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The Importance of Ambition

- Winter 2010 -

PricewaterhouseCoopers recruits 50 percent women at the associate level, yet women make up just 17 percent of partners in the firm. That disparity troubles Jennifer Allyn. “We cannot run our firm without women, but as they advance through the firm, they leave in larger numbers than their male colleagues,” said Allyn, a managing director in […]

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Do Stock Analysts Have an Impact on Share Prices?

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Innumerable daily news reports plus a large body of scholarship affirm stock analysts’ price-moving influence to be considerable, a presumption with profound effects on matters ranging from regulatory statutes to theories of market efficiency to the ample pay of analysts themselves. But now new research by two Freeman School finance professors raises fundamental doubts about this reputed power.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Young, socially motivated entrepreneurs are helping to build a better New Orleans, and the Freeman School is playing major part in that effort.

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The Rise of Conscious Capitalism

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Social entrepreneurship is limited to organizations founded to address social problems, but what about organizations with non-social missions? The answer, John Elstrott says, is conscious capitalism.

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Recipe for Success

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With an ambitious plan to transform a long-neglected section of New Orleans, developers Matt Schwartz and Chris Papamichael epitomize the spirit of conscious capitalism.

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Message from the TABA President: Looking Back on a Great Year

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As we look back on 2009, all Freeman School alumni should be proud of our many accomplishments. The 30th annual Tulane Business Forum was a tremendous success with a record number of attendees, outstanding speakers and incredible participant feedback.

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Humble Beginnings: Chips Abroad

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MBA student Carolina Rojas (MBA ’10) interviewed Pedro Padierna, president and CEO of Sabritas Central America and Caribbean Foods, in Mexico City in August 2009.

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Class Notes: Winter 2010

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Bruce Spizer (MBA ’77) wrote the questions for the Trivial Pursuit The Beatles Collector’s Edition board game, which was released in August 2009. Spizer, a New Orleans attorney specializing in tax law and estate planning, is one of the nation’s leading Beatles experts, with seven books on the Fab Four to his credit.

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In Memoriam

- Winter 2010 -

Andrew M. Villar (’11) Jerome J. Elick (BBA ’29) David W. Light Jr. (BBA ’30) Victor L. Roy Jr. (BBA ’31) Mallory V. Morgan (BBA ’33) Stephen D. Michell (’34) Ralph P. Hebert (BBA ’36) John A. Walls (BBA ’36) Justin R. Querbes Jr. (BBA ’37) David D. Dupuy (BBA ’38) Joseph J. Zammit (’38) […]

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My Brilliant Career: Setting a New Course

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Boating, you might say, is in Jeff Lichterman’s blood. He spent his summers growing up on the shore of Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey and cut his teeth on his father’s 17-foot runabout. Lichterman developed such a passion for boating that he eventually sent a letter to the president of Concord Yachts asking for the rights to open a local dealership. He was 11 years old at the time.

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Freeman School of Business Upcoming Events

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April 2010
APRIL 16
Tulane Business Plan Competition, Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II
Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs
2010 Awards Gala,
Westin Canal Place Hotel

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