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Professor Richard Sylla discusses Donald Trump's approach to business regulation

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Excerpt from CNNMoney -- "'Trump is not committed to any ideology. He likes to make deals. In that sense, he is a bit like Franklin Roosevelt,' says Sylla. 'Roosevelt just tried a lot of programs and hoped some of them worked.'"
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Professor Aswath Damodaran's forthcoming book, "Narratives and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business," is featured in a winter book roundup

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "It comes from New York University Stern school professor -- and all around valuation guru -- Aswath Damodaran. I am all too aware that narrative is often used to distract from numbers, but if anyone can walk that line, it is Damodaran. During our Masters in Business conversation, I was impressed with his common sense, down-to-earth method of valuing companies, both private and public -- so much so that, I was compelled to pre-order his newest book."
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Professor David Yermack comments on the Federal Reserve's research paper on distributed ledgers

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Excerpt from CoinDesk -- "The 'very general introduction to the structure of payment systems and the potential uses of distributed ledgers', he continued, 'barely mentions any role for the government, other than the need to consider whether new regulations will be required to fit the potential uses of the technology. ... I think the report is a useful reference but hardly a roadmap for how the industry might evolve,' Yermack added."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan is interviewed for a segment on Uber's new practice of tracking customers for five minutes after they've been dropped off

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Excerpt from CBS News -- "'Well, we trust that they will do what they promise to do. I don’t trust that Uber is telling the truth because I believe in Uber’s good intentions,' Sundararajan said. 'I trust that Uber is telling the truth because it would be really damaging to their long run profits if they were caught in a lie on something like this.'"
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Professor Rangarajan Sundaram discusses Airbnb's expansion in China

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Excerpt from Voice of America -- "I think that Airbnb is taking a fairly measured approach to building relationships and growing its market in China... I think it's investing very heavily in trying to do things in a way that are tailored to how business works in China, as opposed to going in with a strategy of 'Okay this has worked elsewhere in the world, I'm just going to replicate what I've done in other places."
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Professor Nathan Pettit's joint research on the connection between the purchase of high-status goods and self-esteem is featured

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Excerpt from the Daily Mail -- "Research by Dr Sivanathan and his co-author Nathan Pettit, Assistant Professor of Management and Organisations, NYU Stern School of Business, found purchasing luxury goods on credit is especially attractive to those who have low self-esteem."
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Professor Vasant Dhar comments on Grubhub's website outages

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Excerpt from The New York Post -- "Indeed, server reliability is something that can, to a large extent, be purchased, notes Vasant Dhar, a professor of data science at NYU’s Stern School of Business. 'It shouldn’t be that much of a big deal to plug and play your systems at this stage of development,' Dhar said."
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Research Scholar Sarah Labowitz's work on labor conditions in Bangladesh is featured

Excerpt from Just Style -- "Of the 479 factories surveyed by Stern School researchers in 2015, around one-third were informal sub-contractors. On average they employ around 55 workers, often focusing on a single specialised process, such as sewing, washing, dying or printing."
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Professor Priya Raghubir is interviewed about her research on the connection between payment methods and spending

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Excerpt from Consumer Reports -- "'There’s just something painful about taking money out of your wallet,' says Priya Raghubir, professor of marketing at New York University. When you hand over cash or a check, you part with something of value. Yet after you swipe a credit or debit card, you put the same object back in your wallet. Paying feels less real, which encourages more spending."
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Professor Rosa Abrantes-Metz comments on Deutsche Bank's settlement of its gold price-fixing case

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Excerpt from BNN -- "Gold fixing was set through, up to a couple of years ago, by 5 banks who private discussed the prices of gold through an auction without any independent oversight by anybody. Not disclosing it to the public they were competitors. And so, this is a setting that is normally not allowed, this type of private information among competitors and they were trading at the same time. So they had the opportunity to know market movement ahead of time. And they also had the opportunity to set the prices themselves."
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Research by Professor Jeanne Calderon and Scholar-in-Residence Gary Friedland on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program is referenced

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Excerpt from Judicial Watch -- "Recent data, cited by David North of the Center for Immigration Studies here and here, suggests that about 56% of EB-5 funds—more than $10 billion—went to the city, mainly Manhattan. Mr. North drilled down into a study by two New York University scholars, Jeanne Calderon and Gary Friedland, who painstakingly compiled data from 52 large EB-5 projects nationwide."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan shares insights on different sharing economy platforms and their markets

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Excerpt from Mashable -- "Services like Uber have strong local network effects, meaning that as they gain traction in New York, they become more valuable in New York. But gaining traction in New York doesn't do too much for consumers in San Francisco or consumers in Los Angeles. And we've also noticed that drivers are able to connect to multiple platforms pretty seamlessly. Most Uber drivers in New York drive for Lyft or drive for Juno, as well. Or drive for Via or drive for one of the many other platforms. So I think it's becoming clear that the economics as things stand today, largely urban areas, cars driven by human drivers, in that scenario, we're not certainly on our path to one dominant platform because of the natural underlying economics."
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Professor Michael Posner is interviewed for a story on why some foreign leaders are booking rooms at Trump properties

