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Joint research by Professors Tülin Erdem, Vishal Singh and PhD candidate Poppy Zhang on how consumers favor brands that help refugees is spotlighted

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Excerpt from BizEd Magazine -- "'These findings indicate that businesses can view these efforts as more than just philanthropy,' says Tülin Erdem, co-author of the report and chair of NYU Stern’s marketing department. A company’s support of refugees 'impacts brand image and consumer brand purchase behavior positively,' says Erdem. The survey results are consistent with other research that shows an increasing number of consumers prefer socially responsible brands."
 

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Professor Deepak Hegde offers advice to entrepreneurs who are looking to scale startup companies

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Excerpt from Business Insider -- "That's according to Deepak Hegde, associate professor of management and organizations at New York University. Hegde also directs Endless Frontier Labs, which helps technology and science startups scale. (One alum is Analytical Flavor Systems, a machine-learning and artificial-intelligence platform that predicts individual taste profiles that's now being leveraged to design boutique bread flavors.)"
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Professor Susan Stehlik shares insights for how world leaders can effectively use communication strategies at the G20 Summit

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Excerpt from Business Insider -- "Trump can get on Xi's good side by asking questions instead of proposing a solution without listening. Susan Stehlik, the director of NYU Stern Business School's management communication program, said Western leaders can fall into the trap of presenting a proposal right at the top of the meeting."
 
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Professor Susan Stehlik shares insights for how world leaders can effectively use communication strategies at the G20 Summit

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Excerpt from Business Insider -- "Trump can get on Xi's good side by asking questions instead of proposing a solution without listening. Susan Stehlik, the director of NYU Stern Business School's management communication program, said Western leaders can fall into the trap of presenting a proposal right at the top of the meeting."
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In a Q&A interview, Professor and Vice Dean of MBA programs JP Eggers highlights Stern's new MBA specialization in healthcare

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- “'Healthcare is an incredibly important part of the U.S. and global economy, and even more central to New York City given the hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance providers within the broader region. As a result and in line with Stern’s continued push to diversify the opportunity set for our students, this became a priority to make our ambitious goals in the healthcare space something visible and public.'”
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Recent Stern alumnus John Pattison (MBA '19) and his new employer, New Age Meats, kick off a trend story on the uptick in MBA hiring among startup companies.

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "New Age Meats is not a conventional MBA recruiter. The San Francisco food start-up, which is developing a technique to grow meat from animal cells, has yet to close its first funding round and has just four people on the payroll. But its first hire was MBA student John Pattison, a former management consultant and US army officer, who joined fresh from his graduation ceremony from NYU’s Stern School of Business in May."
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In a Q&A interview, Professor and Vice Dean of MBA programs JP Eggers highlights Stern's new MBA specialization in healthcare

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- “'Healthcare is an incredibly important part of the U.S. and global economy, and even more central to New York City given the hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance providers within the broader region. As a result and in line with Stern’s continued push to diversify the opportunity set for our students, this became a priority to make our ambitious goals in the healthcare space something visible and public.'"
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Recent Stern alumnus John Pattison (MBA '19) and his new employer, New Age Meats, kick off a trend story on the uptick in MBA hiring among startup companies

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "New Age Meats is not a conventional MBA recruiter. The San Francisco food start-up, which is developing a technique to grow meat from animal cells, has yet to close its first funding round and has just four people on the payroll. But its first hire was MBA student John Pattison, a former management consultant and US army officer, who joined fresh from his graduation ceremony from NYU’s Stern School of Business in May."
Press Releases

NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) Makes Its First Investment

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The student-led NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) has successfully completed its first investment with a $30,000 investment in Sapient Industries,  whose mission is to eliminate waste from our electrical grid using machine learning.
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Executive Education Short Course: Communication Strategies: Developing Leadership Presence

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In this advanced communication program, participants will practice developing and delivering well-crafted, concise messages with clearly defined intents that support their personal brand.
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In an in-depth Q&A, alumnus Bryan Kelly (EMBA '19) reflects on his time at Stern and how the executive MBA program added value to his career

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "'The executive MBA program at NYU Stern offered everything I was looking for in my business training. It is ranked as one of the top EMBA programs in the country, is located close to my place of work, and has a great and diverse curriculum that provides both strong foundational classes as well as a wide array of elective classes that offers numerous specialization areas. I was particularly interested in specialized classes in leadership and strategy. In addition, several classes in healthcare business and economics were particularly relevant to my career development.'"
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Professor Michael Posner discusses how the spread of disinformation on social media could impact the 2020 election cycle

