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Finance Conference Targets 'Inexcusable Mistakes'
November 19, 2007, 12:00am PST
When David Fitzpatrick '77 left United Technologies in 2002 to become chief financial officer of Tyco International - one of the poster children of corporate wrongdoing in the early years of this...
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Capital Idea: Kellogg Finance Professors' New Research A Winner
November 19, 2007, 12:00am PST
Ask a different question and get a different - and perhaps more illuminating - answer. Mitchell Petersen, the Kellogg School's Glen Vasel Professor of Finance, and Michael Faulkender, visiting...
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Kellogg Innovation Summit Advances Top-Level Discourse
November 12, 2007, 12:00am PST
Relentless market pressures mean that companies must continually rejuvenate themselves, their offerings and how they do business, said participants at a Kellogg School innovation gathering held...
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Healthcare 'Godmother' Regina Herzlinger Delivers MacEachern Lecture
November 9, 2007, 12:00am PST
She's been called one of healthcare's most powerful people and innovative thinkers. She's earned the label "Healthcare heretic" from The Economist for her activist stance in trying to bring market...
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Kellogg Leadership Conference Touts Community, Innovation
November 5, 2007, 12:00am PST
Leadership is not a function of position, according to Kent Thiry, chairman and CEO of DaVita Inc. "It's a function of human behavior." Thiry delivered the morning keynote address at the Oct. 31...
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Neelie Kroes On Innovation And Monopoly
November 2, 2007, 12:00am PDT
One of the European Union's top policymakers, Neelie Kroes, addressed faculty, staff and students Oct. 31 at the Kellogg School of Management, discussing Europe's efforts to increase economic...
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Nemmers Prize Lecturer Focuses On Asset Valuation
November 2, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Lars Peter Hansen, the Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, delivered the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize Lecture on Oct. 25 in the McCormick Tribune Center...
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Self-Assessment A Leadership Foundation, Says Kellogg Grad
November 14, 2008, 12:00am PST
If people don't feel that you care about them and their interests, then you can't create a team environment, Gutman told an audience of Kellogg students during a Nov. 12 visit to the school. "The...
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Downturn Can Mean Opportunities For Entrepreneurs, Kellogg Speaker Says
November 14, 2008, 12:00am PST
Ferro said that even during an economic crisis there are people sitting on the sidelines with cash to invest, but they generally want to put money into deals that will save existing jobs and...
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Experts At Kellogg Summit Fight Terrorism With Analysis
November 12, 2008, 12:00am PST
Exchanging ideas and critiques in animated conversations, about 15 professors from universities across the United States attended the Kellogg School's Conflict and Cooperation Conference held Nov....
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Kellogg Post-Election Analysis Finds Marketing A Key To Obama Success
November 12, 2008, 12:00am PST
President-elect Barack Obama's successful campaign strategy - including the use of targeted messaging and online tools to raise millions of dollars - could be considered the "love child" of former...
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Kellogg School Alumni Honored As Civic Leaders
November 11, 2008, 12:00am PST
When Chicago plans its future as a global city, four Kellogg graduates will have seats at the table. They join a group of 18 decision-makers recently selected for the Chicago Council on Global...
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Eli Lilly CEO Says Strategy And Reputation Among Concerns Facing Healthcare Experts
November 3, 2008, 12:00am PST
Whether they grapple with technology, consumer expectations or new global markets, participants in the Kellogg School's Nov. 1 Business of Healthcare Conference agreed that, for now, the only...
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MacEachern Symposium Examines Rising Health Costs, Predicts Changes In System
November 3, 2008, 12:00am PST
New technology is transforming and prolonging lives. But it's coming at a cost. Pauly said that the push for technology comes from middle- and upper-income consumers who are willing to pay part of...
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Economic Crisis A Leadership Concern At Conference
October 31, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Successful companies must maintain strong investor relations by continuously communicating, simultaneously considering the current quarter and the longer term, building a diverse workforce, and...
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Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman Delivers Kellogg School Lecture
October 27, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In the remarks, the international trade expert presented a gloomy economic forecast, noting that the U.S. currency crisis was now spreading to the rest of the world - despite a $700 billion rescue...
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During Kellogg Visit, Real Estate Expert Predicts Big Changes For His Industry
October 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
When the U.S. economy wakes up from its current slump, Casey Wold forecasts that the real estate business will get back to its roots. Wold expects the real estate industry to return to the...
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Kellogg Conference 'Redefines' Social Impact
October 13, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Social entrepreneurs should take center stage at a time when the public and corporate sectors are reeling from the global financial crisis, and social problems like disease and poverty continue....