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Excerpt from ABC News -- "Posner told ABC News he believes Bahrain and other countries are using misguided gestures, such as booking the Trump hotel ballroom, to try and build rapport with the next U.S. administration. 'I think a lot of governments around the world that depend on a strong relationship to the United States are trying to figure out in a Trump administration what is it going to take to curry favor?' Posner said."
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Professor Kim Schoenholtz discusses the impact of the recession on economic forecasting

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'The shock we went through was the largest since the Great Depression, and it was worldwide,' NYU’s Schoenholtz said. 'The reality is even short-run forecasts became difficult.'"
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Professor Michael Spence shares insights on the banking climate in Italy

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "We're now all focused on the banks and bailing them out. Surely, that's important. But one of the reasons the banks are in trouble is that Italy has, next to Greece, the poorest economic performance in Europe. The economy's barely growing since 2000."
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Professor Aswath Damodaran's research on the bond market is referenced

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Historically, stocks have been superior no matter how the bond market has performed. But a concurrent bond bull has aided stocks even more. For instance, during the secular bear market in bonds from 1946 through 1981, the S&P 500 generated a 10.7% annualized return. That turned a stock investment of $10,000 into about $352,000, or roughly 14 times as much as one in 10-year Treasury notes, based on data provided by New York University professor Aswath Damodaran."
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Professor Michael North underscores the prevalence of ageism in the workplace

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Excerpt from MEL -- "'It’s notoriously hard to identify for a laundry list of reasons,' says Michael North, an assistant professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'One is straightforward: Ageism is the most socially condoned form of derogating someone based on social category.'"
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Professor Hila Lifshitz-Assaf explains why some companies offer prize money to solicit innovative ideas

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'There is a lot of tension and a lot of resistance within organizations,' says Hila Lifshitz-Assaf at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, who studies how traditional R&D centers adapt to new practices."
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Professor Ari Ginsberg shares his views on Rocketrip, a corporate travel startup

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Excerpt from Crain's New York -- "'Rocketrip has come up with an innovative solution to the problem of corporate travel spending that is, for now, unique,' said Ari Ginsberg, professor of entrepreneurship and management at NYU's Stern School of Business. 'The key will be whether or not they can sustain their competitive advantage as others are drawn into the same space.'"
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Professor Beth Bechky shares insights on leadership transitions

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Excerpt from Fast Company -- "Beth Bechky, who teaches courses in managing high-performance teams at New York University’s Stern School of Business, told Fast Company in a previous interview that when someone’s role is elevated, it’s easy for the team to assume nothing has actually changed. She recommends that leaders in transition acknowledge the changes and clearly communicate how expectations may be shifting."
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Professor Tensie Whelan's remarks at the Business versus Climate Change Conference are highlighted

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Excerpt from The Huffington Post -- "The former Rainforest Alliance President and current Director of the Center for Sustainable Business at NYU Stern, Tensie Whelan, reminded the audience concerned with the potential impact of the new administration on climate initiatives, that, of the US latest GDP of close to US$ 18 trillion, US$ 15.6 trillion came from business in the US. Business is not waiting for the Federal Government to tell it what to do, and today less than ever."
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Professor Jeanne Calderon and Scholar-in-Residence Gary Friedland's joint research on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program is referenced

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Excerpt from The Guardian -- "A New York University study found that EB-5 investment was largely financing luxury developments, including a Chinese-style casino in Las Vegas, a Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverly Hills and the redevelopment of the Hudson rail yards in Manhattan."
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Professor Michelle Greenwald shares takeaways on innovation from Snøhetta, a leading architecture firm

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Multi-disciplinary designer teams, solve problems and find solutions often in collaboration with insightful individuals from outside the firm. Snøhetta’s staff includes architects, interior architects, landscape architects, and graphic designers, that work collaboratively. At times other perspectives are brought in, such as anthropologists, subject specialists and individuals working in different forms of the arts."
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Professor Joseph Foudy shares what the results of the jobs report could mean for Federal Reserve interest rates

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Excerpt from The New York Post -- "'This probably seals the deal for a rate hike by the Fed,' said New York University economics professor Joe Foudy. 'The election is over; the job market is solid, if unspectacular; and there really is no more reason to wait.'"
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In a feature interview with Dean Peter Henry, Stern is recognized for its innovations in FinTech, infrastructure and scholarships

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Excerpt from Fortune -- "In 2010, when Peter Blair Henry came to New York University’s Stern School of Business, a top institution famous for its close Wall Street ties, the Street itself was in a shambles. Henry’s goal: expand Stern’s focus beyond New York banking and toward the larger world of business. 'The world needs finance more than ever, but it needs the 21st-century version of finance,' Henry says."    

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