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On October 19, John E. Herzog (MBA '71), former member of the NYU Stern Board of Overseers, sat down with Professor Melissa Schilling for a discussion of his new book, A Billion to One: The Story of Herzog, Heine, Geduld, Inc. 

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Well I think taking over is a little strong, I think robots are definitely making inroads into wall street in a number of areas, but they're not going to take over wall street any time soon. The advantages that robots have is that they can learn from data so wherever you have lots of data available those are the obvious places where robots can make inroads and that is what we have seen happening."

Excerpt from The National -- "Issuing retail digital cash would effectively mean the demise of fractional reserve banking. As Max Raskin and David Yermack noted in a paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research: 'A sovereign digital currency could have profound implications for the banking system, narrowing the relationship between citizens and central banks and removing the need for the public to keep deposits in fractional reserve commercial banks.'"

Excerpt from Investing.com -- "Amazon Prime symbolizes how Amazon plays the long game, an investment that has taken a decade to bear fruit, but one that will be the foundation on which Amazon launches into new businesses. I know that there are many companies that model themselves after Amazon, but unless these 'Amazon Wannabes' can match its narrative consistency and long time horizon, it will remain a one of a kind."

Excerpt from the Stamford Advocate -- "'You’re getting information about what is flowing from one party to another, where that is taking place and how often people transact,' Dhar said. 'That has tremendous value. You can figure out what else you can sell as a service. At the end of the day, the real value is not in the technology; it’s in the data.'"

Excerpt from The Globe and Mail -- "Prof. Favilukis and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, a professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, described Vancouver and New York as 'two poster children of the [out-of-town] investor debate' that prompted them to develop their model of investor impact."

Excerpt from CNBC -- "Galloway said companies like Uber — with a valuation of $70 billion according to recent company press releases — would likely be worth much less if subjected to the scrutiny of the public market. The inflation, he said, comes from market dominance. 'I think the algorithm for creating shareholder value in the private markets right now is: Find a great market, put together a great team, have technology at the heart, and establish your position as the perceived leader,' Galloway said."

Excerpt from Inc. -- "Ari Ginsberg, a profess of management at New York University's Stern School of Business, says it's smart for companies to be drawing up Plan Bs-- in anticipation of the changes Trump has proposed, and the impact they might have on expenses. 'It doesn't hurt to spend time you otherwise wouldn't on contingency plans,' he suggests."

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "Mervyn King, a former Bank of England governor, says the UK’s desire for a transition deal shows that Mrs May’s government scarcely knows its own mind. 'It’s more of a kick-the-can-down-the-road plan to put things off for a period,' he says."

Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "The CDL-NYC focuses on maximizing the value for science and technology startups by pinpointing VC funding for the MBA curriculum. CDL Toronto, where the model has pioneered, has generated more than $1 billion of equity value in the five years since its founding. 'For successful high-tech entrepreneurship in a region, two things are essential,' says professor of management at NYU Stern, Deepak Hegde."

New research from NYU Stern PhD student Christopher To and Professor Gavin Kilduff, along with Lisa Ordóñez of the University of Arizona and Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, finds that rivalries increase an individual’s propensity to make risky decisions, which may help or harm the greater whole. 

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "New York University Stern School of Business announced Oct. 10 that it will enter a partnership with the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management to establish the first Creative Destruction Lab — CDL-New York City — in the United States. The program is laser-focused on maximizing value for science and technology startups through the unique CDL model that integrates the venturing process with the MBA curriculum."

Excerpt from The Real Deal -- "In order to break even with the average annual rent for a long-term lease, an Airbnb host would have to rent an apartment on the home-sharing site for an average of 216 days, up from 194 days in 2012, according to a new study."

Excerpt from the Harvard Business Review -- "Research on psychological standing shows that one aspect of men’s reluctance to advocate for gender-parity initiatives is they don’t think it’s their place as men."

Excerpt from Journalism.co.uk -- "'My hope with this report is that news outlets will find people within their organisations who can track the trends internally on a regular basis, methodically and using tools in order to be better equipped for what's coming up on the horizon,’ Amy Webb, founder of the Future Today Institute, told Journalism.co.uk."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Nouriel Roubini, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, says monetary policy should be more aggressive if inflation is going to stay low. Finally, Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, says populism in Europe has lost battles but not the war."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "Seems to me [the state of digital privacy] benefits entrants—it is easy to get customer data. A digital start up needs data. They can get good data on MIT students, at least, by giving away pizza."
 

On Friday, Oct. 13, the NYU Stern Association of Hispanic and Black Business Students (AHBBS) and Supporting Excellence and Advocating Diversity (SEAD) will co-host the 5th annual Diversity in Business Forum entitled, “Breaking Barriers: Community and Leadership”. 

Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "In his first book, The Four, [Galloway] poses the question, 'wherever you stand in the debate regarding Apple and privacy . . . Would we have endured this hand-wringing if the shooter’s phone had been a BlackBerry?' No, is his answer. Apple gets away with it because it is perceived as cool and innovative."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Mr. Galloway, whose new book, 'The Four,' analyzes the power of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple, said the social media network was still fumbling its response. 'Zuckerberg and Facebook are violating the No. 1 rule of crisis management: Overcorrect for the problem,' he said. 'Their attitude is that anything that damages their profits is impossible for them to do.'"

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "The research aims to shed light on some of the critical questions facing regulators as Airbnb brings hotel activity to residential neighborhoods, raising concerns about safety of residents and tourists and the loss of affordable housing for local residents. 'It’s a complex new problem that’s being generated by the blurring of lines, personal and commercial,' said Arun Sundararajan, one of the paper’s authors and a professor who studies the so-called sharing economy at NYU’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business."

New joint research from Professor Arun Sundararajan reveals how the geography of Airbnb usage patterns in New York City have evolved over time while revealing unexpected trends in short- and long-term rental prices. 

The NYU Stern Office of Alumni Relations will host the next installment of the "Author Lecture Series" featuring Professor Scott Galloway and Barry Ritholtz, chairman and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management.

The demand for excellent communication is a constant for any professional. But, what is excellent communication? The expectations of audiences and the need for instant feedback have changed the communication dynamic executives face each day. 

Excerpt from CNN Quest Means Business -- "'The biggest pressure is the large banks and large corporations that are headquartered in Barcelona, and that are thinking very seriously about moving to Madrid. Because if there is independence or even if there is a situation of uncertainty continues the way it is now, it's not good business to be in Barcelona for them. And that can have a huge negative impact on the Catalonia economy.'"