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Kellogg Finance Faculty Analyze Global Banking Crisis
October 12, 2008, 12:00am PDT
As the U.S. financial crisis has unfolded in recent weeks, Kellogg School faculty members have presented their insights and analysis to help the public understand the roots of the problem and...
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Kellogg School Experts On U.S. Bailout: Will It work?
October 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Eberly indicated the scope of the problem with statistics that included recent plummeting automobile sales - automakers reported a September decline of 27 percent, on top of already flagging...
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Fed Bailout
October 11, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The current turmoil in the U.S. financial markets is on everyone's minds - including those at the Kellogg School of Management. McDonald explained how the crisis developed, illustrating his...
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Control What You Can, Says Alumni Investment Expert
October 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The stock market can't be controlled, but one thing that Kellogg School of Management students can exercise command over is acquiring the deep strategic knowledge that positions them for success....
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Sam Zell: 'Exert Control' For Winning Turnaround Battle
October 8, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Complex strategies may be good for PhD candidates, but they are disastrous for business. Better to "Know what you got, know what you need and get rid of everything else," the author said. The...
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Man With A Plan: P&G COO Bob McDonald On 'Values-Based Leadership'
October 7, 2008, 12:00am PDT
People like to work for leaders that are predictable, McDonald said. "They like to work for leaders that have a purpose in their own lives and a values system they can follow." It used to be good...
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Alumni Experts Say Investment Industry 'Sowed Seeds Of Its Own Destruction'
October 6, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Surveying the standing-room-only audience of Kellogg students who came to hear him speak on the topic of "Investing in Times of Crisis," investment professional Brian Posner had a question. "Are...
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When Seeing IS Believing
October 2, 2008, 12:00am PDT
According to Whitson, that psychological need is for control, and the ability to minimize uncertainty and predict beneficial courses of action. In situations where one has little control, the...
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New Kellogg Text Explores 'Sea Change' In Marketing
September 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
When it comes to advertising and media, yesterday's marketing pros had it easy. Media was cheap or free to consumers, who viewed ads in exchange for entertainment. Three networks dominated...
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Passion Helps Home Depot CFO Weather Tough Times
September 26, 2008, 12:00am PDT
For corporate leaders looking to survive in this tough environment, "Communication, resolve, humor, passion and little sleep" are key, Tome said. Under the leadership of CEO Frank Blake, Home...
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Thinking Smart: Kellogg Conference Goes For The Big Idea
September 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
University professors get paid to teach students to think for themselves. But some experts take it a step further and dedicate their research to think about thinking - a process known as...
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ACE Program Teaches American Culture To International Students
August 21, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Designed in conjunction with Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies for incoming MMM and Two-Year MBA Program students with limited exposure to English as a primary language, the...
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New Kellogg Text Aims At 'Breakthrough' Marketing Approach
August 12, 2008, 12:00am PDT
It is the product of untold hours of labor, hailed as the key to a company's success - and it is frequently left abandoned on a bookshelf, for the most part unread. It's the marketing plan: too...
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The $100 Billion Question: Have The Tax Rebates Worked?
July 31, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Between May and July of this year, the U.S. Federal Government has distributed more than 90 billion dollars worth of economic stimulus payments, or tax rebates, to American households. Despite...
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The Asian Century
July 28, 2008, 12:00am PDT
China has been growing, on average, about 9 percent per year for the last 17 years, says Krishnamurthi. "That kind of growth is going to put tremendous pressure on factory inputs." In addition,...
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Dipak Jain Recognized As Leading Supporter Of Entrepreneurship
July 15, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The honored was Kellogg graduate Patrick Ryan '59, executive chairman of Aon Corp., who earned the "Lifetime Achievement Award." Eight additional "Category" awards in areas such as technology,...
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Servant Leadership Guides Kellogg Student Vishal Save '08
June 16, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Those who are giving, should keep giving. That sentence, translated from a Marathi poem, epitomizes the philosophy of Vishal Save '08, winner of the Business Leadership Club's Outstanding...
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Kellogg Event Honors Corporate Governance Leaders
June 2, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Each year during its Governance Conference, the Kellogg School recognizes a corporate board and individual director with an award. These prestigious tributes serve to honor exemplary board...
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2020 Vision
May 20, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The challenge is to look globally, to interact with other cultures, and to have a very productive interchange of cultures, of experiences, said Castello-Branco. "The 2008 Latin American Business...
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Medici Effect Author Johansson Brings Insights To Kellogg Diversity Initiative
May 18, 2008, 12:00am PDT
If innovation was a car, diversity would be in the driver's seat, suggested author Frans Johansson. "Diversity drives innovation," Johansson stated emphatically during a May 15 visit to...
