First Chair in Real Estate Named at Rutgers
Dr. Morris Davis, a real estate and urban land economics professor at Wisconsin Business School, has been chosen to hold the Paul V. Profeta Chair in Real Estate at Rutgers Business School and help build Rutgers into a leading center for real estate studies and research.
Davis, who completed his PhD in economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998, has held the James A. Graaskamp Chair in Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business at Wisconsin University since 2010. He began serving as academic director of the business school’s Graaskamp Center for Real Estate in 2011.
Rutgers Offers SCM Meet and Greet
The Department of Supply Chain Management and Marketing Services and Career Services at Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick will be cosponsoring the Fall 2014 Rutgers Supply Chain Management Meet and Greet on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at the Livingston Campus: Recreation Center.
The event is for students and alumni who are looking for internships or jobs with the companies attending. Companies can use the meet and greet to find students and alumni who can help fill open positions or internships in the supply chain management field.
Cable Executive Shares Leadership Insights for CEO Lecture Series at Rutgers Business School
At a recent Rutgers Business School CEO Lecture series event, Eric Tveter, chief executive of UPC Cablecom, and Rutgers MBA ’97, offered the crowd of students his unique take on leadership.
When, in 2009, the 55-year-old executive was tapped to turn around the fortunes of UPC Cablecom, a Swiss cable company, Tveter said that the five C’s of management – communication, culture, commitment, collaboration and customer – guided his efforts to bring the company back on track.
“Commitment is doing what you say you’re going to do,” he said. “We set realistic goals. We under promised and over delivered.” For Tveter, an American taking the helm of a troubled company in Switzerland where the public has a natural tendency to be skeptical, commitment proved to be particularly vital. “You’re not known by the commitments you make,” he added. “You’re known by the commitments you keep.” Continue reading…
