Written on June 25th, 2009
The Thunderbird Global Private Equity Center hosted an educational forum June 16, 2009, on public-private investment in emerging markets. Audio highlights of the forum at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in Washington, D.C., now are available on the Thunderbird Private Equity Center Blog on the Thunderbird Knowledge Network. Additional TPEC forums are coming soon to London, Phoenix, Singapore and New York.
Written on June 25th, 2009
Success has come as an unintended side effect for Trevor Stansbury, Thunderbird’s 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year and a 1992 graduate of the business school in Glendale, Ariz. The president of Supply Dynamics in Loveland, Ohio, has put his primary focus on his customers and company since launching the enterprise in 2003. The result has been engaged employees and satisfied customers, including industry leaders such as Honeywell, Cessna, General Electric, Westinghouse and hundreds of their respective suppliers.
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Written on June 24th, 2009
Family business leaders looking for a smooth transition to the next generation can start planning today with six guidelines outlined in an ongoing study from Thunderbird’s Walker Center for Global Entrepreneurship in Glendale, Ariz. “Silence or denial of the succession challenge is not the answer,” said Thunderbird Professor Ernesto Poza, co-author of the study prepared for the Dubai International Financial Centre in the United Arab Emirates.
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Written on June 24th, 2009
Economic benefits will flow into Africa as the 2010 World Cup approaches, Thunderbird Professor Olufemi Babarinde, Ph.D., says in a new Knowledge Network video. “The buildup to the World Cup and the buzz about Africa will put Africa on the radar screen of a lot of potential investors and business people,” says the professor from Nigeria. In the video Babarinde outlines four key ways that Africa can capitalize on the tournament, which begins June 11, 2010, in South Africa. | Video: Africa shoots for World Cup windfall (3:01)
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Written on June 20th, 2009
By Paul Kinsinger, Thunderbird Professor
We are witnessing an extraordinary series of events from Iran these days. A national election for president that was supposed to return a hardliner to power handily has been tainted with charges of fraud. Once again, many thousands of Iranians are in the streets of Tehran, this time demonstrating against the election outcome and in favor of the major opposition candidate. An autocratic regime that has ruled with an iron hand for thirty years faces its greatest internal political challenge ever. | Podcast: Kinsinger on potential spillover from Iran and the influence of social media (1:47) | Video: “Horizon” interview June 22, 2009, on KAET-TV in Phoenix (10:52)
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Written on June 19th, 2009
Business schools leery of teaching MBA students the difference between right and wrong need to rethink their approach to ethics education, Thunderbird President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D., said June 17 at a global conference in Phoenix. “Not only is it OK for us to tell future managers what is right and wrong, it is an absolute duty of ours,” said Cabrera, who received a standing ovation after his keynote address at the MBA Career Services Council annual meeting at the Arizona Biltmore. | Podcast: Listen to the full speech (30:18) | Video: Business schools to blame? (3:11) | Video: Liberating phrases for business schools (1:59) | Video: The problem with MBA ethics classes (1:50) | Video: Watch the full speech (30:24) | President’s blog: Ángel Cabrera on global leadership |
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Written on June 5th, 2009
The reinvention of Johnson & Johnson in Brazil shows the value of leaders with global mindset, two Thunderbird professors argue in the latest issue of the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.
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Written on June 3rd, 2009
Raytheon has emerged as a defense industry giant on the edge of a new era in international growth. “We are at a starting point,” Raytheon Chief Learning Officer Diane Holman told human resource professionals April 28 at a global conference in Tucson, Ariz. “We have a long way to go.” A new scientific tool developed at Thunderbird called the Global Mindset Inventory has helped leaders from Raytheon and more than 200 other organizations assess their readiness to enter unfamiliar markets before costly mistakes occur.
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Written on June 1st, 2009
By Steven Stralser, Thunderbird professor
I have never been a big fan of Star Trek. For me, it’s like having CNN on TV while I’m working on a project at my computer: in the background, kind of knowing what’s going on, but not paying particular attention. But Star Trek’s recent movie release and box office success has interested me in reflecting on some entrepreneurship takeaways from what’s been an enduring franchise, now into a third generation of Trekkies. | Video: Steven Stralser shares business lessons from the Star Trek franchise (4:27) |
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Written on May 29th, 2009
Oil prices have soared, tumbled and rebounded in recent months, leaving exasperated budget planners guessing what will come next. Professors at Thunderbird School of Global Management have some answers. They can’t predict the price of oil next quarter, but they do see other trends that will shape the future of the world’s most global industry. | Podcast: Thunderbird Professor Michael Moffett, Ph.D., discusses five realities of global oil (17:34) | PDF: Oil prices, 1860-2008 |
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