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In 2012, companies and foundations increased their charitable donations by more than twelve percent, according to the Giving USA 2013 Report. Despite challenging economic times, research shows that organizations invest heavily on corporate social responsibility initiatives to gain and maintain good reputations. read more
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Richard America, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business specializing in doing business in Africa, has been appointed to the Advisory Board for the Global Business School Network (GSBN). GSBN works to strengthen the network of business schools in the developing world. It designs and implements capacity-building programs that advance management education, creating a long-term impact on development. read more
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The Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, in partnership with the Milken Institute, recently hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill about “Modernizing the U.S. Corporate Tax System and Implications for Financial Markets,” as part of the center’s Markets and the Hill Briefing Series (MATH). read more
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In their inaugural ranking of worldwide EMBA programs, The Economist listed the Georgetown-ESADE Global Executive MBA program as 12th in the world and the Executive MBA as 27th in the world and 14th in the United States. The ranking measures the personal development, educational experience, and career development of students and alumni in the program. The Georgetown-ESADE Global Executive MBA ranked 10th for personal development and educational experience and 22nd for career development, including being first in the subcategorie read more
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Research shows a minor traffic violation or brief shopping splurge may signal more significance than just a mark on a legal record or charge on a credit card. CEOs with a legal record and lack of frugality are more likely to perpetrate fraud and oversee a loosely controlled work environment, according to new research by Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business Assistant Professor Robert Davidson and his co-authors. Published in the Journal of Financial Economics, the study "Executives' & read more