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Leveraging Social Networks to Drive Private Equity Deals
Social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn are making it easier for relationships made in college and in the workforce to continue and strengthen. According to Chris Rider, assistant professor of organization & management at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, the benefactor of all these connections is more than likely your employer. In a new paper, “Embedding Inter-Organizational Relations in Organizational Members’ Prior Education and Employment Networks,” Rider investigates this argument with the private equity industry and shows that private equity firms leverage their members’ prior education and employment networks to identify and select new investment partners. For Rider, this research demonstrates how in private equity, as in many industries, "one’s prior education and employment experiences are important not only because individuals develop skills and accumulate knowledge at schools and employers, but also because they form valuable professional relationships that may benefit their future employers.”
GE's John Rice on Risk, Regulation, Responsibility and Taking Control of Your Company's Destiny
For John Rice, vice chairman, General Electric (GE) and president and CEO, GE Technology Infrastructure, operating a company in the current economy is “the biggest challenge” of his career. Although GE, a diversified technology, media and financial services company with 2008 earnings of $18 billion, carries a sizable amount of cash on its balance sheet, the tightening of the credit markets has forced GE’s leaders to “run the place differently.” Rice recently addressed the current economy, its effect on GE, and the overall trends influencing GE’s leadership during a recent “Business for Breakfast” forum sponsored by Emory University's Goizueta Business School. “Companies are thinking about safety and security. Big or small, you have to control your own destiny.”
NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer Shares Leadership Insights with Goizueta Students
When Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO of NYSE Euronext, took over the reins of the iconic entity in 2007, his aim was to transform a business model that was rooted in the eighteenth century to compete globally in the twenty-first century. It was no small feat. "The velocity of change was like nothing they'd ever seen," Niederauer told MBA students during a day of high-level discussions on finance, leadership, and the stock market at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Niederauer, a Goizueta alum, joined Dean Larry Benveniste for a candid, student-only Q&A session that focused on leading through transformational change, the road less traveled, government regulation of financial markets, and the value of being oneself.
Does China’s Growing Investments in Overseas Commodities Signal a Shift in Global Power?
In July, China’s foreign exchange reserves topped a record-breaking $2 trillion, while Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced the country’s intention to diversify some of its foreign currency holdings to expand and accelerate overseas acquisitions by Chinese companies, particularly those investing in natural resources. Does such a move signal a shift in geopolitical power, or foreshadow the demise of the U.S. as global superpower? Faculty at Emory University and its Goizueta Business School explore the issues.
Managing at the Speed of Change
Calling for rapid change, U.S. President Barack Obama is determined to overhaul financial regulation to safeguard against another depression, even as he seeks to redraft the way healthcare coverage is delivered to Americans. Like many business leaders, Obama hopes to seize the moment and propel change. But is too much change at once a recipe for disaster, or can managers navigate change and ensure a successful outcome? Faculty at Emory University's Goizueta Business School explore the obstacles to change as well as the opportunities inherent in times of transition.
The Key to Retail Success with The Home Depot’s Customer Service Guru
In a recent Q&A with Knowledge@Emory, Marvin Ellison, The Home Depot’s executive vice president of U.S. stores, discusses how the world’s third largest retailer is refocusing its efforts on the consumer. Ellison, an Executive MBA graduate from Emory University's Goizueta Business School, says a customer-centric approach is the only way to win out in a difficult retailing environment.
Summertime Book Picks: Faculty Offer Up Their Favorites
From works considering the intersection of culture and business to history tomes and novels, this year's listing of recommended books by faculty at Emory University and its Goizueta Business School reflect the challenging times in which we live. On a lighter note, faculty are also taking a break and indulging their inner child with books on golfing tips from Arnold Palmer and The 39 Clues, a series of kid novels, to name just a few.
When Industries Die, Are Managers to Blame?
One of the great puzzles of business is why some companies, even entire industries, suffer decline over decades without ever finding a way to pull themselves out of the death spiral. In a discussion of this conundrum, Knowledge@Emory spoke with Robert Kazanjian, a professor of organization and management at Emory University's Goizueta Business School and an expert in strategy and change in large enterprises. According to Kazanjian, adapting to changes in the business environment is often more complex than even most managers realize.
What’s Ahead for the Global Auto Industry?
In The Rule of Three: Surviving and Thriving in Competitive Markets, Jagdish Sheth, chaired professor of marketing at Emory University's Goizueta Business School, contends that any given industry has room for only three dominant players. With two of the Big Three American carmakers filing for bankruptcy in what is now a global auto market, his theory is proving true once again. In an interview with Knowledge@Emory, Sheth offers his analysis of the latest developments in the auto industry and explains why the changes, though painful, are necessary and will result in greater efficiencies in the long term.
Is This The End for Bricks-and-Mortar Retailing?
In February, Microsoft announced it was hiring former DreamWorks Animation SKG executive David Porter to head the company's first full-scale rollout of Microsoft-branded retail stores. But with big-name U.S. retailers like Macy's, Starbucks, and Home Depot closing "underperforming" retail locations and online e-tailing going strong, is the bricks-and-mortar model still a viable strategy? According to faculty at Emory University and its Goizueta Business School, Internet sales channels do offer a cost-effective means of reaching customers, but some products are still more likely to be purchased at a place where consumers can experience the goods.
