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Feb 19, 2018

Impact Investing

Features John Vogel in a piece about the rising popularity of impact investing.

Feb 16, 2018

3 Reasons Global Firms Should Keep Investing in India

Vijay Govindarajan outlines reasons companies should continue to invest in India despite the challenges the market presents.

Feb 14, 2018

The Upper Valley’s Economic Upper Hand

Highlights the Tuck School of Business as an important component of the Upper Valley region’s dynamic economy.

Feb 14, 2018

Tuck’s ‘Next Step’ Gives Vets, Athletes New Opportunities

Quotes Punam Anand Keller and Margaux Lohry in an article highlighting Tuck’s Next Step: Transition to Business executive education program.

Feb 13, 2018

Dartmouth Study: Friends Think Alike

Highlights new research from Adam Kleinbaum exploring the connection between neural activity and friendships.

Feb 13, 2018

New Cancer Test Isn’t Ready for Prime Time

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch writes that liquid biopsy tests to detect cancer are more complex than the public has been led to believe.

Feb 12, 2018

Bill and Melinda Gates Take on Tough Questions About Their Giving

Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about the potential risks organizations face when they openly respond to difficult questions, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation did with its annual letter this year.

Feb 12, 2018

Clear Admit

Highlights Tuck’s banner year for scholarship fundraising in 2017, which saw $20 million pledged in support of scholarships.

Feb 11, 2018

Finding New Meaning After an Olympic Career

Mentions Next Step: Transition to Business, a Tuck executive education program customized for military veterans and elite athletes, in an article about the U.S. Olympic Committee's Athlete Career Education (ACE) program.

Feb 08, 2018

Buckle Up: Final NAFTA Talks Will Be a Bumpy Ride

Cites Dean Matthew J. Slaughter’s recent article in The Wall Street Journal about the potential negative effects that withdrawing from NAFTA could have on the United States.

Feb 06, 2018

The Best Leaders Are Teachers

In a Facebook Live video for HBR, Sydney Finkelstein discusses how the best leaders are also great teachers.

Feb 05, 2018

Gifts Roundup: Raether Family Gifts $15 Million to the Tuck School of Business

Features the Raether family’s recent $15 million gift to Tuck in support of scholarship funding. The donation continues the Raethers’ longtime support of the school.

Feb 02, 2018

Can Anyone Stop Amazon from Winning the Industrial Internet?

Vijay Govindarajan guides digital native companies and industry incumbents in what they need to do to lead in the era of the Industrial Internet.

Feb 01, 2018

Dartmouth Tuck Gets Largest-Ever Donation

Highlights Paul Raether T’73 and the Raether family's $15 million gift in support of scholarship funding at Tuck. The gift ties the record for the largest philanthropic donation ever given to Tuck.

Feb 01, 2018

Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine

Quotes Dr. H. Gilbert Welch in an article about the economic impact of unnecessary medical testing.

Jan 31, 2018

Scientists Say They Can Predict Who You’re Friends with Based on Brain Patterns Alone

Quotes Adam Kleinbaum in continued coverage of new research from Kleinbaum exploring how neural activity can predict friendships.

Jan 31, 2018

MBA Programs with the Most Women

Highlights Tuck in an article about business schools with the highest percentage of women enrolled.

Jan 30, 2018

Brain Scans Reveal That Friends Really Are on the Same Wavelength

Features new research from Adam Kleinbaum that explores how brain activity can be used to predict friendships.

Jan 29, 2018

Leaving NAFTA Would Cost $50 Billion a Year

Dean Matthew J. Slaughter writes that withdrawing from NAFTA would have detrimental effects across the country. “Withdraw from NAFTA, and all its gains would be permanently lost.”

Jan 28, 2018

Easing the Transition into Business

An article about Tuck's Next Step: Transition to Business executive education program for military veterans and elite athletes quotes Punam Anand Keller and Joseph Hall.

