Business School Faculty in the News - December 2004

Below are selected citations of news stories organized by academic department or area, compiled by the Office of Communications. Please submit additional articles or comments to OfficeofCommunications@bus.umich.edu.

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Reuven Lehavy, "Independent's day," Entrepreneur, December 1, 2004
Richard Sloan, Russell Lundholm, "Paul's Picks Prove Profitable," Smartmoney.com, December 14, 2004
David Wright, "Accounting education: Response to corporate scandals: helping the profession find opportunity in crisis," Journal of Accountancy, November 1, 2004

Jim Hines, Joel Slemrod, "A Research Program on the Interplay between Entrepreneurial Activity and Tax Policy," Heritage Foundation Reports, November 24, 2004
Joel Slemrod, "Tax Pros Doubt U.S. Code Will Get Any Simpler," Newhouse News Service, December 28, 2004

There are no citations for Business Information Technology for December 2004.

Brad Farnsworth, Linda Lim, "Demystifying International Trade's Impact on the U.S.," the journal (A publication of Stout, Risius, Ross), Fall 2004
Linda Lim, "Asian investments will be concentrated in the region," Dinheiro Vivo (Live Money), November 25, 2004
Linda Lim, "China will become an important foreign investor," Dinheiro Vivo (Live Money), November 25, 2004
Linda Lim, "Investment from developed country brings more technology," Dinheiro Vivo (Live Money), November 25, 2004
Linda Lim, "Latin America will be little attractive to Asians," Dinheiro Vivo (Live Money), November 25, 2004
CK Prahalad, "Kenya's best kept Secret," Liquid Africa, December 14, 2004
CK Prahalad, "Business: Mammon: Poverty, profit, opportunity," The Observer (United Kingdom), December 19, 2004
CK Prahalad, "Who's in charge," Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 19, 2004
CK Prahalad, "Why selling to the poor makes for good business," Fortune, December 20, 2004
CK Prahalad, Venkat Ramaswamy, "Open-Source Innovation," FSB, December 2004/January 2005
CK Prahalad, Venkat Ramaswamy, "The Pick Of This Year's Crop: Running the gamut from Ted Turner to Alexander Hamilton," Business Week, December 13, 2004
Lynn Wooten, "Make Research on Black Infant Deaths a Top Priority: State and federal governments must cooperate . . ." Detroit News, December 21, 2004

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J. Stewart Black, "Remembering repatriates," Expatica HR, December 14, 2004
Wayne Brockbank, "Cream of the HR crop rise beyond traditional skills," Canadian HR Reporter, November 22, 2004
Wayne Brockbank, David Ulrich, "People Who Need People," Fast Company, December 2004
Theresa Welbourne, "Leadership Pulse survey finds bosses moving beyond cutting costs," great lakes IT report, December 22, 2004
Theresa Welbourne, "Study Shows Company-Wide Initiatives Rank #1 for Leaders Improving Performance Leadership . . ." Great Lakes Journal, December 22, 2004

David Brophy, "Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Seeks National Attention," Michigan Technology News, December 8, 2004
Dennis Capozza, "UFA: Oklahoma No Longer A Best Place to Lend," Origination News, December 2004
H. Nejat Seyhun, "The Insiders Are Selling. But Is That So Bad? Strategies," New York Times, December 5, 2004
Clemens Sialm, "A Week's Worth," Christian Science Monitor, December 6, 2004
Clemens Sialm, "For Portfolios, Simple May Be Best," Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2004
Clemens Sialm, "Russian Roulette Investing," Forbes.com, December 13, 2004
Richard Sloan, Russell Lundholm, "Paul's Picks Prove Profitable," Smartmoney.com, December 14, 2004
Kathy Yuan, Lu Zheng, "(Rich) man in the moon," The Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2004

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George Fulton, "State economists meet at conference to discuss falling revenues," Associated Press, December 3, 2004
George Fulton, "Shortfall in taxes won't hit schools: Revenue down, but education protected," Detroit Free Press, December 4, 2004
George Fulton, "Schools will avoid cuts from revenue shortfall: Per-pupil funding safe, state leaders say . . ." Lansing State Journal, December 4, 2004
George Fulton, "Michigan's economic recovery to continue slower than rest of nation's," Associated Press, December 15, 2004
George Fulton, "Permit, records fees to soar: Health care facilities and contractors will pay the most in Mich.'s budget-boosting plan," Detroit News, December 30, 2004
George Fulton, "Mich. stocks outperform the nation's: 2004 marks the 2nd year of gains, thanks to small and midsized firms and . . ." Detroit News, December 31, 2004