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Waiting For Economic Trickle To Turn Into A Flood, India Is Finding Its Place
May 14, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Multiple languages, religions and political views are some of the hurdles facing those doing business in India, according to experts at the May 10 Kellogg School India Business Conference. Other...
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Business And Medicine Come Together As Kellogg Team Helps Beat Asthma
May 13, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Citizens in Chicago may breathe easier, thanks to the business insights of Northwestern University graduate students. A team of Kellogg School and Feinberg School of Medicine students took first...
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Smaller Deals, Less Debt
January 9, 2009, 12:00am PST
Private equity will survive the recession, but when the fallout ends, the industry will be much smaller and a lot wiser. That was the prediction of David Rubenstein, co-founder and managing...
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Kellogg Professor Wins Smith Breeden Prize
January 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Arvind Krishnamurthy, the Harold Stuart Professor of Finance, has received one of the finance field's top honors: the first-place 2008 Smith Breeden Prize. The prestigious prize is bestowed...
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'Take The Risk, Take Time To Experiment'
January 22, 2009, 12:00am PST
Kellogg continued its yearlong 100th anniversary celebration earlier this month in Miami, but participants were not mulling over the past. They were looking ahead to the future of innovation....
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Rules Of Engagement
January 26, 2009, 12:00am PST
Listening to your consumer isn't going to cut it anymore. These days, firms need to engage, interact and connect with their customers on a deeper, more meaningful level if they're going to survive...
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'A Trust Crisis'
January 27, 2009, 12:00am PST
Trust is a vital element in financial decision-making, whether one is turning a check over to a banker or asking a broker for investment advice. But the deepening economic crisis has tested that...
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Kellogg School Of Management Ranks Monster.Com Best, SoBe Worst In Super Bowl XLIII
February 2, 2009, 12:00am PST
Employment Web site Monster.com earned top marks for its "Need a New Job?" ad, winning the fifth annual Kellogg School of Management Super Bowl Advertising Review. The Super Bowl lineup reflected...
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Bridging The Political Divide
February 5, 2009, 12:00am PST
The election of President Barack Obama ushered a new group of educated, engaged citizens into the political arena. It also set up a potential clash between this new set and an older generation...
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Thriving In A World Of Risk And Change
February 13, 2009, 12:00am PST
Business has entered a dramatically unpredictable new age. Threats to the global financial system, a worldwide economic downturn and the demands of rapid innovation are rewriting the rules of...
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Economist And Professor Sylvia Nasar To Appear At The Kellogg School Of Management
February 17, 2009, 12:00am PST
Former New York Times economics reporter and Columbia University journalism professor Sylvia Nasar will appear at the Kellogg School of Management on February 19 for a one-hour lecture entitled,...
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Staking A Claim In China
February 17, 2009, 12:00am PST
When St. Louis-based Emerson began developing a presence in China in the late 1970s, there was no clear-cut formula for success. It was catch-as-catch-can in a new frontier, said Sara Yang Bosco,...
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A Defensive Strategy
February 23, 2009, 12:00am PST
With the recession spreading worldwide like pandemic flu, globalization has revealed its darker side. Sylvia Nasar, for one, isn't surprised. "Anyone who has read economic history knows that...
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Capitalizing On 'An Amazing Moment'
February 23, 2009, 12:00am PST
Debate still rages over how much the racial divide in the United States has been narrowed by the election of the country's first black president. But speakers at the Kellogg School's 22nd Black...
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Fresh Thinking For A Classic
February 25, 2009, 12:00am PST
When Coca-Cola executives meet with their bottlers next month, they'll bring ideas shared by Kellogg students during the school's recent Coca-Cola Channel Reinvention Case Competition. Five teams...
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A Golden Opportunity
February 25, 2009, 12:00am PST
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based restaurant chain got back on track quickly under the leadership of Chief Executive Jim Skinner, returning its focus to building a strong global brand and regaining...
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A Telling History
February 26, 2009, 12:00am PST
If the past can tell one anything, it might be that when the U.S. financial crisis finally clears, public debt could rise more than 86 percent. That was the grim news that economist Kenneth Rogoff...
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Shake, Rattle And Roll With It
March 3, 2009, 12:00am PST
It's not all bad news for aspiring venture capitalists, especially those savvy enough to "Follow the money," David Chen '84 told a packed classroom of students at the Kellogg School on Feb 26....
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A Solution To The 'Democracy Crisis'
March 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT
It's not that money is evil, but a simple recognition that money poisons trust, Lessig said. "To restore trust is to remove the dependency that erodes trust in these institutions." The Stanford...
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Capital Markets: What's Next?
