When: Wednesday, May 23, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Where: The In & Out (Naval & Military Club), No. 4 St James’s Square, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4JU

GW alumni in the London area are cordially invited to a reception to meet Doug Guthrie, dean of the GW School of Business.  Dean Guthrie will discuss his dynamic vision for the University’s international expansion as GW launches a new strategic plan.  For more information and to register, visit http://www.business.gwu.edu/alumni/london.

Dean Guthrie was joined on Wednesday, May 2, by Dean David Dolling of GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science for a talk titled “Transforming the Economy from the Nation’s Capital.” Alumni from around the region joined the deans in Tyson’s Corner to hear insights about how Washington and industry leaders can partner on innovative ideas that will ignite an economic renaissance and the connection between business, engineering and economic growth.

The panel discussion at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Md., drew over 300 alumni and guests.   In addition to Guthrie, the panel included GW Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen, GW Homeland Security Policy Institute Director Frank Cilluffo and Leo Chalupa, GW’s vice president of research.

The panel discussion was the second in a two-part series featuring various GW experts on cyber security. The first panel took place last fall in New York City.

Dean Guthrie, second from left, listens as GW Law Professor Jeffrey Rosen makes a point during a panel discussion last week on cyber security. To Guthrie's right are Frank Cilluffo, director of GW's Homeland Security Policy Institute, and Leo M. Chalupa, GW's vice president of research. (Photo by Dave Scavone)

Dean Guthrie gave introductory remarks on Monday, April 23, for The Growth Dialogue and their China Colloquium. Growth in China during this decade and beyond will hinge in large part on reform measures that assure steady gain in productivity and a rebalancing of demand away from exports and investment and towards domestic consumption. What such reforms are likely to entail and their implications for China’s performance was the focus of the lead speaker’s presentation at this Third China Colloquium. The discussion featured Professor Dwight H. Perkins, the Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University.

On April 9th, Dean Guthrie hosted the Q&A session for the Maxon Lecture on Effective Cybersecurity. The session focused on: balancing the imperative of globalisation with that of national security; the design of the Internet which makes it resilient but hampers information security; the political and social consequences of a network which empowers individuals.

Over the past weekend, the Chinese government announced that it was loosening up control over its currency. It now allows the Yuan to float within 1 percent, up or down, from the benchmark exchange rate against the U.S. dollar. This is another measured step down the path which eventually leads to a freely floating exchange rate. Dean Guthrie, interviewed on PBS’ Nightly Business Report, emphasizes the incremental and planned nature of change that characterizes most of Chinese economic policy.

On March 28th, Dean Guthrie delivered a talk entitled “China’s Capitalism: A Model for the U.S.?” at The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickson College located in Carlisle, PA. The Clarke Forum was created in 1994 to connect Dickinson students, faculty and members of the broader community with scholars, practicing professionals, artists, and activists through the sponsorship of lectures, seminars, conferences, and performances. By encouraging engagement with these visitors in ways that allow for dialogue and critical reflection, the Clarke Forum helps prepare students to become knowledgeable, productive, and intellectually active citizens and leaders.

GWSB and The Aspen Institute co-hosted a keynote lecture and book signing by Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of The Aspen Institute, on his New York Times best selling biography of Steve Jobs. To view a full video of the presentation, click here.

Dean Guthrie gave introductory remarks at the Aspen Institute’s Business Education Consortium on Monday, March 19, 2012. He was followed by Judith Samuelson, Executive Director of Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. The Consortium served as an opportunity for leaders of business schools to collaborate and strengthen undergraduate business education efforts and create a forum for peer learning. The two-day program, hosted by the George Washington School of Business, attracted approximately 120 attendees from 30 leading business schools.

Dean Guthrie gives remarks in Shanghai, China at “Voices and Opportunities from Washington DC“, an event organized to introduce the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Victor Hoskins, and the Director of Business Development and Strategy, David Zipper, to the Shanghai business community. The dean’s welcome is given in both Mandarin and English.

On February 16th, Dean Guthrie spoke to the students of Alpha Kappa Psi. The GW Chapter is one of GWSB’s more active student organizations. Dean Guthrie spoke to students about the relationship between the US and China in the 21st century.

On February 7th, Dean Guthrie welcomed the Dean of Holy Spirit University Faculty of Business and Commercial Studies to campus. Dean Nehme Azoury traveled from Jounieh, Lebanon to visit GWSB and attended a signing ceremony with Dean Guthrie to offer certificate programs on leadership in Lebanon and the Middle East. A reception was hosted in Dean Azoury’s honor.

