Archive for August, 2008

By David Taylor Johannesen, 1969 Thunderbird graduate

Lack of money has not slowed the U.S. war effort in Iraq. When cash runs low, the government simply makes more. This lapse in White House leadership has taken its toll on the U.S. dollar and plunged the country into escalating debt. Congress has power to intervene, but first our lawmakers must wake up and hear the whirring of the printing presses used to churn out fresh bills.
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Corporations have long struggled to identify those managers best suited to lead them into foreign markets. Now, a team of Thunderbird researchers led by Mansour Javidan, Ph.D., has created a tool to do just that. Javidan says the Global Mindset Inventory, a scientific assessment that takes about eight minutes to complete, could have helped Airbus and Boeing avoid months of delays as they struggled to roll out ambitious new projects.
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Mexican workers leaving the United States in response to heightened immigration enforcement will be missed in the coming decades as millions of baby boomers retire, a Mexican consul said Aug. 7 at Thunderbird School of Global Management.
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By Betsy Brill, 1983 Thunderbird graduate

Americans have always been generous. But for the most part, their philanthropy has focused on issues within the United States. This changed with the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Americans can no longer ignore issues abroad that have direct impact at home. Global philanthropy has become a priority. Thunderbird graduate Betsy Brill, founder and president of Strategic Philanthropy in Chicago, shares tips for incorporating global philanthropy in a charitable giving plan.
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