[5/8/2008]
Recently Joshua Eisenman, a political scientist and a Fellow in Asia Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, spoke at Baylor's Global Business Forum, which explored China and the World Economy. China has realized impressive results by using government and party relations in Africa, according to Eisenman. China has developing interests in Africa, and the political and economic come together.
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Baylor University's Business School Magazine Beats Out More Than 1,000 Competitors from 30 Countries to Bring Home Gold
[5/1/2008]
The Baylor Business Review has won a 2008 Gold Quill Award of Merit for its outstanding achievement in publication design and creative communication. The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) declared the publication among the best of more than 1,040 entries submitted in this year's worldwide competition.
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Baylor Business Freshmen Win Capsim Foundation International Challenge
[5/2/2008]
Baylor freshmen Amanda Mitchell and Samantha Stephenson won second place in the Spring 2008 Capsim Foundation International Challenge, a global online business simulation competition designed to teach the essential elements of running a business.
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Business School Faculty Receive Honors
[4/30/2008]
The Hankamer School of Business held their Spring Appreciation Banquet for May and August graduates April 23. About 200 students and faculty were in attendance. The following faculty members were recognized for excellence.
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Graduating Seniors from Business School Receive Honors
[4/30/2008]
The Hankamer School of Business held their Spring Appreciation Banquet for May and August graduates April 23. About 200 students and faculty were in attendance.
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Border Between Kazakhstan and China a Busy Place (Audio)
[5/1/2008]
Recently Dr. Gabdygapar S. Seitkassimov, a professor of economy and rector of the Kazakh University of Economy, Finance and International Trade in Astana, Kazakhstan, spoke at Baylor's Global Business Forum, which explored China and the World Economy. According to Seitkassimov, The border between Kazakhstan and China is a busy place due to the geography of the region and because of China's demand for natural resources.
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Baylor Finance Students Win Investment Competition
[4/29/2008]
A team of Baylor students took first place on March 19 at the Texas Investment Practicum Symposium (TIPS) hosted by Texas A&M University. This marks Baylor's second year to win the competition.
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Latin America Provides Natural Resources China Lacks (Audio)
[4/25/2008]
Recently Dr. Mauricio Moreira, who is the head of research for the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank, spoke at Baylor's Global Business Forum, which explored China and the World Economy. China and Latin American countries can improve their trade relationship, said Moreira. Right now, Latin America is providing China with the natural resources China lacks.
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China On the Rise, Should be Embraced (Audio)
[4/23/2008]
Recently Dr. Penelope Prime, professor of economics at Mercer University, spoke at Baylor's Global Business Forum, which explored China and the World Economy. Prime said that timing is not everything, but that, plus the hard work of the Chinese, account for its rise in the global marketplace.
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Hurd (BBA '79) Named CEO of the Year by San Francisco Chronicle
[4/22/2008]
The San Francisco Chronicle has named Mark Hurd, chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co., its CEO of the Year.
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Vaughn Pursues Botnets, Helps Identify Internet Criminals
[4/22/2008]
Management Information Systems Professor Randal Vaughn's vocation sometimes sounds less like a faculty member and more like a role in a video game or action movie. He has pursued some botnets into oblivion and works to get Internet criminals into orange jumpsuits.
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What Teens Need to Know About Credit Cards (In the News)
[4/30/2008]
St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN) financial column by Mary Hunt, founder of DebtProofLiving.com, cites a study by Dr. James Roberts, professor of marketing and The W.A. Mays Professor in Entrepreneurship at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business, that shows people who use credit cards and debit cards to pay for things, like fast food, spend twice as much as those who pay with cash or checks -- If the greeting card aisle at my local supermarket is any indicator, we are headlong into graduation season. And while all graduations are significant and worthy of a nice card -- with the possible exception of graduation from preschool, which (sorry) I just don't get -- none is quite so momentous as graduating from high school. That's a real milestone that signals a rite of passage from youth to adulthood
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To Boost Sales, Return to the Past Says Expert (In the News)
[4/30/2008]
Central Valley Business Times article with business consultant George Dudley, who co-authored "The Hard Truth About Soft-Selling" with Dr. Jeff Tanner, associate dean for research and faculty development and professor of marketing at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- Who says the "soft sell" approach to sales works? Not George Dudley, a researcher and business consultant who contends U.S. companies are crippling themselves with that approach.
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When Jobs Fail There's Always Business School (In the News)
[4/30/2008]
You may not have found a job or you got lucky and graduated with a career, but business school is always a possibility in your future. BusinessWeek rates the top 50 business schools for undergrads, and to make things easier, we've done it here at GoCollege too.
