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Give Managers With Global Mindset An Incentive To Stay
November 26, 2008, 12:00am PST
Scientific self-assessment measures an individual's global mindset and identifies areas that need improvement. A 360-degree version of the instrument, which combines self-assessment with peer...
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Brand Building Tips For A Digital World
October 6, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn empower consumers and give marketers less margin for error, "Brand Digital" author Allen Adamson said Oct. 5 at Thunderbird. "The rules of...
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Consider Motives Before Taking Risks
September 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Some executives stuck in a rut take risks to turn around a bad situation or to fulfill unmet aspirations. Other executives bolstered by a history of success take risks to accomplish something...
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Mastering Negotiation In An Economic Downturn
March 4, 2009, 12:00am PST
Strategic negotiation skills and adaptation competences are tested more than ever during a decline in global economic activity. Strategic leverage in an uncertain climate requires a robust...
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Exploring Sector Barriers That Trip Up Crossover Leaders
September 22, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Successful business leaders often stumble when trying to cross over to the nonprofit sector to help solve pressing social problems. These executives wanted to come into the nonprofit sector or...
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China Prepares To Pounce On Opportunity In Year Of The Tiger
February 15, 2010, 12:00am PST
The 2008 financial crisis was a business game-changer for the world. In developed markets, especially in the United States, people are still trying to adapt to its aftermath. For many...
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Not So Fast: World Is Still Round
September 23, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The author declares that the world is flat. Powerful communications networks, integration of products and services and the growing mobility of ideas and human talent have opened the door to...
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Eight Traits Shared By Global Entrepreneurs
July 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The author says entrepreneurs universally embrace change and take action. Dallas-based entrepreneur Scott Walker, the namesake of Thunderbird's entrepreneurship center, showed this quality when he...
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Shopping Mall Success Defies Critics In Peru
July 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The author says his group's market research showed that people in Lima wanted the mall to feel Peruvian rather than American. They wanted a place where they could attend concerts, play soccer and...
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The Cost Of Bad Behavior: How Incivility Is Damaging Your Business
July 8, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The corporate world has an incivility problem, and it's getting worse. One text during meetings, spread rumors about colleagues, fails to respond to e-mails, leave messes for the next person to...
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Marketing's Renaissance: Crisis Brings Era Of Reinvention
May 6, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The current economic crisis is creating a great period of reinvention. It could prove an exciting time for marketers who are prepared to seize the opportunity. As the dust begins to settle on the...
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Focus On 'Velocity' Helps Esterline Grow Lean, Mean
September 26, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The key to success, the author says, involves tapping into the minds of plant floor workers - the ones closest to the action - and empowering them to make decisions and streamline processes. "We...
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Challenges For The Chinese Exec
July 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports that by 2025, China's GDP will make up 25 percent of total global GDP, with the US at 18 percent and Europe at 10 percent....
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Investment Advice From Commodities Guru: Learn Chinese
July 31, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The paper says the United States has become a nation of debtors while China and other Southeast Asian countries have emerged as the world's creditors. "The center of investment is shifting toward...
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Is Corporate Culture A Part Of Marketing?
May 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
The paper suggests corporate culture to be a critical component in creating an organization worth talking about. To begin with, the best definition, the author has heard for brand is that it is...
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Marketing Means Building A Better Mousetrap
October 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
There are too many companies that think marketing is about tactics. They think marketing means pretty ads or catchy taglines. These things are often fleeting and they rarely drive tangible...
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Global Summerim Courses Take Students Around The World
July 8, 2010, 12:00am PDT
There is no lack of sizable and interesting business opportunities in Africa, Thunderbird students of Professor Olufemi Babarinde learned first-hand during their summerim course in Kenya, Africa...
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Economic Crisis Adds Urgency To Fight Against Corruption
March 4, 2009, 12:00am PST
This paper highlight that companies sailing into choppy waters during the economic crisis could be tempted to relax their ethical standards. "Corruption thrives when there is poverty and the...
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Jordan Develops Entrepreneurs, Not Oilfields
March 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
This paper states Jordan lacks the oil of other Middle Eastern countries. So the small kingdom north of Saudi Arabia focuses instead on developing human resources more than natural resources. The...
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Thunderbird Showcases Thought Leadership At Phoenix Event
June 4, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Thunderbird School of Global Management faculty members Amanda Bullough, Ph.D., and Mary Sully de Luque, Ph.D., joined Assistant Vice President and Executive Director of Thunderbird for Good...
