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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
person to create a manufactured product. In 2015, this movement will begin to separate itself from its DIY and science-project roots to truly become a new industrial revolution and a global economic force.” Media: RIP, TV Jason Kilar (MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
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exists between today's stress-weary individuals and the organizations upon which they depend for employment and consumption. That chasm, while marked by conflict, frustration, and mistrust, contains the seeds of economic View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
examine the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicing relations between business and government. Specifically, this book provides a new historical perspective on current View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
In this episode of Skydeck, contributor April White speaks to WuDunn about what led to the fragile economic conditions of blue-collar America, what solutions are being developed to address those issues, and how the current COVID-19 crisis... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
Jeffrey Madrick (MBA '71) has for many years been an award-winning economics and financial writer and editor in both print (Business Week, Money) and broadcast (NBC, ESPN) journalism. The author of, most recently, The End of Affluence... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
Columbia, where he studied economics and history. It was during a college break that he first met his lifelong partner, Myra. He was out with friends and she was on a date, but when they caught each other's eyes, Kraft felt a spark that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Jakurski Chair Supports Research in Global Finance
in the region, Jakurski oversaw the firm's growth and transformation into what is now a full-service investment bank. In 1998, Jakurski sold his shares in Banco Pactual to start a global hedge fund, JGP Nextar. Professor Froot has been an... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
number of developments during the School's history that have helped create and stimulate a climate favorable to entrepreneurship at Soldiers Field. The Business School's first Dean, Edwin F. Gay, while a student of economic history in... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Welcome to the USA! You’re Hired! By Betsy Cohen (MBA 1978) Constead Press In this book author and economic development innovator Betsy Cohen presents wisdom from a dozen experts in career development and job... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
inclusive, merit-based society," she recalls. As a Harvard undergraduate, Thomas- Graham majored in economics and briefly considered entering the Ph.D. program, but realized she was most intrigued by law and business issues. The joint... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
part, to the sector’s famous reliance on personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
Three important events happened at the end of the 1970s. First, there were changes in ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) legislation that allowed pension funds to invest in private equity; second, the growth of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
organizational aspect that need to be addressed.” But if adoption spreads, blockchain could become what he calls a “foundational technology,” with the potential to undergird the world’s economic and social systems. In a recent article he... View Details
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
individual citizens are protected. Tracing governmental involvement in risk management to the early 19th century, Moss shows how government institutions have served to promote capitalism and economic growth... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
1968 or 1969, and Seattle was on an economic roll. People were apologetic when you called them up because they were late on their bill. And they'd get you the money. The following year was the big Boeing bust. My boss had a serious... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
underground economic activities work to put cyber currencies in context, the book discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the increased role of cyber currencies in today's underground economy. It also includes an appendix of illuminating... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
at a valuation of more than $100 million?” Turns out, it can get very big. At the time, we completely misunderstood the unit economics and network effects of the business—in other words, the “winner-take-all” dynamics in a category as... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
going to get cheaper, and storage is going to get cheaper. “Coal is not going to get developed, because it will be more costly than the alternatives. Greenhouse gases are going to be an issue, but economics will be the primary factor... View Details
- 03 May 2013
- News
Looking Through Glass, Historically
surprised to find over 400 high-labor-intensive blow-molds there that had obviously not been used in years. Somehow, the desire to "make a statement" seems to have once won out over economic reality. Coming out of Yale in 1933,... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
class and outside my class—that whole network is working for me to make a difference," says Morrison. Morrison has been making an impact since 2010, when she assumed the CEO role at the Council for Economic Education, based in New York... View Details