March 13, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The New York conference and other Centennial events provide an opportunity for Kellogg thought leaders, alumni and others to share insights that translate into actual practice, Jain said. This...
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Decoding Terror
March 25, 2009, 12:00am PDT
What message are terrorists trying to send, and how should national leaders respond? That is a question Kellogg School Associate Professor Sandeep Baliga explored at a recent Kellogg School...
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Series Finale
April 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The theme of the March 25-26 event was The Architecture for Global Brands: Leveraging Corporate Capability, Customer Insight and Competitive Strength. The conference - co-chaired by Peter Tan '83,...
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Proceed With Care
April 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The message echoing from the podium April 3 at the Kellogg Turnaround Conference was one of caution. Former U.S. House Majority and Minority Leader Richard Gephardt was among the speakers April 3...
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Embracing The 'Socially Distinct' Outsider
April 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper shows that it's not solely about the newcomer bringing a new idea, but their mere presence changes the behavior of the group. This is one example of the benefits of diversity, said lead...
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Robert Korajczyk Wins Crowell Prize For Stock Return Study
April 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The paper was co-authored by University of Maryland professor Steven L. Heston and Boston College professor Ronnie Sadka (Kellogg PhD '03). "The results suggest that some investors' trading...
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'We Need Leaders Like You,' BCG Executive Tells Kellogg Students
April 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Growing up as an African-American in the 1940s, James Lowry was aware of the racial inequalities in his hometown of Chicago. But his eighth-grade teacher, Madeline Straton, taught him that it was...
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Think Locally, Market Globally
April 17, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Oreo may be "Milk's favorite cookie," as Kraft International likes to say, but it wasn't a favorite in China when the company introduced the snack there in 1996. Chinese customers said the black...
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Economics, Innovation And Persistence
April 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Richard Sandor, chairman and CEO of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which helps companies minimize their greenhouse gas emissions through a cap and trade system, delivered a guest lecturer at...
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'It's A Great Time To Start A Business... If You Can Bootstrap It'
April 21, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Entrepreneurs shouldn't wait for the economy to rebound before starting a business, venture capital and entrepreneurship panelists said. People should begin now because smart people are plentiful,...
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More Than Just A Game
April 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Game theorists have studied the concept of Nash equilibrium since it was defined by mathematician and economist John Forbes Nash in 1950. But what is Nash equilibrium? And how does it fit into the...
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Sharing India's Success
April 23, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Social responsibility can go hand in hand with profitability in India, business leaders affirmed April 18 at the 2009 Kellogg India Business Conference. The conference, themed "Riding the...
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Global Warming?
April 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Economists accurately predicted an "Economic winter" in 2008. But has the season passed? Pace believes that the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China - will weather the global downturn...
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Learning From Experience
May 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Learn the fundamentals of every business that you are getting into. After business school, Stemberg worked for grocery stores for 12 years, learning everything he could about retail. The...
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Shades Of Green
May 8, 2009, 12:00am PDT
While the world isn't necessarily running out of oil, it is running short on cheap oil. At the same time, demand for oil is rising in Asia, China and India because more residents are driving...
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Words Of Wisdom
March 13, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Thirty years after graduating from the Kellogg School, members of the Class of 1979 have learned a thing or two about economic cycles. They lived through the deep recession of the early 1980s and...
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Tuning Into 'Animal Spirits'
May 14, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Animal spirits, a term coined by economist John Maynard Keynes, refers to a sense of consumer trust and confidence, Shiller said. The term also suggests an awareness of fairness, corruption and...
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The Americas In The Age Of Obama
May 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
President Barack Obama worked his well-known public-relations magic at the recent Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. A grand dream of free trade between the United States and all...
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Beyond 'Going Green'
May 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Keeping with theme of "Sustainability: Creating Long-Term Success," the conference featured several panel sessions designed to help executives bring the principles of sustainability to bear on...
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Leading Through Crisis
May 22, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The African people are now in a situation where they have to fight against their own leadership, said Odinga. "This underground fight has required great leadership skills and many people have lost...
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A Force For Innovation
May 26, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Kelley has led IDEO's business development, marketing, human resources and operations as the firm has grown to more than 550 employees around the world. The company is responsible for Crest's Neat...
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Building Value For The Customer
June 11, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Customer expectations are increasing but customer loyalty is declining, Jain said. "Marketing means educating your customers about the value of your offering. It's education of the customer."...
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Creating Prosperity From Within
June 15, 2009, 12:00am PDT
There is no solution to the world's problems unless it is global, said Chopra, explaining that the problem of poverty is intertwined with crises around the world. The old paradigm about 'Me' as a...
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