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Professor Allen Adamson explains why luxury brands must embrace risk to save their businesses during the coronavirus outbreak

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Excerpt from Luxury Daily -- "'Luxury brands need to be more comfortable with risk,' said Allen Adamson, cofounder of Metaforce and adjunct professor at NYU Stern School of Business, New York. 'The temptation from most consumers is that luxury can wait, I don't need to make a big decision right now,' he said."
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Professor Lawrence White compares the recent U.S. unemployment report to the data of the Great Depression

Excerpt from NY Daily News -- "Lawrence White, a longtime economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said the new numbers don’t even stack up well against the Great Depression of the 1930s. 'In the 1930s, we went from full employment in 1929 to 25% unemployment in 1933. It took three and a half years. We’re going to be seeing a comparable descent from full employment to deep depression in three and a half weeks, by this rate,' White told the Daily News."
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Professor Nouriel Roubini discusses how the coronavirus crisis may have profound implications for the global balance of power

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Excerpt from Wired -- “'China is building its soft power,' says Nouriel Roubini, an economist at NYU who was an adviser to presidents Clinton and Obama. 'They are going to use this crisis to say, ‘Our political system is better, our technological model is better, our economic model is better.’”
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Professor Edward Altman's comments on high-yield bond default rates and the modern junk bond market are spotlighted

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Excerpt from Grant's Interest Rate Observer -- "Altman hazards no guess about when this grandaddy of benign cycles will turn malicious. 'When both macro and micro market forces point to an unmistakable negative outlook, I except the next stressed credit cycle to produce default amounts that will be higher than any in the past due to the enourmous bond, bank and nonbank buildup, and the crisis may last longer than the previous one."
School News

Vice Dean of MBA Programs JP Eggers discusses how Stern's focused Andre Koo Tech MBA and Fashion & Luxury MBA programs prepare students to meet industry needs; current student Robert Ung (MBA '20) explains the benefits of the tech program’s structure

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "New York University’s Stern School of Business added two specialized one-year M.B.A. programs in 2018, one in technology and the other focused on the fashion and luxury industries. For 2020, the school said applications for its one-year tech M.B.A. grew 59%; those for the fashion and luxury degree climbed 6%.
'The impetus was trying to think differently about what the future of graduate business education would look like and to meet the needs of employers that our existing programs may not be able to,' said J.P. Eggers, vice dean of M.B.A. and graduate programs."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett is quoted in a story examining how the spread of online misinformation has undermined the public’s overall sense of what is true during the coronavirus outbreak

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Excerpt from Fast Company -- “'I think we have been drifting downward for years toward a growing and pernicious consensus that you can’t tell truth from falsity and there’s almost no point in trying to figure out whether there’s truth on a given subject,' says Paul Barrett, deputy director of New York University’s Stern School of Business and Human Rights, who has written extensively on misinformation in election cycles."
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In an in-depth Q&A as part of P&Q’s “Best and Brightest,” undergraduate student Aldo Gonzalez Aragon (BS '20) underscores how Stern's interdisciplinary offerings have helped prepare him for future success

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "I was surprised by how diverse and interdisciplinary my business education has been. Majoring in business lies at the intersection of understanding and analyzing problems beyond spreadsheets. I am currently taking a class on Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Proteins. When I first applied to Stern’s Undergraduate College, I never imagined taking a course that analyzed how plant-based proteins can upgrade our food system to be more environmentally-friendly, healthier, and innovative. I used to think business was about spreadsheets, deals, and quarterly earnings reports. It’s so much more than that."
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Professor Joseph Foudy explains why some companies are opting to cut salaries instead of laying people off during the coronavirus outbreak

Excerpt from Adweek -- "The pandemic serves as a 'short-term shock,' said Joseph Foudy, clinical associate professor of economics at NYU Stern School of Business. Unlike a recession, there could be a turnaround in months, not necessarily years. 'If the recovery comes sooner than expected, they could find that it’s difficult to regrow,' Foudy said. 'It would be really inefficient to lay people off.'”
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Professor Thomai Serdari is quoted in a story examining the future of department stores in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak

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Excerpt from Retail Dive -- "Saks Fifth Avenue's flagship in particular, in the post-COVID era, will face what Serdari called 'an added, unwritten responsibility, which is what it means to define New York City retail on Fifth Avenue, luxury stores, across from Rockefeller Center. Even if times are tough for that parent company [HBC], that's worth exploring.'"
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Professor Julianna Pillemer's research on complex dynamics of interpersonal connections at work is cited

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Excerpt from My Company Poland -- "It is surprising how little research is done to deal with this problem. It turns out to be quite complex. Julianna Pillemer, American psychologist from New York University Stern School of Business, the author of pioneering research into close relationships at work, wanted to answer some of the questions about the relationship between friendship and work. What are the basic features that distinguish friendship at work from other friendly or mentoring relationships? What is the difference between friendship between boss and subordinate and peer relationship? How is friendship with a person who you know 10 years different from the one that develops in the workplace?"
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Professor Scott Galloway offers his perspective on why he believes Amazon could emerge from the coronavirus pandemic strongest from a perception standpoint among Big Tech companies

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "The increase has spurred Amazon (AMZN) to hire an additional 100,000 workers to keep up with the demand, as Americans turn to the site for home essentials. And according to NYU Stern School of Business professor of marketing Scott Galloway, the greater reliance on Amazon will make it a far stronger company well after the coronavirus lockdowns come to an end."
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In a video Q&A interview, Professor Amy Webb offers insights on the scale of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.

