In The Media

Remembering Harold “Hal” Bierman Jr., the Nicholas H. Noyes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management and Finance, who died Feb. 12 in Ocean Isle Beach, NC, at 96.

The pandemic is “an opportunity for restaurants to improve labor relations — pay more to staff — and try to renegotiate the fundamental elements of their business,” says Professor Alex Susskind.

Professor Christopher Marquis interviews Jessica Yinka Thomas, the co-founder, president, and board chair of B Academics, for his Forbes Q&A article on B Academics and stakeholder capitalism.

The US dollar’s place in the world economy is secure, Professor Andrew Karolyi tells Newsweek. “There remains robust demand for U.S. Treasury securities at every auction,” he says.

Steven Carvell, professor of finance and director of the Center for Real Estate and Finance, discusses how hotels have become flexible amid the pandemic.

Cheick Camara ’22 and Ermias Tadesse ’22, founders of Cornell’s first Black investment fund, BlackGen Capital, listed among CNBC Make It’s “Black leaders who are shaping history today” list.

GameStop’s price surge is being referenced as a bubble–but what does that really mean? Professor Maureen O’Hara discusses the phenomenon in her Washington Post op-ed.

Elon Musk, who has historically triggered gains in the shares of other companies, joined the GameStop melee last week. The implications? While not unusual, his approach can be concerning, Johnson Professor Murillo Campello tells the Wall Street Journal. “It really does create distortions,” he says.

Dean Kate Walsh tells the New York Times that independent hotels will need to double down in how they market their experience–especially safety. “Safety is paramount–it’s the essential part of bringing guests back,” she said.