Gerald Meyers, "Newspaper agency's CEO says he'll retire: Vega to be publisher of San Francisco paper," Detroit Free Press, December 18, 2004
Noel Tichy, "Quit While You're Ahead, Hank: Investors are fretting about the lack of a definitive succession plan at AIG," Business Week, December 13, 2004

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Rajeev Batra, "Borders: Online deal works: Ann Arbor bookseller takes different approach than rival Barnes & Noble," Ann Arbor News, December 26, 2004
Tom Kinnear, "Business students to invest real funds: Up to $150,000: Theory and practise come together . . . " National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing, December 13, 2004
Christie Nordhielm, "Anti-Syphilis TV Message Finds Few Takers: Many stations reject public service . . ." Los Angeles Times, December 2, 2004
Norbert Schwarz, "How are we doing? Researchers aim to measure national well being," States News Service, December 2, 2004
Norbert Schwarz, "Happiness is the new economics," Sunday Times (London), December 5, 2004
Norbert Schwarz, "Life is a movie starring you. You can direct it, too," Toronto Star, December 3, 2004
Norbert Schwarz, "Moms find less joy in child care," Washington Times, December 6, 2004
Norbert Schwarz, "Science: Notebook," Washington Post, December 6, 2005
Norbert Schwarz, "What makes people happy," National Public Radio, December 11, 2004
Norbert Schwarz, "Yes, but are you happy right now?" Detroit Free Press, December 13, 2004
Venkat Ramaswamy, CK Prahalad, "Open-Source Innovation," FSB, December 2004/January 2005
Venkat Ramaswamy, CK Prahalad, "The Pick Of This Year's Crop: Running the gamut from Ted Turner to Alexander Hamilton," Business Week, December 13, 2004
David Wooten, "Briefing: Study: Consumers often buy defensively," Ann Arbor News, December 2, 2004
David Wooten, "Leading The Way," Black Issues in Higher Education, December 16, 2004
Michel Wedel, Jie Zhang, "Analyzing Brand Competition Across Subcategories," Journal of Marketing Research, November 2004
Jie Zhang, "Small retailers struggle for a niche to stay alive: Online businesses and big national chains force hundreds in the state . . ." Detroit News, December 21, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Quality Concerns Grow Along With Toyota's Market Share," Quality Progress, October 1, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Bargains can backfire: experts advise against coupons and discounts," Photo Marketing, December 1, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Sweet beer: Observer," Financial Times, December 1, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "The Double Edge of Incentives," Ward's Dealer Business, December 1, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Business Notes," Charlotte Observer, December 12, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Big Mac's back: Putting everything on the line, fast-feeder turns . . ." Advertising Age, December 13, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Analysis: Public embraces e-government," United Press International, December 14, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Government Web sites gain favor with public," Newsbytes, December 14, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Report: Popularity of e-government grows," United Press International, December 14, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Study shows more people feel they are receiving better treatment from federal agencies," National Public Radio, December 14, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "E-Government: Report Finds More Citizens Pleased . . ." National Journal's Technology Daily, December 15, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "U.S. Bank studies customers: Program seeks to measure effects of improving service," Saint Paul Pioneer Press, December 16, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "The Week's Business: Why U.S. wireless use lags the rest of the developed world," Associated Press, December 17, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "VA Cemeteries Score Highest in Satisfaction Survey," States News Service, December 17, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "Enjoy a Coffee as You Read This—Do It for Me," Orlando Sentinel, December 19, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, "The year in review: what made us merry, what made us mad . . ." Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2004

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Office of Tax Policy Research: Please see the Business Economics & Public Policy section for all citations related to the Office of Tax Policy Research.

There are no citations for Operations and Management Science for December 2004.

There are no citations for the William Davidson Institute for December 2004.

There are no citations for the Tauber Manufacturing Institute for December 2004.

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Tom Kinnear, "Business students to invest real funds: Up to $150,000: Theory and practise come together . . . " National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing, December 13, 2004
"MBAs look before scientists leap into business: Partnership taps MBA students to screen potential of research," Ann Arbor News, December 2, 2004


Al Cotrone, "Starting M.B.A. Salaries Are Rising," Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2004; story also appeared in eFinancialNews.com on December 21, 2004
Martin Zimmerman, "GM exec: Don't put hydrogen on the back burner," Automotive News, December 20, 2004; story also appeared in the Kansas City Star on December 25, 2004
"Rounding out their resumes: Universities encourage students to include community service in campus life," Indianapolis Business Journal, November 22, 2004
"Partner at Stamford, Conn.–based investment firm receives business panel's nod," The Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Conn.), November 30, 2004
"Stanford wins the first Bettina M. Whyte Trophy," BCD News and Comment, December 7, 2004
"Breaking B-School Gender Barriers," BusinessWeek Online, December 15, 2004

There are no citations at this time for the Stephen M. Ross gift for December 2004.

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