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Thunderbird President Joins Washington Post Leadership Panel
October 6, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Thunderbird School of Global Management President Angel Cabrera has been invited to join the Washington Post "On Leadership Panel" as a regular contributor to questions posed on the latest topics...
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Korean Connection: Growing With SK Group
October 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens arrives Sept. 15, 2009, at Thunderbird near the end of a weeklong road show promoting free trade with South Korea. At previous stops along the tour, she has...
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Hard Times Can Inspire Wrong Type Of Risk Taking
March 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
When faced with declining profits and bleak outlooks, one way for executives to respond is through increased risk taking. In fact, researchers have consistently found that executives who find...
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Quirky, Surprising Facts Emerge From Global Mindset Research
August 17, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Women outscore men in their passion for diversity. But men surpass women in most other categories of global mindset, researchers at Thunderbird School of Global Management said Aug. 8 in Chicago...
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Pioneer Businesswoman Discusses Leadership, Ethics
October 30, 2008, 12:00am PDT
When Marilyn Carlson Nelson got her first job as a securities analyst, her boss asked her to sign her name "M.C. Nelson" to disguise her gender. Women have come a long way since then. Nelson talks...
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What Keeps The CEO Awake At Night? List Starts With China
April 20, 2010, 12:00am PDT
What keeps the CEO up at night? For high-potential managers in the Thunderbird International Consortia, the conversation starts with a single word: China. The managers shared their biggest...
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The Science Behind Global Mindset
September 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Some business leaders excel when their companies send them overseas to do business in foreign environments. Others flop. Thunderbird Professor Mansour Javidan, Ph.D., decided to find out why. The...
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Start With Your Weakest Link To Fix Service Delivery
July 2, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Any customer service organization is only as good as its weakest employee, Thunderbird Professor Sundaresan Ram, Ph.D., said June 30 at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale,...
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Canadian Entrepreneur Plans Next Moves After Sushi Success
May 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Canadian entrepreneur Ken Valvur never tasted sushi until he arrived at Thunderbird in 1987 and decided to learn Japanese to boost his international career. "On pure commercial grounds, I picked...
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New Frontiers In Emerging Markets
May 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The world is in the midst of a massive economic shift led by China, India and other emerging economies, Thunderbird President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D., said May 19, 2010, at Business Beyond Our...
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Finding Innovation At The Interface Between Business And Nonprofit
July 1, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Leaders with big ideas to change the world face a tough choice early in their careers. Or at least they think they do. If they want to make money and help themselves, they must choose the business...
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Fastest Way To Build Your Brand
July 2, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The fastest way for any customer service organization to build its brand is to admit a problem and then fix it, Thunderbird Professor Sundaresan Ram, Ph.D., said June 30 at Thunderbird School of...
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Closing The Services Gap
July 2, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Services companies struggling to close the gap between their customers' expectations and perceived experiences need to look at four areas where blunders occur, Thunderbird Professor Sundaresan...
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Behind The BP Furor: Why Some Firms Face Ire And Not Others
August 24, 2010, 12:00am PDT
BP, Toyota and Goldman Sachs have taken public image beatings in 2010. Many would say deservedly so. But other firms linked to irresponsible behavior have escaped close scrutiny. Thunderbird...
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Why The World Needs More Goldman Sachs
May 5, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Rather than destroy Goldman Sachs, over-regulate them or view them as the source of the global financial meltdown, the more rational approach would be to create an environment in the United States...
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Straight Talk On Goldman Sachs Fraud Allegations
May 5, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Confused about the fraud allegations against Goldman Sachs? Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., reviews the allegations and puts them into perspective April 26, 2010. Mathis, director of...
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Don't Blame Goldman Sachs: What Really Went Wrong
May 5, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Critics anxious to blame Goldman Sachs as a key player in the recent financial crisis should point the finger elsewhere, Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis, Ph.D., said April 26, 2010. Mathis,...
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Why China Has Fared Well In Global Financial Crisis
October 30, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Thunderbird Professor Roe Goddard, Ph.D., sat down this month with Thunderbird Knowledge Network reporter Darien Carroll and discussed China's emergence from the global financial crisis. Goddard...
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'Less Bad Is The New Good' With U.S. GDP Numbers
August 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Gross domestic product numbers in the United States were bad but not horrible in the second quarter of 2009, and Thunderbird Professor F. John Mathis calls that good news. "All these things really...
