Centers & Institutes
Exciting things are happening within our centers, institutes, and special program initiatives. Here’s a collection of recent stories and updates.
Bricks, Mortar, Profit, and the Fate of the Earth
How sustainable practices in real estate nurture the triple bottom line
A voice for the wilderness
Deirdre Monroe, MBA ’90
Building sustainability into the supply chain
Agata Kostecka, MBA ’11
Startup Snapshots: Pure Energy
Cameron Brooks, MBA ’03: E9 Energy Insight and Tolerable Planet Enterprises
What to expect in 2017: A view from the CHR Advisory Board
Kelly McGuire polls the CHR Advisory Board on challenges and opportunities, global trends, and how the hospitality industry should be preparing for 2017.
EMI ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT – Nirupama Kumar, MBA ‘13
Getting out of the Johnson One-Year program I realized I had changed somewhere, completely. The experience was so transformative, the support during and after the MBA so positive, that the only regret I have is that it was only 13 months!
M-Pesa and Kenya: Why Mobile Money Matters?
Most people probably don’t think of Kenya as an innovation and technology hub, but it became the launching pad for M-Pesa, a transformative mobile phone-based platform for money transfer and […]
Money Matters in Modi’s India
by Abhiram Muddu and Vince Wong Abstract Money matters in India are complicated. As Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has set forth bold policy objectives towards reining in sovereign liquidity, which has suffered […]
Hospitality and humanitarianism
Susan Devine, senior vice president of strategic development for Preferred Hotel Group, offers this guest post on hospitality and humanitarianism.