Dean Guthrie took the stage with the GMBA band to perform guitar and vocals on “Proud Mary” and “Don’t Stop Believin’” at GWSB’s Business Gives Back fundraiser event. The student-led initiative brought together professors, alumni, and members of the D.C. business community to celebrate responsible management and social change for its second-annual event. This year’s event took place at the House of Sweden on the Georgetown Waterfront and recognized Dan Simons, BBA ’92 and Principal at Vucurevich Simons Advisory Group and Partner at Farmers Restaurant Group, with the first Business Gives Back Distinguished Alumni Award. All of the proceeds raised benefited three nonprofit organizations spearheaded by current GWSB students.

As a part of the ongoing Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series, Doug Kass, founder and president of Seabreeze Partners Management Inc., an investment management company, recently spoke at GWSB on “The Outlook and Some Surprises in 2012 for the Stock Market & U.S. Economy.”  Kass has written articles for Barrons and has been quoted in newspapers including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Washington Post. Kass is a frequent guest on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report, Street Signs, and Fast Money.  He serves as a guest host on the network’s Squawk Boxand has been seen on ABC’s Good Morning America and on NBC’s Today Show.

Special thanks to Steve Merdinger, BBA ’76 and GWSB Board of Advisor’s Member, for his help in bringing Doug to campus to speak.  You can follow Doug on Twitter @DougKass and can regularly read his articles at TheStreet.com.

Brian Herrman, BBA ’77 and GWSB Dean’s Board of Advisors member, is pictured here with students at the opening of a new joint Master of Science in Finance program, a partnership between GWSB and Renmin University of China International College.  Brian traveled to China last October and attended three GWSB events with Dean Doug Guthrie.  He drafted a memo of his observations to share with the GW community. Thank you Brian for your continued support of GWSB’s initiatives around the world.

Dean Guthrie welcomes business students to the First Year Development Program (FYDP) for Spring 2012, a required two-semester sequence of developmental experiences designed to enhance the GWSB education and begin preparation for future careers. FYDP incorporates the values of GWSB as articulated in the School’s Strategic Directions statement: Integrity, Leadership, Scholarship, Service and Relationships.

Dean Guthrie gives opening remarks at the Euro Challenge 2012, a global financial literacy program for the District of Columbia hosted by GW. The Euro Challenge exposes students to macroeconomics, global financial literacy and geo-political issues. Participating students will build critical thinking and leadership skills as they find solutions to real world economic and financial issues in a competitive forum. The event is hosted and sponsored by the School of Business European Union Research Center in partnership with the European Union Delegation to the USA and the World Affairs Council.

On November 10th, Dean Guthrie presented on a China panel at the Thunderbird School of Global Management’s Global Business Dialogue. His panel pondered the question “Will the Dragon Eat the World?” and was one of six regional panels discussing critical emerging economies of today and tomorrow. Also on the panel were Mr. Wei-Tai Kwok, Vice President of Marketing at Suntech Power; Mr. Sunder Kimatrai, SVP of Asia Pacific at Twentieth Century Fox International; and Mr. Peter Yam, Retired President of Emerson Greater China & Chairman of Emerson Electric (China) Holdings Co. Ltd. Moderating the panel was Dr. C. Roe Goddard, Associate Professor of Asia Studies at Thunderbird.

Dean Doug Guthrie introduced NYU Professor Joe Porac at the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

As part of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series, Joe Porac, the George Daly professor of business leadership at NYU’s Stern School of Business, focused on CEO celebrity status and how it affects the companies they work for.

“If you are singled out as a star CEO, you get paid more but your firm ultimately does worse,” said Porac.

In his lecture, “Positive and Negative Returns to Status Among Corporate and Political Elite,” Porac noted that, beginning in the 1990s, CEOs like General Electric Co.’s Jack Welch began to draw increased media attention and recognition, such as being ranked among business leaders in leading business and financial publications.

“The ’90s were a period when CEOs were portrayed as larger than life,” said Porac.

From 1990-2000, the number of articles written about CEOs in the Wall Street Journal mushroomed from 77 to 498 annually, he said, referring to a 2004 study. Most of those articles in the WSJ and three other publications (New York Times, USA Today and the Houston Chronicle) were “moderately positive,” he said.

At the same time, other CEOs gained notoriety as a result of financial scandals and wrongdoing, including Bernie Ebbers of WorldCom, who is serving a 25-year-sentence for his role in an $11 billion corporate case, and Kenneth Lay of Enron, who was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy in 2006 and died before sentencing, explained Porac.

