In The News

By the Numbers

The Financial Times ranked the MBA Program 23rd in the world and 8th for top salaries in finance and banking. It ranked the Executive MBA Program 28th in the world and 8th among U.S. schools for top salary increases among alumni based on surveys of the Evening Class of 1999.

Business Week ranked the MBA Program 18th in its 2002 rankings based on corporate, graduate and intellectual capital rankings.

Ethical by Design

Associate Dean Robert Adler said ethics classes give MBAs the skills, tools and perspectives they need for the long run in the Financial Times. (Jan 2003) In Triangle Business Journal, he said they help students "clarify and strengthen their personal code of ethics." By requiring the course, UNC Kenan-Flagler demonstrates it cares not only about whether its graduates succeed "but also about how they achieve success." (Dec. 2002)

The corporate sector realizes it must address "the underlying concerns that global capitalism brings - including cultural hegemony, environmental degradation, growing inequity, desperation, hopelessness and loss of dignity," professor Stuart L. Hart told the Associated Press. (Oct. 2002)

Global Learning

OneMBA® earned ink in Germany's Die Welt, Canada's National Post and Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. The breadth of the model distinguishes OneMBA® from its rivals, said the Financial Times. With five schools on four continents, "crucially, the collaboration is a partnership of equals," and the "broad alliance offers a multicultural perspective that is second to none." In another article, the FT wrote that "many of the big names: Kellogg, Columbia, Stern and Kenan-Flagler in the U.S." use EMBA programs to internationalize their schools. (Oct. 2002)

Alumni Newsmakers

Fortune featured Newell Rubbermaid CEO Joe Galli (BSBA '80) in "Joe Galli's Army." (Dec. 2002)

American Banker gave Wachovia Corp. chairman-emeritus John Medlin (BSBA '56) its 2002 Lifetime Achievement award. (Dec. 2002)

Julian Robertson (BSBA '55), founder of Tiger Management LLC, might be "the greatest investor of his generation" and was "a great teacher of the investing craft," said Institutional Investor. A generation of Tiger's "analysts and portfolio managers has gone on to become celebrated hedge fund managers in their own right, like Lee Ainslie III of Maverick Capital" (MBA '90) and Dwight W. Anderson (MBA '94), founder and portfolio manager of Ospraie Fund Ltd. (Dec. 2002)

Faculty Expertise

The Wall Street Journal and The Asian Wall Street Journal mentioned Nike's role in professor Nick Didow's corporate globalization seminar in "High Court May Hear Nike Case on Protection of PR Statements." Public Radio International quoted Susan Aaronson of the Kenan Institute in Washington about the case. (Dec. 2002)

In "Best and Worst Picks," Forbes agreed with finance professor James Smith's economic forecast. He also was quoted by The Toronto Star, AP, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal.

The New York Times featured a study on gaming behavior in equity mutual funds by finance professor Adam Reed and colleagues at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Texas and Wharton in "Why Dec. 31 Is a Good Day to Stay Out of the Market." (Oct. 2002)

The Washington Post quoted accounting professor Douglas Shackelford in "At Firms, Dual Profit Pictures; The Gap Grows Between What's Earned, What's Taxed." (Oct. 2002)

CIO quoted John Kasarda, Kenan Institute director, in "Can American Keep Flying?" Crain's Detroit Business and Detroit News called him a leading expert on aerotropolis development. (Nov. 2002)

The Wall Street Journal Online quoted marketing professor Sridhar Balasubramanian in "One Veggie Venture That Might Just Fly." (Oct. 2002)

In "Quantifying integrity: Corporate governance in the spotlight," Pensions & Investments featured a study by accounting professor Robert Bushman and his Chicago and Harvard colleagues. (Nov. 2002)

MBA matters

National Public Radio interviewed Suzette Carty (MBA '03) for its story on the Graduate Women in Business national conference at UNC Kenan-Flagler. (Nov. 2002)

Associate Dean David Ravenscraft told the Financial Times that corporations want immediate value from EMBA programs with relevant and application-based courses. "But then that is one of the advantages of an EMBA. As students are taught, they take it immediately back to the company and can put it to use." (Oct. 2002)