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Professor Aswath Damodaran shares his views on Amazon Prime as a sales vehicle

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Excerpt from Investing.com -- "Amazon Prime symbolizes how Amazon plays the long game, an investment that has taken a decade to bear fruit, but one that will be the foundation on which Amazon launches into new businesses. I know that there are many companies that model themselves after Amazon, but unless these 'Amazon Wannabes' can match its narrative consistency and long time horizon, it will remain a one of a kind."
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Professor Vasant Dhar explains the benefits of the Bank of Ireland's partnership with WorldFirst, a financial technology firm

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Excerpt from the Stamford Advocate -- "'You’re getting information about what is flowing from one party to another, where that is taking place and how often people transact,' Dhar said. 'That has tremendous value. You can figure out what else you can sell as a service. At the end of the day, the real value is not in the technology; it’s in the data.'"
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Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh's joint research on the impact of foreign investment in real estate is featured

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Excerpt from The Globe and Mail -- "Prof. Favilukis and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, a professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, described Vancouver and New York as 'two poster children of the [out-of-town] investor debate' that prompted them to develop their model of investor impact."
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Professor Scott Galloway explains why he believes today's tech market is winner-take-all

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Galloway said companies like Uber — with a valuation of $70 billion according to recent company press releases — would likely be worth much less if subjected to the scrutiny of the public market. The inflation, he said, comes from market dominance. 'I think the algorithm for creating shareholder value in the private markets right now is: Find a great market, put together a great team, have technology at the heart, and establish your position as the perceived leader,' Galloway said."
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Professor Ari Ginsberg explains why businesses should prepare for the impact of the US withdrawing from NAFTA

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Excerpt from Inc. -- "Ari Ginsberg, a profess of management at New York University's Stern School of Business, says it's smart for companies to be drawing up Plan Bs-- in anticipation of the changes Trump has proposed, and the impact they might have on expenses. 'It doesn't hurt to spend time you otherwise wouldn't on contingency plans,' he suggests."
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Lord Mervyn King comments on Brexit negotiations

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "Mervyn King, a former Bank of England governor, says the UK’s desire for a transition deal shows that Mrs May’s government scarcely knows its own mind. 'It’s more of a kick-the-can-down-the-road plan to put things off for a period,' he says."
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Professor Deepak Hegde comments on high-tech entrepreneurship in New York City; Stern's Creative Destruction Lab-New York City is highlighted

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "The CDL-NYC focuses on maximizing the value for science and technology startups by pinpointing VC funding for the MBA curriculum. CDL Toronto, where the model has pioneered, has generated more than $1 billion of equity value in the five years since its founding. 'For successful high-tech entrepreneurship in a region, two things are essential,' says professor of management at NYU Stern, Deepak Hegde."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan's joint research on Airbnb rentals in New York City is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Real Deal -- "In order to break even with the average annual rent for a long-term lease, an Airbnb host would have to rent an apartment on the home-sharing site for an average of 216 days, up from 194 days in 2012, according to a new study."
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Research Scholar Elad Sherf's joint research on men's participation in gender parity initiatives is referenced

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Excerpt from the Harvard Business Review -- "Research on psychological standing shows that one aspect of men’s reluctance to advocate for gender-parity initiatives is they don’t think it’s their place as men."
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Professor Amy Webb comments on technology trends in the news industry

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Excerpt from Journalism.co.uk -- "'My hope with this report is that news outlets will find people within their organisations who can track the trends internally on a regular basis, methodically and using tools in order to be better equipped for what's coming up on the horizon,’ Amy Webb, founder of the Future Today Institute, told Journalism.co.uk."
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Professor Nouriel Roubini offers insights on upcoming US monetary policies

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "Nouriel Roubini, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, says monetary policy should be more aggressive if inflation is going to stay low. Finally, Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, says populism in Europe has lost battles but not the war."
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Professor Robert Seamans shares his thoughts on new research on digital privacy

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Seems to me [the state of digital privacy] benefits entrants—it is easy to get customer data. A digital start up needs data. They can get good data on MIT students, at least, by giving away pizza."
 
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Professor Scott Galloway's new book, "The Four," is featured as a Financial Times book of the month

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "In his first book, The Four, [Galloway] poses the question, 'wherever you stand in the debate regarding Apple and privacy . . . Would we have endured this hand-wringing if the shooter’s phone had been a BlackBerry?' No, is his answer. Apple gets away with it because it is perceived as cool and innovative."
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Professor Scott Galloway evaluates Facebook's response to criticism of its role in the election, from his book, "The Four"

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Mr. Galloway, whose new book, 'The Four,' analyzes the power of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple, said the social media network was still fumbling its response. 'Zuckerberg and Facebook are violating the No. 1 rule of crisis management: Overcorrect for the problem,' he said. 'Their attitude is that anything that damages their profits is impossible for them to do.'"
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Professor Arun Sundararajan is interviewed about his joint research on Airbnb usage patterns in New York City and its implications for regulation of the sharing economy