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Excerpt from The Verge -- "We’re continuing our Vergecast interview series remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic and this week, Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel sits down via Skype with Amy Webb, the founder and CEO of The Future Today Institute. Amy is also a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and recently came out with a book called The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity."
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Lord Mervyn King explains why the economic recovery following the peak in the coronavirus pandemic will depend critically on the policies governments put in place

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "You can’t, until we get an exit plan from the new world the coronavirus has created. 'I think it [the economic recovery] will look very different. It will depend critically on the policies governments put in place,' explained former Bank of England governor Lord Mervyn King on Yahoo Finance’s The First Trade."
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Professor Jonathan Haidt's work on the moral foundations of politics is spotlighted

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "But there have been more sophisticated and sympathetic efforts, too, like the influential work of New York University’s Jonathan Haidt on the 'moral foundations' of politics: Haidt argues that conservatives actually have more diverse moral intuitions than liberals, encompassing categories like purity and loyalty as well as care and fairness, and that the right-wing mind therefore sometimes understands the left-wing mind better than vice versa."
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In a joint op-ed, Professors Michelle Greenwald and Ronni Burns offer 11 tips to increase attentiveness, engagement and success in online meetings

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "Below are tips Ronni and I came up with to help with a diverse range of audiences, both business and academic. Necessity is the mother of invention. I believe we’re all surprising ourselves with our abilities to adapt to teaching online in ways wouldn't have imagined as recently as 2 weeks ago, and finding it more satisfying than expected."
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Recent alumnus Sam Breslow (MBA '19) is profiled as part of Clear Admit's "Real Humans of Google" segment, spotlighting Stern's emphasis on preparing students with the skills needed to succeed in the tech industry

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "When I started to research schools in earnest, Stern also stood out for its flexibility, with a menu of core courses and a broad range of electives and specializations. In spite of its (well-earned) reputation as a more traditionally finance-focused business school, I also felt that Stern was (and is still today) one of the few top schools to place a real emphasis on preparing students for careers within the tech industry, which was particularly important to me given my background and interests."
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Professor Michael North is quoted in an article examining how the coronavirus pandemic is fueling intergenerational strife

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Excerpt from San Francisco Chronicle -- "'Generational shaming is a time-honored tradition,' said Michael North, a business professor at New York University who has researched the recent spate of media standoffs between Baby Boomers and Millennials. 'What’s taking place now is a symptom of our inherent generational divide, not a cause.'”
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Professor Adam Alter provides insight into why people spend more time than normal on social media during a pandemic

Excerpt from CNET -- "'For most of us, social media is a primary source of rapidly delivered news, updates from friends and a general method of connecting to the world,' said Adam Alter, an associate professor of marketing and psychology at New York University, who wrote a book about the addictive nature of technology. 'This is a unique situation,' he said of the pandemic, 'the fear of missing out on updates might be more extreme than it usually is.'"
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Professor Anindya Ghose discusses how e-commerce and online shopping will continue to grow significantly in India during and after the coronavirus crisis

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Excerpt from NDTV -- “'In the gated communities and neighbourhoods of the larger cities in China, residents have organised small groups of volunteers via group chat apps to receive supplies at the gate for the whole community, box them for each household, and deliver them to people's doorsteps,' said Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Technology, Analytics and Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business. 'This is almost certainly something that can be done in many parts of India as mobile text messaging apps are also very popular in India and can enable this kind of grassroots coordination in large housing complexes and gated communities of India.'”
Research Center Events

Canceled: Global Fintech 2020: No Borders, No Barriers

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This event has been canceled. NYU Stern's Fubon Center for Technology, Business, and Innovation, and its Fintech initiative, will host Stern's fourth annual FinTech Conference on Friday, March 27, 2020. This year's conference will focus on Global Fintech 2020: No Borders, No Barriers.
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Professor Dolly Chugh provides insight on academic research exploring the topic of unconscious bias

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Excerpt from Science Magazine -- "Eberhardt’s studies are 'strong methodologically and also super real-world relevant,' says Dolly Chugh of New York University’s Stern School of Business, a psychologist who studies decision-making."
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A letter to G20 leaders, co-authored by Professor Michael Spence and 19 economists and global health experts, urging cooperation across countries and disciplines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is published

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Excerpt from VoxEU -- "The COVID-19 pandemic is a two-pronged health and economic crisis, and requires a two-pronged response. Ahead of an extraordinary meeting of G20 Leaders, this letter signed by 20 economists and global health experts has one simple message: this crisis is global and requires unprecedented cooperation across countries and disciplines."
School News

Stern is recognized for its top ranking on U.S. News' "10 Best Business Schools for Finance" list

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Excerpt from U.S. News -- "The top business schools for finance prepare graduates to work in business administration and management. Students can often specialize in areas like investment banking and corporate finance. NYU Stern offers an MBA specialization in finance, and the school provides finance classes on topics ranging from bankruptcy and reorganization to volatility."
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Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett is quoted in a story exploring the mounting pressure on Twitter to balance protecting political speech with cracking down on disinformation

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Excerpt from The Hill -- "'The situation illustrates the problematic nature of the policy which may make sense when we think about it in connection with American elected officials who we want to allow to debate the issues of the day even if they’re misleading,”' said Paul Barrett, deputy director of the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, 'But [it] looks very different when it is protecting foreign officials who for malign reasons are spreading flat out falsehoods about a pandemic.'"
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Lord Mervyn King warns against viewing the coming economic downturn in the U.K. like a conventional recession or depression, noting that the government is deliberately pressing down on economic activity to deal with the coronavirus crisis

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "Former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said on Monday that the economic challenge facing Britain was tougher than during the 2008-09 financial crisis and that public borrowing was likely to rise significantly. But he warned against viewing the coming economic downturn like a conventional recession or depression. 'In order to deal with a health crisis, the government is deliberately pressing down on economic activity ... and at some point there will be a rebound,' King said."

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