20 Feb Villanova EMBA Basketball Happy Hour

Villanova EMBA Basketball Happy Hour

 

What:     Come watch Villanova vs. Connecticut

               

When:    Monday, February 20, 2012

 

Time:      Happy Hour and game start @ 7:00 p.m.

Place:                       

Villanova EMBA Alumni Conference Registration Now Live!

Registration for the EMBA Alumni Conference is now live!

https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/VLN/event/showEventForm.jsp?form_id=72360 

Title:   EMBA Alumni Conference 2011

Date:   May 20, 2011 8:30 AM

End date:   May 20, 2011 5:00 PM

Location:    SAP North America 3999 West Chester Pike Newtown Square, PA 19073

Description:

As alumni of the Villanova University EMBA program, this one-day intensive event will reconnect you to the learning and application process that is at the heart of the Villanova EMBA. This day has also been designed to promote purposeful networking that will leverage your engagement as part of this Alumni Association. Join us on Friday, May 20 at SAP's US Headquarters in Newtown Square, PA for this exciting day of learning, networking and "sparked" thinking.  Early Bird Registration (through April 15th): Single Registration: $125/person Two or more: $100/person Regular Rate (starting April 16th): Single Registration: $150/person Two or more: $125/person Conference Agenda 8:30 AM – Registration and Social Breakfast 9:00 AM – Welcome, Dean Danko 9:30 AM – Introduction to the Program 10:00 AM – Speaker: James Mackey – M&A landscape in the new normal – The evolving consolidation trends in the new market 12:00 PM – Lunch Break 1:00 PM – Speaker: Tim Monahan – Applying Systemic Thinking – From the Class Room to the Board Room 2:45 PM – Coffee Break 3:00 PM – Speaker: Ed Wallace, "Relationships that Last" 5:00 PM – Closing Comments  5:30 PM – Happy Hour

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The Villanova Executive MBA Open House 16 Mar

http://www.villanova.edu/business/execmba/emba_openhouse.htm

https://register.applyyourself.com/?id=vill-mba&pid=2780&eID=30516&rid=1

The Villanova Executive MBA Open House
Wednesday, March 16 at 6:00 p.m.

The Villanova Conference Center 
601 County Line Road 
Radnor, PA 19087

Join us for a reception with the Villanova Executive MBA admissions team and experience a leadership class taught by Al Chiaradonna, Senior Vice President of SEI Investment's Global Private Banking and Trust Unit segment. Don't miss the opportunity to meet and network with current Executive MBA students, faculty and alumni following the leadership class. 

Open House Agenda:
Registration and Welcome 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Leadership Class 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Reception* 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

*dinner and valet parking will be provided.

Registration required – limited space available!

EMBA Open House 16 Mar

EMBA Open House Details

Sounding Reveille at Harvard

“It’s not clear what the purpose of business education is. It’s got to be more than high-paying jobs and more than a place to build elite social networks.”

Rakesh Khurana, Harvard Management Professor

 

“The public lost trust in business, and some of our graduates seem to be responsible for that.”

Nitin Nohria, HBS Dean since July 2010.

 

This is welcome news. The WSJ reports that Harvard Business School has begun to redirect the focus of its MBA curriculum from financial calculus and case studies to … ‘judgment’, ‘ethics’, ‘teamwork’ and building ‘leaders of competence and character’.

It is encouraging to see HBS begin to move in a new direction. But there is much ground left to cover. It is disappointing that the terms ‘accountability’ or ‘accountable leadership’ are not mentioned by any of the school’s officials featured in the article. Without a strictly defined level of accountability, behavioral conditions such as those quoted above will remain ungrounded and vaporous. B-schools might as well be swinging at hot air.

America needs business schools that will develop accountable leaders of innovation and creativity – to serve society and commerce. Short of backstopping their programs with Marine DI’s, b-schools need to discover the term ‘accountability’ – and infuse it in their students as a core measure, from sunup to sundown.