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Churches often borrow from business world (In the News)
[4/30/2008]
Associated Baptist Press article about leadership in the business world and in the church quotes Dr. Mitchell Neubert, associate professor of management and holder of The Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- Churches can learn from the business -- for better or for worse. Some best practices in the corporate world translate well to the nonprofit sector, including churches, experts insist.
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Global Business Forum: China in the World Economy, Chinese Economic Performance and Policy (Video)
[4/10/2008]
China's rapid economic growth is a mixed bag, say economists from the United States, Europe, Kazakhstan and Latin America. They acknowledge that trade imbalances must be fixed, but stress that good relations with China are important to addressing the worldwide issues of climate change and political unrest.
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Global Business Forum: Keynote Speaker Dr. Wing Thye Woo (Video)
[4/10/2008]
With feet planted in the United States, a background in Malaysia, and eyes cast toward China, Dr. Wing Thye Woo sees a clearer picture than others might when he views the global economic landscape.
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Global Business Forum: China in the World Economy, Student Research on China (Video)
[4/10/2008]
Anyone who wants to transact business in China would be wise to learn at least one short word of the language: guanxi, pronounced gwan-gee. Knowing the meaning and practicing the concept helps -- even in everyday shopping, say students who have spent time in China and researched the country's culture and marketplace practices.
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Global Business Forum: China in the World Economy, Youth Culture In China (Video)
[4/10/2008]
The McBride Center for International Business at Baylor University hosted a full week of activities related to the theme, "China in the World Economy." Imagine a country where urban youngsters hold cell phones to their ears, play street hoops, sip Starbucks, move to a hip-hop beat and crunch KFC. That would be the United States, right? Yes. And China.
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Researchers Note Trends, Marketing Implications, for Real Estate Agents (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
Newswise -- Baylor business school research pitch commenting on trends in the housing market during a downturn in the economy -- Dr. Chris Pullig, Director of the Keller Center for Research in Residential Real Estate Marketing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, noted today that while existing home sales are on the decline there has only been a marginal reduction in National Association of Realtors (NAR) membership, hence fewer transactions are available to each individual agent.
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Hankamer MBA Student Wins Third Place at Marketing Case Competition
[4/7/2008]
Hankamer School of Business MBA student Rakesh Arora won third place with his team at the Neeley Sales & Marketing Strategy Competition, held March 29 at TCU's Neeley School of Business in Fort Worth.
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View/Review: Save the Date for Peak Oil
[4/10/2008]
Go ahead and mark your calendar for the arrival of Peak Oil. But what date will this event take place when the world reaches the maximum point of oil production and takes the downward slope of decline? Conflicting opinions of sooner versus later were conceptualized during the 1950s with the introduction of geoscientist Dr. M. King Hubbert's theory of peak oil production.
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Vote Online: When Do You Think the World Will Reach Peak Oil?
[4/10/2008]
Go ahead and mark your calendar for the arrival of Peak Oil. But what date will this event take place when the world reaches the maximum point of oil production and takes the downward slope of decline? Conflicting opinions of sooner versus later were conceptualized during the 1950s with the introduction of geoscientist Dr. M. King Hubbert's theory of peak oil production.
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Sharing the Wealth: The Story of Oilman Earl Hankamer
[4/10/2008]
Picture Earl C. Hankamer, benefactor of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business, with the soft smile and neatly combed hair that many people know from photographs.
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On the $100/Barrel Highway: The Energy Industry's Roadmap to the Future
[4/10/2008]
While exploration and production (E&P) industry challenges may seem daunting, they should probably be considered "typical" when placed alongside all the issues that have faced the industry throughout its history, from Spindletop to the Exxon Valdez to Deep Mission, the latest big find four miles below the Gulf of Mexico.
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Leadership Perspective
[4/10/2008]
How two famous Baylor Business alums view leadership: Paul Foster is president, CEO and chairman of El Paso's Western Refining Co., a supplier of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to markets in Phoenix, Tucson, Albuquerque and El Paso. Bob R. Simpson is a co-founder, chairman of the board and CEO of the Fort Worth-based XTO Energy Inc., one of the top 10 natural gas producers in the United States.
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Halliburton: Why Hire a Baylor Grad?
[4/10/2008]
Thoughts from Mark McCollum, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, about why he hires Baylor Business graduates.
