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Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh cites the growing real estate job market for MBAs; MBA students David Gleitman and Alex Lebowitz are featured

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'A lot more pension funds and sovereign wealth funds dramatically expanded their portfolios into real estate,' says Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, professor of finance at NYU Stern. This expansion is creating jobs in real estate beyond being a developer or landlord on the ground. 'Employers are contacting me daily to circulate positions among our real estate students,' he says."
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Drawing from his general social survey analysis, Professor Vishal Singh demonstrates bipartisan support for gun control

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "'Although public opinion fluctuates based on political, religious, and other demographics and in response to major mass shootings or presidential politics, there appears to be a majority bipartisan desire to establish certain level of gun control — at least as measured by response to the question in the GSS,' said Vishal Singh, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. Singh has closely studied the general social survey and has constructed an interactive visualization tool based on GSS data."
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Professor Robert Salomon identifies several causes for increased M&A activity over the past year

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "'Interest rates are at historic lows ... companies had lots of capital available to them to borrow to engage in deals,' says Robert Salomon, an associate professor of management at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'The second factor that you can’t ignore is that corporate balance sheets have a lot more cash: The amount of cash on them [is] at an all-time high.'"
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Professor Joseph Foudy shares his takeaways from the December jobs report

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Excerpt from Business Radio on Sirius XM -- "[The jobs report] shows you there's more strength in the US economy than people are thinking. It's not just this report. ADP looked good. I should also say the additional jobless claims are at a multi-year low. We haven't seen jobless claims this low in at least a decade or more."
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Undergraduate student Justin Lapidus (BS '16) is profiled

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Excerpt from branded.me -- "As a business analyst [at Brooklinen], I have my hands in a little bit of everything between operations, marketing, customer service, and biz dev. Every day is different here, so one day I will be working on building a forecasting model for our supply chain, the next I will be planning our next email campaign, and the next I'll be speaking to a potential business partner."
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Professor Aswath Damodaran identifies myths surrounding activist investing

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Excerpt from ValueWalk -- "To the question of 'Do activists make high returns?' both parties seem to agree that the answer is yes. That conclusion, though, may be based not only upon looking at the most successful, high profile investors in the group but also listening to the hype around them. Bill Ackman, Carl Icahn and Nelson Peltz have all had their share of bad investments, and looking collectively at all activist investors, the returns to activism are modest. In fact, given the cost of being activist, a large proportion of activist investors barely break even."
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In a co-authored op-ed, Professor Kim Schoenholtz discusses how the Federal Reserve is tightening policy

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "... The initial experience confirms that the Fed can raise interest rates even though the banking system is awash in excess reserves. By offering to pay interest on reserves, the Fed is placing a floor on the rate banks are willing to lend to households and firms. And, by offering to accept nonbank financial intermediaries overnight reverse repos in large volume, they are creating a floor under the market federal funds rate. If this pattern persists as policy rates rise, the new policy mechanics will be judged remarkably effective."
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Professor Karen Brenner shares her views on the ideal talent mix for corporate boards

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'It’s most important to have diversity of experiences,' said Karen Brenner, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'You don’t necessarily need duplicative skills.'"
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Samir Goel (BS '16) and Teri Tan (BS '16) highlight their favorite professors at Stern

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants for Undergrads -- "'Massimiliano (Max) Bonacchi. Even though I’ve never taken a class with him, I was fortunate enough to be his Teaching Assistant. His passion for accounting is evident through the way he teaches, but that is not uncommon amongst professors at NYU Stern. ...' – Teri Tan ... 'My favorite professor is Matt Statler, Richman Family Director of Business Ethics and Social Impact Programming and Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations. He makes the classroom feel like a community and creates an atmosphere that allows for meaningful discussions around the issues that matter most. ...' – Samir Goel"
 
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Samir Goel (BS '16) and Teri Tan (BS '16) share advice for business majors

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants for Undergrads -- "'Don’t let yourself feel boxed in by what everyone else is doing. Instead find out what you want and let yourself follow that passion.' – Samir Goel ... 'Focus on your business classes, but if you have other interests beyond business, do not neglect them. Business can intersect with most other interests and the result of the mix can be something beautiful.' – Teri Tan"
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Professor Scott Galloway comments on the decreased valuation of flash-sale website Gilt

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Excerpt from The New York Post -- "'The majority of these sites are gone or dying,' said Scott Galloway, founder of L2 Inc. and a professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business."
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NYU Global Research Professor Ian Bremmer comments on the United States' stability

