McCombs TODAY

By Lamar Johnson, senior associate director of the Supply Chain Management Center of Excellence
Tight credit, global supplier risk, escalating energy costs, declining consumer confidence, unprecedented earnings pressure, high unemployment…oh my!
The result is a perfect storm for reducing the number of opportunities for college graduates in typical career paths. So this might be a time to consider a [...]

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Alice Schroeder, BBA ‘78, MBA ‘80, author of “The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life,” spoke on campus Oct. 28 as part of McCombs’ VIP Distinguished Speaker Series.
Schroeder began by explaining that she is not the type of person who was engineered for success.
“I came here not knowing what I wanted to do,” said Schroeder. [...]

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“The Snowball” (Bantam, 2008), by Alice Schroeder, BBA ‘78, MBA ‘80 is an in-depth portrait of renowned investor Warren Buffett. It currently sits at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover nonfiction.
Schroeder first met Warren Buffett when she published research on Berkshire Hathaway; her grasp of the subject and insight so impressed [...]

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