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Konana: Outrage Over Obscene CEO Pay Justified

October 19th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media · Opinion

Posted by Rob Meyer

The Hindu, October 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.
There is justified public outrage at the obscenely large executive compensation. Should the government regulate compensations in the private sector even when there is no government [...]

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Konana: B-Schools Need to Stop Chasing Wall Street Innovations and Emphasize Well-Rounded Education

June 4th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media · Opinion

Posted by Rob Meyer

The Hindu, June 3, 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.
The current economic crisis is a transformational moment for business schools worldwide. The fact is that business schools have been off track, chasing precisely those Wall [...]

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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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Konana Op-Ed: Sensible Capitalism Needed

December 11th, 2008 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

The Hindu
December 2, 2008
Prabhudev Konana is a professor in the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management.
The world is in an economic crisis. Free market capitalism is now synonymous with the free-falling stock market. Some on the Left trumpet that this is the end of American capitalism. They thrash free-market capitalism as a vulgar passion [...]

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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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