Chicago Booth Podcast Series
Summary: We're pleased to bring you leading business figures sharing their thoughts and insights into current topics affecting companies and organizations around the globe.
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- Artist: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Copyright: All presentations copyright 2006-2009 by the individual speakers
Podcasts:
Leszek Balcerowicz, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Poland, discusses transitional economies at a Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum event. Mr. Balcerowicz had an enormous influence on his country’s quick transformation from a communist to market-driven economy.
Chicago GSB Podcast: CEOs Need Tougher, Not Softer Skills to Succeed
This broadcast features Steven Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, speaking at the 2008 Management Conference. He shares his research on how successful CEOs are efficient, proactive, and persistent.
Chicago GSB Podcast: Is the Media Really Biased?
This broadcast features Jesse Shapiro, assistant professor of economics addressing a Becker Brown Bag Lunch for students. He shares his research into media bias and demonstrates that media demand is linked to broader economic forces.
Chicago GSB Podcast: Road to CEO with Bill McComb of Liz Claiborne Inc. and Andris Cukurs of Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation
This broadcast features two CEOs, Bill McComb, of Liz Claiborne Inc., and Andris Cukurs, Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation. Both are GSB alumni and were participating in the Charles M. Har per Road to CEO series. They shared their views and experiences with students in an informal fireside chat.
Chicago GSB Podcast: Gururaj Deshpande on the Next Wave of Technology Innovations
Chicago GSB Podcast: Gordon Crovitz on Changes Affecting the Media Industry
This broadcast features Gururaj Deshpande, the billionaire chairman of Sycamore Networks, addressing the TechVision 2008 conference which looked at key issues and trends in high tech. Deshpande predicted technology innovation will focus on energy and life sciences.
This broadcast features a Gordon Crovitz, former publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Crovitz looks at the question of “How Will Newspapers Survive?” and discusses how identifying and exploiting change can make old media new again. He highlights five change that can help newspapers.
Chicago GSB Podcast: Daniel Esty on how CEO’s can turn "Green into Gold"
Daniel Esty, professor of environmental law and policy at Yale University, talks about how CEO’s can turn “Green into Gold”. His remarks focus the growing trend where businesses take environmental issues into account when developing their core strategy.
Chicago GSB Podcast: Getting the Basics Right Is Key to McDonald’s Turnaround
Ralph Alvarez, president and COO of McDonalds, talks about strategy and why getting the basics right are important. As Alvarez discussed, "when you have a problem, you get permission to make radical changes."
