Business School Faculty in the News - October 2004

Below are selected citations of news stories organized by academic department or area, compiled by the Office of Communications. Please submit additional articles or comments to OfficeofCommunications@bus.umich.edu.

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Reuven Lehavy, “Contrarian Ratings Were Valuable,” Associated Press, October 5, 2004; story also appeared in the following: Dow Jones Newswires, Forbes, Atlanta Journal Constitution, San Jose Mercury News, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, and others.
Reuven Lehavy, “Contrary stock ratings profitable,” Chattanooga Times Free Press, October 13, 2004
Richard Sloan, “A Market Scholar Strikes Gold,” Business Week, October 4, 2004
Richard Sloan, “Fuzzy Numbers: Despite the reforms, corporate profits can be as distorted and confusing as ever. Here’s how the game is played,” Business Week, October 4, 2004
Richard Sloan, “The New Earnings Game: Overstating estimates doesn’t do companies any good in the long run,” Business Week, October 4, 2004

Joel Slemrod, “Policy Memo,” Presidential Campaign Press Materials, September 13, 2004
Joel Slemrod, “Congress Weighs Return Of Sales-Tax Deduction,” Tampa Tribune, October 7, 2004
Joel Slemrod, “Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott win the Nobel Prize in economics,” National Public Radio/All Things Considered, October 11, 2004
Joel Slemrod, “Are Americans Better Off Economically Under Bush? It Depends on How You Look at It,” New York Times, October 15, 2004
Joel Slemrod, “Kerry fails to convince middle classes his tax plans are good for them: Americans tend to dislike systems . . .” Financial Times, October 19, 2004

Lawrence Molnar, “Education center gains momentum: Sanilac educators, businesses support idea of offering classes,” Times Herald (Port Huron), October 28, 2004

MS Krishnan, “Hot New Thinkers,” Optimize, October 1, 2004
MS Krishnan, Robert Kennedy, “U. Michigan economists: Outsourcing not threat to jobs,” Michigan Daily, September 28, 2004
MS Krishnan, CK Prahalad, “Looking Ahead: Getting To Know You, Faster,” InformationWeek, October 18, 2004

Robert Kennedy, “Is Outsourcing Good Or Bad For America?” Hi International, October 2004
Robert Kennedy, MS Krishnan, “U. Michigan economists: Outsourcing not threat to jobs,” Michigan Daily, September 28, 2004
Ken Lieberthal, “Amway finding fortune in Asia: China is especially lucrative for firm,” Detroit Free Press, October 22, 2004
Linda Lim, “Asia: Integration aims to counterbalance American hegemony,” Dinheiro Vivo (Live Money), October 12, 2004
Linda Lim, “Asia: Japan and China will contend for leadership in the region,” Dinheiro Vivo (Live Money), October 12, 2004
Linda Lim, “Asia: Taiwan will concentrate political attention in the region,” Dinheiro Vivo (Live Money), October 12, 2004
CK Prahalad, “Face value: Profits and poverty,” The Economist, August 21, 2004
CK Prahalad, “Bottoms Up: How IT can help you do well while doing good,” CIO Insight, October 1, 2004
CK Prahalad, “Getting The Best To The Masses: A wave of innovation is yielding high-quality goods . . .” Business Week, October 11, 2004
CK Prahalad, “How serving the poorest can bring rich rewards,” Management Today, October 18, 2004
CK Prahalad, “How to turn the poor into consumers: Management thinker C.K. Prahalad has marshaled his arguments . . .” Financial Times, October 18, 2004
CK Prahalad, MS Krishnan, “Looking Ahead,” InformationWeek, October 18, 2004
Jan Svejnar, “Prague winter: the Czech Republic’s 30-something prime minister and his cabinet . . .” Institutional Investor, September 1, 2004
Marina von Neumann Whitman, “Briefing: U-M prof to serve on state committee,” Ann Arbor News, October 21, 2004
Lynn Wooten, “Commentary: Legal, Economic Climates Hamper Diversity Efforts,” Newhouse News Service, October 6, 2004
Lynn Wooten, “Promoting diversity a double-edged sword for some,” Saginaw News, October 10, 2004
Lynn Wooten, “Diversity gets more difficult in business U-M ruling, Detroit plan, economy all undercut it,” Ann Arbor News, October 11, 2004
Lynn Wooten, “Birthing study targets race,” Detroit News, October 29, 2004
Lynn Wooten, “Univ. of Michigan Interdisciplinary study focuses on pregnancy problems in U.S. black women,” Aging & Elder Health Week, October 31, 2004
Lynn Wooten, “Black pregnancy problems to be studied,” Detroit News, November 1, 2004
Rosemarie Ziedonis, “Patent Dispute Embroils Host Of Industries,” Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2004

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Wayne Brockbank, “Board elections end Oct. 17: Inside SHRM,” HRMagazine, October 1, 2004
Wayne Brockbank, Dave Ulrich, “HR Technology used to track SHRM volunteers,” HRMagazine, October 1, 2004
Theresa Welbourne, “Deep Cuts,” Incentive, September 1, 2004
“What’s ‘just right’ for you?” HRMagazine, October 1, 2004

Richard Sloan, “A Market Scholar Strikes Gold,” Business Week, October 4, 2004
Richard Sloan, “Fuzzy Numbers: Despite the reforms, corporate profits can be as distorted and confusing as ever. Here’s how the game is played,” Business Week, October 4, 2004
Richard Sloan, “The New Earnings Game: Overstating estimates doesn’t do companies any good in the long run,” Business Week, October 4, 2004

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Roland Zullo, “Labor working hard to get out vote for Kerry: The firefighters union was an early backer . . .” Chicago Tribune, October 10, 2004

There are no citations for Law, History and Communication for October 2004.


