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Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses how artificial intelligence will impact the US economy in the future

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Excerpt from RT -- "'We're certainly going to see a great deal of advancement in convenience and in comfort because of artificial intelligence and robotics. Today's AIs are solving the problem of perception--being able to see what's around you and make sense of it, and of national language processing--being able to communicate like humans. And so across a wide range of both businesses and in the household, we're going to see a lot of convenience. But in many ways, every generation that has this kind of revolutionary for their time technology enjoys the same kinds of benefits.'"
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Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses what to expect from Uber’s new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi

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Excerpt from Fast Company -- "[Improving the company's value is] likely what he’ll do for Uber, says Arun Sundararajan, professor at NYU Stern Business School and author of The Sharing Economy. 'My guess is that the board has brought him in as someone who can rapidly take them to short-term profitability,' he says."
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Dean Peter Henry comments on the ​​state of the economy's recovery from the ​Federal Reserve's ​ Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "Peter Henry, dean of NYU Stern School of Business, said: 'It is true that we have broader recovery than we have had in a very long time but keep in mind the recovery is still quite weak and tepid relative to what we have seen in the past. We are hearing central bankers essentially say to world leaders and lawmakers, "We have done our job and we need you to step up."'"
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Professor Scott Galloway discusses the decline in traditional advertising by consumer brands

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'There is one thing in common among the largest advertisers in the world: they’re all losing [market]share,' says Scott Galloway, professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business."
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Professor Robert Seamans comments on Uber's leaked financial documents

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Excerpt from VICE -- "'In principle, a consumer who’s upset with Uber because of the investigation of sexual harassment or other issues could switch to Lyft or another competitor,' Seamans said. 'In practice, though, it looks like the switching costs for consumers is high enough that few actually do make the switch.'"
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Professor JP Eggers discusses how Amazon will utilize brick-and-mortar space after its acquisition of Whole Foods

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Excerpt from Xinhua -- "'I think there's a recognition that the physical space that Whole Foods owned when Amazon makes the purchase is incredibly important both in terms of proximity to high-end consumers that are who Amazon is looking to attract, but also with the idea if they're looking to do more fresh delivery options that the warehousing space in most of those stores,' he said."
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Professor Tensie Whelan underscores the impact businesses can have on society through their activism and engagement efforts

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Excerpt from Wharton Business Radio -- "I think business can play an incredibly important role. If you think about it, $22 trillion of the U.S. GDP is in business. $3 trillion is in government and NGO. So right there, in terms of the power business has, it's huge. And I think, as we've seen with the recent resignations from the President's council over his various remarks and actions, they can stand up. But they've stood up on others things: transgender issues, climate change issues. We have a coalition called 'We Mean Business' that has said, we're going to go ahead and have 60% of greenhouse gas emissions, no matter what the government does. We're going to really commit to what the Paris Accord laid out on our own."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan explains why Walmart's partnership for voice-activated shopping with Google is a win-win for both

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "I think it's a really big threat because you're combining the AI and device power of Google with the largest stakes and retail expertise from Walmart. I think it's a win-win for both Walmart and Google."
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Professor Petra Moser's research on immigrants' contributions to innovation is highlighted

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Excerpt from NPR -- "A 2013 study by Stanford economist Petra Moser showed that U.S. patents increased by 31 percent in the fields these scientists represented after their arrival. 'German Jewish émigrés had a huge effect on U.S. innovation,' Moser told an interviewer. 'They helped increase the quality of research by training a new generation of American scientists, who then became productive researchers in their own rights.'"
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Professor Anindya Ghose discusses how traditional retailers can compete with Amazon

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Excerpt from NBC News -- "'They need to massively strengthen their presence and expertise in internet commerce and mobile commerce in order to even have a chance of meaningfully competing with online behemoths like Amazon. Otherwise, the chance of their survival is low,' Anindya Ghose, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, told NBC News."
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Professor Vasant Dhar is interviewed about NYU's new PhD program in data science

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "NYU professors discussed this question at length and decided that data science is sufficiently distinct from computer science and statistics and deserves its own academic center and shingle, said Vasant Dhar, a professor of data science who helped start the Ph.D. program. The field, which seeks to discover knowledge from data, is very interdisciplinary, incorporating everything from linguistics and psychology to neurology. 'NYU is willing to take chances and be innovative and somewhat unconventional, and it’s also part of the DNA of the university,' said Dhar. 'We do expect some schools will adopt Ph.D. programs in this field.'"
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Professor Robert Salomon shares his views on the renegotiation of NAFTA

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Excerpt from Xinhua -- "'After all, it is a free-trade agreement. It is not a trade agreement with trade barriers, and so if the trump administration tries to push that protectionist agenda, I would expect Canada and Mexico to push back rather strongly,' Salomon said."
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Professor Tülin Erdem's testimony in the FTC's lawsuit against DirecTV is featured

