Business School Faculty in the News - June 2005

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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Eugene Imhoff, “SEC’s Future: Experts say watchdog may show fewer teeth,” Chicago Tribune, June 3, 2005
Eugene Imhoff, “Execs prosper if companies do: Analysis shows pay linked to profits,” Ann Arbor News, June 12, 2005
Catherine Shakespeare, “The Bond-Rating System Isn’t Broken,” Business Credit, June 1, 2005
Catherine Shakespeare, “Committee: House Financial Services,” Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony, June 29, 2005
“Is accounting education relevant?” Financial Executive, June 1, 2005

James Hines, “Concern over Social Security is nothing new,” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, June 12, 2005
Joel Slemrod, “Committee: House Ways and Means: Tax code revision,” Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony, June 8, 2005
Joel Slemrod, “House gets to work on tax reform,” CNNMoney.com, June 8, 2005
Joel Slemrod, “Ways And Means Panel Launches Dialogue On Tax Reform,” National Journal’s CongressDaily, June 8, 2005
Joel Slemrod, “Attention Shifts Toward Simplification of Tax Code: Ways and Means May Merge Issue, Social Security,” Washington Post, June 9, 2005
Joel Slemrod, “US: Wealthy retirees opt for fun in the sun,” The maturemarket.com, June 22, 2005; story also appeared in Michigan Technology News, June 29, 2005

MS Krishnan, “An MBA means better pay for geeks,” The Economic Times, June 6, 2005
MS Krishnan, “In technology, getting an MBA pays: Study also says women paid less for the same work,” Bloomberg News and Houston Chronicle, June 6, 2005; story also appeared in Kansas City Star, San Jose Mercury News, Charlotte Observer, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Lexington Herald-Leader, Tallahassee Democrat, Biloxi Sun Herald, Grand Forks Herald, Macon Telegraph, Duluth News-Tribune, San Luis Obispo Tribune, and others
MS Krishnan, “Want to make money in IT? Forget experience, get an MBA,” The Press Trust of India, June 6, 2005

Robert Kennedy, “Beyond the B.E. 100s: Squeeze Play,” Black Enterprise, June 2005
Robert Kennedy, “Chinese Takeovers — Closing Bell,” CNBC, June 21, 2005
Ken Lieberthal, “North Korea (page 3) — Live Sunday,” CNN, June 5, 2005
Ken Lieberthal, “U.S. Scholar Mum on Whether Taiwan Is Part of China,” Central News Agency – Taiwan, June 6, 2005
Linda Lim, “China’s currency puzzle; What if Beijing loosens controls on the yuan?” Associated Press, June 19, 2005
CK Prahalad, “Nigeria: Nigerian CEOs Move to Contend With Global Branding Challenges,” Africa News, June 6, 2005; story also appeared in This Day (Nigeria) – AAGM , June 6, 2005
CK Prahalad, “The Art of Outsourcing,” The Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2005
CK Prahalad, “The Global School,” Business Today, June 19, 2005
CK Prahalad, “The Power Of Us: Mass collaboration on the Internet is shaking up business,” BusinessWeek, June 20, 2005
CK Prahalad, “Beware A Hidden Cost In Buying IT,” InformationWeek, June 27, 2005

Ron Bendersky, “Masco says executive leadership program has saved it millions,” Crain’s Detroit Business, June 6, 2005
Wayne Brockbank, David Ulrich, “Focusing on customers: The ultimate measure of HR programs is how well they help attract and retain customers . . .” HRMagazine, June 1, 2005
Wayne Brockbank, David Ulrich, “Conserving Those Human Resources,” New York Times, June 6, 2005
David Ulrich, “The Future of Human Resource Management,” HRMagazine, June 1, 2005
David Ulrich, “Job titles put accent on leadership, people,” Employee Benefit News, June 15, 2005


David Brophy, “U-M’s Growth Capital Symposium to reward researchers: Pair of $25,000 awards to be given next week,” Ann Arbor News, June 9, 2005
H. Nejat Seyhun, “GM won’t let execs trade stock: Uncertainty about automaker’s financial future prompts unusual move with no end date,” Detroit News, June 27, 2005
Clemens Sialm, “Tax-Smart Stashes For Your Assets,” BusinessWeek, June 27, 2005


