Faculty
Hotel financing: Loans to build, buy, renovate, or refinance
Jan A. deRoos, HVS Professor of Hotel Finance and Real Estate, offers insight into the relationship between developers, franchises, and financing.
Cornell Chronicle: Chris Barrett talks food aid to D.C. policymakers
“We sacrifice roughly 40,000 children’s lives annually because of antiquated food aid policies,” said Barrett before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Product Studio at Cornell Tech achieves cruising altitude
As one of Cornell Tech’s most innovative and unique differentiators, Product Studio allows MBA students to work closely with their cross-disciplinary peers.
Noteworthy: Sell or Airbnb? Lutz Finger says online tool created by Cornell students can help decide
Real Estate Advisor predicts the potential selling price of your house and compares that to the potential revenue you could make on Airbnb.
Noteworthy: Ed McLaughlin’s food retail Q&A with FreshFruitPortal.com
McLaughlin discusses the changing food retail landscape and what its future might look like—discount retailers, Wal-Mart, and the Amazon/Whole Foods merger.
Research Recap: Possible unintended consequences of energy efficiency improvements
Research co-authored by Cynthia Lin Lawell finds that improvements in energy efficiency may actually increase rather than decrease energy use.
Noteworthy: The New Food Economy features Harry Kaiser’s co-authored research on food labeling
Food labeling affects what products consumers buy, for better or worse, according to research co-authored by Dyson School’s Harry Kaiser.
Beyond Ithaca: Johnson’s Ithaca-based MBAs can take classes at Tech campus, NYC
Innovative coursework is being offered for Ithaca MBA students who wish to spend weekends or an entire spring semester in NYC at the Cornell Tech campus.
Noteworthy: Drew Pascarella gives tips on choosing an MBA program for finance, banking
Recruiting relationships and conversion rates are important factors to consider, according to the Johnson School’s Drew Pascarella.