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Video: Doggett, Nolen, Srinivasan on Growth Strategies in Trying Times

October 13th, 2009 · Filed under: Executive Education · Faculty News · Opinion · video

Posted by Tracy Mueller

On Sept. 17, Texas Executive Education hosted a faculty panel addressing Strategies for Growth in Trying Times. We captured a few of the highlights on video:
What country is poised to be the next global economic powerhouse?
Senior Lecturer of Management John Doggett spoke about the future of the global marketplace. “We in this country right now [...]

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Chinese Executive MBAs Learn Global Leadership Skills with Texas Executive Education

September 21st, 2009 · Filed under: Executive Education · MBA

Posted by Amber Walkowiak

Texas Executive Education hosted a group of Chinese Executive MBA students from Renmin University Sept. 7-11 for “Leading in a Global Environment,” a program created specifically for them in partnership with Renmin.
The students were presidents, chairmen, managers and senior officials of Chinese companies representing industries including furniture construction, technology and advertising.
“We really value this new partnership with Renmin University in [...]

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Strategies on Growing Your Business: Texas Executive Education Conference Wrap Up

September 21st, 2009 · Filed under: Events · Executive Education · Faculty News

Posted by Amber Walkowiak

On Sept. 17 Texas Executive Education hosted a symposium on business growth and how to build brand share overseas. Dave Wenger, director of communications for the McCombs School, blogged from the event, which featured panel discussions from McCombs faculty and industry experts.
A few highlights:

On National Instruments’ long-term approach to business: “Traditionally we’ve had a lot [...]

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Konana: Economic Predictions about China by Scholars Way Off Mark

February 17th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

The Hindu, Feb. 16, 2009
Prabhudev Konana is the William H. Seay Centennial Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Those who prophesied the ‘coming collapse of China’ didn’t see what was coming. Ironically, it is to China that the world looks for major stimulus spending.
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Griffin on Television in China: Financial Bailouts by Governments Problematic in the Long Run

November 4th, 2008 · Filed under: Faculty News · McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

John Griffin, McCombs associate professor of finance, appeared Oct. 29 on CCTV, the English language station in Beijing, China, for a half-hour panel discussion on the role governments should play in worldwide economies.
“While the bailout makes sense in the short run there are negative consequences in terms of bailing out firms that have behaved poorly in the past [...]

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