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Professor Edward Altman's Z-Score research is highlighted

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Excerpt from Quartz -- "Edward Altman, in 1968, introduced the Altman Z-Score as part of a scholarly article published in the Journal of Finance. Altman, currently professor emeritus of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business, analysed companies based on five financial ratios."
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Professor Bryan Bollinger's research on the impact of reusable bags on grocery shopping habits is featured

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Excerpt from Ensia -- "Not only that, but a recent study by University of California, San Diego, neuroeconomist Uma Karmarkar and New York University associate professor of marketing Bryan Bollinger looking at consumption habits among people who brought reusable bags for grocery shopping found that making a moral or 'good” decision in one domain appeared to give people license to make more indulgent decisions in another.'"
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Professor Karen Brenner offers thoughts on how companies can effectively respond to whistle-blowers' complaints

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Excerpt from Agenda -- “'The president is seeking to be punitive to the whistle-blower, and that would be absolutely inappropriate in the corporate setting,' says Karen Brenner, a veteran board director and executive director of law and business at New York University’s school of business. 'It’s my understanding that there’s a strong anti-retaliation protection in government, but right now it’s not being respected.'"
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A joint statement, co-authored by Professor Michael Spence and more than 30 economists, addressing the US-China trade war is cited

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Excerpt from The Business Times -- "Prominent economists from China and the US including Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence, and three other Nobel winners say that the two largest economies should abandon trade issues and instead agree to form a new path for more latitude for both countries."
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Professor Aswath Damodaran shares his thoughts on how the 2019 IPO market will affect companies contemplating a move to go public

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Excerpt from Fortune -- "Aswath Damodaran, the so-called dean of valuation and professor of finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business, says pricing depends on mood and momentum—and this year, 'the momentum shifted.'”
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Professor Simon Bowmaker's new book, "When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers," is spotlighted

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Excerpt from Association of MBAs -- "In this excerpt from When the President Calls: Conversations with Economic Policymakers, Summers talks to the book’s author, Simon Bowmaker, about contrasting leadership styles."
 
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During an in-depth podcast interview, sharing examples of a meaningful person, place and thing, Professor Tensie Whelan illustrates the competitive advantage for companies that embrace sustainable business practices

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Excerpt from Person Place Thing -- "For me it's that connection between civil society and business which is what I do today that creates this opportunity for innovation and creation and actually tackling these challenges together. But you always need, in every single company, one person who will stand up and believe and try it."
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Professor Alixandra Barasch's joint research on the relationship between taking photos and memory is cited

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Excerpt from Yahoo Finance -- "The work of Alixandra Barasch from New York University, Kristin Diehl at the University of Southern California and Jackie Silverman at the University of Pennsylvania has shown that taking pictures tends to aid recall when people consciously look for specific details or aspects to photograph. They called this 'volitional photo taking.'”
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Professor Thomai Serdari's comments on Authentic Brands Group's plan to license the Barneys brand to Saks Fifth Avenue are featured

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Excerpt from Retail Dive -- "'The deal that is allegedly penned between ABG and Saks will capitalize on the ghost of the creative brand that Barneys used to be by transforming it into a series of soul-less, licensed merchandise for mass consumption,' Thomai Serdari, a professor of luxury marketing and branding at New York University's Stern School of Business, told Retail Dive last week, adding that no amount of 'curation' or homage 'can be as groundbreaking as Barneys has been.'"
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In a video interview, Professor David Yermack explains how Facebook's Libra differs from Bitcoin

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Excerpt from CNBC -- "It's very different than cryptocurrency like bitcoin or ether, which is decentralized, has no leadership, and relies on a community of people who compete to build the blocks that update the transactions. Because of the design of something like bitcoin, it really can only accommodate a small amount of traffic. But something with central management like libra could really grow to almost any size that you wished.'"
 
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Professor Robert Engle is profiled as part of a P&Q "Professor of the Week" segment; his recent research on measuring systemic risk in the financial system is spotlighted

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Excerpt from Poets & Quants -- "Now, Poets&Quants’ Professor of the Week, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert F. Engle of New York University Stern School of Business, has created a new tool to measure systemic risk in the financial system, and hence the risk of a new global financial crisis."
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Professor Arun Sundararajan weighs in on future of the IPO landscape; his book, "The Sharing Economy," is referenced

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Excerpt from CGTN -- “'I believe that in the long run we could see some benefit for tech investing in general,' says New York University Professor Arun Sundararajan, the author of 'The Sharing Economy.' 'The amounts of capital infused into companies pre-IPO aren’t quite as enormous and the valuations stay realistic until the company is subjected to the rigorous of the public market.'”
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Professor Aswath Damodaran's thoughts on the connection between zero brokerage commissions and investor cost savings are featured

