Cornell Business News archive
Cornell Business News showcases the college’s transformative educational outcomes, meaningful research and courage to tackle societal challenges. This archive is a collection the articles that feature research, insights and leadership across the college from the past several years.
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Quick Q & A: Arnab Basu
Soccer aficionado, development and labor economics expert, and early career journalist in India—learn a little more about Arnab Basu, professor at the Dyson School.
Lessons for MBA team-building from an improv comedy pro
In sharing my experiences, I hoped to inspire people to give it improv a try someday, as well as take some lessons from improv with them through their journeys here as Cornell MBAs.
Do revenue managers share a similar strategy with…McDonald’s?
Professor Sherri Kimes says a successful revenue manager needs to be a “geek that can speak," on IDeas blog.
Junior’s restaurant and bakery: A home-grown business with billion-dollar ambitions
Alumnus Alan Rosen ’91 shared his journey at the helm of one of the most delicious operations in the country—Junior’s, a restaurant company famed, increasingly widely, for its cheesecake.
Stymied by regulators, Airbnb looks to luxury vacations, hotels for growth
Professor Chris Anderson says Airbnb is figuring out how to grow at the same levels investors are expecting them to grow in Reuters.
A strategic pursuit: Benefits of earning an MBA and a JD
I knew the hybrid of having skills from a JD and an MBA would be essential for becoming the practitioner and advisor that I wanted to be.
Cornell-CARE team to advance gender equity, climate resilience in Niger
Dyson researchers traveled to Niamey, Niger, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Innovation for Impact Fund. Chris Barrett leads the Cornell-CARE collaboration.
7 tips for surviving winter in Ithaca (from 2 Texans!)
To help you learn to love (or at least tolerate) the Ithaca winters, we’re sharing our 7 tips for surviving the coldest months on campus!
A community of service: Giving a hand up at Berea College
Every year on President’s Day weekend, a group of Johnson students and alumni go to Berea to provide career and recruiting advice.
Poverty in Africa a challenge that ‘agricultural universities like Cornell need to tackle,’ says prof
Christopher Barrett, deputy dean and dean of academic affairs for the SC Johnson College of Business, gave a talk on poverty in Africa at the event "The Uneven Transformation of Rural Africa Myths, Facts and Pressing Needs."
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