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Ethics of an Energy Giant: ConocoPhillips
[4/10/2008]
Reputation is everything. And ConocoPhillips is a company that takes its reputation very seriously, mandating that honesty and ethical business practices are always at the core of every business decision, at every level of the company. The energy giant summarizes this position in its corporate ethics statement: Our mission is to do more than deliver energy. We have a longstanding commitment to maintain the highest ethical standards and foster a culture that values honesty, integrity and responsibility in everything we do.
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BEST Student Projects in Energy
[4/10/2008]
Students in the BEST program at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business applied analytical and upper-level thinking skills to leave lasting impressions both domestically and internationally this past year. From sugar cane to methane, students explored opportunities for alternative energy resources and discovered potential positive economic results of their efforts.
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Bears in the Oil Patch
[4/10/2008]
Exploration, acquisitions, drilling and production. The oil and gas industry is in full swing with Baylor alumni serving as an integral part of satisfying consumer demands by providing dependable resources.
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Alumni News Items
[4/10/2008]
News briefs from Baylor Business alumni.
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All in the Family: Camterra Resources
[4/10/2008]
When Ken and Zach Carlile run into each other in the hallways at work at Camterra Resources, it's really nothing new. The father and son used to run into each other on their way to classes at Baylor all the time. Zach was a junior, pursuing a degree in Business Administration, when his father, Ken, returned to Baylor to work on his Ph.D. in Geology.
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Demand for People to Work in the Sports Industry Grows (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about business careers in professional sports quotes Dr. Kirk Wakefield, chair of the marketing department at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business, and provides information about Baylor's sports marketing and sales undergraduate degree -- Arkansas State University graduate Kelvin Cox is not using his sports management degree in his current job as a manager of a hat store in Dallas. But after attending a three-day career sports seminar last week, he may have landed an interview with the Stars. Cox is one of two dozen people who were looking to break into the professional sports world at a seminar hosted at the NHL franchise's Dr Pepper StarCenter last week.
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Anti-Phishing Working Group's Tokyo Counter eCrime Conference Unites Global eCrime Responders (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
Business Wire news release about an upcoming counter-ecrime conference in Japan mentions that Baylor University's participation; Dr. Randal Vaughn, professor of information systems at Baylor, will be one of the session presenters -- Electronic crime responders, investigators and counter-ecrime technologists will join law enforcement and public policy officials from across the globe in Tokyo next month for the second annual Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS II). CeCOS II will unite IT operations, security, and law enforcement thought-leaders from across the globe for first time to voice operational priorities in the global confrontation against phishing and eCrime.
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Branding, Buzz and Business: Indie Business, According to Thomas Edison (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
Indie Business blog article about Thomas Edison's "business sense" features an interview with Dr. Blaine McCormick, Edison expert and associate dean for undergraduate programs at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- Did you know that Thomas Edison did not actually invent the light bulb? Maybe you did, but I'll bet you don't know how he managed to take all the credit for it. This question intrigued me, so I got in touch with Dr. Blaine McCormick, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Program s at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, to get the scoop.
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Featured Tip: Save Money Before You See It (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
The Real Life Survival Guide AUDIO LINK INCLUDED) blog by Bruce Barber includes an interview segment about compulsive shopping with Dr. Jim Roberts, professor of marketing at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- Before we see our paycheck, I always recommend that we take our money and put it into our 403 B or 401 K accounts and put money away for the kids college fund all way before we ever see it.
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Concerns Raised About New Gambling Boom (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
Florida Baptist Witness article in proposed gambling in Florida cites the research of Dr. Earl Grinols, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Baylor who is the author of "Gambling In America: Costs and Benefits" -- TALLAHASSEE (FBW)--A gambling boom has come to the Sunshine State -- starting in 2004 and escalating in the last year -- with proponents promising economic development and new government revenues in a time of shrinking tax collections resulting from an uncertain economy.
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Local Part-Timers in Tight Spot During Economic Upheaval (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
Waco Tribune-Herald article about people with part-time jobs working longer hours because of the economy quotes Dr. Tom Kelly, professor of economics at Baylor -- Kimmy Shaver, 21, knows all about trying to make ends meet in a shaky economy bordering on recession.
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Ohioans May Have to Vote for Fourth Time to Stop Casino from Setting Up Shop (In the News)
[4/10/2008]
The Repository (Canton, OH) opinion piece on attempts to bring casino gambling to Ohio cites the studies by Baylor Distinguished Professor of Economics Earl Grinols on "Gambling in America: Costs and Benefits") -- Here we go again! Another group of Cleveland individuals, partnering with an unnamed private company, is attempting to bring casino gambling to Ohio via a proposed constitutional amendment. It doesn't matter that Ohio voters have rejected such proposals three times since 1990, most recently in November 2006. Now they want to build a resort casino complex in Clinton County in Southwest Ohio.
