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Faculty in the News

6/23/12 El Espectador (Colombia)

El Espectador (Colombia) quoted Warren Bennis about how leaders are made.

6/21/12 Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek quoted Gary Fraser about mistakes MBA interns make.
6/19/12 The Oregonian

The Oregonian quoted Ira Kalb about Nike's appeal in the gay and lesbian consumer market.

6/19/12 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted David Carter about a $26.6 million ad for the National Guard affixed to Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s race car.

6/18/12 Business Insider
Business Insider ran a column by Ira Kalb of the USC Marshall School about how countries control their brands.
6/18/12 The Washington Post
The Washington Post featured a study by Feng Zhu of the USC Marshall School and a colleague finding that, despite crowsourced editing, Wikipedia's political entries are still highly biased.
6/18/12 Forbes

Forbes cited Bennis as having written ““leaders have no interest in proving themselves, but an abiding interest in expressing themselves. Real learning occurs when we know what is important to us.”

6/18/12 Business Insider

Business Insider ran a column by Ira Kalb about how countries control their brands. Many countries tend to see other countries' brands as better, a result of "grass is greener" thinking, Kalb wrote. "This is one reason why foreign or exotic brands have so much appeal," he added.

6/15/12 The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post ran a column by Rob Asghar of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy about the value of democracy as an organizing tool. Asghar highlighted research by Dr. Bennis, noting that Dr. Bennis found that hierarchies were only effective for simple tasks that could be guided by a single authority.