Booth Students Attend Kilts Marketing Week
University of Chicago Booth School of Business students who attended Kilts Marketing Week absorbed eight days of presentations by industry leaders and faculty members, including Brian Niccol ’03, president of Taco Bell, and Mark Hoplamazian ’89, president and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corp. These industry bigwigs commented on how marketing is more than a path to the top marketing position at a company; increasingly, it’s a path to becoming a CEO. Continue reading…
Booth Research Examines Effect of Tahrir Square Protests on Government Favored Companies
New research out of the Booth School of Business examined the Tahrir Square protests from back in 2011, and how protester power in numbers led to the eventual downfall of the ruling regime. That downfall cut off beneficial relationships between the government and favored companies. The research found that the bigger the protests grew, the more they pushed down stock-market valuations for firms connected to the government. Continue reading…
