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March 2009

Thriving in Tumultuous Times: Jetpool flies high
GM, Ford and Chrysler might not have suffered the public relations black eye of their executives taking private jets to Washington to beg for bailout money had their CFOs known about the Jetpool option.

School boosts career management efforts in economic downturn
In light of the broad reach of the economic downturn, UNC Kenan-Flagler has poured a great deal more effort into the career management help it offers and created new outreach efforts to find every job opportunity it can for students and alumni.

Alumni Profile: Giometti grows Latino network through multimedia company
Juan Pablo Giometti (MBA ‘06) has molded vivacarolina! to highlight the achievements of Hispanics in North Carolina.

Alumni Notes
Mark your calendars for Alumni Reunion Weekend 2009.

John Worth’s Career Corner: Working with search firms
John Worth provides an overview of the search firm and executive recruiter market.

Swaminathan’s new book tracks India’s superpower potential
Jayashankar Swaminathan’s new book lays out the sea change in India over the past 25 years that has been propelling the country toward economic superpower status.

New research on how to make customers buy now
UNC Kenan-Flagler professor Ali Parlakturk has new research on how to get customers to buy now instead of holding out for a future sale.

Harvard’s Michael Porter on strategic thinking
Business leaders should focus on competing on providing unique value to customers not on operational efficiency, argued Harvard professor Michael Porter in a talk at UNC-Chapel Hill.

From the Kenan-Flagler blog: Inside a student consulting project
Tristan Handy (MBA ’10) provides an inside look at his work leading a Kenan-Flagler STAR project where he and his team are consulting for a local entrepreneur.

Kenan-Flagler hosts seminar to attract more PhD students to tax
Professor Douglas Shackelford created the seminar to try to offset the slumping number of tax professors at universities across the nation.

Three area CEOs spoke at UNC Kenan-Flagler’s inaugural Executive Conference
The CEOs of RBC Bank (USA), Quintiles International and Progress Energy tackled timely topics on the future of the financial services industry, the energy markets and the health care landscape moving forward.

Women in Business conference scheduled for early April
UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Carolina Women in Business organization will host the 2009 Women in Business Conference April 2-3.

UNC Kenan-Flagler garners wins in case competitions
Teams from UNC Kenan-Flagler finished first in two case competitions and second in a third contest last month.

Professor Adam Grant receives Tanner award
UNC Kenan-Flagler professor Adam Grant has received the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.