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Cornell team places among winners in U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Solar District Cup

A multidisciplinary team of Cornell students placed third in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition.

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How has the lockdown crisis affected startup financing?

Manisha Barnwal, MBA ’20 and founder of a seed-funded startup, discusses the impact of the lockdown crisis on startup financing globally.

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India’s pharma and chemicals groups jostle to take business from China

Professor Kaushik Basu says that Indian pharma companies and government agencies should move quickly to seize opportunities.

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Cross-program hackathon teams address the future of urban centers

Students team up across programs, cultures, and time zones to compete in the annual Business Model Hackathon with Cornell-Tsinghua Finance MBAs.

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What do April’s dismal retail sales mean for chains filing Chapter 11?

Randy Allen, senior lecturer of management and strategy, discusses the new reality COVID-19 is creating around the retail and apparel industry.

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Beijing hits back at Trump call to block US pension fund investment in China

Professor Eswar Prasad discusses the recent order to stop the US government’s main pension fund from investing in Chinese equities.

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Open for business: China’s financial liberalization

MBA students show how financial liberalization contributed to China’s position as the second largest economy in the world.

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Sachin Gupta wins inaugural research award for responsible research in marketing

A paper published in the Journal of Marketing Research by Johnson Professor Sachin Gupta has received the AMA-EBSCO Annual Award for Responsible Research in Marketing

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Celebrating Mother’s Day: Reflections from our executive MBA moms

To celebrate Mother’s Day, nine of Johnson’s EMBA moms reflect on their executive MBA program experience while raising a family and working full time.