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Fall Term Workshop Series Preparing Students, Alumni Do you have the next great venture-capital concept? Need a team to help turn your idea into reality? If so, then workshops of the 2006 Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition are the place to go. Read More... Business Plan Competition Feb. 25 to feature keynote speaker David Perdue Budding entrepreneurs will compete for $75,000 Feb. 25 in the 2005 Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition Finals at the College of Management, and Dollar General Corporation's David Perdue will deliver the keynote address. Read More... Study: Culture Differences Help, Not Hinder, Many Cross-Border Corporate Mergers Culture clashes are an expected consequence when companies from different countries merge. But contrary to conventional wisdom, cross-border mergers and acquisitions tend to be most successful long-term when the cultural divide between nations is wide, according to a new study by Georgia Tech College of Management researchers. Read More... European Study Tour an Exciting End to Executive Master's Program The Class of 2005 of the Executive Master of Science in Management of Technology program, whose 37 members graduated in December, voted accounting professor Deborah Turner as the program's Outstanding Professor. Read More... TI:GER Program Receives $1 Million Donation More students will be able to learn about the challenges of commercializing new technologies, thanks to a $1 million gift recently made to the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER®) program. Read More... Georgia Tech to Host Technology Management Seminar June 9-10 Academic and industry leaders will converge at Georgia Tech College of Management June 9-10 for the Technology Management Education Association's (TMEDA) 2005 Technology Management Workshop. Read More... Tulane Students Find Academic Refuge from Storm at Tech Marla Baskerville feels much better off than most residents of New Orleans displaced by flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but she's still greatly distressed by having to remain apart from her husband and home. Read More... Faculty Wing to be Dedicated in Honor of Professor Adler October 29 The College of Management will dedicate a wing in honor of Phil Adler, a professor emeritus of strategic management revered by many of his past students, at 1:30 PM Saturday, October 29 in the Management building's LeCraw Auditorium. Read More... Enrollment Rising in MBA Dual Degree Program Dominic DePasquale's search for the right graduate school was greatly simplified by how few institutions offered what he wanted - the ability to earn an MBA and master's degree in aerospace engineering at the same time. Read More... Recent Faculty Recognitions Include Best Paper Prize, Grants Recent Faculty Recognitions Include Best Paper Prize, Grants Read More... Thomas L. Friedman Discovers The World Is Flat Economically Like Christopher Columbus in 1492, Thomas L. Friedman set out for India in early 2004 under the assumption that the world is round. But Friedman, a world-renowned foreign-affairs columnist for The New York Times, was startled to discover that the opposite is true. Read More... Alumni Profile: J. Michael Robison Moving Mass Transit into Fast Lane Heavy traffic would seem to be a boon to J. Michael Robison's business, Lanier Parking Systems, ensuring plenty of demand for the approximately 200,000 parking spaces in 33 cities managed by the Atlanta-based company. Read More... Alumni Profile: Mary McElroy Blazing Trail in Athletics Administration Mary McElroy, MSM 2000, didn't set out to have a sports-related career, much less become the first African-American female athletics director in Division I at a non-historically black university or college. Read More... MBA Students Volunteer with Team Buzz Twelve MBA students worked at Jerusalem House, a home for homeless people with AIDS, on Oct. 8 as part of TEAM Buzz, Georgia Tech's student-run volunteer day. Read More... Management Undergrads Competing on mtvU Reality Show Four undergraduate students at the Scheller College of Business are getting their literal 15 minutes of fame this fall on MTV's mtvU network, which is broadcast on college campuses nationwide. Read More... Management Students Defeat UGA on mtvU's "Quad Squads" Reality Show Pitted against peers from the University of Georgia, four undergraduate students at Georgia Tech College of Management emerged victorious on the November 28 episode of the reality-show series "Quad Squads." Read More... Celebration Honors Retired Professor Teach's Career Marketing professor Richard Teach recently retired, an occasion commemorated with a celebration at the dean's home in Madison that also welcomed new faculty members. Read