by mark | Apr 10, 2010 | - Winter 2010 -, News
The Freeman School jumped seven spots in the latest Financial Times ranking of executive MBA programs. Freeman’s EMBA program is now ranked 64th in the world and 22nd among U.S. programs. Financial Times bases its ranking on measures of alumni success and quality of...
by mark | Apr 10, 2010 | - Winter 2010 -, News
Twenty-eight of the nation’s best student traders traveled to New Orleans on Nov. 14 to test their skills trading simulated live oil and gas futures, but unlike most competitions, the winners of this event weren’t necessarily the ones with the biggest profits. The...
by mark | Apr 10, 2010 | - Winter 2010 -, News
Kaitlyn Basso (BSM ’11) taught 10-year-olds how to balance a checkbook. Fany Hernandez (BSM ’11) talked to kindergarten students about the value of money and the importance of saving. Alexander Fogelson (BSM ’11) helped 12-year-olds understand what goes into starting...
by mark | Apr 10, 2010 | - Winter 2010 -, News
Capitalism has gotten a bad rap lately, and John Mackey thinks that’s a bad thing. “Day in and day out, we’re bombarded with the failure of capitalism,” said Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market Inc., which operates more than 270 stores in the U.S., Canada...
by mark | Apr 10, 2010 | - Winter 2010 -, Freeman Index, News
NO. OF STUDENTS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES IN 1991: 80 NO. OF STUDENTS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES IN 2010: 200+ NO. OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES IN 1991: 1 NO. OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES IN 2010: 10 PERCENT OF STUDENTS INTERESTED IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN 2004: 26%...
by mark | Apr 10, 2010 | - Winter 2010 -, Research
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...