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China's Image Among Europeans Changing Due to U.S. Economic Instability (Audio)
[4/4/2008]
Recently Dr. Wolfgang Klenner, professor of East Asian Economics at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in Germany spoke at Baylor's Global Business Forum, which explored China in the World Economy. Klenner said that China's image among Europeans is changing and that this changing view comes from the sub-prime meltdown in the United States.
(FULL STORY)
Baylor University Researchers Note Trends, Marketing Implications, for Real Estate Agents
[4/2/2008]
Dr. Chris Pullig, Director of the Keller Center for Research in Residential Real Estate Marketing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, noted today that while existing home sales are on the decline there has only been a marginal reduction in National Association of Realtors (NAR) membership, hence fewer transactions are available to each individual agent. "For the agents who will succeed in this kind of environment, the key is going to be who can operate more efficiently and are more strategic in the way they allocate marketing resources," Pullig said.
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Fraud, Unethical, or Legitimate? The Problem of Evaluating Insurance Claims
[4/1/2008]
To demonstrate the ambiguity of the term "fraud," guest speaker Dr. Richard A. Derrig started a lecture to students by discussing five real examples of fraud and then polled the class, asking if each scenario would be considered fraud, unethical or legitimate.
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Tech Talk: 2nd Annual IS Summit Showcases Industry Opportunities for Students
[4/1/2008]
Over 450 students participated in the 2nd annual IS Summit held Thursday, March 27, at the Cashion Academic Center at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. The department of Management Information Systems hosted the Summit, which focused on career opportunities for Baylor MIS students.
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Sister Schubert Begins with Grandmother's Recipe, Now Helps Children Starving for a Family (Audio)
[3/27/2008]
Patricia Schubert-Barnes, founder of Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls, recently spoke to Baylor faculty, alumni and students as part of the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speakers Series. Barnes began selling her homemade rolls in 1989 at her small church's food fair in her Ala. hometown. Today, packages of Sister Schubert's frozen rolls fill supermarket shelves across the country.
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Research and Publishing Update
[3/26/2008]
Recent research and publishing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.
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Smith's Family Named by March of Dimes
[3/25/2008]
On the day he was born, Braxton Jones weighed 15.2 ounces and was 11 inches long. He was about the size of an average football.
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Hankamer Takes Home Nine ADDY Awards in Local Competition
[3/11/2008]
Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business earned nine awards from the Waco chapter of the American Advertising Federation, including the coveted "Best of Show" distinction for its alumni magazine, Baylor Business Review.
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Hankamer Alumni Magazine and Accounting Annual Report Earn First Place in Best of Texas Awards Program
[3/11/2008]
The Texas Public Relations Association (TPRA) highlighted the state's top PR campaigns and practitioners recently, recognizing Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business in its Best of Texas awards program with two Silver (first place) designations. The School's alumni magazine, Baylor Business Review, as well as its Department of Accounting & Business Law Annual Report, each earned a top prize in the competition.
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Book Examines Biblical Teaching on Hot Button Issues (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
Evangelical Covenant Church Newswire article about the book, "Good Intentions," co-authored by Dr. Charles North, associate professor of economics at Baylor -- NASHVILLE, TN - Bob Smietana says he was surprised by the findings for a new book he co-authored that examines how to apply biblical teaching to hot button issues such as immigration, poverty and globalization
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Doing Business with China Subject of Baylor Forum (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
Waco Tribune-Herald -- U.S. businesses invested $56 billion in China last year, primarily to build plants staffed by laborers making a fraction of what Americans make.
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In Ohio, Primaries Hinge on Targeting the Working Class (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
The Dallas Morning News article about Ohio voters and the issues facing blue-collar workers, such as NAFTA, quotes Dr. Joseph McKinney, professor of economics and The Ben Williams Professor of International Economics about free trade issues and how they've affected Texas and Ohio -- PARMA, Ohio - The Muellers are getting by, barely. In October, Robert lost his unionized job on a road crew, a trickle-down casualty as Ohio hemorrhages well-paid manufacturing jobs. With tax revenues softening, there just isn't as much money for road construction.
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Arizona's Cornville Could Be the Next President's Retreat (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
Cronkite News Service/Arizona Republic article about the economic boost to a president's "home" outside of Washington quotes Dr. Tom Kelly, professor of economics at Baylor, about how Crawford and other communities benefited economically from the location of President Bush's ranch -- CORNVILLE - People usually stop by Javelina Leap Vineyard & Winery, a short drive from the red rocks of Sedona, to sample the award-winning zinfandels and enjoy the Old West decor, including a copper ceiling and antique barber's chair. Recently, however, a couple from North Dakota was interested in something else, co-owner Rod Snapp said. "All they wanted to know was, 'Where is Senator McCain's house?'" he said.
