Johnson School in the Media
Johnson School News Archive
September 2009
Faculty | Johnson School | Sustainable Global Enterprise
Market teaches the lessons of failure
Pocono Record - Online - 9/24/2009
Professor Robert H. Frank was mentioned in an article about the market teaching the lessons of failure.
Virtual goods panel
Examiner.com - 9/24/2009
Professor Robert Bloomfield of Cornell University moderated a virtual goods panel which was telecast by TREET.TV and could be watched both in world and on the Web.
Innovation a Top Priority at Clinton Global Initiative
BusinessWeek - Online - 9/23/2009
Stuart Hart, a professor at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management serves at CGI's innovation topic head at Clinton's Global Initiative held in NYC September 22 - 25, 2009.
Jonathan Weiler The Great Disconnect
Huffington Post, The - 9/16/2009
Robert Frank's book, The Winner Take All Society, was mentioned in an article in which Paul Krugman claims that economists failed to see the bursting of the housing bubble and the onset of the recession.
Business school heroes Gandhi, Warren Buffett
Gazette (Montreal) - Online, The - 9/15/2009
Dana Radcliffe, a professor at Cornell University's Johnson School, taught a course on ethics and corporate culture last semester that he said focused on what leads good or decent people to do bad things.
Robert Frank, Liberal Icon
New Republic - Online, The - 9/15/2009
An op-ed by Cornell economist Robert Frank was cited In a review about the resurgence of Ayn Rand-ism on the right.
Financial Reformers Remember Market Flaws Can Be Government Flaws
U.S. News & World Report - Online - 9/14/2009
In the Times yesterday, economist Robert Frank explains that the flaws in free markets that led to the financial crisis and recession are ultimately flaws in human nature. From there, it's an argument about why we need more government intervention to correct these flaws.
Four Regulatory Reforms Obama Should Urge in Financial Speech
Newsweek - Online - 9/14/2009
Basic capital requirements are at the root of Obama's regulatory plan. As Cornell economist Robert Frank pointed out this Sunday, existing regulations prohibit banks from leveraging their investments by more than 10 to 1. The loophole, of course, is that other financial institutions are exempt from that limit.
Shiny gizmo addicts, get a grip
Globe and Mail - Online, The - 9/14/2009
Robert Frank, professor of economics at Cornell University author of Luxury Fever Money and Happiness in an Era of Excess was mentioned in an article about consumers falling victim to purchasing expensive technological products.
The Problem with Free Markets? Look in the Mirror
Seeking Alpha - 9/14/2009
Professor Robert Frank's opinion that human motivation is the ultimate defect in the theory of free market economics is mentioned in an article discussing the problems with the free market system.
The Problem with Free Markets? Look in the Mirror
Seeking Alpha - 9/14/2009
Professor Robert Frank's opinion that human motivation is the ultimate defect in the theory of free market economics is mentioned in an article discussing the problems with the free market system.
The Economics Behind Misbehaving In School
NPR Programs: Morning Edition - 9/11/2009
Professor Robert Frank is mentioned in an article about the economics behind students behaving badly in school.
High Prices Affect Perception of Quality, But Not Sales
BNET - 9/10/2009
Professor Ori Heffetz, assistant professor of economics at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management conducted a study on how high prices afffect perception of quality, but not sales.
Wrongheaded and Incomplete on Incomes
CJR Daily - Columbia Journalism Review - 9/10/2009
Professor Robert H. Frank was mentioned in an article on Wrongheaded and Incomplete on Incomes.
Bidder for Cadbury has history of success
International Herald Tribune - 9/10/2009
Irene Rosenfeld, CEO of Kraft has just put in a bid to buy Cadbury, the British candy company. "This announcement just shows how ambitious she is," said Erin Swanson, an equity analyst at Morningstar. Ms. Rosenfeld's thesis adviser at Cornell, Vithala R. Rao, still teaches marketing there. He recalled that she "always exhibited initiative in doing things," adding that "she obviously has done extremely well."
Are introductory courses a proper venue for deep thought about the discipline?
College Student Journal - 9/1/2009
Robert Frank urges colleagues in economics to teach a smaller, select group of key concepts, but very thoroughly. Cramming as much information as possible into one term, he claims, only confuses students as to what topics are the key elements to the field. (Frank. 2006)
Heavy Equipment Sales Economic Barometer
NPR Programs: Morning Edition - 9/1/2009
Professor Robert Frank discusses heavy equipment sales as an economic barometer on NPR.
Student Backup a Must Have for the New School Year
pr-usa.net - 9/20/2009
According to a survey conducted at the Cornell University Johnson School of Business, most students will experience computer failures during their academic life and will lose important data. The study found that more than 70% of students never back up their files, including notes, term papers, research material and presentations.
NYSSA's Investment Research Challenge Continues to Grow
Thomson Reuters - Online - 9/9/2009
The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), a not-for-profit educational organization that has been a leading forum for the investment community since 1937, announced today that two prestigious universities have been accepted as participants in the 2009-2010 Investment Research Challenge. The Johnson School at Cornell University and Quinnipiac University will field student teams to compete against fourteen other tri-state area schools when the competition begins in October.
Sustainable Global Enterprise in the News
Cornell University Receives Grant to Broaden Student Expertise in Sustainable Materials
Alloy Digest - 9/16/2009
A new graduate-level course is going to be taught that will focus both on the principles and techniques necessary for sustainable design, as well as important skills for career success, such as public speaking and scientific ethics.[CR-LF]The course will include a module taught by Stuart Hart, the Samuel C. Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson School, on the intersection of science and business when it comes to a more sustainable planet.
NSF to Invest in Material Developement for Sustainable Living
R&D Magazine - 9/16/2009
NSF grant supports sustainable materials research
Cornell Chronicle - 9/15/2009
India can lead world in green technology, says US professor
Hindustan Times - New Delhi - Online - 9/14/2009
Professor Stuart Hart of Samuel C Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise, Professor of Management, Cornell University discusses how developing countries like India must work towards building sustainable organizations that not just use green technology but also employ people at the base of the income pyramid.
Building sustainable organisation is not insurmountable Deveshwar
Newkerala.com - 9/12/2009
Mumbai, Sep 12 Proposing the idea of 'Green Leap Technology' Prof. Stuart Hart, Professor of Management, Cornell University, said that India could be one of the most important parts of the world where 'Green Leap Revolution' will take place.
Kristin Boekhoff Ecopreneur From the Boardroom to Bangladesh
Huffington Post, The - 9/9/2009
Stuart Hart, a professor at the Cornell Johnson Business School, gave a lecture about alternative energy in developing countries; he threw out a statistic that I could not believe when I heard it: he said that of the 6 billion people in the world, 4 billion of them live in poverty. This led to Kristin Boekhoff moving to Bangladesh to provide aid to those in need.