Kim Cameron, “Analysts weigh move by Kmart: Relocating might be costly, sway its focus,” Detroit Free Press, October 2, 2004
Kim Cameron, “Briefing: Study touts strong worker bonds,” Ann Arbor News, October 28, 2004
Fiona Lee, “In the Journals: “Blame Game” or “Mea Culpa”?” CFO.com, October 1, 2004
Fiona Lee, “Take The Blame For Bad News: Firms that take responsibility for negative events see stock prices increase,” Investor’s Business Daily, October 11, 2004
Gerald Meyers, “Experts give CEO’s reaction top marks,” USA Today, October 1, 2004
Gerald Meyers, “Money or culture to decide Kmart move: Either way, workers could face cuts,” Detroit Free Press, October 30, 2004
Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, “Cultural Intelligence,” Harvard Business Review, October 2004
Noel Tichy, “Lower Your Window Shades. Today’s Film Is ‘The Rookie’,” New York Times, October 17, 2004
Noel Tichy, “Management Evangelist: Under Jack Welch, GE developed the deepest bench of executive talent in U.S. business,” Business Week, October 25, 2004

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Christie Nordhielm, “Forging cola loyalty,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 10, 2004
Christie Nordhielm, “Missouri joins in drug plan: Blagojevich denies Democratic politics behind move,” Chicago Tribune, October 29, 2004
Jie Zhang, “You want it? You got it – instantly,” Christian Science Monitor, October 20, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “U.S. consumers more satisfied with Web sites in Q2 – study,” Total Telecom, August 24, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “It’s all about serving the customer and moderation,” Restaurant Hospitality, September 1, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “In Brief,” Federal Times, September 27, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Search’s up: Upshot,” Transform, October 1, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Banks Still Lead in Trust, But Rivals Keep Gaining,” The American Banker, October 5, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Customer service at utilities criticized,” Chicago Daily Herald, October 10, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Kenmore Tops In Satisfaction,” TWICE, October 11, 2004
Claes Fornell/American Customer Satisfaction Index, “Satisfaction’s the Name of the Game: Research explains the rules,” Marketing News TM, October 15, 2004
 
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There are no citations for Operations and Management Science for October 2004.

Robert Kennedy, “Is Outsourcing Good Or Bad For America?” Hi International, October 2004
Robert Kennedy, MS Krishnan, “U. Michigan economists: Outsourcing not threat to jobs,” Michigan Daily, September 28, 2004

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There are no citations for the Tauber Manufacturing Institute for October 2004.

Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “First Company For UM’s Wolverine Venture Fund Goes Public, Creates Million Dollar Pay Off,” Michigan Technology News, October 7, 2004
Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “InterLase stock debut brings millions to U-M Tech transfer, MBA units are winners in $87 million IPO,” Ann Arbor News, October 14, 2004
Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “Dare to Dream Awards $45,000 To 15 UM Student Projects,” Michigan Technology News, October 18, 2004
Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “University capital fund completes first public offering,” Michigan Daily, October 27, 2004
Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “IPO Yields Payoff for U. of Michigan and Student Venture Capitalists,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 29, 2004
Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “The new rags to riches,” Christian Science Monitor, November 1, 2004
Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “Student venture fund profits from IntraLase,” CBS MarketWatch, October 12, 2004
Tim Faley, Tom Kinnear, “U-M student ventures get grants ‘Dare to Dream’ program rewards MBA business plans,” Ann Arbor News, October 19, 2004
“Group shares its savvy to help tech companies soar,” Detroit Free Press, October 25, 2004

Robert Dolan, “The Best B-Schools: Schools known for tougher academic standards gained ground—with students and recruiters,” Business Week, October 18, 2004
“Business School Grads Find Ethics Lacking,” Boston Globe, October 17, 2004
“For b-schools, endowment starts with employment: Good jobs make happy grads, wealthy donors,” Crain’s Chicago Business, October 18, 2004
“Forum to focus on growth in western Detroit area,” Crain’s Detroit Business, October 18, 2004
“Universities taking in hefty donations,” Investment News, October 18, 2004
“I-275 area is topic of land forum,” Detroit Free Press, October 19, 2004
“Ticker,” Rocky Mountain News, October 20, 2004
“MBA gives edge in business savv: Degree demonstrates the ability to communicate ideas, helping graduates move up in careers,” Dallas Morning News, October 24, 2004
“The final frontier for Europe,” Financial Times, October 25, 2004
“Ticker,” Rocky Mountain News, October 26, 2004

“Ross Gives $100 Million to Michigan Business School,” Bloomberg.com, September 9, 2004
“Ross Makes Record Gift to Michigan: $100 Million To Go to Business School,” The New York Sun, September 10-12, 2004
“Related boss’s $100m gift: Related Companies Inc.,” Real Estate Weekly, September 22, 2004
“Recent Megagifts Bring to Mind Glory Days of Fund Raising,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 24, 2004

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