Faculty News

Professor Karen Brenner offers insights on addressing conflicts between corporate board members and management

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Excerpt from Agenda Week -- "For Karen Brenner, executive director of law and business initiatives in NYU’s Stern School of Business, the explanation may relate to directors’ circumstances. For one, new directors might not feel they have the experience to 'challenge' the CEO, she says. Or there may 'just be a temporary issue or problem at the moment of the survey ... But that’s not a circumstance that’s healthy to persist.'
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Professor Baruch Lev's joint research on the demise of value investing is highlighted

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "New research by Baruch Lev of New York University’s Stern School of Business and Anup Srivastava of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business found that since 2007 value companies had the weakest profitability since 1970, while what they call “glamour” stocks had their best profitability."
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Professor Ari Ginsberg underscores the importance of WeWork addressing criticisms of the company directly with the public and its investors

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Excerpt from CoStar News -- "'Public relations and investor relations are going to be extremely important for this company going forward,' said Ari Ginsberg, professor of management and entrepreneurship at New York University’s Stern School of Business, before the amended S-1 filing. 'They need to be addressing these things now if they aren’t already."
 
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In an op-ed, Professor Allen Adamson shares insights for brands to navigate a divided political landscape

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Excerpt from Forbes -- "It’s essential to clarify what your brand stands for, and what you believe in as an organization. To do this you must establish the three or four signature values that define your brand and use them as your navigational North Star during good times and, more important, challenging times. Your company leaders and your employees must be able to embrace these values and understand what it takes to live them. This means that both your leadership and your employees must be instrumental in establishing these values."
School News

In an op-ed, Center for Business and Human Rights Deputy Director Paul Barrett highlights the potential for disinformation to appear on Instagram during the 2020 election, pointing to the Center's recent research

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Excerpt from The Guardian -- "Facebook and Twitter received the lion’s share of attention in connection with Russia’s election interference in 2016. But Instagram was more important as a vehicle for disinformation than is commonly understood, and it could become a crucial Russian instrument again next year."
Faculty News

Professor Robert Seamans' participation in a Senate Judiciary tech task force panel on data portability led by Senator Marsha Blackburn is cited

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Excerpt from Politico -- "According to a Blackburn spokesperson, late additions to the panel roster include Charlotte Slaiman, senior policy counsel at Public Knowledge; Eric Null, senior policy counsel at the Open Technology Institute; and Robert Seamans, associate professor at New York University. They join representatives from Lyft, Airbnb and Freewheel, as MT reported. The group 'will discuss how consumers are now in search of greater protections for their personal information while simultaneously demanding greater rights to transfer that information,' the aide said."
School News

Stern is highlighted in a roundup of the top 20 most popular b-schools on Twitter

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Excerpt from BusinessBecause -- "Largely showcasing thought-provoking research pieces from NYU Stern professors, this account is the place to go if you’re looking for interesting thought pieces on politics, popular culture, and technology. Recent articles include an investigation into Donald Trump’s body language and investigating the market consequences of Tesla’s solar-powered roof tiles—all varied stuff."
Research Center Events

NYU’s 2nd Annual Startup Demo Day

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This fall, the NYU Stern W. R. Berkley Innovation Labs and the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute hosted the second annual NYU Demo Day, featuring successful entrepreneurs and their startups from across the University.
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In an interview, Professor Paul Romer shares his views on how to define economic growth

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"[Economic] growth is really growth in value... you can take the same raw materials, rearrange them into something we as humans value more... so your ability to create value is really limited only by all the different ways you can configure the raw material on earth into things that we value more."
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Professor Xiao Liu is interviewed about her joint research examining customer responses to banks' overdraft fees and alternative fee structures

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Excerpt from CardRates.com -- "'We ran a simulation study where we changed the banking policy and allowed the bank to waive the first overdraft fee for a consumer who had never done overdraft before,' Liu said. 'Maybe the customer never realized the overdraft fee was so expensive. So, the consumer learned the lesson, and the next time, the consumer will be more aware and avoid the fee.'"
Faculty News

Professor Vasant Dhar is quoted in a feature article on machine learning as an investment tool

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'You just can’t figure out what will happen with the trade war,' he said. 'It doesn’t mean you’re not concerned, but you’re not chasing your own tail and wondering what to do next and what’s Trump going to say, what’s he going to tweet. That stuff factors into the fund’s positioning but indirectly through the patterns it sees in prices and volatilities.'"
School News

Stern's new faculty are highlighted in a feature article on new faculty at top b-schools

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "In 2019, however, only one school — Stanford Graduate School of Business, with 24 — hired more than 20 new professors, with NYU’s Stern School of Business and USC’s Marshall School of Business following at 16 apiece, and Chicago Booth notching 13. In all, just eight schools in the top 25 hired 10 or more new faculty."
Faculty News

Professor Arpit Gupta's joint research on the impact of inside investments in hedge funds is featured

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Excerpt from Canadian Investment Review -- "'Because insiders have superior private information, have discretion over which of their funds to invest in, and may subsequently alter the fund operations; managers with large personal stakes may choose actions which negatively affect their investors,' the paper said."
Faculty News

Professor Aswath Damodaran's blog post on WeWork's valuation is featured

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at NYU, who is sometimes called the 'dean of valuation,' analyzed the start-up’s prospectus filed in August. Based on that pre-IPO paperwork, he said WeWork’s equity is worth $14 billion — about 70% below its latest private market valuation."
 
