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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett offers advice for social media users to curb the spread of disinformation

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Excerpt from USA Today -- “'If you see something you get really excited about, that’s the moment not to send it to other people,' says Paul Barrett, deputy director at NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. 'That’s the moment to stay calm and double check. That piece of content will still be there in five minutes or in five hours.'”
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Professor Richard Sylla explains why the late Paul Volcker would have likely embraced the concept of government-backed digital currencies

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Excerpt from CoinDesk -- "The promise of these government-backed digital currencies is that they might reduce the need for paper bills and coins, making it easier for consumers and businesses alike to exchange payments. Those are benefits that Volcker likely would have embraced, says Richard Sylla, a New York University economics professor emeritus who specializes in financial history."
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Professor and Dean Emeritus Peter Henry discusses how the US-China trade war has impacted the global economy

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- “'The trade war has been a drag on the global economy,' said Peter Henry, an economics and finance professor at New York University, who also serves as a member of Protiviti’s advisory board."
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In a story highlighting Forbes' 2019 "World’s 100 Most Powerful Women" list, Professor Erica Gruen shares her perspective on what 2019 has meant for women in media

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Excerpt from Forbes -- “'One thing that these women realize is that they can use the power of their artistry,' says NYU Stern Professor and former Food Network CEO Erica Gruen. 'They don't have to get arrested or lead a political movement. They can just do what they're doing, but do it in a way that gives direct inspiration to people.'”
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Professor Anika Sharma weighs in on the rise of branded private label products from retailers and the impact on traditional brands

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Excerpt from Marker -- "Retailers also possess the one asset every CPG covets: troves of data to help them make decisions about which products resonate with customers. 'You understand the brands that are doing well, you learn from those brands, and then you launch your own brand in that category,' says Amika Sharma, an adjunct assistant professor at NYU Stern and a marketing professional."
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Professor Vasant Dhar shares his perspective on AI-based trades in relation to human-led trading decisions

Excerpt from France24 -- "But he cautioned that humans would not necessarily recognise a system failure or make the right call. 'Consider the fact that humans can make bad decisions as well. You can't assume that the human in the loop will make the right decision,' Dhar told AFP."
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Research from Professor Michael Waugh on the wide-ranging impacts of China’s retaliatory tariffs on local communities is highlighted

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "Those communities also saw slower job growth, according to Michael Waugh, an associate professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business and the study's author."
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Professor Jonathan Haidt shares insights on how "moral elevation" can break down barriers and encourage compassion and generosity

Excerpt from The Epoch Times -- "What are the solutions? There are many, no doubt, but here’s one to consider: moral elevation. That’s the 'warm, uplifting feeling that people experience when they see unexpected acts of human goodness, kindness, courage, or compassion,' according to psychologist Jonathan Haidt, now the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the NYU Stern School of Business."
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Professor Nicholas Economides comments on Greece's plan to curb tax evasion by mandating digital receipts in 2020

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Excerpt from CoinDesk -- "However, economist Nicholas Economides, whose previous advisory clients include the Bank of Greece in 1993, disagreed that this policy represents a dramatic shift. To the contrary, Economides said, the Greek government has required digital receipts for tax deductibles for more than five years. If citizens are unable to show bank records or credit card statements for deductible bills, paper receipts no longer suffice. As such, he argued this is merely another modernization push."
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Recent alumna Lia Winograd (MBA '19), Co-founder of Pepper, is named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "In 2017, she teamed up with coworker Lia Winograd to create a line of bras designed for women with small busts. The bras, which start at $48, have shallower cups, light padding and a specially curved underwire. Pepper has a distribution deal with Urban Outfitters and projects revenue of $6 million in 2020."
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Professor Scott Galloway is quoted in a story exploring the rise and fall of RadioShack

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Excerpt from CBS News -- "'I wouldn't even call this a failure. I'd call it an assisted suicide,' Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at New York University's Stern Business School, told Bloomberg. 'It's amazing it's taken this long for this company to go out of business.'"
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Professor Adam Alter's comments on the humanization of brands are included in an article on how food companies have embraced social media

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Excerpt from Eater -- "As Adam Alter, a marketing professor at New York University, told Vice, 'this humanization of brands … means we’ve come to expect small doses of humanity from even large brands that may have once seemed faceless and corporate before the rise of social media.'”
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett warns that skillfully made deepfake videos could impact the 2020 elections

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Excerpt from HuffPost -- "Paul Barrett, adjunct professor of law at New York University, added that 'a skillfully made deepfake video could persuade voters that a particular candidate said or did something she didn’t say or do.'"
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Stern's Fertitta Veterans Program is highlighted in a roundup on veteran-specific business programs

