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Taught by industry and academic leaders David Yermack and Kathleen DeRose, this course equips participants with an understanding of key FinTech concepts, strategies and implications.

Excerpt from Dinheiro Vivo -- (translated from Portuguese using Google Translate) "I propose that we have an income distribution system that is less connected to the work activity and more linked to guaranteeing a universal minimum income and then a form of progressive taxation that allows to finance such a system."

Excerpt from CGTN -- "'I am not sure why there are any controversies, since all of the European countries have important relationships with China, because China is an important economy, an important trading partner and investment partner,' said Spence on the sideline of the China Development Forum held this weekend."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "During my high school career, I was more inclined to study political science or international studies. However, Stern’s Business and Political Economy program offered me the opportunity to study in three global capitals—New York, London, and Shanghai—which mirrored my interests. Since then, I have been able to examine the areas’ developmental stories and business environments."

Excerpt from BBC Capital -- "'There’s no easy answer,' says Lawrence White, economics professor at New York University. 'You’ve really got to do your research: where would I want to live in that city? How important is it to be close to public transportation? Is there a sales tax? Does the sales tax apply to everything? Is food taxed or is exempted? Is clothing taxed?'"

Excerpt from Business Insider -- "Food pictures... They light up the brain, particularly when you're hungry. Large food pictures, for a food company, are key."

Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "The Social Impact Core at Stern has dispelled the myth that you can’t do good for society and also be financially healthy. I have gotten exposure to the different ways that I can be a strong business leader who also does well for her community."

Exceprt from the Harvard Law blog -- "The SEC, the NYSE, and the U.S. government, accompanied by the actions of consultants, such as the Institutional Shareholder Services, recently have pushed to create, by means of relative performance evaluation (RPE), a tighter link between CEO pay and the factors under CEO control. This paper addresses the consequences of RPE for firm investment decisions and systemic risk in an industry model."

Excerpt from Brookings Institute blog -- "Itamar Drechsler of the University of Pennsylvania and Philipp Schnabl and Alexi Savov of New York University say instead that the Fed’s tightening between 2003 and 2006 shifted mortgage lending from the heavily regulated commercial banks to nonbank mortgage originators, which had lower lending standards."

Excerpt from Medium -- "And if you’re not — if you hold the line and sell 12 cans for the same price ABI is selling 15, said Sonia Marciano, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business who has studied ABI’s business practices: 'What do you say to a customer? Why should they buy you?'"

Excerpt from Fast Company -- "'The microwave decides you should be on a diet and won’t let you eat popcorn,' says Amy Webb, a professor of strategic foresight at the NYU Stern School of Business and the founder of the consulting firm Future Today Institute."

Following the premise that leadership is a skill to acquire and master, rather than a genetic inheritance, this course will provide a framework and template for your journey to becoming a great leader.

Excerpt from PCMag.com -- "'When you need an option to change, it is always too late,' he said. In other words, the ideas you may need in the future may be inconsistent or in conflict with ideas you are using now."

Excerpt from The New Republic -- "'EB-5 became extremely common after the financial crisis,' Friedland told me, 'and very broad.' With the rules revised and unemployment spiking anyway, virtually every project in the country could be proven as benefiting a high unemployment area, effectively lowering the individual investment amount to $500,000 across the board."

Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'It will make some difference but not a big difference,' said Nicholas Economides, an economics professor at New York University Stern School of Business. 'Rivals have become weaker and it’s very difficult to restore competition.'"

Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "Last week, the NYU Stern School of Business Center for Sustainable Business in partnership with IRI, released a new U.S.-based sustainable business study and established the Sustainable Share Index. The new Index offers an in-depth analysis of product purchases marketed as sustainable. Approximately 36 product categories were reviewed, representing 40 percent of total consumer product good sales, excluding tobacco and alcohol."

Excerpt from Business Insider -- "In her book 'The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias,' Dolly Chugh, a psychologist and associate professor of management and organizations at New York University's Stern School of Business, explained the term 'good-ish.' In the context of bias, this phrase refers to the idea that it's better to confront our mistakes (such as mispronouncing someone's name) than to be 'perfect.'"

Excerpt from Quartz -- "'WeWork has created the physical-world equivalent of a digital platform,' says Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and the author of The Sharing Economy."

Excerpt from Forbes India -- "Formulated by Edward Altman of New York University’s Stern School of Business in 1968, z-score, says Azeez, is better than ratings for determining credit risks before a company goes down. This is particularly critical for a country like India, which has 38 AAA-rated companies compared to the US that has just two."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "'This is a golden age of construction in American metropolitan areas,' said Gian Luca Clementi, as associate professor of economics at the Stern School of Business at New York University. 'The U.S. is still less urbanized than similar countries, so if anything, we will probably see more and more construction.'"

Excerpt from CNN -- "'Enabling the entire transaction to occur within the same interface without going outside [the app] may not sound like a big deal, but that's when most of the [traffic] leakage happens,' he said."

Excerpt from Corporate Eco Forum blog -- "We found that products marketed as sustainable are driving product and category growth; in fact, that they delivered 50.1% of the growth in the packaged goods market growth from 2013-2018!"

Excerpt from Forbes -- "The Sephora Accelerate program is what I call a quadruple win. It’s a win for Sephora because it’s great for its brand image to be supporting women-lead start-ups. It’s a win for the start-ups who gain valuable information and relationships that can significantly increase their chances of success. It’s a win for consumers because Sephora is helping bring products, ingredients, packaging and technology to market that are genuinely are better than what’s currently out there."

Excerpt from the The New York Times -- "As political actors, the couple are living exemplars of the Dunning-Kruger effect, a psychological phenomenon which leads incompetent people to overestimate their ability because they can’t grasp how much they don’t know."

Excerpt from Ad Age India -- "With the trend of potential consumers opting out of ‘tracking’ and wanting control over their own data, where does that leave brands that want to target existing and potential consumers? What is the answer to users opting out? In my mind, the answer is two-fold: relevance and absolutely stellar Customer Experience or CX."