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A fresh approach to helping the planet: Elena Belavina takes on food waste

SHA associate professor Elena Belavina is finding strategies to help grocery suppliers, households, and restaurants reduce food waste.

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The yin and yang of social activism

Social activists boost social entrepreneurs’ success but provoke “green hush” among established companies, according to research by Professor Wesley Sine.

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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.

photo of Professor Isaac Smith next to an illustration of a silhouette of a boy juggling red, yellow, and green circles under the silhouette of a traffic light
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The character of conscience

You can help yourself to act virtuously in your personal and professional life by acknowledging that you are vulnerable to mistakes in moral judgement.

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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.

Hotel School Scholarly Commons
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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.

SMART team and children in a Colombian office
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SMART students learn from the unexpected to make a global impact

Part of Dyson’s Emerging Markets Program, SMART takes students out of the classroom to make an impact in developing and emerging economies.

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.

Yifei Mao and Pamela Moulton
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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.