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A Framework for Computing the Privacy Scores of Users in Online Social Networks
September 25, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A large body of work has been devoted to address corporate-scale privacy concerns related to social networks. The main focus was on how to share social networks owned by organizations without...
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Spatial Outsourcing for Location-Based Services
November 22, 2007, 12:00am PST
The embedding of positioning capabilities in mobile devices and the emergence of location-based applications have created novel opportunities for utilizing several types of multidimensional data...
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A Linear Type System for Multicore Programming
June 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
ATS is a recently developed functional programming language that supports both linear and dependent types. They formalize a type system capable of guaranteeing safe manipulation of resources on...
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Improving Workplace Conditions Through Strategic Enforcement
May 14, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The challenges facing the major agencies in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that regulate conditions in the workplace are daunting. Public policies on health and safety, discrimination, and...
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Markup Pricing Revisited
April 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The paper examines whether pre-bid target stock price runups lower bidder takeover gains and deter short-term toehold purchases in the runup period. A dollar increase in the runup raises the...
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Destruction Of Value: An Analysis Of Manager Selection Decisions By Institutional Plan Sponsors
September 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Prior research has examined the institutional asset management industry and documented the factors which influence plan sponsors' decisions to place assets with investment products or managers....
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Providing a Cloud Network Infrastructure on a Supercomputer
April 26, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Supercomputers and clouds both strive to make a large number of computing cores available for computation. More recently, similar objectives such as low-power, manageability at scale, and low cost...
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Have Consumers Made A Change?
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast, Kristen McCormack asks "Have consumers made a change?" Jeffery Swartz, Timberland President & CEO, discusses consumers' impact on sustainability, as well as the company's...
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How To Collaborate With Competitors On Social Change
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Jeffery Swartz, Timberland President & CEO, discusses how he engages with the competition as a business leader working towards climate change. He reviews the challenges, the high level of...
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Nation, Culture, Geography: Impact On Innovation
November 19, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this interview, Associate Professor of Strategy and Innovation Jeffrey Furman disscusses his work on how innovation is impacted (or not) by nation, culture and geography.
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Nano-Technology: Jumping The Valley Of Death
February 25, 2009, 12:00am PST
Here, Stine Grodal, Boston University School of Management Assistant Professor of Strategy & Innovation, discusses new innovations in the nano-tech field, the role that government and science...
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Ron Curhan On DeMoulas, Demand, And The Risk Of Breaking The Scale Barrier
June 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Upon the opening of New England's largest supermarket, the 135,000 sq.ft. DeMoulas Market Basket located in the working-class community of Chelsea, Boston University School of Management's Ron...
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WBZ TV Asks Bobbie Clarke, Is Abercrombie's Ad Campaign Sexy, Sleazy, Or Even Legal?
June 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Amid controversy over the store Abercrombie and Kent's latest ad campaign, WBZ TV interviews Boston University School of Management's Roberta (Bobbie) Clarke, Associate Professor of Marketing,...
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Smart Grid As A Business Platform: Innovation, Adaptation, And Systems Challenges In The Clean Energy Market
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Webcast from the event "Smart Grid as a Business Platform: Innovation, Adaptation, and Systems Challenges in the Clean Energy Market," hosted by Boston University School of Management at the Time...
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First Mover Advantage, Services' Impact On Firm Performance, And Dynamic Capabilities
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Fernando Suarez, Chair, Strategy and Innovation Department, discusses his research background and some of his recent projects: his work on "First mover advantage" in rapidly changing markets; the...
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Prof. N. Venkatraman On How "Competing In The Global Economy" Helps Firms Re-Think Operations
August 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast, N. Venkat Venkatraman, the David J. McGrath, Jr. Professor in Management, and the 22nd most-cited management scholar across the globe, discusses the executive program "Competing...
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CB Bhattacharya On Stakeholder Reactions And ROI From CSR Activities
April 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast from the "Creating and Capturing Value through Marketing" conference at Boston University on April 3, 2009, CB Bhattacharya discusses his latest research, which shows that...
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Shuba Srinivasan Combines Hard And Soft Marketing Metrics
April 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Shuba Srinivasan, in her talk at the "Creating and Capturing Value through Marketing" conference at Boston University on April 3, 2009, explains her latest research, which integrates the...
