http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:59:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Soccer fans will move fast when the World Cup opens in South Africa on June 11, 2010. New high-speed trains will whisk spectators to stadiums around Johannesburg and Pretoria at speeds up to 110 miles per hour. South Africa’s Standard Bank Group, which helped finance the mass transit project, also is ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/03/15/standardbank/ Companies don’t need to sacrifice profitability to help the environment, Ecolab Chairman, President and CEO Douglas Baker Jr. said Feb. 23 at Thunderbird. “There is a load of great ideas that bring environmental advantage and economic advantage,” Baker said. “Until the world is out of those ideas, the ability to ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/03/12/ecolab/ By Gregory Unruh, Thunderbird Professor A few years ago, I was invited to give a talk on climate change at a top European B-School. When I asked why they wanted me, the answer was: "My boss wanted Al Gore but couldn’t afford him." So I am the Cheap Al Gore, and ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/03/12/huffington/ India’s rapid recovery from the global economic crisis signals a new wave in globalization, U.S. Ambassador David C. Mulford said Feb. 25 at Thunderbird. “For the first time in history, a crisis in the established industrial countries has not dragged down the developing world with it,” said Mulford, who served ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/03/10/mulford/ Will business school graduates have jobs when they graduate this spring? Thunderbird Associate Vice President Kip Harrell discusses a new MBA recruitment survey March 8 on CNBC. Harrell is president of the MBA Career Services Council, an association of business school career management offices that compiled the 2009-10 Winter Survey. "If you ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/03/09/jobs/ By Paul Kinsinger, Thunderbird Professor The global recession has no doubt cost several CI professionals their jobs, and is causing many others to re-think their career prospects going forward. Still, despite companies’ propensity to cut back reflexively on costs, one would think that the times also create an even greater need ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/03/09/ci/ By Karen A. Brown and Nancy Lea Hyer Many people begin their careers in functional areas such as engineering, accounting, marketing, finance, or information technology and are often taken by surprise when they find their work life consumed with activities related to projects. As businesses expand globally, new technologies emerge and pressures ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/03/04/brown/ By Karen S. Walch, Thunderbird Professor Hardball negotiators often conceal their aggressive intentions and behaviors. They use tactics that prey on the psychological vulnerabilities of a counterpart. This psychological manipulation is a type of social influence that classic power theorists have espoused for centuries as a way to change the perception ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/02/22/hardball/ Drug cartels have become “employers of necessity” for many families in rural Mexico, emeritus Thunderbird Professor Llewellyn D. Howell, Ph.D., said Feb. 11 on Arizona PBS (Channel 8). “Mexico could develop as serious a problem as we have in Afghanistan with regard to people in the rural areas — and ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/02/22/drugs/ By Ben Pandya It is well known that passion is the single most significant source of success. Why then, do most people fall prey to the external environment and not pursue their passions? Life happens, stuff happens, things happen. Reasons may validate the detour from the pursuit of passion; however, getting ... http://knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/research/2010/02/22/passions/