Robinson Reflections: Luis Planas
Luis Planas MBA ’77, Finance As a boy, Luis Planas wanted to be a doctor. His father was one of a handful of doctors in their town on the eastern end of Cuba and the only one that delivered babies....
View ArticleReputation is King
This summer, a milestone crept up on me—I realized it’s been twenty-five years since I began my career as a professor. So naturally, I’ve spent some time reflecting on how my choice of profession has...
View ArticleLisa Rolf: Widening her Lens with an EMBA
Lisa Rolf never envisioned herself as an Executive MBA student. She earned a design-your-own undergraduate degree from a liberal arts college in Minnesota and immediately pursued a career in project...
View ArticleHooked on Soda
Sarang Sunder’s eyes light up when he talks about soda, but his excitement has nothing to do with the age-old Coke vs. Pepsi debate. As part of his doctoral dissertation, Sunder has developed a formula...
View ArticleRobinson Students Pump ‘Lyfe’ into Marketing Firm
On the third floor of a nondescript building next to the Atlanta Medical Center, Robinson College of Business students and alumni are building a marketing firm to cater to people like them – digital...
View ArticleRobinson to Launch Online Graduate Degree in Hospitality Management
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University will offer an online graduate degree in hospitality management beginning fall 2015. The one-year master of global hospitality...
View ArticleDoug Rieder: A Self-Made Man Shows Today’s Students the Way
Ask Doug Rieder about Sterling Risk Advisors, the surety and insurance brokerage firm where he’s worked for more than a decade, and he’ll tell you plenty: about how the company has grown over the...
View ArticleResolved for 2015: Invest in Your Portable Capabilities
by Nathan Bennett How quickly things can change. What was for years dubbed a “war for talent” fought between employers has now become a “war for jobs” fought by employees. As the recession has eased,...
View ArticleWhy Should Anyone Lead You?
Leaders take on great risk in the day-to-day performance of their jobs because their success is so dependent on the efforts of their followers – often people not of their choosing. For the most part,...
View ArticleCoincidence? I don’t think so.
The day before Pope Francis arrived in Cuba on Saturday, September 19, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced changes in U.S. regulations regarding doing business in Cuba. It’s not quite Swiss cheese...
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