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BizBasics: ‘Credit Card Sense’

In this video, Darden Professor Greg Fairchild discusses the credit card, what it can do for the consumer, and what it sometimes does to the consumer.

E. Richard Brownlee II

When it comes to financial reports — read intently by both lenders and investors — Brownlee is the scholar with whom to consult. He is an authority of not only corporate financial reporting, but also of financial and managerial accounting — the keys to analyzing and understanding the health and overall performance of a business.

Is Profit the Purpose of Business?

The story that business people are bad and what they do is morally questionable is false. For every Enron, there are 10,000 good companies. And most companies, like most people, are trying to do the right thing.

Why Can't We Be Friends? Saving Workplace Relationships

Conflicts among co-workers are ubiquitous in business. Sometimes they generate positive momentum, but they can often disrupt and stand in the way of workplace efficiency.

New 'Ambicultural' Manager Combines Best of East and West

While Chinese and Western companies have been doing business with each other for many years, styles of communicating often prevent them from working together as efficiently as possible. Combining the better of two cultures can help managers bridge the cultural chasm underlying them.

Ming-Jer Chen

Chen is a leading authority in strategic management, a field that helps companies align corporate policies and resources with strategic priorities.

How to Drive Business Growth and Innovation in Your Company

You do not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the pace of business change continues to accelerate and that technology is a big driver. Well, buckle your seat belts, because on the horizon are cost-effective robots and smart machines powered by artificial intelligence.

Living Lean: How to Save Time and Money by Using Principles of Lean Thinking in Everyday Situations

Although lean principles originated in the business arena, they can be readily applied to everyday scenarios in our lives to improve the way we operate.

BizBasics: ‘Big Data’ With Robert Carraway

In this video, Professor Robert Carraway breaks down what big data is and explains how its four components can work together to avoid life-changing errors and missed opportunities.

Robert L. Carraway

Carraway, professor and former senior associate dean of the MBA program, is an authority on the appropriate and constructive use of quantitative analysis in making important decisions.