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Karolyi says actions of the world’s central banks was “smart and strategic”
The Johnson professor of finance responds to news that the worlds central banks have moved together to ease fears of another global credit crisis In response to the Nov. 30 report that the world’s central banks made a move to lower the cost of borrowing – a move that emboldened investors, eased fears of a global credit crisis and sent Wall Street […]
Running Strong
Jon Moeller ’86, MBA ’88, CFO at Procter and Gamble Since joining Procter & Gamble twenty-three years ago, Jon Moeller has steadily climbed up the ranks. Now, as P&G’s Chief Financial Officer, he is helping to guide the nation’s 26th largest company through the worst economic downturn in eight decades. When Jon Moeller wants to […]
Ashish Gambhir, MBA ’09: newBrandAnalytics
What’s that Buzz? by Irene Kim If you’ve ever kvetched on Facebook about the hotel your company books for its annual meetings, or reviewed the incredible taco place next door, Ashish Gambhir is all ears. His startup, newBrandAnalytics, harvests customer feedback on businesses in the hospitality industry (also in the works: retailers, casinos, and spas). […]
Louise Hurlbut, MBA ’79: Beneterre
Green-Bagging it by Irene Kim If you’ve ever packed a lunch for yourself, a spouse, and maybe a kid or two, you know that you can go through a lot of packaging pretty fast. Just think of all the plastic sandwich and snack bags, plastic wrap, and foil needed to pack lunches day after day. […]
Johnson’s Andrew Karolyi asks “Where is the European Central Bank?”
Andrew Karolyi, professor of finance, considers “Where is the European Central Bank (ECB)?” “In the aftermath of the Spanish election and the next-day’s refunding of Spanish sovereign debt (of which they have 150 billion euros to rollover in the next 12 months), the sovereign yield spreads widened dramatically. This would have been a great opportunity for […]
Obama pegs Fisk Johnson, ’79, MEng ’80, MS ’82, MBA ’84, PhD ’86, for advisory committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations
BizTimes.com – October 14, 2011 The Johnson alum is renowned for propagating responsible business practices in established and emerging markets around the world.
Newest Johnson institutes provide platform for connecting students and distinguished alumni
Members of Johnson’s Advisory Council discuss emerging markets and entrepreneurship and how they critically inform Johnson’s modern MBA Sept. 30: Sage Hall During back-to-back panel sessions, members of Johnson’s Advisory Council (AC) spoke to and answered questions about the Emerging Markets Institute (EMI)and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (EII) at Johnson. The panels were designed to provide students insights into specific AC […]
EMI’s Eswar Prasad says global economy is in ‘very fragile’ phase
Washington Post features Prasad’s interview with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television’s “First Up” Eswar Prasad, the inagural faculty fellow for Johnson at Cornell University’s Emerging Markets Institute (EMI), senior professor of trade policy at Cornell and a former head of the International Monetary Fund’s financial studies division, talks about the outlook for the global economy. Prasad, author of “Emerging […]
Financial Times: Eswar Prasad’s own ‘TIGER’ indices predict a dark time for global economy
EMI’s founding academic fellow says the global economy is entering a ‘difficult and dangerous phase’ Excerpt from ‘Why the global economic recovery is in trouble’ (Financial Times, Sept. 18) The world economy has hit a rough patch on the road to recovery and is in danger of skidding off course. The latest update of the Brookings […]