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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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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 Op-Ed: India Can Learn from Obama’s Path to Presidency

November 13th, 2008 · Filed under: Faculty News · McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

The Hindu
November 8, 2008
Prabhudev Konana is a professor in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management.

Finally, the U.S. presidential election 2008 comes to a historical end. This election will go down as one of the greatest victories for democracy and a symbolic victory for One America. It was a triumph of hope over fear. [...]

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Cross-College Collaboration Strengthens McCombs Outreach

November 12th, 2008 · Filed under: Events · Research

Posted by Tracy Mueller

Op-ed by CIBER’s Deirdre Mendez and David Platt
The Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and The University of Texas at Austin’s South Asia Institute (SAI) will team up on Nov. 14 to offer a workshop in Houston on Assessing and Managing Business Risk in India. The workshop is the latest in CIBER’s series [...]

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Konana Op-Ed: Best Path to Prosperity in India

August 20th, 2008 · Filed under: Faculty News · McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

The Hindu
August 12, 2008

We need to ask some tough questions for answers to create freedom from poverty. Leaving the responsibility to the government alone will be the biggest mistake. Read the op-ed.

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