{"id":3225,"date":"2011-11-17T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/magazines\/vanderbilt-business\/?p=3225"},"modified":"2015-07-07T20:18:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:18:52","slug":"media-mentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltbusiness\/media-mentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Mentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/h3>\n

May 4:<\/strong> Thirty years after the launch of the HP 12c, it\u2019s still common to find the calculator in heavy use among financial analysts. Alumnus James Granberry<\/strong>, MBA\u201911, a Partner with Oak Point Properties, runs a Facebook fan page for the beloved calculator and is quoted. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

May 23: Craig Lewis<\/strong>, the Madison S. Wigginton Professor of Management in Finance, has been named the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s Chief Economist and its Director of the Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation (Risk Fin). Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

June 6:<\/strong> Alumna Susan Strayer<\/strong>, MBA\u201907, Senior Director, Global Employer Brand and Marketing at Marriott International, is featured prominently in this article about the challenge of attracting newcomers to around 50,000 hotel positions this year. Many of the positions are in emerging markets such as India and China, which don\u2019t have strong traditions in the hospitality industry. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em><\/h3>\n

May 31:<\/strong> A social enterprise called Lumni has raised $17 million to finance the education of a wide array of students in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and the U.S. in the same way startups are financed. Lumni, co-founded by Miguel Palacios<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Finance, offers \u201chuman capital contracts\u201d to people like Jairo Sneider, who grew up in a low-income, single-parent family in Colombia. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Bloomberg Businessweek<\/em><\/h3>\n

May 6:<\/strong> Seeking an edge in the job market, Chinese women are flocking to U.S. B-schools\u2014enough to boost female enrollment overall. John Roeder<\/strong>, Owen\u2019s Director of Admissions, is quoted. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

May 25:<\/strong> Kent Thiry, Chairman and CEO of DaVita, a leading provider of kidney care in the U.S., is pictured speaking to the Owen School\u2019s Class of 2011<\/strong> during Commencement. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Aug. 8: Larry Van Horn<\/strong>, Associate Professor of Management and Executive Director of Health Affairs at Owen, says it\u2019s mathematically impossible to keep up with the ever-growing costs of Medicare and Medicaid. He says he would tax the health insurance that companies provide to employees, which he estimates could bring in $2.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Forbes<\/em><\/h3>\n

July 25:<\/strong> Owen\u2019s Leadership Development Program<\/strong>, which partners with both Hogan Assessments and Korn\/Ferry International, is mentioned as having some of the most innovative offerings of any business school. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Sept. 26: Bruce Cooil<\/strong>, the Dean Samuel B. and Evelyn R. Richmond Professor of Management, is interviewed about an article he co-wrote, \u201cCustomer Loyalty Isn\u2019t Enough. Grow Your Share of Wallet,\u201d which appeared in the October 2011 issue of the Harvard Business Review<\/em>. One of the article\u2019s other co-authors is alumnus Timothy Keiningham<\/strong>, MBA\u201989, Global Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President at Ipsos Loyalty. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Fortune<\/em><\/h3>\n

Sept. 14:<\/strong> Facing a tough job market, underemployed graduates of professional schools have begun to speak up, some even suing their former institutions, claiming they were duped into acquiring massive debt loads based on the promise of a secure, six-figure-salary job. That promise is particularly critical at business schools, where graduates expect a quick financial payoff as well as an education. Read McNamara<\/strong>, MA\u201976, Executive Director of the Career Management Center, and Emily Anderson<\/strong>, Senior Associate Director of the Career Management Center and Co-chair of the MBA Career Services Council, are quoted. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

NPR<\/em><\/h3>\n

Aug. 15:<\/strong> If being invested in a wildly unpredictable stock market worries you, you\u2019re definitely not alone. In fact, there\u2019s an index to measure that nervousness, and even trade on it. It\u2019s called the Market Volatility Index, or VIX, but it also goes by another name: the fear gauge. Bob Whaley<\/strong>, the Valere Blair Potter Professor of Management in Finance and creator of the VIX, is quoted. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

CNBC<\/em><\/h3>\n

June 10:<\/strong> Alumnus Rob Morgan<\/strong>, BS\u201983, MBA\u201984, Chief Investment Strategist at Fulcrum Securities, was a guest panelist on The Call<\/em>, a Wall Street news program co-hosted by Larry Kudlow and Melissa Francis. Watch video<\/a><\/p>\n

Reuters<\/em><\/h3>\n

June 1:<\/strong> Fixed income trading revenue is falling, and some of the best minds on Wall Street disagree on whether this is temporary weakness or slow death. Hans Stoll<\/strong>, the Anne Marie and Thomas B. Walker Jr. Professor of Finance, is quoted. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Associated Press<\/em><\/h3>\n

June 24:<\/strong> Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, JD\u201981, wants to capitalize on the city\u2019s recent momentum with the Nashville Music Council, a 60-member group that draws together the music community, city leaders and business interests to find ways to leverage Nashville\u2019s unique position as an all-purpose hub that\u2019s home to more than just country music. The music council recently partnered with the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, a tech business incubator run by Michael Burcham<\/strong>, Lecturer of Entrepreneurship. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Entrepreneur<\/em><\/h3>\n

May 5:<\/strong> To make the best business decisions, your prefrontal cortex\u2014the \u201cexecutive\u201d part of the brain\u2014must be coaxed into action. Dick Daft<\/strong>, the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Professor of Management, who says that the average person spends only about 2 to 10 percent of each day using the prefrontal cortex, offers several suggestions for harnessing the right frame of mind to make money and improve productivity. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dallas Morning News<\/em><\/h3>\n

Aug. 19:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Management Ranga Ramanujam<\/strong>, whose research focuses on the organizational causes and consequences of operational failures in high-risk work settings, is interviewed about the prevalence of safety problems at Dallas\u2019 Parkland Memorial Hospital. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

GreenBiz.com<\/em><\/h3>\n

June 9:<\/strong> AT&T wants to shift more than half of its expenditures to suppliers that track their carbon footprints and save $40 million a year by reducing energy use. The telecommunications giant revealed these and other new goals today with the release of its 2010 Sustainability Report, which was prepared using feedback the company received from students at the Owen School<\/strong>. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

Nashville Business Journal<\/em><\/h3>\n

Aug. 2:<\/strong> Among leadership changes including a new CEO, Cracker Barrel has appointed Jim Bradford<\/strong>, Dean of the Owen School, to the company\u2019s board. Full story<\/a><\/p>\n

The Tennessean<\/em><\/h3>\n

July 13:<\/strong> From January to March of this year, more than 1,800 medical, health and dental offers were published on daily deal sites in the U.S. When the deals are offered, they sell like half-price hotcakes, but some consumer experts and physicians don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea. Mark Ratchford<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Marketing, is quoted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal<\/em>
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