Receives Its Biggest Outright Gift Ever: $37.5 Million

A feature story about a bequest from the estate of Glenn D’71, T’72 and Barbara Britt to Dartmouth and Tuck of more than $150 million. Tuck will receive 25 percent of the gift—at least $37.5 million. The entirety of the gift will be used to support scholarship funding without restriction.

Mar 25, 2024

Mexican Wave of Nearshoring Firms Is All at Sea

Highlights research by Davin Chor and coauthor Laura Alfaro examining global supply chains and their links to China.

Mar 20, 2024

How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future

Vijay Govindarajan joins the Strategy Skills podcast to discuss his new book Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future.

Mar 18, 2024

Fusion Strategy Can Deliver Low-Cost Solutions to Masses

A feature interview with Vijay Govindarajan about his new book Fusion Strategy.

Mar 15, 2024

Meet Dartmouth Tuck’s MBA Class of 2025

A feature story profiling 11 members of the class of 2025.

Mar 15, 2024

Wendy’s Isn’t the First: Dynamic Pricing Is Everywhere

Quotes Robert Shumsky in an article about dynamic pricing.

Mar 14, 2024

When Powerful CEOs Bend Benchmarks at Their Will, Companies Suffer

A feature story about research coauthored by Pino Audia examining the benchmarks companies choose in public earnings statements and whether powerful corporate CEOs may influence them.

Mar 13, 2024

Can Big Tech Take over Industry the Way It Dominated the Consumer Internet? ‘It’s Not Cle...

Highlights Vijay Govindarajan’s new book Fusion Strategy, which examines companies that are combining their physical expertise with the kind of algorithms, AI, and interconnected data sets that have made consumer tech giants so successful.

Mar 12, 2024

Reality Check: Deglobalization

Highlights research by Davin Chor and coauthor Laura Alfaro examining global supply chains and a potential shift away from Chinese supply chains by the United States.

Mar 11, 2024

The Almighty Cult of the Entrepreneur—and How You Can Avoid It

Features Hart Posen in an article examining the rise of entrepreneurs like Elon Musk that have acquired not only business success but celebrity status and legions of dedicated followers.

Mar 08, 2024

When You Have to Make a Strategic Decision Without Much Data

Scott Anthony D’96 authors a piece exploring three techniques that leaders can employ to develop insights on future problems and opportunities for which they lack data.

Mar 07, 2024

Kellogg CEO Faces Backlash over “Cereal for Dinner” Comment

Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about backlash Kellogg received after the company’s CEO suggested price sensitive consumers consider eating cereal for dinner.

Mar 07, 2024

Bye, Department Stores. Hello, AI. Is What’s Happening to Macy’s and Nvidia a Sign of ...

Features James Siderius in an article examining how the growing prevalence of AI has, and will continue, to impact the economy.

Mar 07, 2024

Vijay Govindarajan on Fusion Strategy and Why India Should Focus on High Value Manufacturing

Vijay Govindarajan joins the From the Bookshelves of Forbes India podcast to discuss his new book Fusion Strategy.

Mar 07, 2024

Gwyneth Paltrow Highlights the Power of a Diverse Female Network

Features Ella Bell Smith in an article about the 2024 MAKERS Conference which featured a conversation between Bell Smith and actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow.

Mar 04, 2024

Fusion Strategy Will Transform the Way Businesses Are Run

A feature interview with Vijay Govindarajan about his new book, Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future.

Mar 04, 2024

Shrinkflation 101: The Economics of Smaller Groceries

Quotes Nailya Ordabayeva in an article about the practice known as shrinkflation, when companies downsize products without downsizing prices.

Mar 01, 2024

Will Fast-Food Restaurants Try Surge Pricing? Here’s How That Might Work.

Features Robert Shumsky in an article about how fast-food restaurants could employ surge, or dynamic, pricing following Wendy’s announcement that it plans to implement the strategy.

Feb 29, 2024

Fed Officials Emphasize Data to Guide Pace of Interest-Rate Cuts

Highlights a View from the Top conversation hosted at Tuck with Susan Collins, president and CEO of the Boston Federal Reserve.

Feb 28, 2024

Fast Food Chain Wendy’s Plans to Experiment with Dynamic Pricing

Features Robert Shumsky in an article about dynamic pricing, and Wendy’s announcement that it plans to use the strategy to increase business during traditionally slow periods.

Feb 28, 2024

How Companies Can Crack the Brand Trust Code

Features Kevin Lane Keller in an article examining how brands can build a solid foundation of trust with consumers.

Feb 23, 2024

MBA Salaries, Bonuses & Job Success Rates at 30 Top U.S. B-Schools

Features Tuck in a roundup of employment data at top MBA programs in the U.S.

Feb 21, 2024

Job Cuts Are Sending a Chill through the Remote Work World

Features Vijay Govindarajan in an article about how recent layoffs are impacting remote workers.

Feb 21, 2024

The 24 Startups to Watch in Boston in 2024

Highlights Kinsome, cofounded by Eben Pingree T’13, as one of the top Boston startups to keep an eye on in 2024.

Feb 20, 2024

How to Become a ‘Supercommunicator’

Highlights research coauthored by Adam Kleinbaum which illustrates that consensus-building conversation aligns future brain activity within groups.

Feb 16, 2024

The World Is Headed to the Polls This Year. ‘There Are Enormous Geopolitical Implications.’

Quotes Sarah Ketterer T’87, CEO of Causeway Capital, in an article examining how elections around the world in 2024 will impact investors for years to come.

Feb 16, 2024

How to Invest $10,000 Right Now

Features Sarah Ketterer T’87, CEO of Causeway Capital, in an article collecting expert advice on how to invest $10,000 in the current economic climate.

Feb 15, 2024

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Women MBA Students

Highlights Tuck as a leader among top MBA programs at enrolling women. At Tuck, women comprise 44 percent of the first-year class, and 45 percent of the second-year class.

Feb 13, 2024

Heavy Machinery Meets AI

A feature article coauthored by Vijay Govindarajan exploring fusion strategies, which join what manufacturers do best—creating physical products—with what digital firms do best: mining giant data sets for critical insights.

Feb 13, 2024

Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Need to Change Culture, Experts Say

Features Paul Argenti in an article about the fallout from Boeing’s latest 737 Max controversy.

Feb 12, 2024

Friendshoring Outcomes

Highlights research by Davin Chor examining the United States’ reliance on China-linked supply chains.

Feb 10, 2024

Litquidity Unmasked

Quotes Paul Argenti in a feature story about Henry Medina, who runs the finance-focused Instagram account Litquidity.

Feb 07, 2024

U.S. Companies Are Still Worried about an Economic Shock

Quotes Vijay Govindarajan and highlights an article he coauthored for Harvard Business Review examining why companies are holding onto cash reserves.

Feb 07, 2024

The Value of Sam Altman’s Human Capital: An Event Study

Vijay Govindarajan and coauthor Anup Srivastava examine the human capital value of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Feb 06, 2024

Fusion Strategy with Dr. Vijay (“VG”) Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan joins the Global Leadership Podcast to explore how generative AI and datagraphs impact organizational strategy, and how leaders can continue to innovate in a rapidly changing context.

Feb 06, 2024

Moving beyond the Year of Women’s Sports: A Call for Lasting Change in 2024

Leela Srinivasan T’06 authors a piece exploring how marketers can help redefine women's sports in 2024.

Feb 05, 2024