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Excerpt from The Veteran Pro -- "Although only open for those who get accepted into New York University’s Stern School of Business, the Fertitta Veterans program is an effort by a top school to work towards a successful integration of Veterans into their business program. The program is funded through a $15 million endowment from two Stern alumni who are also brothers. For those accepted, you can expect to not only participate in the program, but attend Stern at little to no cost."
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Research from the Center for Business and Human Rights on measuring human rights performance for investors is cited

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Academics at NYU Stern said in a 2017 study that there were bigger gaps in the data around ‘S’ than ‘E’ and ‘G’. The study found that the available data focused on what was convenient to measure rather than meaningful, and that it lacked consistency."
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Professor Melissa Schilling discusses how Sundar Pichai may approach his new position as CEO of Alphabet following Larry Page and Sergey Brin's recent departures

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "As a professional manager, Mr Pichai will inevitably strike a more cautious stance than Google’s founders, says Melissa Schilling, a Stern business school professor. 'We’re likely to see more risk aversion, and a move to make the company more ordinary,' she says. But it is hard to see Mr. Page and Mr. Brin — whose shareholdings and board seats leave them still in the driving seat — settling for something quite so prosaic."
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Analysis on the prevalence of advertising fraud from Professor Anindya Ghose is spotlighted

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Excerpt from Knowledge@Wharton -- "NYU scholar Anindya Ghose recently quantified the scale of this problem saying one in five ads one sees on a smartphone are fraudulent. "
 
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Professor Baruch Lev's joint research on the demise of value investing is mentioned

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Excerpt from InvestorPlace -- “'The reasons for this putative failure of value investing elude investors and academics, making it a challenge to assess the likelihood of the return of value investing to its days of glory,' according to a study on value stocks conducted by the NYU Stern School of Business."
 
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"Professor Aswath Damodaran's recent valuation analysis on Aramco is cited "

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Excerpt from MarketWatch -- "Aswath Damodaran, a New York University professor, calculated Aramco at a valuation of $1.7 trillion might be a pretty good investment for Saudi nationals, but just for the dividends as the stock price won’t have much room to appreciate."
 
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Data from the 2019 update of the DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI), co-authored by Professor Steven A. Altman and Research Scholar Phillip Bastian, is highlighted

Excerpt from Benzinga -- "Steven Altman, a senior research scholar at the NYU Stern School of Business and the lead author of the DHL GCI, spoke at length on the causes and impact of global connectedness that had visibly declined over the last year. He pointed out that though the index did fall, it only reversed part of the increase that had propelled its figures to a record high in 2017 – noting that the index was still close to its all-time high."
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Professor Scott Galloway offers his perspective on the social media backlash against Peloton following its release of a viral holiday ad

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing a the NYU Stern School of Business, said the commercial itself is tone deaf and borderline offensive. But 'in this attention-driven economy, anything that gets attention is arguably a positive,' he said in an interview. 'It’s bringing Peloton into the social discourse on very regular basis, which is what ads are supposed to do' If Peloton had to do it again, Galloway said, 'I’d argue they probably would.'”
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In an interview, Professor Arun Sundararajan explains why smaller retailers are feeling increased pressure to deliver packages quickly during the holiday season

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Excerpt from Marketplace -- "New York University professor Arun Sundararajan, who studies how technologies transform business, said shippers and online retailers are feeling increased pressure to deliver quickly. 'A lot of the expectations of consumers regarding speed of shipping have been driven by Amazon,' Sundararajan said. 'And for a smaller retailers, keeping up with that kind of expectation is incredibly hard.'”
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Professor Anat Lechner weighs in on the challenges associated with a company undergoing a cultural transformation

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "That leaves Fitzpatrick more or less alone to steer Soros through this cultural transformation—while keeping alive its reputation as a premier asset manager. 'For a company to undergo a personality change, especially when there’s not a crisis, is almost impossible,' says Anat Lechner, a management professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business."
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Director of MBA Admissions Holly Curtis highlights the demand among prospective students for Stern's Andre Koo Tech MBA program, noting that 50 percent of the 2020 cohort is composed of women

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Excerpt from FindMBA -- "Holly Curtis, director of MBA admissions at Stern, says: 'We see a clear demand for the program. Prospective students are excited about refining their skills and strategic thinking in both business and tech. We welcomed our second class to campus in May. We’re proud the cohort is 50 percent female.'”
 
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Stern alumna Lola Alarcon Tomas (MSBA '17) is quoted in a trend story highlighting the School's Master of Science in Business Analytics as one of the top programs embracing the role of data in a competitive business landscape

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Excerpt from SI News -- "'The programme was overall above expectations…I met some of the brightest people that I’ve met in my career. We were more collaborative than competitive and I learned to approach problems from different angles. Data science for business opened a world to me and other subjects gave that wow factor to techniques that we should be applying for problem-solving,' says MSBA graduate, Lola Alarcon Tomas."

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