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Excerpt from MarketWatch -- "That’s because brokerage commissions already were so low that they amounted to nothing more than a 'drop in the bucket' of total transaction costs, according to Aswath Damodaran, a professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Therefore, he said in an interview, the move to zero commissions will not lead to significant cost savings for almost all investors."
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In an in-depth Q&A interview, Professor Richard Sylla analyzes the US stock market crash of 1929 and discusses the effect Black Thursday had on the economy

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Excerpt from TIME -- "TIME spoke to financial historian Richard Sylla, a Professor Emeritus of Economics and the former Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets at New York University Stern School of Business and Chairman of the board of the Museum of American Finance in New York City."
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In a live interview, Professor Scott Galloway discusses the value of WeWork following SoftBank's $9.5 billion majority takeover

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Excerpt from Bloomberg -- "'There is value here. There's a global brand that has evolved the workspace on a unit level--there probably are some properties that make money. The issue is, if you then back out the $43 billion in long-term leases that have an average duration of 15 years, you likely have a company that's not only worth less than $8 billion, it's probably got negative value.'"
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Professor Paul Romer's comments on the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching (ACCESS) Act are featured

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Excerpt from MarketWatch -- "The senators’ measure has drawn support from some experts, such as Nobel-winning economist Paul Romer. 'We must get back to the conditions that make markets work: when consumers know what they give a firm and what they get in return,' Romer said in the lawmakers’ press release. Mandating portability will give people 'a realistic option of switching to another provider,' he added. The bill’s lengthy full name is the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act."
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Professor Amy Webb comments on the capabilities of MindMeld, an artificial intelligence-powered, voice-enabled app

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Excerpt from Financial Times -- "Amy Webb is a futurist and founder of the Future Today Institute, which helps leaders look ahead and anticipate change. Also a professor of strategic foresight at New York University’s Stern School of Business, she recalls an early demonstration of a voice-powered app from a start-up called MindMeld."
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Lord Mervyn King argues that the lack of an approved Brexit deal prevents the UK from addressing its underlying economic issues

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Excerpt from Telegraph -- Mervyn King, the former Governor of the Bank of England, warned today that Brexit has dragged on 'far too long' and was preventing Government from addressing underlying issues within the UK economy."
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Professor Scott Galloway's blog post about the market's shifting appetite from growth to margin is featured

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Excerpt from Business Insider -- "Scott Galloway, the best-selling author and well-known tech-industry pundit, is a professor of marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business. His weekly business videos at Section4 and Winners & Losers have generated millions of views."
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Professor Adam Brandenburger offers ideas for how organizations can spur creativity and more effectively brainstorm

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Excerpt from The Holmes Report -- "Adam Brandenburger, a professor at the New York University Stern School of Business who researches, writes and teaches about creativity, suggests two teams can strategize more creatively than one. Team A lists the strengths in your organization. Team B lists weaknesses. Then the teams swap lists."
 
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Professor David Yermack offers thoughts on the demand for Ether futures contracts

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Excerpt from CoinTelegraph -- "Futures are simply contracts to buy or sell a designated quantity of an asset at a specified price and date, and they are particularly useful when the underlying asset is volatile, which is the case with Bitcoin — and to a lesser degree with Ether, as David L. Yermack, professor at NYU Stern, noted to Cointelegraph."
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Professor Michael Posner comments on the US State Department's sanctions targeting Chinese officials over their involvement in human rights abuses in the Chinese region of Xinjiang

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Excerpt from Yahoo News -- “'The commander-in-chief is the primary spokesperson for the United States,' said Posner. 'And if he’s not echoing or even leading in the same direction as Secretary [of State Mike] Pompeo … it allows somebody like Xi Jinping to say ‘I’ll listen to the guy I’m talking to – the president – and I can ignore the rest’.'”
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Professor Ari Ginsberg shares his thoughts on how WeWork's troubles may impact NYC's commercial real estate market

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Excerpt from CityLab -- "'The truth of the matter is that this is not an industry that [WeWork] really created,' says Ari Ginsberg, professor of entrepreneurship and management at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'A lot of the light that was on this industry was shown on them. When investors started questioning if is there’s a there there, they began to question whether they had a solid business model.'”
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In a co-authored op-ed, Professor Marti Subrahmanyam explores the effects of a financial market phenomenon known as the empty creditor problem

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Excerpt from The Conversation -- "In September 2019, the 178-year-old global tour operator Thomas Cook “ceased trading with immediate effect.” The collateral damage associated with the liquidation was considerable: more than 20,000 employees without work, an estimated 600,000 travellers stranded around the world and repatriation and customer compensation costs north of 600 million British pounds, or almost $1 billion."
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Professor Alixandra Barasch shares how emotional displays by candidates at the recent Democratic Debate affect status and power

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Excerpt from Fortune -- "'I study the psychology of how groups emerge and how you kind of see subgroups within the field ganging up on the common enemy,' said Barasch, NYU Stern professor. 'You kind of saw that,' she said of Tuesday’s debate and the dynamics with Warren."
 

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