Insights

Listen Up: Podcasts go mainstream
Podcast producers are finding listeners who crave a longer-form media experience and the informal conversation format that podcasts offer.

Arc Finance: Increasing access to clean energy in the developing world
Nicola Armacost discusses Arc Finance’s approach to giving vulnerable populations greater access to clean energy and water via microfinance.

Cross-Cornell collaboration unites ILR and SHA to advance labor relations in hospitality
From roundtables to conferences, CIHLER sponsors a variety of experiences that focus on legal issues, human resources, and labor relations in the hospitality industry.

Gradual hotel slowdown: Has the party ended?
Cornell Real Estate Market Indices: Crocker Liu and co-authors report on hotels’ regional, price, and financial performance in Q2 2019.

Equipment purchases: Putting a number on it
Mao and Moulton discuss their spreadsheet-based application that can be used to quickly compare the economic value of various equipment alternatives.

CIHLER welcomes Christian White to industry advisory board
The Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations is pleased to welcome Christian White to the advisory board.

Present Value: Corporate titan Irene Rosenfeld reflects on more than 30 years in the food industry
Present Value talks with Irene Rosenfeld ’75, MS ’77, PhD ’80 about her major strategic decisions as chairman and CEO of Kraft and Mondelez.

Present Value: Hernan Saenz reflects on his 20-plus years in consulting and looks ahead
The Present Value podcast interviews Hernan Saenz, MILR ’98, MBA ’98, as he reflects on his past in consulting and what’s to come in the future.

SGE speaker demystifies “responsible investment”
Linda Giuliano, MBA ’02, of AllianceBernstein gives students a glimpse of the key themes and considerations in responsible investment as part of SGE’s Finance and Sustainability speaker series.