Career Concerns - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

A: In business, preparation means thinking something through and establishing a plan. The execution phase is then managing to the plan. That's not remotely how the quartet prepared. Early in their career together they, especially Paul,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

01 Apr 1997
News

Facing the Music

William Roedy (MBA '79), serving as president, international, of MTV Networks allows him to combine his two loves: music and world travel. Indeed, Roedy, who began his career as an account manager for HBO, says, "I virtually live on an... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Does realizing the American Dream deliver a good life? In this book, Kaufman develops a fundamentally new understanding of how elite undergraduate educations and careers play out in lives, and what shapes happiness among the prizewinners... View Details

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

an inability to ignore the sunk costs associated with the stocks' past underperformance or a conscious desire to protect their careers by not admitting prior mistakes. Furthermore, we present evidence that selling off loser stocks helps... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

The Spangler Effect

interested in supporting the project.” Spangler — whose multifaceted career spans banking, construction, real estate, and higher education — chose Class Day 1998 to announce that he and his wife, Meredith, had pledged their support for a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
News

The Camel and the Unicorn

different leaders and investors taking positions in high-risk, untested, brand-new high-tech firms. Morrell: That appetite for risk has remained a dominant characteristic of modern Silicon Valley, which has also developed a seeming lack of View Details

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

to investment performance. Future practices of ESG styles are driven by relevance to investment performance, bringing change in companies and concerns about data reliability. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

expedition as its lead mountaineer, he was single. His romance with Katrina Hincks, a Vassar grad now living in New York, had ended abruptly, and that, along with dim prospects for the career in publishing he had envisioned when he... View Details

Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

facing a venture with an historically premium-priced strategy in an ecommerce environment where promotions and discounts have become the norm. The case concerns the interaction of branding, channel, and pricing in a firm as well as the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Web

One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity

might lack the credential or a college degree, with meaningful career opportunities that offer family supporting wages. So these are individuals who have the talent and skill. And what has been fascinating for us to learn about, Brian, is... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Books of 2016

and extraordinarily detailed maps. Leading YOU: The Power of Self-Leadership to Build your Executive Brand and Drive Career Success by Brenda Bence (MBA 1991) (Global Insight Communications, LLC) The most important driver of overall... View Details

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