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Sucharita Chandran Counts Zero As A Special Price
April 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Sucharita Chandran, in her presentation at the "Creating and Capturing Value through Marketing" conference at Boston University on April 3, 2009, discusses different strategies for marketing...
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Susan Fournier Talks Politics, Community, And Conflict In Marketing
April 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Susan Fournier, in her presentation at the "Creating and Capturing Value through Marketing" conference at Boston University on April 3, 2009, talks about the importance of recognizing the...
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Frederic Brunel On Visual Cues In Product And Package Design
April 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Frederic Brunel, in his talk at the "Creating and Capturing Value through Marketing" conference at Boston University on April 3, 2009, discusses the meanings we ascribe to different images and how...
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Lou Lataif Discusses Developing A Feel For The "Art" Of Business And Marketing
April 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Louis E. Lataif, in his talk at the "Creating and Capturing Value through Marketing" conference at Boston University on April 3, 2009, talks about the importance of developing a feel for the "Art"...
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Professor N Venkatraman On The History Of Globalization
May 1, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast, from a talk at the Keane Institute about Boston University School of Management's new Institute for Global Work, Professor N Venkatraman, the David J. McGrath, Jr. Professor in...
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Waiting For Stabilization
January 10, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, Senior Associate Dean Mike Lawson and faculty colleagues Don Smith and Mark Williams from the Finance Department at the School of Management, and Con Hurley, Director of the Morin...
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Aligning Business And The Commons
October 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program Judith Samuelson provides an overview of the business education mission of her organization, suggesting that business...
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Social Responsibility In The Firearms Industry
October 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Professor of Marketing at University of North Florida Gregory Gundlach shares some of his insights on the firearms distribution system's efforts to shore up weaknesses that lead to illegal...
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Consumers And Their Values
October 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Associate Professor of Marketing at University of Texas at Austin Meme Drumwright discusses the importance of examining consumer values and behaviors to inform socially responsible marketing...
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Global Connectivity: The Risks, Opportunities, And Pitfalls Of Globalization
November 5, 2008, 12:00am PST
This webcast shows highlights from the Boston University School of Management event "Global Connectivity: The Future of Work in a Wired World," held at the Time & Life Conference Center in New...
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Global Connectivity: The Future Of Work In A Wired World
November 5, 2008, 12:00am PST
This webcast shows highlights from the Boston University School of Management event "Global Connectivity: The Future of Work in a Wired World," held at the Time & Life Conference Center in New...
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Hurricane On Wall Street: Managing Large-Scale Financial Crises
September 29, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Zvi Bodie, the Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Finance and Economics, Boston University School of Management, proposes solutions to the financial sector for managing crisis. He explains why...
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Michael Lawson Discusses Apple's Release Of The iPhone
June 29, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Mike Lawson, Professor of Information Systems, discusses how iPhone continues to accelerate changes in the music industry while portending even greater transformations - and perhaps signifying the...
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N. Venkatraman Discusses Apple's Release Of The iPhone
June 29, 2007, 12:00am PDT
N. Venkatraman, Professor of Information Systems, asserts that iPhone is not just another product launch: it's the "Prototypical example" of the shifts we'll see in 21st-century industries,...
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Jim Post Discusses Ethics And Corporate Governance In The 21st Century
September 12, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Jim Post, Boston University School of Management Professor of Strategy & Policy, is one of the most widely cited experts in ethics and corporate governance in the nation. Here, he discusses...
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Susan Fournier On Her Award-Winning Research Into Why Brands Matter
September 12, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Susan Fournier, Boston University School of Management Associate Professor of Marketing, discusses her award-winning research "Brands Matter: An Empirical Demonstration of the Creation of...
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F. Brunel Discusses How Companies Can Protect Their Reputations Amidst The Made-In-China Recalls
October 10, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Frederic Brunel, Associate Professor of Marketing at Boston University School of Management talks to NECN about consumer responses to the massive made-in-China recalls, and how companies affected...
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Olesya Shubov, Student In Math Finance, Discusses Stochastic Calculus
July 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Olesya Shubov discusses her favorite class in the Mathematical Finance Program, Stochastic Calculus, because it combines theoretical knowledge and the computational skills needed to program...
