Business Schools: Looking Local for a Global Reach

Ms. Chen, a 29-year-old third-year marketing student from Zhejiang Province, is planning to pursue a career in China and did not want to miss out on opportunities by being away for three years. “The economy here is booming and changing so fast — I was afraid I would lose so much if I left for so long,” she said by...

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Albemarle announces plans to exit phosphorous flame retardants business

BATON ROUGE, La., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — In order to restructure its business portfolio and address underperforming assets, Albemarle Corporation (ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals market, announced today that it plans to exit its existing phosphorous flame retardants business. Albemarle currently produces...

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Social business in Australia

Social collaboration does not require “perfect knowledge of who should participate” beforehand. This week I’m in Sydney to speak at several social business events and begin what will turn into a global book tour for Social Business By Design, the new enterprise social media management book I recently co-authored with Peter...

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U.S. Business School Leaders Visiting China Available for Interviews on Global Business, Management and Higher Education

DAVIS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– International business school leaders Steven C. Currall, dean and professor of management at University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management and Wendy Beecham, a former CEO and now managing director of executive education at the UC Davis management...

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Florida Governor Scott: What Business Can Learn From Government, Yes We Are Serious!

Know Your Teammates: Leadership Lessons from the Super Bowl Quarterbacks Karl Moore Contributor The Economist headline says it all, Not just business as usual, Rick Scott is having to learn the difference between...

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