Professor Spotlight: Greg Autry, USC Marshall
An MBA program’s professors are an integral part of the business school experience. That’s why rankings such as The Financial Times include faculty research and publications as a major indicator of program quality, and one of the reasons we post regular faculty spotlights. This week, we’re shining the spotlight on Greg Autry, a USC Marshall Assistant Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship. Autry was recently appointed to President Trump’s transition team for NASA. Continue reading…
UIC Business Prof Quote in WaPo Article About Trump Jobs Policy
Now that Donald Trump has taken office as the 45th President of the United State, the business-community (and the electorate at-large) will now watch as he sets forth on his plans to reform Washington and “Make America Great Again.” Continue reading…
Trump Appoints Controversial UC Irvine Professor Peter Navarro
Paul Merage School of Business economics professor Peter Navarro, one of the nation’s harshest critics of China, has just earned a seat on President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet.
As a professor with the business school for over 20 years, Navarro penned nine books, most of which unmistakably mark China as a threat to the U.S. and the world-at-large. Several of his published works include The Coming China Wars, Death by China: Confronting the Dragon – A Global Call to Action and Crouching Tiger: What China’s Militarism Means for the World.
Death By China was also adapted into a short documentary feature narrated by actor Martin Sheen, in which he argues that the American people must “help defend America and protect your family – don’t buy ‘Made in China’.”
Navarro acted as a special advisor during Trump’s campaign, likely driving his ideological attacks against global trade, Chinese manufacturing and the loss of U.S. jobs.
The announcement of Navarro’s appointment has arrived shortly after several potentially antagonizing tilts between the two economic superpowers. First, shortly after the election, Trump had a phone call with acting Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen allegedly without previous discretion (the Trump team stated that the call was pre-planned), going against decades of foreign policy agreements. Then, just last week, after China seized a submarine drone, Trump criticized the incident on Twitter. He writes:
We should tell China that we don’t want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2016
He will head the White House National Trade Council, serving as director of trade and industrial policy.
Lehigh Hosts Roundtable on Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes
Lehigh’s School of Business and Economics recently published an article by Madison Gouveia in which tax industry experts at the 57th annual tax forum assessed the impact of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)—otherwise known as those pesky loopholes multinational corporations like Apple and General Electric use to legally evade taxes.
International Students Wary Of Potential Immigration Changes
As the wake of the recent presidential election begins to settle, among the first effects has been a possible trajectory change where international students pursue an MBA.
The Financial Times recently followed the story of Amrita Dwivedi, a marketing executive from New Delhi who has worked with Google and Deloitte. Prior to last Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, Dwivedi was considered several standout U.S. business schools. After the results, however, they’re rescinding those suggestions, instead opting to focus on the London Business School and Insead to pursue their MBA.
“I want to be able to work in the country where I study after graduation,” they said in an interview with FT reporter Jonathan Moules. “So it is important to be in a place that is immigrant-friendly.”
Even in Europe, however, those options may also soon become limited. Just months after Great Britain opted to leave the European Union, new Prime Minister Theresa May has already gone on record saying that the number of student immigrant visas will likely be reduced. This could also potentially impact Dwivedi’s final decision.
The potential changes come after a wave of international students joined U.S. business schools with a record number of applications at many institutions, including at Michigan Ross.
Ross’ recently hired dean Scott DeRue shared some similar concerns over what could come during a Donald Trump presidency, as the new president-elect has gone on record multiple times against many immigration policies.
“I understand and empathise with those concerns but let’s remember that most presidents campaign in poetry and govern in prose,” DeRue says.
“If there was a restriction on visas to students that would clearly be somewhat harmful to us,” adds Chicago Booth School of Business dean Douglas Skinner. Booth has seen a precipitous rise in applicants in recent years, including a double-digit percentage increase in 2016. However, Skinner notes that nearly a third of students at Booth are from overseas—a figure that’s actually lower than many other business schools across the U.S.
Shading optimism, Skinner also notes that there’s a significant chance that domestic applicants may rise in the wake of policy changes. That, and the fact that Booth has been through some tough times before.
“We have been around since 1898, and the school has survived lots of ups and downs in the economy during that time,” he says.
Smith Brain Trust Forecasts Election’s Impending Market Effects
The Smith Brain Trust—a collection of marketing, finance and accounting thought leaders at the Robert H. Smith School of Business—are forecasting how the market will reach to the results of the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading…