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90-Second Rxs For The Banking And Jobs Crises
May 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Mark Williams, Executive-in-Residence, Finance and Economics provides his 90-second prescriptions for the banking and jobs crises to CNN: keep people in their homes and provide support for...
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Beth Goldstein Presents Eight Marketing Tips To Improve Your Bottom Line
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, Beth Goldstein, Senior Associate for Distance Learning at the Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC) and member of the Strategy and Innovation...
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Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant
January 10, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, Senior Associate Dean Mike Lawson and faculty colleagues Don Smith and Mark Williams from the Finance Department at the School of Management, and Con Hurley, Director of the Morin...
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Healthcare Recruiter From Cigna On Finding Potential Leaders At BU
October 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Cigna's Pete Ferris explains his company's role in the healthcare industry, why Cigna comes to Boston University School of Management to find potential leaders, and what his firm looks for in a...
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The Effects Of Exposure-Order And Market Entry-Information On Brand Preference: A Dual Process Model
November 28, 2007, 12:00am PST
A dual process model is proposed that identifies the conditions under which two separate and additive effects on brand preference may obtain. The first is an exposure-order effect that can...
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Lessons Learned About Consumers' Relationships With Brands
September 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
A core insight from the author's thesis research emphasized the purposeful nature of consumer-brand relationships: Brand relationships were meaning-laden resources engaged to help people live...
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How Fairness Enhances Innovation
August 18, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Marshall Van Alstyne discusses the benefits of procedural fairness and information sharing in technology innovation. According to Van Alstyne, Associate Professor in the...
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Transparency In Business
May 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, join Professor of Finance and Economics David Weil as he discusses transparency issues in business. He provides an overview of the transparency movement, looks at significant...
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What Is Green-Washing?
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast, Kristen McCormack addresses the issue of green-washing, consumer skepticism around CSR claims, and how we can differentiate between what a company says and what it does....
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Clean Energy: Incentivizing The "Nega-Watt"
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, the panelists discuss strategies for making smart energy more tangible to the consumer.
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Clean Energy, The US, And China: Are We Falling Behind In Global Competition?
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, the panelists discuss the possibility of the US lagging behind other countries such as China in creating and supporting clean energy initiatives.
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The Smart Grid As Rich Playground For Small Businesses
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, the panelists explain the opportunities for entrepreneurship and technical innovations that the smart grid presents.
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The Smart Grid: The Key To Less Usage & Cleaner Technologies
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, Brian Dumaine explains how - and why - the smart grid is the glue holding together the two fundamental aspects that the world's rich nations will depend on to cut their carbon...
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Smart Energy: A Marriage Of Two Industries
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, Professor Nalin Kulatilaka discusses how smart energy creates a marriage between two very different kinds of industries - and the opportunities this marriage affords.
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What Is The Smart Grid?
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, the panelists define the "Smart grid," a better alternative to clean energy.
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Introductory Remarks: "Smart Grid As A Business Platform"
November 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Introductory remarks from the event "Smart Grid as a Business Platform: Innovation, Adaptation, and Systems Challenges in the Clean Energy Market," held at the Time-Life Center in New York and...
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Innovation And Health Sector Transformation: Panel Discussion
April 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Urgency grows to provide greater value at lower cost throughout the health sector. Current trends, such as quality and price transparency, provide newly fertile ground for innovation regarding...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield's Innovations In Insurance Payments: Quality Vs. Complexity
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, Andrew Dreyfus, Executive Vice President, Health Care Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts, participates in the panel discussion at the event Innovation and Health...
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Genzyme's Perspective: Valuing Innovation That Benefits Innovators & The Health System
April 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast, Dane Bedward, Senior Vice President, Genzyme International, participates in the panel discussion Innovation and Health Sector Transformation. Bedward discusses the importance of...
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What Is Timberland's Product Nutrition Label?
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In this webcast, Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland President & CEO, addresses Timberland's product "Nutrition label," its efforts to increase the percent of energy coming from locally sources renewable...
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What Is The Government's Role In Promoting Sustainability?
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland President & CEO, addresses the issue of government's role in promoting sustainability and good business practices. He talks about the importance of real...
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How Does Timberland Differentiate Itself In The Sustainability Space?
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A student from the audience brings up the issue of "Commoditization" of sustainability and how companies can set themselves apart. Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland President & CEO, responds by pointing...
