It’s summertime. Time to sit on the front porch, or in the backyard, or at the beach, or on a plane or a train – and read a book!
Why? Because books can take us away! Books are magical time machines. They propel us into the future or take us back into the past. Books can [...]
Last month, Gregory Smith, a senior executive director of Goldman Sachs resigned. Turnover at the top is a common enough occurrence in big business, but Smith did it in a particularly high profile way. He wrote an open letter to The New York Times – “Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs,” March 14, 2012, and [...]
It has been quite a while since my last post. My fellow part-time MBA classmates can certainly identify with the fact that there are good months and bad months when balancing work and graduate school. This last month was one of those bad months for me. It was the perfect storm of increasing responsibilities at [...]
Ironically, this year, Tax Day is not on April 15, but April 17, so that we as a nation can honor and celebrate Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on April 16, which freed African-Americans from slavery.
But whatever the exact date our taxes are due, every year at this time a collective lament can be heard around the [...]
The juggernaut known as the Republican Presidential Primaries has been with us since the Iowa Caucuses in early January. The front page of most newspapers daily report on the major issues as well as the insignificant details regarding the candidates and their policies, their philosophy, and their private lives. At this point in the campaign [...]
According to Harvard Professor, Niall Ferguson, in his new book: Civilization: The West and the Rest, the rise of Western Civilization was and still is based on six key ingredients, which he calls the “Six Killer Apps” for progress and prosperity. These Apps, argues Ferguson, allowed the West to grow taller, healthier, richer, more powerful [...]
Friday evening, March 16th, the Loyola Chicago Graduate School of Business students, faculty and staff were treated to an evening of international food and fun. Loyola Chicago’s International Club took the lead and partnered with the GSB to present International Night 2012. We would like all GSB students to have at least one passport stamp [...]
According to a 24 yearlong study by Harvard Medical School, one of the key ingredients to a healthy and happy life is marriage — or, to break it down into one of marriages key domestic elements — living with somebody. The University of Chicago recently did a national survey on sex, and their findings also [...]
Daylight savings is upon us and it got me thinking about the old saying “time equals money”. In an effort to have some fun at the expense of this old adage, here are some examples that go against this famous line.
I recently had a chance to talk to the local ABC News affiliate about R.S. Owens, the Chicago company that is best known for manufacturing the Oscar statues handed out at the Academy Awards, and the possibility of the production of these statues moving to China: Supply Side of Oscars. It was my first experience [...]
Hi, everyone.
My name is Mary Ann McGrath, and I am a Professor of Marketing at Loyola University Chicago. This is the first edition of my blog, which is about Marketing in general, and specifics and the occasional curiosities of Consumer Behavior, which is my area of expertise.
I have recently returned to the U.S. after spending [...]
Check out this article in Crain’s Chicago Business. I’m a featured “digital dinosaur!” After you read this article, you’ll be shocked to learn that I actually own an iPad. And I’m blogging…and I LIKE IT!
As students, we’ve all had to complete this assignment at some point, as we’ve transitioned from summer’s lazy days into the fast pace of the new school year. So what do teachers do during the summer? For most of Loyola’s School of Business Administration professors, the months of May through [...]
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