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Why We Buy: The Truth About Shopoholics (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
MSNBC/LiveScience article about compulsive buying behavior that can be driven by self-esteem problems quotes Dr. James Roberts, professor of marketing and The W.A. Mays Professor of Entrepreneurship, whose research was published in the Journal of Economic Psychology -- The stereotypical shopaholic darting from store to store to pick up anything and everything while racking up a hefty credit-card bill is anything but stereotypical. They come in all shapes and sizes. New research reveals while some super-shoppers spend to boost self-esteem and band-aid other perceived internal deficits, others' carts are driven by plain-old materialism. Whatever the motivation, however, researchers mostly agree that buying behaviors can range from frivolous fun to serious addiction.
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Shopping for Justice; The Trouble with Good Intentions (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
The Christian Century Magazine article about how Christians should respond to globalization and substandard working conditions in factories adapted from the book, "Good Intentions: Nine Hot-Button Issues Viewed Through the Eyes of Faith," written by Dr. Charles M. North, associate professor of economics at Baylor, and Bob Smietana, editor and writer for the Covenant Companion -- Julie Clawson needed a new bra. Most of the time Clawson, a Chicago-area pastor, would have just gone to the store, plunked down some cash and headed home with a new bra. But she had been reading about globalization, and her conscience made her wonder where her money was going and what was being done with it. So she decided to try an experiment. She decided to find a "justice bra"--to make a purchase that could do no wrong.
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Editorial: Back in Business (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
The Waco Tribune-Herald editorial about a student-run income tax assistance program that includes the involvement of nearly 60 Baylor students -- Recently we reported that A.J. Moore Academy's student-run tax preparation service was in jeopardy. Funding had run out. We asked for donations. And so they came. Several businesses stepped forward to close the $5,800 shortfall that jeopardized the local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, or VITA.
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Mike Copeland's Business Notebook: BU Information Systems (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
The Waco Tribune-Herald -- The U.S. Department of Labor reports that five of the 10 fastest-growing occupations are in the field of information systems. With that in mind, Baylor University in the fall of 2009 will begin offering a doctoral degree program in IS. It is the first Ph.D. program to be offered at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.
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Green Investing is Not for Amateurs (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Dallas Morning News finance column on "green" investment opportunities hits the national wire) quotes Dr. William Reichenstein, professor of finance and The Pat and Thomas R. Powers Chair in Investment Management -- The growing trend toward clean and alternative energy sources represents an investment opportunity for those who do it right. But to make more green from "green investing," investors have to cut through the hype and determine what is a fad and what technology has lasting power and lucrative potential.
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Honing a Competitive Edge (In the News)
[3/26/2008]
Dallas Business Journal article about executive MBA programs, mentions Baylor's in particular (balance of article for paid subscribers only) -- For Maurice Barber, the Baylor Executive MBA Program means more than career advancement.
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Ethical Leadership Versus Servant Leadership -- Impact on Employee Performance (Audio)
[3/11/2008]
If a leader is ethical, does that behavior affect his organization? If so, how? And if he leads by serving others first, how are employees affected? And are ethical leadership and servant leadership connected in the behaviors they produce?
Professors Mitch Neubert and Dawn Carlson studied those questions as part of research they conducted on ethics and servant leadership. They discovered that ethical leadership does indeed lead to better performance in the workplace and that servant-leadership leads to more creative behavior on the part of employees.
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Baylor's Hankamer School of Business Climbs Two Spots in BusinessWeek Undergraduate Business Rankings
[2/29/2008]
== Baylor Business School Leads Big 12 in Academic Quality and Faculty Student Ratio == Climbing two places, Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business advanced to the 36th spot in BusinessWeek's "Best Undergraduate B-Schools" 2008 rankings. Baylor is one of only three Big 12 schools to be included in the top 50 list. Baylor outscored all other Big 12 schools in the publication's measurements of academic quality and faculty/student ratio.
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Scholarships Available for Entrepreneurship Students, Applications Due by March 15
[2/28/2008]
The John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship is awarding entrepreneurship scholarships for the 2008-2009 school year. Applicants must be Hankamer School of Business students pursuing a degree in entrepreneurship.
