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Finance Professor Named TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
Professor
William Reichenstein, CFA, has been honored as a TIAA-CREF Institute
Fellow. Reichenstein serves as the Pat and Thomas R. Powers Chair
in Investment Management for the finance department.
www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=37770
FastTrac
Entrepreneurs Graduate
The
John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship at Baylor University,
along with the City of Waco, the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce,
and the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Inc. at the Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation honored its 19th class of graduates from
the FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training Program.
www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38000
Reichenstein
Named Most Cited Author in Financial Services Review
Dr.
Bill R. Reichenstein, professor of Finance and the Pat and Thomas
R. Powers Chair of Investment Management at Baylor University's
Hankamer School of Business, was recognized at the Academy of Financial
Services (AFS) Conference for having the most cited article of all
the papers published in Financial Services Review (FSR). Reichenstein's
article, "Calculating a Family's Asset Mix" was cited
more than any other paper in the 15-year history of FSR. Reichenstein
was also named the most frequently cited author of FSR.
www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=37771
Watch the New Entrepreneurship Video
Baylor's
pioneering Entrepreneurship program is ranked in the country's top
ten.
www.baylortv.com/video.php?id=000921
Tulane MBA Student Takes her Final Elective Course at Baylor University
With
only three hours remaining in her MBA program at Tulane University,
Executive Director of Strategic Planning for Tulane's Office of
External Affairs and native New Orleanian, Rhonda Coignet, still
plans to graduate from Tulane in December 2005 thanks to taking
her final elective course at Baylor University.
www.baylor.edu/MBA/news.php?action=story&story=37893
Dallas EMBA Study Group Breeds Mutual Trust, Success
Traditionally,
educational institutions are competitive environments. From the
earliest grades, students are taught to work independently. Grading
on a "bell curve" encourages students to distinguish themselves
by outperforming their classmates.
www.baylor.edu/mba/index.php?id=33316
Economics
Professor to Contribute to Political Talk Show
Dr.
John Pisciotta, a Baylor economics professor, will step up to the
mic as one of four special contributors to be featured on "The
Lynn Woolley Show." The Texas-based talk show showcases political
analysis and comments from experts throughout the country.
www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=37769
Graduate
Students Volunteer at Community Expo
Baylor's
Graduate Business Association (GBA) joined other sponsors and exhibitors
to volunteer for a community disaster education program.
www.baylor.edu/MBA/news.php?action=story&story=37834
Neubert Promotes Servant Leadership Celebration
The
Servant Leadership Institute of Central Texas is hosting the Servant
Leadership Celebration on December 6.
www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38003
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Are Slots a Good Bet for Boston?
The
Boston Globe calls upon Earl Grinols in a story about the pros and
cons of gambling in that city: "'This is an industry, like
it or not, that is making money off the sickness of its clients,'
Baylor University economist Earl Grinols told CommonWealth magazine
earlier this year. 'Government is supposed to be the protector and
guardian of the community, not the predator.'”
www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/10/23/are_slots_a_good_bet_for_boston/
Career
Spotlight: Cashing Out Your Pension
Bill
Reichenstein provides expertise for a U.S. News & World Report
article: "But even workers in these categories should think
twice about cashing out, says Bill Richenstein, professor of investments
at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. If a pension plan goes kaput
and the PBGC sends out reduced checks, workers may still get more
than they would by cashing out and buying an annuity or investing
the money. Financial advisers can take a big chunk of lump sums
as commissions and fees, which reduce the monthly checks retirees
can collect, he notes. Those who do take lump sums, he says, should
protect themselves by investing in mutual funds or annuities from
low-cost providers such as Vanguard or TIAA-CREF."
www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/051024/24career.htm
The
Changing Face of Retirement
Black
Enterprise magazine picked up a story from the Baylor Business Review,
which quotes Allen Seward extensively. "But the forecast for
U.S. retirement funding is not all gloom and doom. 'There are many
things that are going well with retirement plans,' points out Baylor
University Associate Professor of Finance and Insurance Alien Seward.
'As a nation we're wealthier than we've ever been. More people are
retiring at a comfortable standard of living than has ever been
the case. And more people are using retirement plans to build up
wealth for future generations.' Like most other retirement and pension
experts, Seward also notes that broad problems require attention."
www.blackenterprise.com/yb/ybopen.asp?section=ybps&story_id=85192882&ID=blackenterprise
Land
of the Free
Jungle
Magazine quotes Marjorie Cooper in an article about tchotchkes:
"'Almost every company employs some form of trinket promotion,'
says Marjorie J. Cooper, Ph.D., professor of marketing at Baylor
University in Texas and consultant to the promotional products industry.
And there's math behind the magic of free booty. 'You can apply
communications metrics metrics to quantify the effectiveness of
your promotion,' explains Cooper. 'In general, you are interested
in achieving maximum reach (the number of people in the target audience
exposed to the logo) at the highest frequency (the number of times
a single person is exposed to the logo) to yield the highest number
of gross impressions (number of people exposed multiplied by frequency).
From this you can calculate a cost per exposure (cost of promo item
divided by the number of gross impressions).' Bottom line: Who knows
how many customers saw that Day-Glo pen with your logo running up
the barrel?"
www.mbajungle.com/magazine.cfm?INC=inc_article.cfm&artid=3802&template=0
Baylor
Honors Family-Owned Businesses
The
Tyler Morning Telegraph covered the Texas Family Business of the
Year Awards. "Baylor University honored three family-owned
East Texas businesses on Thursday at the 16th Annual Family Business
of the Year Awards in Waco. Citizens 1st Bank of Tyler, Horaney's
Inc. of Longview and T.B. Butler Publishing Co. Inc., were recognized
by the university's Institute for Family Business. Each year at
the institute's banquet, the university recognizes firms whose families
demonstrate a commitment to their communities and strong business
family values."
www.tylerpaper.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15513692&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=341384&rfi=6
Horaney's
Wins Small Texas Family Business of the Year Award
The
Longview News-Journal announced one of the Texas Family Businesses
of the Year: "Betty Horaney will have to make the trip to Waco
by herself Thursday to accept the award for the small Texas Family
Business of the Year from Baylor University."
www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38054
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