Those CEOs who accrued good publicity— and metaphorical “performance medals” — were typically paid more on average than other business leaders. But the increase in pay was more a reflection of their celebrity than of their underlying quality or actual job performance, Porac said. Those CEOs who became superstars, like the late Steve Jobs of Apple, saw even greater gains.

“Stars get paid more, and the more of a star they are, the more they get paid,” he said.

Over time, high profiles can take their toll. Because they are famous and highly paid, star CEOs face higher expectations and are less likely to get honest feedback from peers, Porac said. They may take greater risks and become distracted from the work of steering their companies.

Companies led by luminaries also tend to do poorly relative to peer firms, in terms of stock market valuation, over the long-term, he said. Overall, these factors make star CEOs more likely to “fall from grace” than others.

Of 50 leading CEOs profiled in a 1999 book, about 26 percent had lost their jobs a decade later, Porac said. The involuntary termination rate for average CEOs was 8 percent from 1993-04, compared with 14 percent for those who’d won 3-4 medals, and 28 percent for those who’d won 5 or more.

As part of GWSB’s ongoing Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series, Joe Porac, the George Daly Professor in Business Leadership at NYU Stern School of Business, discusses how perceptions of elite CEOs change with increased recognition.

Last month, Dean Guthrie announced a joint Master of Science in Finance program with Renmin University of China.  Check out this highlight video of the announcement in Suzhou, China, featuring subtitles in both Chinese and English.

GW School of Business Dean Doug Guthrie announces a partnership with Renmin University of China International College to offer a joint program for Chinese students pursuing a Master of Science in Finance.

Also below, NYU-Stern Professor Scott Galloway and Maureen Mullen present on the study “L2 Prestige 100: China”. This study was developed by a team of experts from L2, a think tank for digital innovation, and Dean Guthrie. The brands included in the study were scored on more than 300 data points across four dimensions — site, digital marketing, social media and mobile. To download the complete rankings and key findings, visit this link.

Check out this time lapse video from the “Major Projects Lab: Ward 8″ Job Creation Summit GWSB co-hosted with the Washington DC Economic Partnership on September 20th.

As part of GWSB’s ongoing Dean’s Distinguished Lecture series, Victoria Johnson, Associate Professor of Organizational Studies at the University of Michigan, looks at the first botanical garden in the United States to understand what causes the demise of new institutions.

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Dean Doug Guthrie featured in the launching of Fleishman-Hillard’s Global China Practice.

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Dean Doug Guthrie addresses the Fall Conference of the National Association of Hospitals and Health Services.

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Dean Guthrie talks to students about leadership and success in a world marked by globalization.

First year GMBA student John McKiel, pictured with the Chinese Language & Culture club that he organized for GWSB students. The club meets weekly on Thursdays from 1pm-2pm on the 5th floor of Duques Hall, outside the Office of Graduate Programs.

Dean Doug Guthrie welcomes GWSB graduate students. In his remarks, the Dean discussed how globalization has changed the U.S. and world economies, and emphasized the critical need for ethics, values and social responsibility in both business and business education.

Dean Doug Guthrie stresses the vital role properly trained and ethically responsible leaders and managers must play in an increasingly complex global business environment.

In his welcoming remarks to the Global MBA Class of ’13, Dean Doug Guthrie speaks about the global economy and the concept of corporate embeddedness. The Dean also encourages the students to make a difference not just a living.

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GWSB Dean Doug Guthrie spoke with Executive Leaders Radio on March 3 about his vision for the GW School of Business, about growing up in a suburb of Pittsburgh and how his experiences shaped his career path. Click here to listen to the interview.

“Innovation in the Chinese Mode,” by Dean Doug Guthrie, was published in the July 22 issue of Science magazine.

During a July trip to China, Dean Doug Guthrie reflects on the United States’ persistently negative views of China at a time when people should be focusing on how brilliantly its economy is run.

Dean Doug Guthrie discusses the mindset required to be an effective leader at any level within an organization.

The first group of STAR EMBA candidates at GWSB include (clockwise from bottom right): YeRushia Brown, Octavia McDougle, Danisha Rolle, Kim Starks, Dominique Dawes, Alessia McIntosh, Michelle Lau, Adriana Green, Hannibal Navies, Stockar McDougle, Rocky McIntosh, Anthony Adams, Dereck Faulkner, Isaiah Stanback, Justin Humphries, Samari Rolle, Brendon Ayanbadejo, Duane Starks, Sean James, Jimmie Johnson.

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Dean Doug Guthrie welcomes the inaugural class of the School’s new STAR (Special Talent, Access and Responsibility) EMBA program. The program, specially designed to serve athletes and celebrities who have not had a “traditional higher education path,” is the first fully accredited MBA curriculum in this field.