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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.
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.
Diversity and inclusion: A journey in motion
I believe that part of celebrating what makes us unique means having purposeful discussions around diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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.”
Research Recap: How cooperatives may be able to bring broadband infrastructure to rural communities
Research by Dyson’s Todd Schmit and Roberta Severson surveys the economic landscape of broadband markets across rural northern New York.
Professor says market development programs increased GNP $5 billion per year
Professor Harry Kaiser discussed his recent analysis at the U.S. Grains Council’s 15th International Marketing Conference and 58th Annual Membership Meeting in Houston.
Research Recap: Funding research rather than mandating consumption might be a more effective method for renewable fuel policy
Research co-authored by the Dyson School’s Cynthia Lin Lawell examines the EPA’s renewable fuel standard (RFS) and recommends ways to improve renewable fuel policy and climate policy.