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Marketing Versus Finance: Reconcilable Differences
April 21, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Marketers and finance professionals have a "Famously fractious relationship" that sometimes resembles a sibling rivalry, Thunderbird Professor Richard Ettenson, Ph.D., told representatives of both...
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Global Leaders Need More Than Global Knowledge
July 10, 2008, 12:00am PDT
At a first glance, leading a global business may not seem very different from leading a local or regional business. Whether global or not, the leader of a business corporation deals with the...
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Holding Business Professionals Accountable For Leadership Malpractice
March 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
As the economic meltdown continues and major blue-chip companies fall into a tailspin, questioning business strategies and senior-level decision making has come into vogue once again. How could...
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Tips For The Reluctant Global Entrepreneur
July 8, 2008, 12:00am PDT
As even the smallest companies become more global in their operations, many family-owned businesses are seizing opportunities to expand overseas. But others are resisting and, in turn, missing...
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Microfinance In Developing Economies
June 25, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Around the world, there are tens of millions of enterprising poor living in structural and cultural inequality who face little hope of moving past a subsistence life-style. In 1977, and economics...
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Thunderbird, Fulbright And Entrepreneurship: A Powerful Combination
April 22, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A project to improve education in Mexico received the attention of scholars from all over the world March 26-29, 2010, when the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs...
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Catering To Consumers Atop China's Pyramid
January 2, 2010, 12:00am PST
A global recession has not quenched China's appetite for fine men's clothing. Michael Cheung, a business development manager for upscale Italian clothier Ermenegildo Zegna, says the company is...
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Global Entrepreneurship Drives Sushi Success In Canada
May 19, 2010, 12:00am PDT
A global mindset allows global leaders to connect the dots between markets and to recognize gaps that may exist in one region but not another. Global entrepreneurship is the ability to convert...
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Doing Business In Russia, Part 6: Rule Of Thumbs
December 1, 2009, 12:00am PST
"Their starting-point is different, and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems to be marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe." Alexis de...
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Doing Business In Russia, Part 7: Deciphering The Culture
December 8, 2009, 12:00am PST
"Their starting-point is different, and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems to be marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe." Alexis de...
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Doing Business In Russia, Part 8: Power Of Human Capital
December 6, 2009, 12:00am PST
"Their starting-point is different, and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems to be marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe." Alexis de...
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Doing Business In Russia, Part 1: Three Sides Of The Coin
October 27, 2009, 12:00am PDT
"Their starting-point is different, and their courses are not the same; yet each of them seems to be marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe." Alexis de...
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Forbes Gives 5 Keys For "Golden Era"
July 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
"In terms of our global economy today, the headlines are rather grim," the author says to 252 business graduates from 35 nations who gathered at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel and Spa near campus....
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Private Equity In Africa - Lessons Learned
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Africa represents a colossal investment opportunity. Containing 23 percent of the world's landmass and nearly one billion people, the continent has exceeded world average growth for the past eight...
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Differences In Public V. Private Acquisitions & Management Retention
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The punch lines of this academic literature - the value of retaining target management and the superior performance of private acquisitions - are perhaps not very surprising to practitioners...
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The Current Private Equity Secondary Market Environment
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The secondary market for private equity limited partnership interests has increased significantly during the past ten years, shadowing the steady increase in funds being raised by private equity...
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Global Macro & Strategy Outlook: Restructuring Not Recovery
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The theme for 2010 is restructuring not recovery. A recovery implies a return to what existed before, in this case global markets before the Credit Crisis. In the opinion, this will not happen. By...
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Swinging The Private Equity Pendulum
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The private equity asset class took a sharp hit from the financial crisis and subsequent economic recession. In particular, it has become more difficult for fund managers to raise private equity...
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Seeking Growth: Opportunities For Private Equity In China
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This year has seen considerable activity among private equity firms in China with over one hundred funds denominated in Chinese currency (RMB) now competing with numerous funds offshore. This...
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Utilization Of Defined Benefit Plans In PE Firms
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Recent changes in retirement plan laws have created a significant opportunity for venture capital and private equity firm general partners to substantially increase their pre-tax retirement...
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Improving Liquidity: The Future OfPrivate Equity Secondaries
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Investing in private equity involves the purchase of interests in private equity funds, from investors in those funds, before the expiration date of the funds. Typically, a private equity fund has...
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Rebalancing Supply & Demand In The Venture Capital Industry
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In competitive markets with current price signals, supply/demand balance happens smoothly and apparently effortlessly; in markets where prices lag reality, dramatic and seemingly persistent supply...