George Fulton, “Michigan’s unemployment rate edges upward in May,” Associated Press, June 15, 2005
George Fulton, “Michigan sees more jobs slip away: Gap with nation widens as state’s jobless rate nudges up . . .” Detroit News, June 16, 2005
George Fulton, Don Grimes, “Auto sector to drive growth: Industry R&D, along with life sciences and health care, will create jobs,” Ann Arbor News, June 26, 2005
Don Grimes, “Solving Dropout Problem Is Vital to Michigan’s Future: News analysis indicates that as much as 23 percent of state students fail . . .” Detroit News, June 1, 2005

Priscilla S. Rogers, “The MBA in Singapore: a microcosm of communication training for management,” Business Communication Quarterly, June 1, 2005

Gerald Meyers, “Pfizer pays residents to ask hard questions: Forums help rank and file to respond,” Ann Arbor News, June 22, 2005
Noel Tichy, “Statistics and Emotions Clash in Corporate Bias Cases,” New York Times, June 7, 2005
James Walsh, “Part 3: Defining the value of doing good business,” Financial Times, June 3, 2005

Tom Kinnear, “Got Cash? Buy school name: To ease tight budgets, Plymouth-Canton, others ponder sale of naming rights to buildings, events,” Detroit News, June 27, 2005
Christie Nordhielm, “Andersen’s famed name feeds talk of rebirth: Supreme Court ruling overturning conviction spurs comeback notion,” Chicago Tribune, June 5, 2005
Christie Nordhielm, “General Mills campaign touts a good breakfast,” Chicago Tribune, June 23, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Developing a service strategy that lasts,” National Petroleum News, May 1, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “PPL tops utility survey again: NU most improved,” Gas Daily, May 24, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Utility customer satisfaction stays flat: ACSI,” Megawatt Daily, May 24, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “U. Mich. study: McD customer rating off 3.1%: drops also recorded for Domino’s . . .” Nation’s Restaurant News, May 30, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Business Management: BofA Tackles Six Sigma . . .” US Banker, June 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Big retailers struggle online: Target, Best Buy land in middle of pack . . .” Saint Paul Pioneer Press, June 1, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Consumer Beat: Finding Satisfaction,” Restaurants and Institutions, June 1, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Qwest Communications at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Strategic Decisions Conference – F,” Fair Disclosure Wire, June 1, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Rating the experience of Internet shoppers,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “USA: VOA’s Internet Site Scores High in User Satisfaction,” BBC Monitoring International Reports, June 1, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “PPL Corporation at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Electric Power Conference – Final,” Fair Disclosure Wire, June 14, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Federal Web sites get high marks: Health issues draw most interest from browsers,” Knoxville News-Sentinel, June 15, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Sales rise at KFC best in 7 years: 12% increase helps drive Yum results,” Louisville Courier-Journal, June 17, 2005
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Business dispatches,” The York Dispatch (Pennsylvania), June 28, 2005

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Robert Kennedy, “Beyond the B.E. 100s: Squeeze Play,” Black Enterprise, June 2005
Robert Kennedy, “Chinese Takeovers — Closing Bell,” CNBC, June 21, 2005

Tim Faley, “Jump-Starting the Start-Ups: ASU Program Encourages Student Entrepreneurs,” The Arizona Republic, June 16, 2005
Tom Kinnear, “Got Cash? Buy school name: To ease tight budgets, Plymouth-Canton, others ponder sale of naming rights to buildings, events,” Detroit News, June 27, 2005

Thomas C. Jones, “Grants & awards,” Black Issues in Higher Education, June 2, 2005
Mary Hinesly, “Education: What’s it like to go to Business School?” Professional Woman’s Magazine, June 2005
Stephen M. Ross, “Real estate Columbus remakes Manhattan: Titans of the Industry . . .” Real Estate Weekly, May 25, 2005
Stephen M. Ross, “The academic name game,” Daily Deal/The Deal, June 20, 2005
“Business Schools Creating Hispanic Superstars,” The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, April 11, 2005
“MBA GlobalNet and HireSites.com: Staffing,” HRMagazine, June 1, 2005
“A Closer Look,” Lansing State Journal, June 5, 2005
“Levin calls for Bush to act on global warming,” The Michigan Daily, June 6, 2005
“What price an MBA? Expensive and cheaper programs have their advantages and disadvantages,” Crain’s Detroit Business, June 6, 2005
“Traverse City waterfront to get help from UM, MSU,” Crain’s Detroit Business, June 13, 2005
“High-Performance Marketing Study,” Marketing, June 15, 2005
“Dartmouth teaching business fundamentals to liberal arts majors,” Associated Press, June 26, 2005