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Meet the six finalists in CWRU’s first $50,000 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition
Safer sports helmets inspired by hedgehogs. Wearable tech that detects dehydration. Healthy meal boxes delivered to food deserts. What these innovative products and services have in common are entrepreneurs from APP—and each are the basis for a company among the six…
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The future of grocery shopping: Faster, cheaper, smaller
Walmart was once considered the future of grocery shopping, offering consumers a slew of discounted choices, compared to the competition. Yet, market trends point toward a faster, cheaper, smaller and more streamlined experience. The result: One of the most common shopping experiences in American…
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Teaching in Ethiopia, Bilimoria prepares future female UN peacekeepers with lessons in leadership
More than 40,000 students from 185 countries worldwide have enrolled in Diana Bilimoria’s MOOC, Women in Leadership: Inspiring Positive Change. And this fall, one student called her out of the blue with a proposition: Would Bilimoria teach elements of the course in Ethiopia to female senior police…
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Happy New Year
The holiday season is over … the wrapping paper that was strewn about the room has been collected and discarded; the lights unstrung and put away, the needles from the greens swept up. The New Year is upon us. It’s 2018. We are now in our 175th anniversary year. It will be August before we…
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CWRU employee part-time MBA information session
Are you interested in obtaining your MBA from APP? The Weatherhead School of Management will offer a part-time MBA information session specifically designed for Case Western Reserve employees. This session will be held Wednesday, Jan. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. in Peter B.…
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Weatherhead’s Satish Nambisan argues for entrepreneurship training in public schools
Satish Nambisan, the Nancy and Joseph Keithley Professor of Technology Management and a professor of design and innovation, wrote for cleveland.com about introducing entrepreneurship to young students. Drawing on his experience as a researcher and professor, the piece, titled “Let's add…
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Weatherhead’s J.B. Silvers writes on proposed tax plan’s health care problems
J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, wrote an op-ed in The New York Times discussing the effects of the Republican tax bill on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The piece, titled “How the G.O.P. Tax Bill Will Ruin Obamacare,” explains how the…
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How will the U.S. economy fare in 2018?
Considering potential changes to the tax code, interest rates and federal policy, the annual David A. Bowers Economic Forecast looks at the financial year ahead One of the most significant influences on the future of the U.S. economy is still taking shape—or may not come to fruition at all—as…
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Marking its 30th year, the 2017 Weatherhead 100 recognizes Northeast Ohio’s fastest-growing companies
With sales growing more than 2,000 percent over the last five years, Strongsville-based ArtWall—a manufacturer of on-demand canvas art products—claims the top spot in the 2017 Weatherhead 100. Michael Goldberg The overall list, celebrating the swiftest-growing companies headquartered in…
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Weatherhead School’s Richard Boyatzis wins first ISIPM International Award, earns honorary doctorate
The first-ever Italian Institute of Project Management International Award (ISIPM) was awarded Oct. 27 in Rome to Richard Boyatzis, a Distinguished University Professor and the H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business at the Weatherhead School of Management. The award recognizes research and…