More... Dean Blum Leaving Post in June 2006 to Direct Tech's New Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship Terry C. Blum, dean and Tedd Munchak chairholder of Georgia Tech College of Management, announced that she will resign from the deanship, effective June 30, 2006. She has led the Georgia Tech College of Management since the summer of 1999, when she replaced Lloyd Byars. Read More... Summer Term Business School Presents New Brand The College of Management's got a brand-new brand. Read More... Dean Blum to Moderate Chamber Discussion of Small-Business Issues August 31 Issues facing small and midsize businesses will be the focus of a panel discussion August 31 at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Read More... Georgia Tech - Scheller College of Business Helps Iraq Ministry of Electricity Restore Power Crime and terrorism don't top the list of concerns that Iraqis want their government to address, according to a recent poll conducted by the International Republican Institute. Restoring reliable electrical power ranks number one. Read More... Study: Broken Links in Supply Chain Cause Serious Damage to Businesses Like a heart-attack victim felled by poor circulation, companies who suffer a sudden blockage in their flow of products to consumers face a long road to recovery, says Vinod Singhal, professor of operations management at Georgia Tech College of Management. Read More... Alumni Profile: Alan Lacy Leads Nation's Third-Largest Retailer Alan J. Lacy, CEO and vice chairman of Sears Holdings Corporation, suffered a rude shock when he started at Georgia Tech in 1971. Though he'd breezed through his small-town high school without breaking much sweat, Lacy found the going far tougher at Tech. Read More... Alumni Profile: Sweating Small Stuff Pays Off Big for Andrea Novakoski Though Andrea Arena Novakoski preaches the importance of personal time to her corporate clients, she's long been guilty of not taking enough for herself. Read More... New Graduate Spotlight: Baiden Making it Big in America Since fleeing his war-torn homeland of Liberia 15 years ago, Edward Baiden has traveled far on his journey from "dish rags" to riches. Read More... Study: Religious Fundamentalists Form Strong Attachments to Product Brands Despite their differences, most major world religions warn that attachment to fleeting material objects is an obstacle to spiritual transcendence. Therefore, religious fundamentalists, who try to strictly follow the tenets of divine scripture, ought to care little for worldly possessions like cars and clothing, says Nancy Wong, assistant professor of marketing at Georgia Tech College of Management. Read More... Tech Exploring Educational Opportunities in China, India The College of Management is going where the action is, working hard to expand educational opportunities in two of the most important centers for global business: China and India. Read More... Graduate Spotlight: Laura Marie Grosch's Magic Kingdom Extends to Harvard When she was only 16 years old, Laura Marie Grosch built a successful online business dedicated to helping families make the most of their adventures in Walt Disney World. Read More... Malhotra Named Outstanding Marketing Educator of Year Marketing professor Naresh Malhotra recently hit another career high, winning the Outstanding Marketing Educator of the Year award from the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS). Read More... Muskie Scholars Take Business Know-How Home to Former Soviet Republics Ol'ga Kizhlo sacrificed a lot to earn her MBA at Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, having to leave behind her young daughter in Ukraine for two years, only seeing her during a few visits home. Read More... Doctoral Student Spotlight: Ransbotham Can't Keep Away from Tech After earning two degrees from Georgia Tech, Sam Ransbotham considered pursuing his Ph.D. in information technology management from a different institution for the sake of variety. Read More... TI:GER Teams Moving Technologies from Lab to Market More sufferers of type-1 diabetes may one day live needle-free lives thanks to the work of students in the Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER) program. Read More... Alumni Profile: John Salley Scores in Numerous Arenas after Basketball When former Georgia Tech basketball coach Bobby Cremins traveled to Brooklyn, NY, in 1983 to recruit John Salley, the future NBA star stood six-feet six-inches tall. Salley, who sprouted to six-feet nine-inches in time for his freshman year, says he willed himself to keep growing long after most people stop, not reaching his peak height of almost seven feet until age 29. Read More... Spring Term Professors Mulford and Comiskey Examine Misleading Accounting Practices in New Book Investors who've been burned by numerous