Jan 27, 2018

There’s Nothing ‘Simple’ About a Blood Test for Cancer

Features Dr. H. Gilbert Welch in an article about CancerSEEK, a new blood test to detect eight different types of cancers.

Jan 27, 2018

Ethicists Explain Exactly Why James Comey Isn’t Qualified for His New Gig Teaching Ethics

Quotes Aine Donovan in an article about former FBI director James Comey being invited to teach ethical leadership at the College of William & Mary.

Jan 25, 2018

Apple’s $38 Billion Tax Bill? The Company Has Eight Years to Pay

Cites research by Leslie Robinson in an article about multinationals planning to repatriate foreign earnings and the tax bills they will face as a result.

Jan 22, 2018

These Experts Say Philadelphia Is the Best Place for Amazon

Quotes Santiago Gallino in continued coverage of Philadelphia’s chances at becoming the home for Amazon’s second U.S. headquarters.

Jan 21, 2018

First Year of Trump’s Government Leaves a Bitter Taste in Latin America

Quotes Emily Blanchard in an article about the changing relations between the United States and Latin America during President Donald Trump’s first year in office.

Jan 21, 2018

Firms Should Work in Present but with Eye on the Future

Quotes Vijay Govindarajan in an article about a speech he delivered at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad based on his book The Three Box Solution.

Jan 20, 2018

Bitcoin Is Stuck and Without a Plan to Gain Customers It Could Be Doomed

Ken Martin T’17 writes that bitcoin must win over pragmatic “early majority” customers to succeed, which means finding solutions for numerous issues.

Jan 19, 2018

Trade Talks Episode 19: GSP—Low Tariffs for Development?

Features Emily Blanchard in a conversation about generalized system of preferences, a preferential tariff system that allows for concessions to be made to benefit developing countries.

Jan 19, 2018

General Electric Should Defy Wall Street Pressure to Break Up

Richard D’Aveni argues that General Electric should ignore analysts calling for the company to break up following a period of underperformance that led to falling stock prices.

Jan 19, 2018

This Will Be Where Amazon Puts Its Second Headquarters, According to Experts

Features Santiago Gallino in an article about the leading candidates for Amazon’s second U.S. headquarters. Last week, the company released a shortlist of 20 contenders, including Philadelphia, which Gallino says could be a great fit for HQ2.

Jan 17, 2018

More MBAs Are Going into Politics

An article about more MBAs going into politics cites a growth in the number of Tuck students entering the field upon graduation. Two percent of Tuck’s most recent graduates accepted positions in the government/nonprofit sector in 2017, up from 1 percent the year prior.

Jan 17, 2018

The Flip Side to a Formalized Economy

Highlights “Informality and Development” by Rafael La Porta, visiting research scholar, in an article about the effect formalization could have on India’s economy.

Jan 17, 2018

Former Tuck Dean Dies at Age 92

Profiles Dean Emeritus John W. Hennessey Jr., who died of natural causes on January 11 at the age of 92. In 1967, Hennessey accepted the position of dean on the conditions that he keep teaching and Tuck begin admitting women.

Jan 16, 2018

How to Get into a Top Business School: Admitted Students Share 10 Top Tips

Features T’19s Aimee Dennett, Christopher Ramos, Oinatz Uribe, Sam Bristol, and Seval Harac in an article offering advice to prospective students applying to business school.

Jan 16, 2018

Dartmouth Remembers Visit from Martin Luther King Jr.

Features Frederick McKinney, managing director of minority business programs, in a piece about Dartmouth’s numerous Martin Luther King Jr. Day events. McKinney says King’s message of equality and inclusion remains as important as ever.

Jan 14, 2018

I Mentored Mark Zuckerberg. Here’s My Road Map for Fixing Facebook.

Roger McNamee T’82, managing director of Elevation Partners and an early investor in Facebook, offers a playbook for how the company can rectify issues with its platform that enable bad actors to do harm, such as election interference.