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Excerpt from Retail Leader -- "The data is in and products with sustainable attributes are driving a disproportionate percentage of growth. IRI teamed with NYU’s Stern Center for Sustainable Business to understand why products with sustainability attributes driving superior growth rates."

Excerpt from Gizmodo -- "While the major social networks have taken 'some steps' to counteract the spread of disinformation, a recent report from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights concluded that Facebook and, in particular, YouTube continue to employ 'a piecemeal approach' to the problem."

Excerpt from the Korea JoongAng Daily -- "'Minimum wages, we know, can lead to a reduction in demand for workers and then to a pool of workers who are not connected to the labor force,' Romer said on Wednesday in response to a question on his thoughts on the Moon Jae-in government’s income-led growth policy and the minimum wage increases."

Excerpt from Multi-Housing News -- “'In your downtime, you’ve decided to spend 20 minutes on Instagram and you’re actually curious to see what’s on the market,' she said, comparing that to routine habits such as checking a bank account, when someone may be more annoyed at seeing ads cropping up."

Excerpt from Fast Company -- "'If enough drivers participate, they will have an impact,' says NYU business professor Arun Sundararajan, who is generally bullish on the prospects for Uber, Lyft and other 'gig-economy' companies. 'Worker protests by Uber and Lyft drivers get far more attention than any other labor action in the world right now.'"

Excerpt from Vox -- "In fact, recessions used to happen a lot more often than they do now, explained Richard Sylla, professor emeritus of economics at New York University, and since the late 20th century, expansions have become longer. The reason is that 'we’re much less of an industrial economy,' Sylla said."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "'This is an expensive area, there’s no question,' White said. 'That does make the home-buying process a bit more frustrating and a bit more difficult, but not as difficult as that 18-year number would indicate.'"

Excerpt from Forbes -- "'There’s a lot of misinformation out there,' Seamans says. 'The narrative that AI is coming to take your jobs is way overplayed.'"

Excerpt from Freakonomics Radio -- "Having basic copyright protection is important for two reasons. The first one is that it gives people an incentive to produce better work, but then the other one is if you actually make art something that people can make money off, you also change the type of person who can become an artist."

Excerpt from City and State NY-- "Achieving a better-specified expansion of service does appear to be the best outcome. It is unrealistic to expect another company to take over Charter's operations. That is the 'nuclear option.' Any serious effort by the PSC to try to make this happen would lead to years of litigation."

Excerpt from Zacks Investment Research Podcast -- "I think Lyft should be treated as a platform company... I tend to use enterprise value to revenue to value these companies. Enterprise value is market value of equity plus market value of debt minus cash. ... When you think about platform companies such as Facebook, Airbnb, Uber or Lyft, they tend to trade between 7 and 10x of the revenues."

Excerpt from 10% Happier Podcast -- (14:50) "The problem is, the definition a lot of us are using for good person, and this is why it's such a tight corner, is binary. It's you're a good person or you're not; you're racist or you're not; you're sexist or not, and there's no room for growth, there's no room for mistakes. What I'm trying to offer is a different way of thinking about our identities, which is being a good-ish person."

Excerpt from Bloomberg -- (7:30) "Investors are paying for the future rather than for the current state of affairs for this company."

On March 27, Paul Daugherty, chief technology & innovation officer, Accenture, will discuss his new book, Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI, with Professor Arun Sundararajan.

Excerpt from Crunchbase News -- "'This is not signifying product innovation,' he told Crunchbase News, saying that the company is looking for tools to increase sales, but not change health of the offerings."

Excerpt from Forbes -- "[Apple] is, by nature, an intensely creatively-driven organization. Often, when companies try to shift ahead, no matter how good the new strategy might be, they don’t have the right DNA to nurture it and make it work. Apple thrives on creative enterprise. This not only differentiates it within the technology space, but gives it an incredible launching pad to enable it to succeed in the category of content creation."

Excerpt from VinePair -- "'Both acquisitions provide the acquirers with data generated by passionate, influential ‘heavy user’ communities dedicated to providing unbiased and crowd-sourced reviews and commentary on the acquirer’s key segment,' Collin writes VinePair."

Excerpt from Business Insider -- "'Impact of the crisis will depend on the level of debt. Debt levels in US are twice as much as it was just before 2008 crisis. Default rate when it rises it will rise against a lot more debt than ever before,' Altman told Business Insider in an interview in February."

Excerpt from NPR -- "All of this means, Sundararajan says, 'we're going to see full-time employment remain resilient, even though there are more efficient ways of organizing economic activity.' He believes work done through gig platforms can be more efficient than work done in a traditional company — and that will spell the company's doom."

Excerpt from BizEd Magazine -- "Students at New York University’s Stern School of Business can take up to half of their courses in the College of Arts & Science. Their liberal arts study reinforces what they learn in a set of required bigger-picture courses called the Social Impact Core. In this program, students are steeped in the issues of ethics, social responsibility, and environmental concerns."

Excerpt from Forbes-- "With its unique perspective, compelling science and beautiful writing, the book will make you think about the news, your neighborhood, your workplace and yourself with fresh eyes. Eberhardt is a masterful writer and teacher, who somehow walks the tightrope of being both scientific and personal in her work."

Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Mr. Galloway of N.Y.U. said the conclusion was simple: 'There was only one wearable that was really a fashion statement, and that was your phone.'"

Excerpt from U.S. News & World Report -- "MBAs in Stern’s traditional two-year program can also opt for one- or two-week 'Doing Business in' offerings held in about a dozen countries, including Australia, Israel and South Africa. They talk to academics, make company visits and have cultural experiences. Many students also partner with faculty and go abroad to help solve a real-world business problem through Stern Solutions' experiential learning projects."

Excerpt from Ad Age India -- "Therefore, when it comes to a brand’s search strategy it is very very important to understand intent and the kind of audience one is trying to reach. Just like, for a brand, Pinterest might make more sense versus Instagram; similarly there will be times when Bing will be able to deliver better results than Google. It is, therefore, important to look at the similarities as well as the differences that each search engine brings to the table to enrich a brand’s search strategy."

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