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Prof. Nouriel Roubini says larger firms may face MF Global's fate

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Excerpt from Forbes -- “What happened to MF Global could happen to Jefferies, Barclays, Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley. Leverage & maturity mismatch can lead to runs."  Additional coverage appeared in Forbes and Crain's New York Business.
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Mary Ellen Iskenderian of Women’s World Banking Discusses Leadership with MBAs

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and CEO of Women’s World Banking, the world’s largest network of microfinance institutions and banks, spoke to a group of MBA students this fall as part of NYU Stern’s Leadership Luncheon Series, coordinated by the School’s Leadership Development Team.
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Prof. Viral Acharya will serve on the 2012 Regulatory Innovation Award selection committee

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Excerpt from MarketWatch -- "This year's selection committee consists of: ... Viral Acharya is the C.V. Starr Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business (NYU-Stern). ..."
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NYU Life Trustee & Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Overseers Henry Kaufman on capitalism

Excerpt from EconoMonitor -- "In his foreword, Dr. Henry Kaufman warned 'Capitalism without owners will fail.'"
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Assistant Dean Isser Gallogly on the technology-driven additions to the Stern MBA application

Excerpt from Bloomberg Businessweek -- “It gives them a chance to show us how they’re unique and different and how they’ll fit into the community." Additional coverage appeared in US News & World Report and Kashmir Monitor.
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Prof. Lawrence White participated in a panel discussion on personal financial decision-making

Excerpt from Wireless News -- "Joining Ferik in the panel discussion was ... Lawrence White, economics professor and economics department deputy chair at New York University's Stern School of Business and co-author of Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance, published earlier this year."
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Prof. Aswath Damodaran's research on the long-term successes of IPOs is cited

Excerpt from Investment Week -- "The academic evidence on the long-term successes of IPOs is, to be generous, mixed. For example, a study of 5,821 IPOs highlighted by Loughran and Ritter in Investment Fables by Aswath Damodaran, calculated that IPO firms underperformed peers by high single digits per annum for up to four years."
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Prof. Scott Galloway says magazines are behind when it comes to social media

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Excerpt from MediaPost -- "Magazine publishers received a public scolding at the American Magazine Conference from L2 founder Scott Galloway, who warned that magazines are behind the curve when it comes to social media."
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Prof. Scott Galloway's Digital IQ ranking of fashion brands is featured

Excerpt from BizCommunity.com -- "Professor Scott Galloway's NYU-based think tank, LuxuryLab released fascinating findings in their third annual 'Digital IQ" report this week. The report assessed the digital competence of 49 global fashion and leather goods firms, to a small number of media outlets."
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Prof. Scott Galloway on Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi breaking news on Facebook

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Excerpt from Marketplace Radio -- "I don't think you would have seen Obama or Merkel decide to make this sort of decision and announce it Facebook."
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A paper by Prof. Paul Romer on using bankruptcy for profit is cited

Excerpt from Benzinga.com -- “Neither the public nor economists foresaw that [S&L deregulation was] bound to produce looting. Nor, unaware of the concept, could they have known how serious it would be."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence on the development of the BRIC economies

Excerpt from The Diplomat -- "As Nobel laureate Michael Spence has noted, the current era of economic growth is occurring in 'the third century of the Industrial Revolution.' Like the modernization of Europe and the United States during the 19th century, economic development in Brazil, India, and China has been powered by the prodigious use of fossil fuels."
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An op-ed by Prof. Arun Sundararajan on the success of the UID Authority of India

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Excerpt from Livemint -- "Very soon, India will have the world’s largest ever biometrics database, a fertile foundation for creating the myriad applications that will unleash the value of Aadhaar."
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An op-ed by Prof. Robert Frank on the problems with replacing the US progressive tax with a flat tax

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "A flat tax would do nothing to make filing tax returns any simpler. But, more important, it would greatly exacerbate longstanding growth in income inequality."
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Nobel Laureate Prof. Michael Spence is cited as the chair of SEED

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Investor Robert E. King and his wife have given $150 million (part of which is a challenge grant) to found the Stanford school’s Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, which will informally be known as SEED. ... (SEED itself will be chaired by Nobel winner Michael Spence, another specialist on development economics and dean emeritus of Stanford GSB.)."
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Prof. Baruch Lev's new book, "Winning Investors Over," is reviewed

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Excerpt from Barron's -- "Lev empirically proves the parental admonition that honesty is the best policy. In a company's case, honesty without delay will almost always result in better stock performance over time than evasion and obfuscation."
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Board of Overseers Member Peter Schoenfeld (ARTS '66, MBA '68) on Yahoo!'s board

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "The board should be focused on unlocking [Yahoo] value for all shareholders instead of protecting a small group." Additional coverage appeared in CNET
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Prof. Amir Malin on print and advertizing funding for films

Excerpt from Variety -- "The volume of submissions is up but the commercial viability is down. Most of the submissions we are seeing don't merit a viable commercial release."
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Prof. Jonathan Haidt on social psychology as a "tribal moral community”

Excerpt from Occidental Observer -- "Jonathan Haidt (a social psychologist himself) has made a major contribution calling attention to social psychology as a 'tribal moral community' united in its liberal political commitments. He notes that articles that contravene the tribal liberalism are subjected to much higher standards in order to get published."
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Prof. Edward Altman will speak at the NYSSA Wealth Management Summit on 11/1

Excerpt from Investment Weekly News -- "The event will culminate with a closing keynote presentation on sovereign debt today and its position in the global economy from Edward I. Altman, PhD, Max L. Heine Professor of Finance at NYU Stern School of Business and an internationally renowned expert on corporate bankruptcy, high yield bonds, distressed debt and credit risk analysis."
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Prof. Xavier Gabaix on power laws

Excerpt from Science News -- "Power laws are one of those intriguing facts that force people to write new theories that hopefully will explain them."
Research Center Events

Leading Experts Convene for NYU Stern’s Eighth Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship

More than 130 experts and thought leaders from the public, nonprofit, for-profit and academic sectors, representing 25+ countries, gathered for the Eighth Annual Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, presented by NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. The annual conference explores the latest theory and research on social entrepreneurship and its impact on global communities.
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An op-ed by Prof. Joel Rubinson on the evolving "path to purchase"

Excerpt from Retail Wire -- "Where a purchase is made marks the beginning of the journey, not the end. Is the traditional path to purchase model becoming less relevant?"
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Prof. Gary Katzenstein will speak at the World Affairs Forum on 11/16

Excerpt from Stamford Times -- "Visiting Associate Professor of Management at the NYU Stern School of Business, Gary Katzenstein, will speak at the World Affairs Forum on Nov. 16 at UConn-Stamford."