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Excerpt from Law360 -- "On Monday, Erdem — who has testified in other high-profile cases like Apple v. Samsung and MobileMedia Ideas LLC v. Apple Inc. — said she spent 250 hours examining DirecTV’s 116 ads. Ultimately, she found that the disclosures in those ads were not clear or conspicuous, by performing a series of tests using a single-page print ad. First, she made small changes to the print ad so that the disclosures were more prominent. She then asked test participants a series of questions to determine if they understood the terms of DirecTV’s contract and its monthly subscription price based on the ad."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan comments on Uber's search for a new CEO

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Excerpt from The Washington Post -- "'In many ways they are better suited choosing an executive that is not drafted from the Silicon Valley, social media software world, but someone who has experience dealing with a global business that is diversified,' Sundararajan said."
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Professor Paul Wachtel is interviewed about the impact of the renegotiation of NAFTA on US trade deficits

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Excerpt from Xinhua -- "Trade negotiations lead to agreements regarding the rules for trading, which generally lead to more trade that can change a trade balance in any direction, said Paul Wachtel, a New York University economics professor. 'The negotiations are not going to have any direct consequences for the U.S. trade deficit,' said Wachtel."
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Professor JP Eggers is interviewed about the potential ramifications of President Trump's disbanded business advisory councils

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Excerpt from Al Jazeera -- "When we reach a point that the President introduces any sort of significant economic legislation and wants to try and claim that this has been thought out and vetted by senior business leaders before it's been brought to congress, at that moment it will be difficult to kind of credibly claim that, given the lack of CEO councils."
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Professor Pankaj Ghemawat is interviewed about his research on globalization and the state of global trade

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Excerpt from Marketplace -- "We are unlikely to live in a world in which globalization goes to zero. Given that, it's important for business people and others to make some contingency plans about what does happen if we get a hard Brexit, or what does happen if the NAFTA re-negotiations, whenever they conclude, do lead to a significant raising of barriers. But I think it's very, very silly to either plan for a world of either total free trade or a trade-free world."
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Professor Priya Raghubir's research on misprediction bias and dating behaviors is featured

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Excerpt from MetroMBA -- "Entitled 'Decomposing the Cross-Sex Misprediction Bias of Dating Behaviors: Do Men Overestimate or Women Underreport Their Sexual Intentions,' Stern Professor and Marketing Department Chair Priya Raghubir says her goal was to 'set the record straight on prediction bias across sexes.'"
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Professor Samuel Craig discusses WWE's international expansion

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Excerpt from the Stamford Advocate -- "'The key thing to do in expanding into any country is try to find a strong partner,' Craig said. 'For WWE, the model allows them to expand. For the local partner, it gives them additional content that basically represents an annuity that keeps providing revenues month after month and year after year.'"
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Professor Alixandra Barasch’s research on the connection between taking photos and visual memory is featured in a story about experiencing the solar eclipse

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Excerpt from The New York Times -- "Dr. Barasch said she too initially suspected that casual photography was removing people from the moment. 'But as we collected more and more data over the course of five or six years, we kept finding that photo taking was actually immersing people more in experiences,' she said."
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Professor Scott Galloway shares insights on why business leaders have distanced themselves from President Trump

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Excerpt from the Financial Times -- "'Companies tend to think of their consumers and shareholders first. They say, "I don’t want a Twitter riot" and then "I don’t want analysts to worry that it’s going to impact my short-term sales and take my stock down",' said Mr Galloway."
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Professor Ari Ginsberg discusses the potential impact of NAFTA's renegotiation for entrepreneurs and small business owners

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Excerpt from Inc. -- "'Updating NAFTA and creating stronger balances between countries rights and needs, that's all in the right direction,' says Ari Ginsberg, a professor of entrepreneurship with a focus on international business at NYU's Stern School of Business. He's particularly heartened that the U.S. has called for the establishment of a special committee to ensure that the needs of small- to medium-size businesses are considered in the broader agreement. 'The signals are much more positive than before for small businesses,' Ginsberg says."
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Professor Alixandra Barasch's research on the impact of taking photos on visual memory is spotlighted

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Excerpt from the Daily Mail -- "'These findings suggest that having a camera changes how people approach an experience in a fundamental way,' the authors said, according to Science Daily. 'Even when people don't take a photo of a particular object, like a sculpture, but have a camera with them and the intention to take photos, they remember that sculpture better than people who did not have a camera with them.'"
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Professor Irving Schenkler shares insights on whether businesses should comment on political issues

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Excerpt from Footwear News -- "'I would not agree that all companies need or should "take a stand,"' Schenkler said. '[It] depends on the issue: Is it a core value for the company? What is the perspective of principal stakeholders on it? How does it affect corporate reputation? How is it tied to corporate identity and image?'"
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Professor Roy Smith comments on Goldman Sachs' bridge loans to Discovery Communications and Amazon

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Excerpt from Bloomberg Quint -- "If you get it right, 'it’s very likely that you can hang onto three pieces of financing in one deal,' said Roy Smith, a former Goldman Sachs partner who’s now a finance professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'It’s a natural business and a natural place for them to be.' If you get it wrong, though, 'bridge loans can hand your head to you,' Smith said."

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