The Center for Social Research will assist Mendoza faculty with statistical methodologies, survey design and implementation, and data acquisition and management. If you are interested please contact kate.mueller@nd.edu, Associate Director, Center for Social Research, 1-6166.
Network Wire Upgrade Schedule
The rewire of cabling 'behind the walls' is now complete. During the next few weeks, MendozaIT staff will be switching cabling to the new network jacks throughout the building.
Google Alerts
Google offers a news alert system that is useful in monitoring the pulse of information on topics of direct relevance to you. At a minimum, many individuals simply monitor occurrences of their name, but the service can also be directed to monitor research themes, teaching topics, professional practice, ND Football recruiting, etc. Click here for more details.
CRSP & Compustat Company List
The 2008 CRSP and Compustat Company List Excel files (left side menu under Research Tools) are available on the research website. The files contain basic information about the companies that are available through CRSP and Compustat respectively.
For help with Digital Measures Activity Insight contact Phil Corporon @ 1-9088.
A free web-based survey tool is available to everyone here at the college. If you're interested in using such a tool please contact Phil Corporon @ 1-9088.
The Executive MBA program is ranked No. 20 while its Custom Programs earned a No. 19 slot in the The BusinessWeek biennial survey of the world’s top 25 executive education programs. The ranking was announced online Nov. 5 and is available in the print magazine on newsstands now.
Jeff Bergstrand was quoted in an ABC News story, “Earnings Report to Give Picture of Job Market,” posted Oct. 24. In the article, Jeff says there are some positive signed about job growth, but that corporate profits are still short of where they were a year or two ago, which means there is still cost-cutting taking place. View the entire article.
The University of Notre Dame MBA Program was ranked No. 5 in the Aspen Institute’s 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternate ranking that indicates the school’s success in integrating social, environmental and ethical issues into its program. Read More.
“Coordinating a Supply Chain with a Manufacturer-Owned Online Channel: A Dual Channel Model under Price Competition” paper by Jennifer Ryan, Daewon Sun, and Xuying Zhao, received the 2009 eBusiness Best Paper Award in the eBusiness section of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) conference, San Diego, CA, October 11-14, 2009.
Carolyn Y. Woo served as a keynote speaker, along with professors Hans Küng and Jeffrey Sachs, at a high-level United Nations symposium dedicated to establishing business ethics in the global marketplace. Read More
Hope and fear cannot alter the season.
-- Chogyam Trungpa
Top Ten Bad Business Decisions. Check out this list of the top ten bad business decisions. There are some real winners in here including New Coke, Microsoft Bob, and Western Union. Who knew what was really going to happen at the time you had to make these decisions?
AP - Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.
AP - The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday.
AP - Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 — the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years.
AP - A court-martial acquitted a former military nurse of murder Saturday after he was accused of giving lethal doses of painkillers to hasten the deaths of three terminally ill patients at the Air Force's largest hospital.