Villanova University: News & Events

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Villanova Announces Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance

Villanova, PA—Villanova University announced the inauguration of the Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance and the selection of Professor of Finance

Villanova, PA—Villanova University announced the inauguration of the Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance and the selection of Professor of Finance Michael Pagano, Ph.D., as the inaugural chair holder. This endowment, generously provided by Robert and Mary Ellen Darretta, was created to enhance the study of finance at VSB through applied research and cross-disciplinary curricula.

Pagano joined VSB in 1999 and quickly established a national reputation for his research in financial markets and financial institutions. In 2009 he was featured in The Wall Street Journal for his investigative look at the correlation between U.S. terror alert levels and activity within financial markets. Pagano was appointed to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) Market Regulation Committee in 1990, becoming the first financial academician to serve on the committee.

As the Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance, Pagano will direct curricular and programmatic developments on emerging topics in finance to ensure VSB students are prepared for the rapidly changing and increasingly global business community. Furthermore, he will spearhead partnerships with international scholars and universities to enhance the quality of learning at VSB.

“Michael Pagano is a distinguished professor who has made significant contributions to financial research,” said Robert Darretta, ’68 VSB. “His insight and understanding of financial markets make him the perfect candidate to fulfill the Darretta family’s vision to position VSB as a leader in finance.”

Robert Darretta is the former vice chairman and chief financial officer of Johnson & Johnson. He retired from Johnson & Johnson in March 2007 after a thirty-eight-year career with the organization. The former chair of VSB’s Dean’s Advisory Council, Mr. Darretta currently serves on the President’s Leadership Circle for the University.

“It is a privilege to serve as the first endowed chair in finance,” said Pagano. “I am eager to collaborate with faculty, Dean James Danko, and the Darretta family to further elevate VSB’s status in the field of finance.”

via www1.villanova.edu

FIIIIIII-nance. As in “Fix Me A Drink, Jeeves” Congrats, Professor Pagano. May your exposures always be perfectly hedged.

Villanova EMBA: Holiday Celebration Reminder

If you have already responded, Thank You
In case you have misplaced or overlooked
you invitation:

EMBA HOLIDAY PARTY

DATE:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010

TIME:  4:00 TO 7:30 P.M.

PLACE: THE VILLANOVA CONFERENCE CENTER

601 COUNTY LINE ROAD

RADNOR, PA  19087

This annual event is for all EMBA ALUMNI, CURRENT STUDENTS, FACULTY AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES

Once again, We will be collecting men's outerwear to donate to St. John's Hospice.  Each year the organization is very appreciative of all the items we are able to donate.

Santa will be making a surprise visit and he will have presents for all the children.  He will need a little help knowing which children will be attending the party.  Kindly indicate below each child's name, age and gender.  Thank you for your help and we look forward to seeing you at the event.

Please click here to RSVP.

Blue Horseshoe LOVES human behavior WRT technology

It turns out that some companies don’t want to wait until the 4PM market close to post their earnings online, perhaps because they’re worried they’ll forget. So what they do is post them online earlier, but don’t link to the page from their web sites. This renders the page invisible–unless you know what to look for.

Humans are creatures of habit, and the humans who post earnings releases on company web sites are no different than any other humans.

Which means that if the web-page URL for a company’s second quarter’s earnings release was, say:

www.disney.com/earnings/Q22010release

It’s probably a safe bet that the URL for the third quarter’s earnings release will be:

www.disney.com/earnings/Q32010release

via businessinsider.com

(Ivo Welch) Corporate Finance: An Introduction

My introductory corporate finance textbook, Corporate Finance: An Introduction was published by Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0321277996, in 2008, via a license for the North-American market. In late 2010, I reacquired these rights. I now own the book completely. My principal goal with the book is to improve introductory finance education. It is not to make money.

via book.ivo-welch.info

FIIIII-NANCE. As in “Fix Me A Drink, Jeeves”. But kudos to Professor Welch for doing this.