Nancy Wise

Podcast and Videos from the Owen School

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Now Playing

Special Topics and Speakers var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.vanderbilt.edu/assets/flash/vucast_player.swf’,’mpl’,’340′,’273′,’9′); so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,’always’); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,’true’); so.addParam(‘flashvars’,’&file=rtmp://flash.its.vanderbilt.edu/owen/OwenCommencementAddress2009.flv&autostart=false&image=http://www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/About/owen-newsroom/press-releases/Commencement09/posterframe.jpg&fullscreen=true&stretching=fill’); so.write(‘player1’); Charles Holliday, Chairman of the Board at DuPont (video) Holliday addresses the Class of 2009 at Commencement. var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.vanderbilt.edu/assets/flash/vucast_player.swf’,’mpl’,’340′,’273′,’9′); so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,’always’); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,’true’); so.addParam(‘flashvars’,’&file=rtmp://flash.its.vanderbilt.edu/owen/DeboraGuthrie.flv&autostart=false&image=http://www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/Community/alumni/alumni-weekend-bbq-2009/DeboraGuthriePosterFrame.jpg&fullscreen=true&stretching=fill’); so.write(‘player2’); Debora … Continued

New Owen recruiting Web site unveiled

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Inside Owen

In this day and age, searching for the right job entails a lot more than just sending out resumes. And in this tight economy, it is not always possible for companies to send out recruiters. In light of this, the … Continued

Other Appointments

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Faculty in Focus

Jim Bradford, Dean and Ralph Owen Professor of Management, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. William (Bill) Frist, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, … Continued

Bradford appointed to GMAC board of directors

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Inside Owen

Dean Jim Bradford has been named to the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council, the association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. Bradford is serving a one-year term on the board of the nonprofit organization, which is … Continued

New Appointments for Endowed Chairs

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Faculty in Focus

Bruce Barry Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Professor of Management Barry has conducted vast research and written extensively on social issues in management. He is the author of Speechless: The Erosion of Free Expression in the American Workplace, which examines free … Continued

Cutting Edge

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Class Acts, Departments

Inserted form tools may not be a familiar concept to most, but the products they help manufacture are integral to our everyday lives. Inexpensive turned metal parts for everything from spark plugs to bullets to bearings would not be possible were … Continued

Accelerator teams up with Kix Brooks

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Inside Owen

Country music singer and entrepreneur Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn has an issue most businesses would love to have. His Nashville-area winery, Arrington Vineyards and Winery, is so popular that it is considering growing to accommodate more events. Brooks … Continued

Faculty Awards and Recognition

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Faculty in Focus

Nick Bollen, E. Bronson Ingram Professor in Finance, received the Faculty Research Impact Award. One of his early papers, an analysis of the impact of decimal pricing on mutual fund trading costs, proved especially groundbreaking. His most recent work showed … Continued

Good Timing

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Class Acts, Departments

Like a lot of record label veterans, Doug Howard, EMBA’85, has a good sense of timing—not just in terms of having an ear for music, that is, but in understanding the business trends as well. As the Senior Vice President of … Continued

Remembering Chancellor Alexander Heard

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Inside Owen

Alexander Heard, an adviser to three U.S. presidents who, as Vanderbilt’s fifth Chancellor, guided the university smoothly through the stormy period of the 1960s and 1970s without the unrest and violence that afflicted many college campuses, died July 24 at … Continued

Worth It

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Class Acts, Departments

Lucy Davis Haynes, MBA’88, meant for her sales job to be something of a timeout, a way to keep her hand in the business game as she relocated to Nashville while pregnant with twins. Seventeen years later she is still … Continued

Students to test elevator pitches

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Inside Owen

As any successful sales or marketing professional knows, first impressions make all the difference in business relationships. Having a clear, concise elevator pitch that encapsulates one’s resume and goals is often the key to securing a job. Not everyone, though, … Continued

Social Media 101

From the Fall 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Bottom Line, Departments

Connecting with the Owen community online

Nobel laureates discuss financial innovation

From the Spring 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Departments, Inside Owen

Financial market leaders and researchers gathered this past fall for the first-ever Conference on Financial Innovation hosted by the Owen School. The forum focused on such timely topics as volatility, real estate, credit and stock index option markets, as well … Continued

Spring 2009 Staff

From the Spring 2009 edition of Vanderbilt Business

By Nancy Wise | Staff

Dean—Jim Bradford Editor—Seth Robertson Contributors—Scott Addison, Nelson Bryan (BA’73), Daniel Dubois, Ray Friedman, Steve Green, Kristin Hodges, Randy Horick, Jennifer Johnston, Ruth Kinsey, Jenny Mandeville, Elena Olivo, Jamie Reeves, John Russell, Rob Simbeck, Cindy Thomsen, Amy Wolf Designer—Michael T. Smeltzer … Continued

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