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April 11, 2016The Cost of Being an HBCU
Historically black colleges must pay more to issue bonds than institutions of comparable financial strength, according to study coauthored by finance professor Pengjie Gao.
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April 7, 2016Meet Ad Age’s 2016 40 Under 40
George Felix (MIS '02) is KFC's marketing director for branded communications.
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April 6, 2016Value Added: On way to restaurant business, a diversion to a food truck factory
Many of Eduardo Bocock's (ACCT '95) customers are immigrants hoping for their version of the American dream.
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April 4, 2016HealthSouth whistleblower Weston Smith to speak at Notre Dame
In 2003, FBI agents opened a federal investigation of accounting fraud on a massive scale at health-care giant HealthSouth, with fraudulent entries mounting as high as $2.7 billion. Nearly put into bankruptcy, the company fired its CEO Richard Scrushy and spent three years restructuring its operations and financial reporting procedures.…
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April 4, 2016Speaker emphasizes need for sustainable development
Keynote lecturer Archbishop Benardito Auza, the Papal Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, said the Catholic world should cultivate empathy for those who suffer acutely from climate change and the economic systems that create environmental damage.
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April 1, 2016It’s Time for Investors to Re-Learn the Lost Art of Reading
A young investment manager is on a quest to read the annual letters of 3,000 companies — a rare feat for most investors, according to Mendoza finance professor Timothy Loughran.
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April 1, 2016Opinion: We’re increasingly obsessed with the rock-star CEO
MarketWatch cites research by management professor Craig Crossland in article about investors' faith in a single "great leader."
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April 1, 2016Notebaert to speak at Mendoza’s 2016 graduate commencement
Richard Notebaert, former CEO of Qwest Communications International and chair of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees, will serve as the keynote speaker for the Mendoza College of Business' 2016 Graduate Commencement and Diploma Ceremony. The event takes place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, in the Joyce Center Purcell Pavilion.…
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March 31, 2016ND names new director of executive education non-degree business programs
The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business has named Robin D. Kistler as the director of non-degree programs at the Stayer Center for Executive Education as of April 1. Kistler will be responsible for the administration, strategy and promotion of the Stayer Center's open enrollment, online and custom certificate offerings.…
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March 30, 2016Market reactions to sudden CEO deaths highlight CEOs’ importance
Their unexpected deaths reveal that CEOs have become more influential in recent decades, according to research by management professor Craig Crossland.
William Gilroy