Executive Challenge Brings High Stakes of Board Rooms to MBA Classrooms One case study to read. Two and a half hours to prepare. Four senior executives to persuade. Twenty minutes on the clock. These are the high stakes of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Executive Challenge, a day-long role-play case competition for all first-year, Full-time MBA students that also serves as the final exam for the Leadership Communications course. Read More

Financial Times Ranks Executive Custom Programs #6 in U.S. Georgetown McDonough’s Executive Custom Programs are ranked #6 in the United States and #21 in the world, according to the latest Financial Times Executive Education ranking. The Financial Times ranking measures clients’ perceptions of the quality and delivery of the program, as well as the internationality of the overall program through a survey of each business school. Read More

Ernst Receives Patrick Healy Award at John Carroll Weekend Ricardo Ernst, Baratta Chair in Global Business, professor of operations and global logistics, and director, Global Business Initiative, was presented the 2018 Patrick Healy Award by Georgetown University President John DeGioia during this year's John Carroll Weekend's Award Banquet held in Seattle on April 14. Read More

Aggarwal Elected Vice President of Financial Management Association International This month, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance Reena Aggarwal was elected vice president of the annual meeting program for the Financial Management Association International (FMA). Under this title, Aggarwal will be responsible for organizing the celebration of the 50th anniversary of FMA in 2020. Read More

Luminaries Event Examines Impact of Technological, Demographic, and Cultural Changes on Real Estate The Real Estate Luminaries Series is the year’s highlight for the Steers Center for Global Real Estate at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. With support from lead sponsor HFF and contributing sponsor CRE Finance Council, the event brings together students, alumni, and others to honor leading real estate figures. This year’s event on April 19 was a little different, said Robert H. Steers (B’75, P’06, P’08, P’10), who chairs the center’s executive committee. “Tonight is the first Luminaries session where technological, demographic, and cultural shifts are affecting real estate and society,” said Steers. Read More

AB InBev Foundation and Georgetown’s Global Social Enterprise Initiative Partner on Underage Drinking The harmful use of alcohol is a global health risk, and underage drinking is a widespread problem with serious negative consequences for young users and for society. To address this issue, the AB InBev Foundation has formed a partnership with the Global Social Enterprise Initiative (GSEI) at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business to work on changing social norms and reducing youth alcohol use, beginning in South Africa. Read More

In Projects for AARP, McDonough Students Pitch Innovations Select undergraduate and MBA classes have partnered with AARP to help develop new ways to reach consumers who do not necessarily view themselves as part of an older demographic. Through the AARP Innovation Challenge, students at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business are fielding their own consumer research, developing prototypes, and pitching their ideas directly to AARP executives. Read More

New Executive Degree Career Services Takes Integrated Approach Assistant Dean of Career Management for Executive Degree Programs Raji Ramanan believes that 10 percent of leadership development happens through formal learning programs in the classroom, 20 percent through coaching and mentoring, and 70 percent on the job. Ramanan and her team of career experts offer Georgetown McDonough executive degree students and alumni opportunities to flourish for 100 percent of the process through an integrated career management approach. Read More