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What Is Timberland's Business Model?
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
A student from the audience challenges Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland President & CEO, to address the issue on American materialism and the justification for marketing shoes based on sustainability,...
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What Steps Is The Industry Taking Towards Sustainability?
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast, Kristen McCormack raises the topic of industry-wide sustainability and sourcing. Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland President & CEO, talks about how the Nike's effort to switch to a...
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Why Do Quarterly CSR Reports?
October 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this webcast, Kristen McCormack brings forth Timberland's unique quarterly CSR reporting and what the future of company reporting on sustainability. Timberland President & CEO Jeffrey Swartz...
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Jessica Moore (BSBA '08) On CORE And The New Product Showcase
January 20, 2008, 12:00am PST
Jessica Moore (BSBA '08) discusses what CORE and the New Product Showcase taught her about teamwork, leadership, and how to manage not being in control all the time, and then gives advice to...
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A Hospital For Everyone
March 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Founder of Narayana Heart Hospital in Bangalore, India, Dr. Devi Shetty discusses his ingenious business model during the Boston University School of Management India Field Seminar.
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Rising China: Competitor, Partner Or Adversary?
October 21, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Professor Yan presents several cases while also providing a brief overview of the economic and political reforms that have powered the rise of China. This engaging discussion aims...
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Da Vinci And Your Inner Genius
October 21, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This session explores how Leonardo Da Vinci's concept of Connessione (the recognition and appreciation for the connectedness of all things) forms a basis of a way of thinking for today's leaders...
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Social Entrepreneurship Success: Year Up
October 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Gerald Chertavian uses the example of Year Up (of which he is Founder and CEO) to illustrate the success, value, and viability of social entrepreneurship initiatives in the current business...
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Funding Innovations In Social Entrepreneurship
May 18, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this recording Meenakshi Verma Agrawal discusses the history, mission, and scalability of the Deshpande Foundation, a nonprofit leader in entrepreneurship and global development. Agrawal is the...
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Measure Twice, Cut Once: Overcoming Business Plan Pitfalls
May 18, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Peter Russo, Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at Boston University's Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC), has worked with hundreds of people developing new...
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Two-Sided Markets
April 16, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Dean's Research Fellow and Professor of Information Systems Marshall Van Alstyne discusses the effects of two-sided markets in this podcast, and how they are different from traditional markets.
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Health Sector Entrepreneurship
March 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Dr. Gayatri Saberwal, professor at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, and Dr. T.S. Sridhar, professor and head of molecular medicine from St. John's National Academy of...
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Incubating Business At Boston University
July 6, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Director of Business Incubation at Boston University and Senior Advisor for Corporate Development at the Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC)...
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Supporting The New Entrepreneur
June 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Jonathan Rosen, Director of the Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC) discusses ITEC's focus on the new entrepreneur and the growing role of entrepreneurship in...
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Experience Based Learning For Entrepreneurs
June 9, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Peter Russo is Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at Boston University's Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC). In this podcast he provides an overview of the...
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The Critical Role Of Entrepreneurship In A Recession
May 28, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Jonathan Rosen, Director of the Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC), discusses the critical role entrepreneurs can play during this recession....
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Changes In Ethics Instruction
October 21, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Business Policy and Law Professor Susan Samuelson discusses the ways ethics instruction has changed since Enron. In particular, she explains how it has become more important to...
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Growth Engine For Acquisition
September 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Vinit Nijhawan, director of enterprise at the Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization(ITEC) answers the following questions: What makes a startup an...
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Soft Landings For International Startups
August 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Carol Hoopes, Associate Director, Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC), explains the award-winning support ITEC's International Incubator Program...
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Girl Scouts To Game Changers: The Rise Of Social Enterprise
July 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Executive-in-Residence and Director of the Public and Nonprofit Management Program Kristen McCormack talks about the rise of social entrepreneurs across both revenue-generating businesses and...
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Global Sustainability Entrepreneurs
July 13, 2009, 12:00am PDT
In this podcast, Paul McManus discusses the emergence of entrepreneurial initiatives in the area of global sustainability.
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Why Mindset Metrics Matter
January 8, 2010, 12:00am PST
In this podcast, Associate Professor Shuba Srinivasan explains why mindset metrics matter in marketing.
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