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Dugout Dreams: How an MBA from Weatherhead Gave Bianca Smith a Unique Perspective and Helped Her Make Professional Baseball History
By her second year as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, Bianca Smith (MGT '17, LAW '17) knew she wanted to make baseball a full-time career. Little did she know, however, that this decision to switch degrees and pursue her passion would translate into making history and paving a new way for wo...
Student Showcase: Andrew Krauter, Full-time MBA Student
COVID-19 undoubtedly had negative effects on the world. Students were impacted differently–much of their studies were suddenly transferred online, on-campus activities canceled, and summer internships and jobs postponed. Andrew Krauter, a second-year full-time MBA student, was hit hard by the chall...
Dean's Weekend 2021: Student Perspective
Dean's Weekend is an exclusive, invitation-only campus visit for prospective MBA students at Weatherhead School of Management. In the past, students arrive on campus for an all-expenses paid weekend to help them see what life is like as a Weatherhead student. In an effort to keep our community safe ...
Capstone Project Transforms Weatherhead Undergraduates into Real-World Consultants
Julie Schlemmer has taught yoga for a long time as a private instructor for organizations like the Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Indians. In April 2020, just two weeks after the pandemic took hold of the world, she took ownership of the Atma Center, a Cleveland Heights institution for more than 20...
Research: Value first, cost later: Total value contribution as a new approach to sourcing decisions
Susan Helper, professor of economics, has published research in the Journal of Operations, Management on a new approach to sourcing decisions that promotes attention to value. Helper and her co-authors introduce the new approach, “total value contribution” or TVC, as a way to address the disconnect...
Research: Pre-trade Hedging: Evidence from the Issuance of Retail Structured Products
Li Wang, assistant professor of banking and finance, published new research in the Journal of Financial Economics on pre-trade hedging. Wang and her co-authors find evidence consistent with previously unrecognized market manipulation by broker-dealers. Specifically, that pre-trade hedging, which is...
Research: Global Platforms and Ecosystems: Implications for International Business Theories
In a newly published paper in the Journal of International Business Studies, Satish Nambisan, the Nancy and Joseph Keithley Professor of Technology Management, and his co-authors consider the dual perspectives of cross-border platforms and ecosystems – as a venue for multifaceted innovation and as m...
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Speaks with Graduate Students
The Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) hosted Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson this week as a part of their speaker series open to graduate students. Mayor Jackson met with students to discuss his experience leading the city during a pandemic and racial injustice. “The goal of having Mayor J...
Richard Boyatzis Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard Boyatzis, H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by Coaching at Work, a leading UK-based publication dedicated to sharing information...
Finance Students Recognized in Annual Ceremony
Each year, the finance department holds an award ceremony to recognize its outstanding students in the categories of leadership and academic excellence. This year, student Yuxin Fan received the Student Leadership Award and Yanyu Jin was named an Outstanding Student in Finance. Faculty members with...