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New President, New Congress: What It Means For Global Private Equity
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The Democratic Party firmly in command of both the White House and Congress - 2009 is shaping up to be a year of stepped-up activity on key issues affecting the private equity industry....
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Private Equity Opportunity - ?Hard Assets? In Latin America
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
In the year and a half since the start of the global financial crisis, many investors and professional capital managers came to the harsh realization that they had been operating without a valid...
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Toward Free Trade In South Asia: Political And Economic Dimensions
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
After more than a decade of negotiation, The Heads of State of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) signed the Framework Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) at...
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Opportunities For Private Equity In Emerging Markets
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The current outlook for the world economy remains bleak. The financial and economic dislocations experienced by global markets, but more significantly by the developed economies, are unprecedented...
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Growing With Global Mindset: Raytheon Implements Thunderbird Tool
June 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Raytheon has matured into a defense industry giant in the years since 1922, when two former college roommates and a scientist launched the enterprise in Cambridge, Mass. The company generated more...
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Leading Change With A Global Mindset At Johnson & Johnson In Brazil
June 5, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products thrived during decades of military rule and a closed economy. Brands such as Cotonete for cotton swabs, Sundown for sunscreen and Band-Aids for adhesive...
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Six Guidelines For Family Businesses Worried About Succession
June 24, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Family business leaders looking for a smooth transition to the next generation can start planning today with six guidelines outlined in an ongoing study from Thunderbird's Walker Center for Global...
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Success Comes As 'unintended' Result For Entrepreneur Of The Year
June 25, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Success has come as an unintended side effect for Trevor Stansbury, Thunderbird's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year and a 1992 graduate of the business school in Glendale, Ariz. Supply Dynamics helps...
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Let Global Liquidity Be Your Guide For Next Crisis
April 3, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Financial shocks have become an increasingly pervasive feature of the global economic landscape. Perhaps the most devastating aspect of these events is something economists call "contagion."...
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Book Bonus: Selecting The Right Foreign Market
April 7, 2009, 12:00am PDT
With so many prospective countries available for expansion, one critical issue for the global entrepreneur is foreign market selection. Thunderbird Professor Robert D. Hisrich, Ph.D., shares a...
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Think Like An Entrepreneur For Corporate Success
April 8, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Corporate leaders looking for guidance in the prolonged economic crisis should check their rearview mirrors for fast-approaching global entrepreneurs, Thunderbird Professor Robert Hisrich, Ph.D.,...
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Survival Lessons From Emerging Markets
April 29, 2009, 12:00am PDT
As Western companies struggle to navigate the worst economy in generations, here's one piece of advice: Look at places where volatility is business as usual - emerging markets. In these countries,...
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Sustainability Officer: 'It's Not About the Environment'
February 17, 2009, 12:00am PST
Companies that care about sustainability need to look beyond the environment and talk instead about the future of their business, Arizona Public Service executive Ed Fox said Feb. 11 at...
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Professors Look Ahead To China-India Powerhouse
February 20, 2009, 12:00am PST
Multinational companies in China and India will emerge as economic dragons and tigers as the two countries learn to work together, a faculty panel said Feb. 17 at Thunderbird School of Global...
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Private Banker Sevilla-Sacasa Shares Insights On Crisis
February 23, 2009, 12:00am PST
Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, a 1978 Thunderbird graduate and current member of the Board of Trustees, has spent the past 30 years in global financial services. Most recently, she was president...
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Spotting The Next Economic Bubble
December 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
It's difficult to predict what the next bubble will be, or when it will develop. But there are early warning signs, one of the most important being an abundance of liquidity. Markets are driven by...
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In Search Of MBA Theories That Inspire, Not Corrupt
December 3, 2008, 12:00am PST
Business schools teach pessimistic theories based on ugly values that condone selfish behavior, but Thunderbird President Angel Cabrera, Ph.D., told students that MBA programs committed to...
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Marketing With A Cause
December 16, 2008, 12:00am PST
The first and most important step is to begin with a cause. Guy Kawasaki referred to this in his book, The Art of the Start, as "making meaning." Every truly successful business has a cause that...
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Infiniti Makes Move In European Performance Car Market
December 17, 2008, 12:00am PST
Japanese automaker Infiniti announced its arrival in Western Europe with a whisper instead of a shout at the International Geneva Motor Show in March 2008, and performance car enthusiasts looking...
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