McCombs TODAY

We’re working hard to wrap up the spring/summer 2009 issue of Texas, the McCombs School alumni magazine. Here’s a little sneak preview of the cover - keep an eye on your mailbox, on the McCombs Web site and the magazine racks around the building for the full issue!

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For a future story, the editors of Texas, the McCombs alumni magazine, want to hear from alumni about your greatest business failure–and, more importanly–what happened next. What is the value of failing, and how did you learn from it? Would your successful venture have happened without the mistakes made before it?
If you’re a McCombs undergraduate [...]

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THE STRANGE POLITICS OF THE FINANCIAL BAILOUT
by David B. Spence, professor of business law
The political process that led ultimately to the passage of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act of 2008—better known as the “Wall Street bailout”—was a strange one. By the time the mortgage crisis was fully understood, enormous amounts of bad debt had [...]

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Fresh from a 20-year appointment at the University of Southern California, Dean Thomas Gilligan dives into Texas during a semester marked by unprecedented economic events. His mission: learn fast, listen well and DREAM BIG.
Tom Gilligan must be taking his vitamins. His first semester as dean of the McCombs School of Business has seen more than [...]

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McCombs Alumni Share Stories of Loss and Renewal in New Orleans
Three years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged much of New Orleans, many of the more than 200 McCombs alumni working in the city say they’re committed to revitalizing the city’s business and cultural landscape. Texas magazine caught up with several of them, and we continue their [...]

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(Originally published in Texas, the McCombs School of Business alumni magazine)
In an effort to start a regular conversation with readers, Texas posed a question in our monthly e-newsletter McCombs Monthly. We received lots of thoughtful answers, many of which are printed here. Add your answers here, and keep an eye out for future questions!
“Accepting responsibility [...]

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