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Baylor Business School's Student-Managed Investment Fund Makes Fifth Gift Toward Student-Athlete Scholarships
[2/21/2008]
For the fifth consecutive year, the Baylor University Athletics Department has received a generous financial contribution from the Philip M. Dorr Alumni & Friends Endowed Investment Fund. This year's $210,000 gift was presented prior to last Saturday's Baylor-Texas men's basketball game at the Ferrell Center.
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The McBride Center for International Business at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Hosts Global Business Forum Feb. 25-29
[2/20/2008]
The McBride Center for International Business at Baylor University will host the 2008 Global Business Forum: "China in the World Economy." A dozen various events exploring this year's theme will be held throughout the entire week, Feb. 25-29.
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First Semester of New Baylor Business Fellows Program Encouraging and Diverse
[2/18/2008]
In December, a select group of students finished their first semester of classes as Baylor Business Fellows. Business Fellows is a new major in the Hankamer School of Business that offers students the flexibility to design their own course of study. Students must apply for acceptance into the program. Applicants typically have high standards of academic excellence with an average score of 1400 or higher on the SATs or ACT equivalent.
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Students Prepare Tax Returns for Waco Residents, Save Taxpayers More Than $400,000 Over Three Years
[2/18/2008]
This spring, Baylor students are joining forces with high school students from the A.J. Moore Academy to provide a valuable service for low-income families in Waco.
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Baylor Unveils Its First PhD Program in the Business School: Information Systems
[2/11/2008]
Baylor University's Board of Regents approved a new doctoral degree program in information systems, the first Ph.D. program to be offered at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.
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Global Business Forum: "China in the World Economy" to Draw Scholars and Executives from Far and Wide
[2/8/2008]
From February 25 to 29, 2008, the McBride Center for International Business at Baylor University will host a full week of activities related to the theme, "China in the World Economy." The week will include prominent international speakers, a videoconference with an American executive in Beijing, film presentations, and a panel of Chinese students who will discuss youth culture in their homeland.
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Petty Recognized as National Entrepreneurship Teacher of the Year by Acton Foundation
[2/7/2008]
Dr. Bill Petty teaches more than numbers in his entrepreneurial finance course. Petty, Professor of Finance and the W.W. Caruth Chair of Entrepreneurship, has received the national Entrepreneurship Teacher of the Year award from the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence, a nonprofit organization that trains and inspires entrepreneur- teachers to assist aspiring entrepreneurs of the future.
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Broke Homeowners Linked to Arsons (In the News)
[2/7/2008]
MSN Money article about the correlation between arson and the mortgage crisis cities research on "The Economics of Residential Arson" by Dr. Allen Seward, associate professor of insurance and finance, and Dr. Steve Green, chair and associate professor of economics, at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- Arson is nothing new in Detroit. It's a time-honored weapon of the angry, vengeful, distressed and dispossessed in a city that gets hurt harder and sooner than others, making it a perfect place to spot early evidence of stress from the real-estate meltdown. The Detroit Fire Department can't draw a definitive link between its rising arson rate, rising foreclosures and falling housing prices. But Capt. Steve Varnas of the department's arson section says he sees a connection: In 2005, the city issued only 80 arrest warrants for arson -- about half the number last year.
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Growth or Value for Retirement? The Answer Depends on Whether Markets are Rational or Irrational (In the News)
[2/7/2008]
InvestmentNews.com column on value stocks versus growth stocks authored by Dr. William Reichenstein, professor of finance and The Thomas R. Powers Chair in Investment Management at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- For long-term investors, what approach to equity investing in retirement accounts makes the most sense, growth or value? While the data clearly favor value, the rationale is subject to debate. Let's look at the facts.
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Going all out for the love of Christmas (In the News)
[2/7/2008]
Arizona Republic article about holiday spending patterns quotes Dr. James Roberts, professor of marketing in Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- A 12-foot Christmas tree seemed so yesteryear. So this year, Lorraine Antioco bought a 14-foot tree.
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How to Spend Enough in Retirement (In the News)
[2/7/2008]
U.S.News & World Report article on retirees' reluctance to withdraw "nest egg" principal amounts quotes Dr. William Reichenstein, professor of finance and The Pat and Thomas R. Powers Chair in Investment Management at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business -- The financial services industry and the media have apparently done a good job of persuading people that they need to save more for retirement and frightening them that their nest egg won't last. A new survey shows that once retired, most Americans are relucta nt to spend their dough.
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Research and Publishing Update
[2/7/2008]
Recent research and publishing by faculty at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.