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "The research aims to shed light on some of the critical questions facing regulators as Airbnb brings hotel activity to residential neighborhoods, raising concerns about safety of residents and tourists and the loss of affordable housing for local residents. 'It’s a complex new problem that’s being generated by the blurring of lines, personal and commercial,' said Arun Sundararajan, one of the paper’s authors and a professor who studies the so-called sharing economy at NYU’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business."
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Professor Luis Cabral is interviewed about Catalonia's independence from Spain

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Excerpt from CNN Quest Means Business -- "'The biggest pressure is the large banks and large corporations that are headquartered in Barcelona, and that are thinking very seriously about moving to Madrid. Because if there is independence or even if there is a situation of uncertainty continues the way it is now, it's not good business to be in Barcelona for them. And that can have a huge negative impact on the Catalonia economy.'"
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Professor Vasant Dhar explains why investors need to use caution when investing with platforms that utilize AI

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Excerpt from ThinkAdvisor -- "Dhar further urged investment advisors to be skeptical about adopting many AI offerings – and especially look at the scientific background, credibility and motivation of the developers. If social media is used, he warns there could be manipulation risks. 'Really kick the tires and do due diligence,' Dhar advised. 'It’s an exciting area, but an area where people should be really cautious…. It’s important not to get caught up in hype.'"
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Professor Anindya Ghose shares how Amazon is maintaining a competitive advantage in India

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Excerpt from Quartz -- "'Voice is the new battlefront and India is a key battle-ground for Amazon. (It can help to) further decimate local Indian competitors like Flipkart and tap into a rapidly expanding market,' Anindya Ghose, director of New York University’s Center for Business Analytics, told Quartz."
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Professor Russell Winer shares his predictions for Black Friday and holiday shopping

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Excerpt from BestBlackFriday.com -- "​I don’t see the trend of more shopping online changing. Bricks & mortar retailers continue to run the risk of having their business disrupted by Amazon and other vertical brands like Bonobos, Casper, and Warby Parker. Especially the middle-of-road retailers like JC Penney and Macy’s are going to have to worry about offering the kind of consumer experiences like Amazon etc.​"
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Professor Kim Schoenholtz's joint blog post on managing systemic risk in derivatives trading is excerpted

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "One of the features of mainstream economics today is the huge diversity of models that are around. Academic prestige tends to come to those who add to that number. But how do you decide which model to use when investigating a particular problem? The answer is by looking at evidence about applicability."
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Professor Joe Magee shares insights on workplace hierarchies

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Excerpt from The Chronicle of Higher Education -- "'Human beings are kind of built to be pretty hierarchical creatures,' a likely artifact of evolution and the pecking orders of the animal world, he says. 'Even if you try to suppress it in the workplace, interpersonally and within groups, hierarchies still take shape.'"
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Professor Anindya Ghose is interviewed about Uber's competition with Ola in the Indian market

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Excerpt from Quartz -- "'If Uber does perceive a threat to market share from this new round of funding for Ola, their new CEO Dara (Khosrowshahi) will simply put in more funds in India to level the playing field,' Anindya Ghose, director of New York University’s Center for Business Analytics, told Quartz. 'There is no way Uber will yield additional market share to Ola in India and incur the risk of what happened in China.'"
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Professor Amy Webb's research on the impact of AI on the journalism industry is featured

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Excerpt from Phys.org -- "One big problem facing media organizations is that new technologies impacting the future of news such as AI are out of their control, and instead is in the hands of tech firms like Google, Amazon, Tencent, Baidu, IBM, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, according to Webb. 'News organizations are customers, not significant contributors,' the report said. 'We recommend cross-industry collaboration and experimentation on a grand scale, and we encourage leaders within journalism to organize quickly.'"
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Professor Jennifer Carpenter underscores the importance of conducting research focused on China

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Excerpt from China Daily -- "New York University Stern School of Business has established a China Initiative to help grow China-focused research and discussions, and facilitate China-related discussions between the university's faculty and other academics, students, alumni, and the wider local intellectual community. Jennifer Carpenter, an associate professor of finance at NYU Stern, started the initiative. She said studying China's businesses is incredibly challenging and rewarding because it requires academics to engage with facts and data through a completely different perspective. 'China is often hard to understand because it's a totally different system. You cannot run China data through a US model,' Carpenter said."
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Professor Robert Salomon discusses some of the challenges companies face when expanding globally, from his book, "Global Vision"

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Excerpt from Valor Econômico -- "The most common mistakes companies make when trying to globalize are related to management. 'You can not manage the business as you do in your own country,' [Salomon] says. Every adaptation has a high cost and ends up being an additional burden for them. 'We have data that shows, for example, that foreign companies in the United States are more prosecuted for regulatory violations than local ones, perhaps because they are an easier target or because they make more mistakes because they do not understand how it works,' he says."

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