The Economist
Kellogg School of Management: 21st century knocks – 02/07/12
From the article: Dean Sally Blount says, “Business is still the dominant social institution of our time, as it was in the late 20th century, but it is very different now. The depth of understanding that you cannot separate private enterprise from public policy is far more profound than anyone saw. And that has huge implications on what you do as a business educator.”
Bloomberg Businessweek (Getting In blog)
Kellogg Overhaul Will Shrink MBA, Revise Curriculum – 02/06/12
The article profiles Envision Kellogg, a comprehensive plan for how the school will shape business education and thought leadership. From the article: Blount sees the new Kellogg as better suited to what she calls the "collaboration economy," one where value is created through "immense, dense human connection" facilitated by technology.
Crain’s Chicago Business
Kellogg takes wraps off turnaround plan – 02/06/12
The article profiles Envision Kellogg, a comprehensive plan for how the school will shape business education and thought leadership in the 21st century.
Poets & Quants
Kellogg To Shrink Two-Year MBA Program – 02/06/12
The article profiles Envision Kellogg, a comprehensive plan for how the school will shape business education and thought leadership. The article also appeared on Fortune.com. From the article: “It is an alternative model of general management education,” said Blount. “We’ve created these four impact areas because the problems businesses need to solve don’t fall into a single disciplinary bucket anymore. We will reorganize how we do our research and what we have in our curriculum.”
Wall Street Journal
What’s News from B-Schools – 02/06/12
From the article: “The globalization of commerce has led to the globalization of higher education,” Ms. Blount said. "If you're going to be a premier competitor, you better have a global reputation.”
Chicago Sun-Times
Emanuel names Paula Wolff to head City Colleges board – 02/02/12
From the article: Emanuel said the “quality and energy” of Chicago’s workforce is defined, in part, by its two top-ten business schools: Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.
Globe and Mail (Canada)
The pause that refreshes your ethics – 02/02/12
The article highlights research that shows people are more likely to make ethical choices when they take time to consider their options rather than make a snap decision. The study is co-authored by Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Risk Management J. Keith Murnighan.
Greensboro News & Record
Study: Black women in power see fewer backlashes – 02/02/12
The article highlights research that finds black women in business leadership roles experience less backlash against displays of dominant behavior than white women and black men in leadership positions. The study is co-authored by Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations Robert Livingston.
Wall Street Journal
Pesky Question of How Firms Value Exotic Securities – 02/02/12
From the article: The Credit Suisse case comes as a new set of accounting rules that took effect at the start of 2012 will force companies to disclose more about the methods and assumptions they use in valuing exotic securities. The new disclosures wouldn't have prevented the sort of improprieties that allegedly occurred at Credit Suisse, experts say. But they may act as a check on companies, by giving investors a chance to see what assumptions are made in valuation models. "The fact that they have to report this will make management think," said Ravi Jagannathan, a finance professor at Northwestern University.
Chicago Tribune
Pregame blitz – 02/01/12
Clinical Professor of Marketing Tim Calkins comments on the practice of teasing and pre-releasing Super Bowl ads.
MIT Technology Review
Innovation without Age Limits – 02/01/12
The article highlights research that investigates the average age at which people achieve their greatest innovation. The study is authored by Associate Professor of Management and Strategy Benjamin F. Jones.
MSNBC.com (The Bottomline blog)
Super Bowl becoming the social media event of the season for advertisers – 01/27/12
From the article: Analysts say this year is a turning point for social media's incorporation into the biggest mass-media event of the year, and advertisers are taking note. "The trend in social media with the Super Bowl has been building over the past two or three years," said Tim Calkins, professor of marketing at Northwestern University. "This year, we're really seeing it go to a totally new level where marketers are making social networking a core part of their Super Bowl efforts."
Press Trust of India (India)
Retail FDI to help domestic firms – 01/27/12
From the article: However, Lakshman Krishnamurthi, a ‘Montgomery Ward’ distinguished professor of Marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, said success of allowing foreign retail in India depends “on how you measure success.” “Wal-Mart entered China in 1996 and it took more than a decade for the China operations to become successful. India in 2012 is a richer country than China was in 1996, on a per capita GDP basis, but the income distribution is skewed with a significant bottom tail.”
Chicago Tribune
Northwestern profs featured in Udemy initiative – 01/26/12
From the article: Udemy, a San Francisco-based startup that offers on-demand video education, is featuring two Northwestern University professors in a new initiative that showcases top-tier academic teaching talent….The other Northwestern professor partnering with Udemy is Gad Allon, who is at the Kellogg School of Management and won the business school’s Outstanding Professor of the Year Award in 2009. He will be teaching “Introduction to Operations Management.”
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