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In a live interview, Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses new legislation that aims to classify sharing economy workers as employees in California

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Excerpt from CNBC Closing Bell -- "I'm sure there will be a subset of workers who will like the benefits and the full-time employment status... There are millions of Uber and Lyft drivers who are doing this as transition work to supplement other income so I think if you think that this will be universally welcomed by workers, that's.. dead-on wrong. In particular, the workers who will no longer be able to drive for Uber and Lyft are certainly not going to welcome it."
Business and Policy Leader Events

LIBOR Transition Panel Discussion

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On Tuesday, September 10, NYU Stern's Center for Global Economy and Business will host a LIBOR Transition Panel. Kim Schoenholtz, Director for the Center, will moderate the discussion, featuring panelists Thomas Wipf, Morgan Stanley; Kathryn Judge, Columbia Law; and Susan Wachter, Wharton.
School News

Stern is named to the Clear Admit 2019 Best Business Schools for Social Impact list

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "New York University’s Stern School of Business doubled down on its commitment to social impact with the launch of a brand new Center for Sustainable Business in 2016. ... There is a strong contingent of Sternies who come in deeply passionate about social impact and look to get involved in many ways. Some choose a specialization in Sustainable Business and Innovation, taking courses on topics ranging from impact investing and microfinance to energy and the environment and global poverty alleviation. Others take part in numerous clubs on campus related to sustainability and the environment or social impact."
School News

Stern is named to the Clear Admit 2019 Best Business Schools for Finance list

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Excerpt from Clear Admit -- "While top-tier business schools across the board boast star faculty and fantastic foundational courses in finance, NYU Stern sets itself apart in terms of the array of specializations offered that are especially relevant to students interested in financial services."
School News

In a video interview, Executive Director of MBA Admissions Lisa Rios offers advice for prospective MBA applicants and highlights what makes Stern unique

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Excerpt from Admit.me -- "I think the best way for candidates to learn about any school is to try and visit the campus as much as possible. Granted, we understand that candidates coming from all over the world and so that may not always be the easiest thing to do, so there are other ways that you can engage. You could take advantage of the videos on our website. You can take advantage of the webinars that we host. It could be that you're connecting with the current students or even the alumni that live in the region that you are currently in."
School News

In a Q&A interview, Executive Director of MBA Admissions Rabia Ahmed discusses Stern's addition of the Executive Assessment to its standardized test options for MBA applicants

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Excerpt from Admit.me -- "Stern is a school on the move and has always been an early adopter. We were among the first programs to accept the GRE as a second choice to the GMAT, and now we are excited to also accept the EA. As one of three standardized test options available to students, the EA provides a valid predictor of graduate school academic readiness. It's been created specifically to measure the skills and knowledge of professionals. It is also designed to require modest preparation and is shorter in length at 90 minutes."
Faculty News

In an interview, Professor Thomaï Serdari discusses the role of influencers in the growing market for modest fashion

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Excerpt from Channel News Asia -- "There are all these new influencers who actually started their blogs or Instagram accounts because they wanted to voice their difference -- not necessarily because they wanted to be in the business of selling fashion, which I think is a very important issue that consumers appreciate, rather than having brands telling them, 'buy, buy, buy', they have someone who is a little bit more objective, or neutral."
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Professor Alvin Lieberman is quoted in a feature article on New York City's Silicon Alley

Excerpt from Variety -- "'There’s less of the "giant idea" that’s meant to re-paint the sky but more down-to-earth [concepts] that can be implemented in the short term,' says Al Lieberman, professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and executive director of NYU’s Entertainment, Media & Technology program."
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Professor Allen Adamson offers insights on the back-to-school retail landscape

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Excerpt from Vox -- "'The market opportunities are on the, "Mom, can I get new [insert backpack brand, sneaker brand, or clothing brand here] for school this year? All my friends have them."'"
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Professor Roy Smith comments on the evolution of partners' roles at Goldman Sachs

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Many partners get offers to do other things at hedge and private equity firms ... that means that Goldman Sachs has to keep the partnership flame alight to continue to attract talented people."

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