GLOBAL LEADERS CAN BE MADEThunderbird President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D., writes about the components of global leadership: Global mindset, global entrepreneurship and global citizenship. Contributors include Thunderbird Professor Greg Unruh, Ph.D., director of Thunderbird’s Lincoln Center for Ethics in Global Management and co-author of President Cabrera’s upcoming book, “Global Leaders Can Be Made.”
WORLD CAFEShare your adventures in cross-cultural negotiation and learn about the successes and blunders of Thunderbird alumni who live and work in more than 130 countries. Karen Walch, Ph.D., and Denis Leclerc, Ph.D., two professors at Thunderbird’s Garvin Center for Cultures and Languages of International Management, host the blog and add their own research and opinions. Watch videos, participate in polls, read alumni profiles and join online forums on topics related to cross-cultural negotiation.
THUNDERBIRD STUDENT VOICESThunderbird students share their views on global management from the classroom and around the world. Contributors represent Thunderbird’s traditional full-time MBA, Executive MBA, On-Demand, Global MBA, Evening MBA and MA/MS programs. Follow the students’ adventures on “winterims” and “summerims” in places such as Hungary, Panama, China, Kenya and Jordan.
THUNDERBIRD BOOKSHELFThunderbird professors, alumni, staff and students have plenty to say about everything from golf to private equity. This blog tracks the textbooks, novels, photo albums, travel guides and other books published by members of the Thunderbird community. Search by authors’ names or by subject.
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIPThunderbird graduate Kellie Kreiser, director of Thunderbird for Good, writes about ethics, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, international development and other topics related to global citizenship. Guest contributors include Thunderbird President Ángel Cabrera, Ph.D., Professor Greg Unruh, Ph.D., and members of the Thunderbird community who are passionate about these topics.
TPEC BLOGThunderbird Global Private Equity Center Director Susan Boedy, a 2002 Thunderbird graduate, oversees this blog to help keep global private equity investors apprized of TPEC programs. Updates for the Annual Global Private Equity Investing Conference, Global Private Equity Forums, Quarterly Newsletters and White Paper Series will be streamed so that bloggers and others have an opportunity to comment.
GLOBAL AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCEThunderbird graduate Michael Muth writes about global business issues. He has 18 years of experience in building international relationships and has served on the boards of four nonprofit organizations. He has spent 16 years working for medium-high tech firms and has big company experience with Xerox, Deutsche Bank, Siemens and AC Nielsen Marketing Research. Find his Kindle Edition books on the Thunderbird Bookshelf.
ALUMNI RELATIONSThunderbird Alumni Relations consultant Kevin Rohrer, a 1982 Thunderbird graduate and former president of the Thunderbird Alumni Network Board, shares observations about higher education alumni relations. Rohrer is also the founder of Matex Technologies, an international marketing firm in Hong Kong that works with American exporters.
KICK-START MARKETING2002 Thunderbird graduate Lenora Peppers Greene, managing director of Kick-Start Marketing in Austin, Texas, brings together great minds and great clients to kick start effective marketing programs at the local, national and global levels. Greene shares ideas about marketing trends and innovations in her blog. She also helps educate Afghan women entrepreneurs as a guest lecturer in Thunderbird’s Project Artemis.
GLOBOTRENDSThunderbird graduate Brian Butler founded GloboTrends as a blog network to track global trends that affect investors, entrepreneurs and global business leaders. GlobalTrends’ blog, wiki and forum serve investors, macro economists and global business leaders. Contributors include other T-bird analysts as well, including Duncan Blount and Hugo Hervitz. Content from GloboTrends recently has been syndicated on Nouriel Roubini’s RGE monitor.
THE LAZY ENVIRONMENTALISTJosh Dorfman, a 2000 Thunderbird graduate, is a green entrepreneur, media personality and author of “The Lazy Environmentalist.” He writes about “easy, stylish and super convenient ways to green your lifestyle.” No guilt-trips. Never any sacrifice. Dorfman offers insights into cutting-edge products and services, emerging trends and innovation under way to bring our lifestyles into balance with nature.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO CHINARichard Brubaker, a 2001 graduate of Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz., is the founder and manager of China Strategic Development Partners. Based in Shanghai, Brubaker helps his global clients understand the Chinese market and construct and operationalize China-based platforms. He is also a member of Thunderbird’s Asia Pacific Alumni Council.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY ZONEThunderbird graduate Emmanuel Yujuico, Ph.D., explores global business transactions and world politics from the perspective of International Political Economy, a field that thrives on the process that Joseph Schumpeter called “creative destruction.” Yujuico graduated from Thunderbird School of Global Management in 2001 and then earned a doctor of philosophy at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
NEXT LOGICThunderbird graduate Hernan Pisano provides practical insights in the areas of economic development, international economics and finance, base of the pyramid investing and philanthropy. The author draws from more than 14 years of experience in marketing and finance. His core experience lies in the media, high-tech and investment industries in Latin America and the U.S.
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