Running the Show
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Patrick Ilabaca, BA’97, MBA’01, puts Latino athletes in the spotlight at Fox Pan American Sports
Author Archives: Nancy Wise
Seeds to Sow
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Professor Germain Böer and I have much in common. We both arrived at Owen in the same year, we both have practiced accounting, and we both are serial entrepreneurs. This last item is a shared passion of ours. Whether starting … Continued
Sudden Death
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
When a homegrown politician dies suddenly, local companies show the loss of a valuable connection immediately in their share prices, according to research from the Owen School. Stock prices for companies located where a politician lived or was born declined … Continued
Spy Satellite Office
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Presiding over a multibillion-dollar spy satellite program for the U.S. government is difficult enough without having to endure the strain of shrinking budgets, engineering problems, schedule delays and balkanized customer relationships. However, those are exactly the problems that our team, … Continued
The Dragon by Its Horns
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Numerous experts and laymen alike expect the Chinese to realign their business operations, financial behavior and cultural ways to resemble those of the West. This attitude is quietly resented by the striving Chinese. It is also dead wrong. The Chinese … Continued
Iceland Meltdown
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
The origins and aftermath of the Icelandic banking crisis
The Business of a Better World
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Jim Schorr’s first year as an MBA student was a transformative one. He had enrolled at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University expecting to pursue a career in international business, but a class called Business & Its Environment … Continued
Everything That Rises Must Converge
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
If accounting is the language of business, then it might come as a surprise just how much is lost in translation from one country to the next. For years countries have been following their own reporting standards, making it difficult … Continued
A Word from the Sponsored
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
My nonprofit management sponsorship through the Owen School
Vanderbilt Business Staff for Fall 2009 Issue
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Dean — Jim Bradford Editor—Seth Robertson Contributors—Scott Addison, Ólafur Arnarson (MBA’96), Saul Bromberger, Nelson Bryan (BA’73), Daniel Dubois, Suzanne Feinstein, Juliane Gallina, Steve Green, Eric Hall (MBA’78), Sandra Hoover, Jack Ilmonen (MBA’03), Jennifer Johnston, Luke Lukenbill, Jenny Mandeville, Michael McSurdy (EMBA’09), … Continued
Volcker and Kohn discuss economic crisis
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Leading economic thinkers, including President Obama’s Senior Economic Advisor Paul Volcker and Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Donald Kohn, came together this spring at the Owen School to talk about the current financial crisis for the 22nd annual Financial … Continued
‘Great’ Expectations
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
A writer’s view of the recession
Bridge to Success
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
When investment banker Rob Louv, MBA’97, met with a Texas entrepreneur in 2008 about selling a company, neither was aware that they shared an important common link: Both had graduated from the Owen School. The entrepreneur, Jack Long, MBA’83, had contacted Louv’s San Francisco firm, Montgomery & Co., on reputation alone, but the coincidence helped him make up his mind about using Louv to shop his company to potential buyers.
Real Deal
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
During the 2009 spring semester, a group of 10 second-year students took part in the inaugural Real Estate Capstone course that saw them devise a long-term growth plan for downtown Lebanon, Tenn., a city just east of Nashville. The specific thrust involved transit-oriented development.
New Faculty Appointments
From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business
Jeff Dotson Assistant Professor of Marketing Jeff Dotson is an expert on marketing research and theory. His research focuses on the development and application of Bayesian statistics to a variety of marketing problems, including linking customer satisfaction to firm financial … Continued