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Deloitte's Sharon Allen: Work/Life Balance Yields Strong Character (Audio)
[2/6/2008]
Sharon Allen, chairman of the board for Deloitte & Touche, recently spoke to a crowd of students, executives and alumni as part of the Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum and the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speaker Series. Allen says the balance of work and life is crucial to building strong character. According to a poll conducted by Harris Interactive for Deloitte, 91 percent of adulst believe employees will act ethically at work when they have a good work/life balance. And the top factor that influences employee conduct? 42 percent say it's the behavior of management and 35 percent say the behavior of their direct supervisor.
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Deloitte's Sharon Allen: Ethics Versus Compliance (Audio)
[2/6/2008]
Sharon Allen, chairman of the board for Deloitte & Touche, recently spoke to a crowd of students, executives and alumni as part of the Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum and the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speaker Series. Allen discussed the difference between ethics and compliance. Allen said her firm focuses on converting code into culture so the employees live and work by the code of ethics and understand the high expectations that must be met in an organization built on values.
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Business Students Present Ideas to L-3
[1/4/2008]
Creating supply chain solutions for the largest employing firm in Waco is not a typical course requirement, but for some business students, it marks the end of a semester-long project.
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Students Master Tax Policy Issues, Go to National Competition
[2/20/2008]
A team of five business students represented Baylor in Washington DC at the PricewaterhouseCoopers xTAX Challenge on Jan. 25. This marked Baylor's second time to compete on the national level since the university was invited to participate in 2004.
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Sharon Allen: Visible Decisions in Today's World (Audio)
[12/21/2007]
Sharon Allen, chairman of the board for Deloitte & Touche, recently spoke to a crowd of students, executives and alumni as part of the Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum and the Ben H. Williams Distinguished Speaker Series. Allen explained how visible our decisions are in today's world. A decision that may be hardly considered at the time - say, something posted on the internet Or perhaps a white lie told in the heat of the moment, can be something you regret later.
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Walt Pavlo - Stolen Without a Gun (Audio)
[12/13/2007]
Walt Pavlo recently spoke to a crowd of students, executives and alumni as part of the Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum. As a senior manager at MCI, and with a meritorious employment history, Walt Pavlo was responsible for the billing and collection of nearly $1 billion in monthly revenue for MCI's carrier finance division. In 1996, Pavlo, one member of his staff and a business associate outside of MCI perpetrated a fraud involving seven customers of MCI.
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Baylor's Accounting Program Hits National Rankings on CPA Exam
[12/6/2007]
Baylor University's Accounting program continues to excel according to statistics recently released by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) for Candidate Performance on the Uniform CPA Examination.
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Ben Franklin Maxims - Part 4 (Audio)
[12/6/2007]
Benjamin Franklin was one of Colonial America's most successful entrepreneurs. In his autobiography, Franklin noted that one of his purposes for publishing the almanacks was to help people better manage their business affairs. Dr. Blaine McCormick, associate dean and professor of Management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, likes to think of his almanacks as the Colonial business school.
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Hankamer Staff Makes Christmas in Ba'Quba, Iraq a Little More Festive
[12/6/2007]
In an effort to give back to the United States soldiers serving in Iraq the Hankamer Staff Association made individual stockings for a group of soldiers serving in Ba'Quba
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Ben Franklin Maxims - Part 3 (Audio)
[12/6/2007]
Benjamin Franklin was one of Colonial America's most successful entrepreneurs. In his autobiography, Franklin noted that one of his purposes for publishing the almanacks was to help people better manage their business affairs. Dr. Blaine McCormick, associate dean and professor of Management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, likes to think of his almanacks as the Colonial business school.
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Research and Publishing Update
[12/4/2007]
Recent research and publishing by faculty at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.
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New DNS Technology Flags Bad Guys Before They Act (In the News)
[12/4/2007]
DarkReading.com article about a new method of detecting DNS settings and matching them to known malicious or infected DNS servers quotes Dr. Randal Vaughn, a DNS expert and a professor of information systems at Baylor -- A new technology developed by DNSstuff could help detect online fraud before it actually occurs, Dark Reading has learned. The technology is a method for determining a remote user's DNS settings, just as a Website can glean a visitor's IP address, browser version, and other coordinates. Using these settings, a Web server could determine whether a requestor is a cybercriminal, bot, or a legitimate user -- before allowing access to the site.
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Behind the Jackpot; The Lottery Industry's Own Powerball (In the News)
[12/4/2007]
The New York Times article on state-sponsored gambling and lottery start-ups quotes Dr. Earl Grinols, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Baylor and author of "Gambling in America: Costs and Benefits" -- STANDING recently in a Knoxville stadium filled with roaring University of Tennessee football fans, Rebecca Paul Hargrove, the highflying impresario of legalized gambling, proudly waved a symbolic check for a billion dollars. The moment, captured on jumbo screens across the stadium, was among the countless plugs for the fund-raising prowess of Tennessee's lottery, which Ms. Hargrove started four years ago.
