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U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
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May 23, 2013
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 Female Breadwinners and Love in a New Economy
Prof. Lamar Pierce discusses his new research that finds that men's usage of erectile dysfunction drugs increases by 10 percent when their wives slightly out-earn them.
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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May 21, 2013
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 With help from the community, Washington U grads pursue an entrepreneurial dream
Student co-founders of Sparo Labs featured in David Nicklaus' column include Abby Cohen who minored in entrepreneurship at Olin.
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BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK
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May 13, 2013
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 The Best Undergraduate B-Schools for Marketing
In a survey conducted by Businessweek, Olin students give their marketing faculty and courses high marks, ranking it #2.
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ST. LOUIS BEACON
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May 10, 2013
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 Close to home: Work-at-home-moms juggle careers and kids and family
Michelle Duguid, assistant professor of organizational behavior at Olin, comments on the difficult work/life balance for women who work from home.
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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May 06, 2013
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 The boss makes more, and unions want to know how much more
Under the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act, which Congress passed in 2010, companies are supposed to publish the ratio of CEO pay to earnings of an average worker. Finance profressor Radhakrishnan Gopalan says it's a potentially dangerous number. Photo by 401(K)2013.
Read David Nicklaus' column.
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BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK
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May 06, 2013
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 The Best Undergrad B-Schools for International Business
A survey of undergrad business students conducted by Bloomberg Businessweek finds that Olin students are very satisfied with their international program options.
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CNBC
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April 29, 2013
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 What Netflix and IBM can Teach Us about Disruption
Strategy professor Anne Marie Knott explains the difference between disruptive innovation and quieter types of innovation in this op-ed piece.
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STUDENT LIFE
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April 29, 2013
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 Looking Ahead to Knight and Bauer Halls
Washington University's student newspaper reports on the progress that has been made on Olin's expansion project since last fall and the growing anticipation for it opening a year from now.
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ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
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April 17, 2013
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 Knight Center chef finishes second in the 10th Annual Copper Skillet Award & International Chefs Competition. Chef Shane Brassel won the national cook-off in January to represent the U.S. in the ICC competition.
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ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL
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April 16, 2013
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 Startup: A market for farmers to sell direct to restaurants
Students launch Farmplicity.com, an online farmers' market developed in The Hatchery entrepreneurial course this semester.
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FORBES
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April 11, 2013
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 Don't Trust The Accountants: Insider Selling A Better Sign Of A Failing Firm New research from Olin professor Xiumin Martin suggests that insider trading may be a better sign a company is failing than the word of its accountants. The co-authored study is based on data from thousands of public companies in some form of financial distress over a seven-year period ending in 2007.
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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April 01, 2013
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 Thank the trustbusters for T-Mobile's new pricing challenge
Baojun Jiang, assistant professor of marketing says the phone companies make money from customers who don’t see the need to upgrade, even though they could.
Read Dave Nicklaus' column.
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NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
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April 01, 2013
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 Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?
Stuart Bunderson, professor of organizational behavior, comments on study by Wharton's Adam Grant who is profiled in magazine cover story.
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MARKETPLACE-AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA
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March 28, 2013
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 Panera Bread expanded its experiment in "pay what you want" pricing, allowing patrons at 48 locations in St. Louis to name their own price for a bowl of turkey chili. Reporter Adam Allington talks to Olin marketing professor Selin Malkoc about the prospects for the pricing strategy.
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NEW YORK TIMES
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March 26, 2013
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 In China, Executives Flock Back to School for Unfinished Business
There's a boom in Executive MBA programs in China and Olin's 10 year old Shanghai program with Fudan University was one of the first Western-Chinese partnerships to introduce EMBA programming.
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CNN Money
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March 21, 2013
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 Bank run expert: Cyprus' plan was 'absurd'
Prof. Phil Dybvig says the plan to impose a tax on bank deposits to help pay for the bailout of Cypriot banks would do more harm than good.
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KSDK-TV, Ch. 5
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March 20, 2013
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 March Madness
Prof. Mark Soczek calculates the odds of predicting winners in this year's NCAA basketball tournement. The answer involves a quadrillion.
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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March 13, 2013
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 Revolt over executive pay gains altitude in Switzerland
Olin's Radhakrishnan Gopalan, an associate professor of finance, says shareholder say-on-pay votes are ineffective.
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ENTREPRENEUR
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March 07, 2013
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 Web Startup Will Find the Best Parking Spot
Ben Sann'10, helps drivers in 7 cities from NYC to LA find parking garages and their hourly rates with website: bestparking.com
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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February 26, 2013
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 Some big deals go bust, but that doesn't slow the deal making.
Armando Gomes, associate professor of finance, comments on the merger and acquisition market that is beginning to revive.
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