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Apr 02, 2015

Religious Freedom Debate Draws Out Companies

Sydney Finkelstein comments on tech executives taking a stance on controversial issues in light of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act recently proposed in Arkansas.

Apr 01, 2015

How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early

Anant Sundaram calls a hedge fund manager's prediction of Uber's future earnings, "outlandish."

Apr 01, 2015

Indiana Lawmakers Move to Clarify Religious-Objections Law

Sydney Finkelstein comments on how company chiefs historically have handled controversial issues.

Mar 31, 2015

Grad school rankings consistent with previous years

Dean Paul Danos discusses U.S. News & World Report's 2016 business school rankings, in which Tuck was ranked #9.

Mar 31, 2015

Some TaskRabbit handymen can make $78,000 a year

Patrick Wheeler of Tuck's Center for Digital Strategies comments on TaskRabbit, an online marketplace that allows users to outsource small jobs to others in their neighborhood.

Mar 31, 2015

Tech bigwigs help launch economic policy group

Matthew Slaughter comments on the launch of the Economic Innovation Group (EIG), an advocacy organization dedicated to forging a more dynamic and entrepreneurial U.S. economy.

Mar 30, 2015

Some customers hate Uber, but won’t give up the app

Professor Paul Argenti comments on Uber, calling the rideshare service company "essentially a monopoly in this area."

Mar 26, 2015

Will there be a revolt in the sharing economy?

Sydney Finkelstein discusses the disruption the sharing economy is creating within established industries.

Mar 26, 2015

Why the Best Doctors Often Do Nothing

H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and MHCDS faculty member, argues against "knee-jerk medicine."

Mar 25, 2015

Get Ahead In The Workplace With These Skills!

“I find in my business dealings that people really stand out if they are articulate, if they can actually write sentences and get them presented properly,” says dean Paul Danos.

Mar 24, 2015

Why RadioShack’s bankruptcy ended in an auction

Senior Associate Dean Robert Hansen comments that auctions are good mechanisms for determining a price and allocating a resource.

Mar 24, 2015

10 Ways to Succeed Where Others Fail

Tuck won the 7th annual Odyssey MBA Games in New York City beating teams from eleven top MBA schools.

Mar 23, 2015

Starbucks amends (but doesn’t end) race initiative

Paul Argenti joins the conversation around the Starbucks "Race Together" initiative.

Mar 23, 2015

Zero wrong number for rates: Peter Fisher

Peter Fisher weighs in on Fed policy and why it needs to walk back from its "too high path."

Mar 20, 2015

The Ten Best Schools For Career Services

The Economist ranks Tuck #3 in the career services category. Poets & Quants looks closely at the ranking methodology.

Mar 20, 2015

Starbucks wants its baristas to talk about race

Quotes Paul Argenti on Starbucks' new "Race Together" campaign. While the campaign is risky, says Argenti, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has a history of engaging on socially important topics.

Mar 17, 2015

Investment Banks Under Pressure But Careers For MBAs Still Plentiful

Deirdre O’Donnell of the Career Development Office says when it comes to investment banking, Tuck has seen "very consistent hiring numbers since 2008 with no decrease in demand."

Mar 16, 2015

Can Treating Low-Wage Workers Well Become The Hot New Business Strategy?

Paul Argenti says firms that resist providing reasonable wages and benefits face a growing risk to their reputations.

Mar 13, 2015

Seven indispensable habits to increase your leadership performance

Cites the book "Why Businesses Fail" by Sydney Finkelstein.

Mar 10, 2015

Best Business Schools

Tuck is ranked #9 in U.S. News' ranking of the best business schools.

Mar 09, 2015

Best Schools For High-Paying I-Bank Jobs

Poets and Quants mentions Tuck as one of the best business schools for high-paying investment bank jobs.

Mar 09, 2015

Many metrics can be used to value markets. Which should you trust?

Cites Kenneth French and his colleague Eugene Fama's views on different methods of valuation.

Mar 09, 2015

The New Tech-Stock Temptation

Quotes Kenneth French on growth stocks, which he defines as those whose share price is high in relation to the book value of their assets.

Mar 06, 2015

Investor Read on Jobs Number

Matthew Slaughter says the Federal Reserve has helped stimulate job growth but cannot create higher-paying jobs.

Mar 05, 2015

The Top 20 B-Schools For MBA Startups In 2015

Tuck is listed as one of the top 20 business schools that nurtures students' ideas to the point that they gain backing.

Mar 04, 2015

The Active Fund Industry is Desperate

Points to research co-authored by Kenneth French, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance.

Mar 02, 2015

No Salary Secrets At One Vermont Manufacturer

Aine Donovan questions whether it's good policy to share the salaries of all employees saying, in some ways, it can be a huge disincentive to the workforce.

Mar 02, 2015

Is There a Case for Actively Managed Funds?

Points to research co-authored by Kenneth French, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor of Finance.

Feb 27, 2015

Vijay Govindarajan Wins Prestigious AMCF Award of Excellence

The award from the Association of Management Consulting Firms recognizes an individual who has contributed substantially to the development of the consulting profession.

Feb 26, 2015

The Secret of Thinking Small to Win Big

Sydney Finkelstein says there is a big payoff for companies that embrace the logic of simplicity.

Feb 23, 2015

What MBA Grads Made In 2014 & Why This Year Could Be The Best Ever

Tuck dean Paul Danos says that the compensation of MBA grads from top business schools in 2014 exceeded pre-crash levels.

Feb 23, 2015

Why female CEOs are staying quiet on activist investors

Paul Argenti says it would reflect well on a female CEO to speak up about aggressive moves by activist investors toward firms led by women.

Feb 20, 2015

Vogel: Nineteen Days

John Vogel discusses how Dan & Whit's, “an old-fashioned general store” in Norwich, VT used social media to launch a campaign which raised $231,000 for the Upper Valley Haven.

Feb 19, 2015

The Scramble to Bring the Internet to more Indians

Points to a 2012 Tuck study that reveals having more Internet in a country benefits its GDP.

Feb 19, 2015

In Canada, small-cap stocks have failed to live up to the hype

Mentions Kenneth French's co-research on small cap stocks.

Feb 18, 2015

Private Wealth Management Industry Invests In More MBA Talent

Business Because reports that, "investment management has risen to be the second most popular finance career among MBAs (at the Tuck School)."