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A Sure Bet to Be Losers (In the News)
[12/4/2007]
Philadelphia Inquirer column about the personal effects of gambling quotes Dr. Earl Grinols, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Baylor, who has written extensively about the impact of gambling in America -- In the basement of a Salvation Army building in Kensington, four middle-aged men and a woman who looks like my late grandma fight their demons aided only by Dunkin' Donuts coffee and worn yellow Gamblers Anonymous pamphlets.
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Faith and Work (In the News)
[12/4/2007]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette article quotes Mitchell Neubert, Gibson Chair of Management Development in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor -- Sister Francis Rivers, 71, had been a nun for more than a half century when Tyson Foods Inc. asked her to walk the production lines at its Monett, Mo., plants. But she hadn't been on the job long when a Tyson employee died in a car crash, along with her daughter, sister and unborn child.
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Sell Like a Woman: Same Same, but Different (In the News)
[12/4/2007]
Smart Company article mentions study co-authored by John Tanner, associate professor of marketing at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business -- The latest research on sales motivation sheds some further light on why it is important to use programs that are culturally specific to your sales people's motivations and values. A major study of sales motivation presented at the annual convention of the Society for Marketing Advances has revealed significant cultural differences driving sales success.
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An After-Tax Approach to Allocation (In the News)
[12/4/2007]
Investment News article authored by William Reichenstein, a chartered financial analyst, and Pat and Thomas R. Powers Chair in Investment Management at Baylor -- I want to make a case for calculating asset allocations in retirement accounts on an after-tax basis. First, consider 55-year-old Peggy, who is single and believes that she will be in the 25% marginal tax rate in retirement.
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Ethics and Corporate Governance (Video)
[11/29/2007]
A crowd of several hundred students, alumni, executives and faculty gathered to hear a panel discussion about ethics in corporate governance. The panel was part of the Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum.
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Sharon Allen, Chairman of the Board for Deloitte & Touche: Ethics, Values, and Leadership -- Today's Business Imperative (Video)
[11/29/2007]
Sharon L. Allen, chairman of the board of Deloitte & Touche, spoke Nov. 2 to a crowd of alumni, executives, students and faculty at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.
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Analysis of a White Collar Crime: Stolen Without a Gun (Video)
[11/27/2007]
Watch Walt Pavlo give his account of armed thugs, duffel bags of cash, and cooked books that chronicle his descent into corporate corruption and white-collar crime.
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Ben Franklin Maxims - Part 2 (Audio)
[11/26/2007]
Benjamin Franklin was one of Colonial America's most successful entrepreneurs. In his autobiography, Franklin noted that one of his purposes for publishing the almanacks was to help people better manage their business affairs. Dr. Blaine McCormick, associate dean and professor of Management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, likes to think of his almanacks as the Colonial business school.
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Ben Franklin Maxims - Part 1 (Audio)
[11/26/2007]
Benjamin Franklin was one of Colonial America's most successful entrepreneurs. In his autobiography, Franklin noted that one of his purposes for publishing the almanacks was to help people better manage their business affairs. Dr. Blaine McCormick, associate dean and professor of Management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, likes to think of his almanacks as the Colonial business school.
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Top Texas Businesses Honored by Baylor
[11/16/2007]
Top Texas businesses were recognized at the 18th Annual Texas Family Business Awards Banquet sponsored by Baylor's Institute for Family Business.
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Baylor Business Women Host Dynamic Duo
[11/9/2007]
Nancy T. Richards, founder and chairman of First Preston Management, Inc.; and Lisa Barrentine, president of First Preston Management, Inc.; spoke to a packed house for the Baylor Business Women organization's final fall event on Nov. 8 held at the Cashion Academic Center. This dynamic duo spoke to attendees about the integration of faith and work.
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Central Texas Entrepreneurs, FastTrac is Enrolling Now
[11/8/2007]
The FastTrac Entrepreneurship Training Program is accepting applications for spring courses to begin January 15, 2008.
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Baylor's National MBA Case Competition in Ethical Leadership: Slideshow
[11/5/2007]
Teams of MBA students from nine schools around the nation competed during the Dale P. Jones Business Ethics Forum at Baylor. Over a three-day period, the teams studied an ethical business dilemma and were given the opportunity to present their solutions before a panel of judges.
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