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'The United States may not have incredibly robust economic growth and has plenty of problems you can point to,' said Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a geopolitical consultancy. 'But from a stability perspective, when things are more unstable, the United States in some ways gets stronger' as both people and investment dollars gravitate to the nation’s relative stability."
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In a co-authored op-ed, NYU Global Research Professor Ian Bremmer outlines the implications of the conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "... Both sides have strong reasons to avoid war. The Saudis know the cost of direct conflict with Iran would be devastating at exactly the wrong moment for the Saudi economy, and the near-term benefits of higher oil prices would do little to strengthen its untested Sunni military, particularly because war could make it impossible for the Saudis to export their product. Losing a war with Iran would put the regime's survival at stake."
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The diverse career paths and historical compensation data for Stern MBA graduates are highlighted

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "The graduating MBAs at New York University’s Stern School of Business saw a 4.8% increase in total starting compensation packages last year, reaching a new record of $144,199, from $137,582 in 2014. The rise was largely driven by a $10,000 boost in median base salaries of $120,000, up from $110,000 in 2014 and $100,000 in 2013."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan argues that our social safety net should be updated in light of the growth of the sharing economy

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Excerpt from TIME -- "'There’s something nice about getting a regular paycheck,' says Arun Sundararajan, a business professor at New York University, 'but we’ve got to get away from thinking that that is the only model.'"
 
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Professor Arun Sundararajan evaluates Facebook's free Internet initiative in India

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Excerpt from Marketplace -- "This sounds like a good thing, but the catch is this free internet access is restricted to only a few sites that Facebook will allow these people to access... I think that the fear here is that the Internet is much more about Facebook. And so having a corporate entity controlling what you can and can't do over your Internet connection can be potentially damaging to inclusiveness in a country."
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Professor Scott Galloway discusses the possibility of a proxy fight at Yahoo after activist shareholders' request for management changes

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "I think it's moved beyond leadership at this point. I think this is, 'this is over, it's time to sell or spin, and if we need new leadership and a new board, fine.'"
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MBA student Michael Schwartz is named to the Forbes "30 under 30" list for marketing and advertising

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Currently brand manager for Newcastle Brown Ale and Amstel at Heineken and previously associate brand manager at Unilever for brands including Knorr, Dove Men+Care and Axe."
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Professor Jonathan Haidt and Research Scholar Robert Frank are named to the Ethisphere "100 Most Influential in Business Ethics" list

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Excerpt from Ethisphere -- "Each year, Ethisphere recognizes 100 individuals that have made a material impact in the world of business ethics and compliance through the annual 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics list."
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Professor Jonathan Haidt discusses why Donald Trump appeals to many American voters

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Many American voters, Haidt wrote, perceive that the moral order is falling apart, the country is losing its coherence and cohesiveness, diversity is rising, and our leadership seems to be suspect or not up to the needs of the hour.'"
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Professor John Horton's research on the reach of the sharing economy is featured

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "Horton and Zeckhauser expect companies to design more products in the future with an eye to making them more easily shareable – for example, building cars and houses that you can lock and unlock remotely. They also say that more products could be linked to the internet of things to help platforms figure out when they aren’t being used and allow others access to them."
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Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz discusses the Center of Business and Human Rights' research on worker safety in Bangladesh

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Excerpt from TheStreet.com -- "'Though global brands assert they have strict policies against subcontracting, in reality, millions of workers and thousands of smaller factories are producing their goods,' said Sarah Labowitz, co-director of the Stern Center for Business and Human Rights."
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Professor Alexander Ljungqvist's research on the connection between corporate taxes and risk is featured

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Excerpt from The Atlantic -- "As a new National Bureau of Economic Research paper documents, tweaking taxes can also play a role in determining the degree of risk companies are willing to take on. The paper’s authors, Alexander Ljungqvist of New York University, Liandong Zhang of City University of Hong Kong, and Luo Zuo of Cornell, took a look at the impact that fluctuations in state taxes had on a company’s earnings, using increased earnings volatility as a signal of having taken on more risk."
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Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz is interviewed about the Center for Business and Human Rights' research on worker safety in Bangladesh

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Excerpt from Behind the Thread -- "Our research is on the nature of the supply chain in Bangladesh. And what we found is there are so many more factories than anyone had previously understood. And moreover that the global fashion industry, the fashion brands that rely on Bangladesh as a major sourcing destination are only really acknowledging those factories at the tip of the iceberg. In some ways, they're kind of cherry-picking the best factories and doing a lot of monitoring and having relationships with those factories. But those factories are supported by a wide network of indirect sourcing factories, subcontractors that, in our metaphor, are really below the surface."
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Professor Roy Smith evaluates presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' proposal to break up big banks

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Excerpt from Crain's New York -- "Breaking up the banks would be massively inefficient, Smith said, adding that 'you have a bigger chance of being run over by a stampede of wild buffalo on Fifth Avenue than this going through. ... If investment banking were to be spun off from the banks, it would mean all the banks could do 'is give you a house mortgage and an auto loan,' according to Smith."