corporate accounting scandals in recent years have increasingly turned their attention from questionable earnings reports to cash flow when gauging a company's financial performance. Read More... Faculty Wing Named in Honor of Popular Professor Known for his incredible memory, Phil Adler has been able to maintain long-term relationships with many of the students he taught during his nearly 40-year career at the Scheller College of Business. Though he retired in 2000, the professor emeritus of strategic management continues to serve as a much-valued mentor to many of these alumni. Read More... Study: Large Companies Less Effective than Small Firms at Managing Alliances Strategic alliances between companies are more important than ever in many industries, but large corporations don't seem to be learning from past experiences at making these partnerships work, suggests a new study by a Georgia Tech College of Management researcher. Read More... Annual International Finance Conference April 7-9 to Spotlight Top Research The College of Management's 11th annual International Finance Conference April 7-9 will feature the most current research from the world's leading universities and institutions. Read More... Georgia Tech Rises in Rankings of World's Best MBA Programs The Financial Times recently ranked Georgia Tech's College of Management eighty-fourth out of the world's top 100 full-time MBA programs, a ten-position jump since last year's survey. Read More... South Korea Focus of 11th Annual Georgia Tech Global Business Forum Corporate leaders can explore business opportunities in South Korea, America's sixth largest export market, at the College of Management's 11th annual Georgia Tech Global Business Forum on April 27. Read More... Program and Professors Honored Two faculty members as well as the TI:GER® program of the College of Management at Georgia Tech have recently gained important recognition. Read More... Study: Companies Need to Give Online Consumers Right to More Privacy To quell the privacy-invasion fears that are stunting the growth of e-commerce, Web marketers need to give consumers more control of the personal information collected about them, according to research by Naresh Malhotra, Regents' professor of marketing at Georgia Tech College of Management. Read More... Georgia Tech Researchers Use Presidential History as Guide to Avoiding Stocks U.S. stock markets may remain sluggish during 2005 and 2006 if they follow a long-standing pattern of slowing in the two years following a presidential election, according to a study by two Georgia Tech College of Management researchers. Read More... MBA Program Rises in U.S. News & World Report's Rankings Georgia Tech College of Management jumped 10 spots in U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the nation's top MBA programs, rising to 32nd. Read More... Jack Welch to Appear April 15 in IMPACT Speaker Series The College of Management's 2005 IMPACT Speaker Series will feature former General Electric Chairman and CEO Jack Welch on Friday, April 15. Read More... College of Management Honors Alumni Leaders at Second Annual Celebration Georgia Tech College of Management recognized the vision, achievement and leadership of its alumni April 22 at the Second Annual Celebration and Awards Dinner, inducting eleven leaders into the Hall of Fame, Academy of Distinguished Alumni and Council of Outstanding Young Alumni. Read More... Head-Injury Technology Tops Annual Business Plan Competition When athletes hurt their heads during play, tests to determine whether they can return to action often aren't any more sophisticated than asking, "How many fingers am I holding up?" Read More... Learn How to Maximize Profits at Revenue Management Conference April 21 at the College of Management Called the "number-one emerging business strategy" by The Wall Street Journal, revenue management will be the focus of a new conference held April 21 at Georgia Tech College of Management. Read More... Faculty Members, Students Recognized for Excellence As the 2004-05 academic year raced to a close, College of Management students took time to honor their peers and faculty members for their dedication and excellence. Read More... Jack Welch: Candor is Key to Successful Management One of the major problems in business today is the lack of candor in employee appraisals, warned former General Electric CEO and Chairman Jack Welch during his April 15 appearance in the College of Management's IMPACT Speaker Series. Read More... Get Your Copy of Hot New Investing Book March 10 Serious investors should mark down March 10 as the day to obtain a signed copy of a hot new investing book that shows how to see through the often fuzzy math of corporate accounting practices. Read More...

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