Accounting, Economics & Finance

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Cybersecurity: Crimes and consequences

As hacking threats grow in sophistication, here’s a look at what companies are doing to protect themselves and their clients.

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Investing for good

Mubadala Ventures investor Alaa Halawa focuses on early-growth, deep-tech life science companies that are disrupting traditional industries.

Scott D. Stewart, MBA ’83, PhD ’85, is a clinical professor of finance and accounting at Johnson and faculty co-director of the Parker Center for Investment Research. Book cover: Portfolio Management: Theory and Practice
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Portfolio Management: a definitive guide

Scott Stewart and his co-authors, all quantitative experts, drew on their experience as money managers for Portfolio Management: Theory and Practice.

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Park Perspectives: A quarter at the Cornell Tech campus

Matt Ford details his experience in the fintech intensive at the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City.

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Present Value: Saule Omarova discusses financial sector oversight and fintech

Present Value podcast talks with Cornell Law School’s Saule Omarova about financial oversight, Dodd-Frank, and implications of an emerging fintech sector.

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MBAs in the Fintech Intensive hear insights from Betterment’s SVP

Betterment’s Ben Alden is one of the many market-changing leaders to visit Cornell Tech and discuss their industry’s technological shifts.

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M&As are Up, IPOs are Down. What’s the Story?

As public equity markets lose players, private equity grows, and mergers and acquisitions reach historic levels, the economy struggles to adapt.

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Take it from a VP: Learning never ends

Earning an MBA marks the beginning, not the end, of a business education, says Tom Strobel ’96, MBA ’05, vice president of finance at Ecolab.

Dan Quan and the dean of the School of Hotel & Tourism Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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The Center for Real Estate and Finance: A global leader in real estate education

The Center for Real Estate and Finance provides Cornell students with experiential learning opportunities through courses, clubs, events, and more.