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.
Finance Seminar,Mike Hemler and Tom Miller, University of Notre Dame and St Louis University, Topic: "Measuring Option Strategy Performance: An Examination of Value Line Option Recommendations," 11:30am-1:00pm, 339 MCOB.
Nov 10
The Notre Dame Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
presents, LEADERSHIP IN A CORPORATE CRISIS: JOHNSON & JOHNSON AND TYLENOL, by Mr. Jack Mullen (ND ’53), former VP for Corporate Affairs at Johnson & Johnson, 8 to 9 AM, Jordan Auditorium
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
No problem-solving effort is value free, because one's values identify the problem. And because differences in values often cause conflicts during problem solving, one must examine one's core values and develop ways to resolve the inevitable conflicts.
-- Viva Ona Bartkus, Ed Conlon in "Getting It Right"
An interior design studio run by Masamichi Katayama. The website's main index is a fluid grid-structure that sensitively to each mouse action, organically changing its form based on the user's browsing history.
AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
AP - As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.
AP - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.
AP - Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.
AP - British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.
