Quoted: Larry Harris in the L.A. Times
Harris explains his surprise at Trump announcing he will create a strategic Bitcoin reserve, similar to gold and oil stockpiles.
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INSIGHT + ANALYSIS
REAL WORLD — RIGHT NOW
Quoted: Larry Harris in the L.A. Times
Harris explains his surprise at Trump announcing he will create a strategic Bitcoin reserve, similar to gold and oil stockpiles.
Quoted: Michael Mische in Business Insider
Mische says consultants play a valuable role in government operations, but it it’s difficult to calculate the exact return on their services.
Quoted: Daniel Sokol in The Indian Express
Sokol questions whether other countries should attempt to emulate EU’s approach to trade.
Quoted: Nick Vyas in Periodico Digital
Vyas, director of the Kendrick Supply Chain Institute, explains that traceability and compliance are becoming key issues in international trade.
Quoted: Hovig Tchalian in AP News
Tchalian explains that automakers may be able to adjust to high tariffs because of their experience with COVID-19 supply chain disruption.
RECENT OP-EDS
OpEd: Nikhil Malik in Boston Globe (Paywall).
Based on his research, MALIK, assistant professor of marketing, writes in the Boston Globe on the need for transparency as Zillow's AI housing price algorithms might be distorting the market.
OpEd: Arthur Korteweg in Harvard Law School Forum
KORTEWEG writes for Harvard Law School Forum about his research finding public pension plans tend to perform better in their private equity investments than other private equity investors.
OpEd: Stephanie Tully in The Conversation
TULLY, associate professor of marketing, writes for The Conversation about her new research finding those with lower average AI literacy are receptive open to using AI.
OpEd: Arianna Uhalde in MinnPost
UHALDE, associate professor of clinical marketing, finds purpose and meaning as keys to making New Year's resolutions successful
21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP
Quoted: Kimon Drakopoulos in The News Tribune
Drakopoulous, associate professor of data sciences and operations, discusses how companies need to consider AI ethics while understanding their own goals to avoid AI "hallucinations".
Interviewed: Dean Geoffrey Garrett in Poets and Quants
Garrett, Dean of the Marshall School of Business, spoke to Poets and Quants about the school’s new Business of Blockchain Initiative.
OpEd: Eric Anicich in Harvard Business Review
Anicich, associate professor of management and organization, writes in Harvard Business Review about his research suggesting how to mitigate negative impacts of organizational secrecy and harness its potential benefits.
Cited: Nathanael Fast in AI Magazine
AI Magazine reports FAST, director of the Neely Center for Ethical Leadership, was named to EY's new AI advisory council to help guide the implementation of artificial intelligence across the company's global operations.
Quoted: Peer Fiss in Business Insider
FISS, associate vice dean for research, tells Business Insider that it's not a smart move for OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman to lead the company forward without a CTO.
PATH-BREAKING RESEARCH
OpEd: Nikhil Malik in Boston Globe (Paywall).
Based on his research, MALIK, assistant professor of marketing, writes in the Boston Globe on the need for transparency as Zillow's AI housing price algorithms might be distorting the market.
OpEd: Arthur Korteweg in Harvard Law School Forum
KORTEWEG writes for Harvard Law School Forum about his research finding public pension plans tend to perform better in their private equity investments than other private equity investors.
Interview: Kevin Murphy on BBC 4 Radio
MURPHY, Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance, sits down with the BBC's "The Prophets of Profit" to discuss his pathbreaking research on supplementing CEO's salaries in stocks and shares and the connection to maximizing shareholder value. (at 3:37)
OpEd: Stephanie Tully in The Conversation
TULLY, associate professor of marketing, writes for The Conversation about her new research finding those with lower average AI literacy are receptive open to using AI.
TROJAN NETWORK
Interview: Andrey Chabanov in Poets&Quants
Chabanov, an MBA student at Marshall, speaks about his disruptive startup, RampMeDaddy.
Quoted: Dean Andy Call in the Daily Trojan
Call, Dean of the Leventhal School of the Accounting, discussed his vision for the future of Leventhal with the Daily Trojan.
News: Two Indonesian Organizations Each Establish $1M Scholarships
DEAN GEOFFREY GARRET was in Jakarta to memorialize two $1M scholarships for Indonesian students aspiring to enroll in the IBEAR program at USC Marshall.
News: Dean Garrett in Jakarta to Announce the TAMBA Scholarship
The Mochamad Thohir Foundation and the USC Indonesian Alumni Foundation are establishing a $1M scholarship for IBEAR students from Indonesia.
News: Marshall and the Mochamad Thohir Foundation Establish the TAMBA Scholarship
DEAN GEOFFREY GARRETT was on hand in Jakarta to announce the $1M scholarship for 5 Indonesian students entering the IBEAR program.