Been Here, Done Everything

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In 20-plus years with the College of Business, Assistant Dean Sam Gaglio has mastered every skill, except how to say no.  Let it be said that Sam Gaglio, assistant dean for Undergraduate Studies,…

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That'll Teach You

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Ellen Carnahan Principal, Machrie Enterprises LLC, a Chicago-based venture-capital company where she serves as a director of several technology companies. She also is a senior advisor to three…

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Deloitte: Gift Funds New Center For Ethical Leadership

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Most of the contemporary research regarding ethical leadership takes a macro-focus on the organization itself and how its operations impact society. There is far less scholarship that zeroes in on…

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Strategic Retool

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It used to be that only top executives made strategic decisions about the company’s operations. Now that’s no longer the case, given the increasing impact and complexity of global business. On a…

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By the Numbers

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MBA Social Focus: Courses that integrate social, ethical or environmental issues: 20 core courses 143 electives Undergraduate Program: Ranked No. 1 in the 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of the…

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Tim Abromaitis

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Master of the three-pointer, and Business Administration March didn’t make Tim Abromaitis go mad. He’s not the type to get too stressed out anyway, and by the time basketball and business-school…

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The DNA of Health IT

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Mendoza researchers, inspired by DNA sequencing, developed a novel way to prove that the order in which Health IT systems are integrated affects hospital performance You don’t have to be a…

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To Restate or Not Restate

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“Confirmation bias” refers to a psychological tendency to search out information that confirms a belief, rather than evidence that belies it. It’s a common behavior for individuals, applying to a…

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The Instrument Equations Built

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Professor David Hartvigsen wondered what a perfectly efficient musical instrument would look like. Then he computed it. Management Professor David Hartvigsen has invented what may be the world’s…

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Consumers in the Mist

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John Sherry tells a story about a student team in one of his MBA-level Qualitative Marketing Research classes years ago. The students were investigating the relationship between pets and their…

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Catholic Nonprofits, Send Your Employees Here

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Imagine you’re an older person leaving the hospital for a stay—possibly permanent—in a nursing home. You are wheeled out the door and loaded into an ambulance for transport to the home. Could there…

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In Memoriam: Mary Kathleen Hamann

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(June 2, 1960- April 22, 2011) Mary K. Hamann, 50, editor of Notre Dame Business, died suddenly of health-related causes on April 22 while visiting Paraguay for her daughter Kate’s wedding. Following…

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Companies Describe 'Compact' Achievements

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Coca-Cola is giving Haitian farmers advice on how to grow mangos for Coke’s Odwalla-brand Mango Tango smoothies. Alcoa is bringing drinkable water, hospitals and schools to an Amazon rainforest…

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The Global Compact at Work

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At a major conference held March 20-22, 2011, at the University of Notre Dame, representatives of 11 well-known companies talked about initiatives their firms had undertaken as part of a commitment…

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