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May 20, 2015

The Other “F” Word: An Interview with John Danner

References Sydney Finkelstein's work around business failure.

May 20, 2015

Leading Financial Pros Swear These Top Notch Investing Books Will Make You A Better Investor

Research by Kenneth French and co-author Eugene Fama is highlighted in a leading book about academic research on investing.

May 20, 2015

Class of 2015: The World’s Best & The Brightest MBAs

Michaela LeBlanc T'15 is recognized as an outstanding graduate among 49 other MBA graduates from top programs.

May 20, 2015

FORMER WALL STREET CEO: Here’s why the government couldn’t stop the financial crisis

Tuck senior fellow Curt Welling says, "You had people on Wall Street who were smarter and much more numerous than anybody regulating them."

May 18, 2015

This Is What It Means to Embrace Failure

Sydney Finkelstein encourages entrepreneurs to put failure aside and get back in the game.

May 14, 2015

The Best Online MBA Programs

Reporter Susan Adams notes that top business schools like Tuck do not offer online degrees, but it's understandable, "given the value of the connections students make ..."

May 14, 2015

New Research Disputes Assumptions Between Aggregate Investment and Interest Rates

Cites research co-authored by Jonathan Lewellen into the impact of market uncertainty and interest rates on corporate investment.

May 13, 2015

Vogel: CLiF And Prisons

John Vogel highlights the Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) whose mission is to inspire a love of reading and writing among children throughout New Hampshire and Vermont.

May 13, 2015

Apple and Microsoft Head The World’s Most Valuable Brands 2015

Kevin Lane Keller is quoted extensively in this story that looks at the history and strength of the Apple brand.

May 13, 2015

What Tesla and Apple Both Know About Entering New Markets

Ron Adner discusses the entry of electric car maker Tesla in the battery system market.

May 12, 2015

Digital Brings New MBA Careers To Disrupted Media Industry

Stephen Pidgeon T’07 of the Career Development Office says media is more and more about bringing analytics and creativity together to drive decisions.

May 12, 2015

How Can Reshoring Help Baltimore?

Teresa Fort says, "Employment in manufacturing has been going down in the U.S. but sales and value added have been going up."

May 12, 2015

Tom Brady’s branding may offer peek at Patriots’ future

Quotes Kevin Lane Keller on Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's impact on the Patriots brand in the wake of "deflategate."

May 11, 2015

The Best MBA Programs For “Value”

Reports on a recent Value Colleges ranking that places Tuck #3 for most valuable MBA programs.

May 11, 2015

Reverse innovation brings technology from developing nations to Canada

A new medical test swab developed in Botswana that is now being used in Canada is described as an example of reverse innovation, a term coined by Vijay Govindarajan.

May 11, 2015

CFO as Marketing Chief? Maybe Not as Unusual as You Think (or Maybe So)

Quotes Professor Kevin Lane Keller on the recent announcement that Twitter CFO Anthony Noto will take over the company's marketing department.

May 11, 2015

The McDonald’s makeover: New kale, new Hamburglar, same old problems

Quotes Professor Paul Argenti on McDonald's recent efforts to reinvent itself as a "hipper, more health-conscious burger joint."

May 11, 2015

Forbes CMO Network Teams With Dartmouth’s Tuck School To Create Inaugural Marketing Symposium

A feature on Tuck's inaugural marketing symposium, "Marketing in the Digital Age," which begins May 14.

Apr 30, 2015

BlackRock’s Fisher Says Don’t Worry Unduly About GDP

Peter Fisher says that while the U.S. economy isn’t very strong, it’s “a lot stronger’’ than those of other nations.

Apr 29, 2015

The Best MBA Graduation Speakers For 2015

Highlights Tuck's 2015 Investiture speaker, Tuck Overseer Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor Jr. T’88, chair of Intercorp and general partner of Nexus Group.

Apr 28, 2015

There’s a Coach for That

Mentions Marshall Goldsmith, adjunct professor of business administration for Tuck's Executive Education program, as an example of an effective executive coach.

Apr 28, 2015

Business schools are their own worst enemies

David Bach, a senior associate dean at the Yale School of Management, uses Tuck's Business Bridge program as an example of how business schools can tap new markets.

Apr 27, 2015

Back to Basics

Vijay Govindarajan says after former GE CEO Jack Welch retired, “financial engineering became the big thing, and industrial engineering became secondary.”

Apr 24, 2015

US full-time MBA faces scrutiny

Tuck's next dean, Matthew Slaughter, discusses the future of the MBA and why it's still a worthwhile investment.

Apr 23, 2015

How we wrongly convince ourselves we’re right

Sydney Finkelstein looks at the importance of paying attention to data and being intellectually honest with yourself when making decisions.

Apr 23, 2015

5 Reasons To Do Campus Visits In Spring

Amy Mitson says, “Spring is a great time to look at a program. This will also give you something to reflect on when writing your application in the fall.”

Apr 22, 2015

Kenyon: Co-op Election Failure

John Vogel comments on the democratic operation of cooperatives in light of the Hanover Co-op's upcoming governing board election.

Apr 22, 2015

Vogel: Ending Homelessness

John Vogel discusses Utah's Housing First model as well as research studies that have shown costs associated with homelessness.

Apr 20, 2015

Risk Officers’ Rise Expands Lucrative MBA Jobs In Finance, Consulting

Stephen Pidgeon weighs in on the booming business of risk management.

Apr 20, 2015

The One Skill No MBA Can Survive Without

Tuck won the Odyssey MBA Games where teams competed in the areas of pitching an entrepreneurial concept, negotiation, solving a difficult business case study and making a sales pitch.

Apr 20, 2015

Fraud Fed the Mortgage Crisis

Cites research by Felipe Severino, which argued that, leading up to the housing crisis, the bulk of mortgage lending and losses occurred among middle-class and high-income borrowers.

Apr 20, 2015

How to Get People to Change Their Passwords

In this opinion piece, Punam Keller gives five recommendations for ways that consumers could be motivated to pay attention to hacking threats and take action to protect themselves.

Apr 17, 2015

How to Refocus a Meeting After Someone Interrupts

Judith White, visiting associate professor of business administration, is quoted extensively on how to handle "interrupters" during a business meeting.

Apr 16, 2015

Why Nike Is - Finally - Wooing Weak Women

Amit Bhattacharjee comments on Nike's new ad campaign, "Better for It," that is targeted toward women.

Apr 16, 2015

Extroverts Are Rarer Than You Think — So Are You One, Or Not?

Continued coverage of a recent study by Daniel Feiler and Adam Kleinbaum, which found that extraverts are over-represented in real-world networks.

Apr 16, 2015

The 3-D Printing Revolution

Richard D'Aveni offers three strategic questions related to 3-D printing that managers should be engaging with.