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "Tech companies have not clarified their policies for handling deepfakes or more crudely edited and demonstrably false videos, said Michael Posner, the director of New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights who researches disinformation."
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Professor Dolly Chugh offers advice for companies to successfully manage cross-generational teams

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Excerpt from Livemint -- "Psychologist Dolly Chugh of NYU Stern School of Business points out that when it comes to inclusive behaviour, it is important to keep in mind that we are all “a work-in-progress". Irrespective of the generation we belong to, we may have certain “ordinary privileges" that others may not have access to."
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In a radio interview, MBA student Amy Nordrum emphasizes the importance of science journalism for understanding emerging technologies

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Excerpt from NPR -- "’Right now I work at a publication that is tailored to professional engineers in all different kinds of fields but that doesn't mean that they're experts necessarily in the field we're writing about. So in a lot of ways, it's also similar to writing for a broader audience, in which you need to define your terms, you need to remove jargon and you need to try to translate these developments in technology and engineering for people who are outside of that specialized field.’”
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Professor Michael Posner discusses how the spread of disinformation on social media could impact the 2020 election cycle

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "Tech companies have not clarified their policies for handling deepfakes or more crudely edited and demonstrably false videos, said Michael Posner, the director of New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights who researches disinformation."
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Stern's MBA program is highlighted for its top ranking in finance

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "Located in New York City, the financial capital of the world, NYU Stern offers an excellent MBA program for a career in finance. The curriculum spans everything from microfinance to global banking, sales and trading, public finance, and M&A. And in 2018, 33.8 percent of the graduating MBA class went into financial services—more than any other industry."
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Professor David Yermack's comments on bitcoin at the Mapping the Financial Frontier Conference are featured

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Excerpt from Crowdfund Insider -- "So very famously, the first block of the Bitcoin blockchain, which was created on January 3, 2009, it has the headline from that morning’s Times of London, that the chancellor’s on the brink of a second bailout for the British banking system. And this is there really to announce to the world that there is a better way and to throw down a challenge to the existing financial system that we are going to put you out of business if you don’t adapt and recognize that there’s a better way to do payments and transfers."
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Professor Joseph Foudy explains how higher tariffs may threaten business operations in China

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Excerpt from CGTN -- "'Firms are A,B,C – Anywhere But China,' explains Joseph Foudy, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'And so they are just radically reducing their exposure because even if we get an agreement today, who’s to say that it doesn’t break down, and we’re not looking at a new round of tariffs late this year or early next year?'"
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Stern's MBA program is highlighted for its top ranking in finance

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "Located in New York City, the financial capital of the world, NYU Stern offers an excellent MBA program for a career in finance. The curriculum spans everything from microfinance to global banking, sales and trading, public finance, and M&A. And in 2018, 33.8 percent of the graduating MBA class went into financial services—more than any other industry."
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Professor David Yermack discusses the impact Facebook's virtual currency proposal could have on the payments industry

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "The idea marks a 'long overdue' attack by Big Tech on the payments industry, says David Yermack, a finance professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business."
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Executive Education Short Course: Leadership Training for High Potentials

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This program will introduce you to a variety of analytical frameworks related to leadership and will focus on how to apply those frameworks to analyze and address important leadership challenges.
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Professor Julia Hur offers her perspective on how employee requests for reimbursements may indicate a desire for higher compensation

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Julia Hur, an assistant professor at New York University, blames performance incentives. 'Crazy reimbursement is a kind of expression of strong desire for more money,' she said, adding that performance incentives make people think about money and as a result, they become obsessed with getting reimbursed."
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Professor Aswath Damodaran's research on pharmaceutical companies' profit margins is cited

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Excerpt from The Economist -- "According to a recent study by Aswath Damodaran of New York University’s Stern School of Business, on this basis drug firms’ margins are 24%, higher than most other sectors (see chart)."
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Professor Amy Webb's book, "The Big Nine," is reviewed

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Webb’s book at times reads like a thriller in which the ending looks bleak. But she affords us a clear, jargon-free view of the power and potential of AI — and how we as citizens should seek to influence its development — before a coming superintelligence shapes human lives in ways we cannot yet imagine."
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In a radio interview, Professor Haran Segram comments on Slack's direct listing

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Excerpt from Knowledge@Wharton -- "Direct listing is a luxury, in a sense. You have to have a brand name and enough cash on the balance sheet for you to go direct-listing because you don't have to raise capital right now."