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MBA Grads Still
Have High-Growth/Technology Fever
Despite stock market gyrations
and other turmoil in
high-tech fields, more than
25 percent of the MBA class
of 2000 chose to join, start
or fund a technology company
or high-growth venture.
Wharton Adds 16 New Faculty
Sixteen new faculty have
joined Wharton. Arriving
from such places as Melbourne,
Australia; Silicon
Valley; Frankfurt, Germany;
Chicago and New York,
they will further augment
Wharton's existing expertise
in accounting, finance, law
and technology, human
resource management, electronic
commerce, marketing,
multinational management,
and operations and information
management.
Global Business
Forum Draws
Nearly 2,000
Corporate restructuring in
Asia, M&A in Europe and
funding and investment in
Africa were among the topics
addressed at the Wharton
2000 Global Business
Forum, held in November.
Helen Peters, PhD'79
Ignoring the View of
the Crowd
Helen Frame Peters is the first to
admit she's always enjoyed swimming
against the tide, starting with
her decision to pursue a PhD in
finance at Wharton during the
1970s – a time when professors
were apt to compare the peaks and
valleys of economic models to bikinis and mini skirts.
Wharton's
New e-Business
Initiative
The Internet is revolutionizing
business, driving a boom
in online entrepreneurship
and transforming bricks-and-mortar
companies around
the world. While the risks
and opportunities are undeniable,
experts say the winners
in this new economy
will be companies whose
leaders can embrace and
create change.
Alums Recognized
for Distinguished
Service
Argentinean businessman
Roberto G. Mestre, WG'72,
and Marc J. Rowan, W'84,
WG'85, a principal at
New York-based Apollo
Management LP, received
The Alumni Award for
Distinguished Service last
October at a gala and conference
launching Wharton's
Campaign for Sustained
Leadership.
New Endowed
Professorship at
Real Estate Center
John Bucksbaum, CEO of
one of the largest owners and
managers of shopping centers
in the U.S., is not a Wharton
alum. Nonetheless, Bucksbaum
was the
driving force
behind a recent
$2 million gift
to Wharton's
Zell/Lurie Real
Estate Center.
Wharton School
Goes West
Wharton has launched a
groundbreaking series of initiatives
on the West Coast,
including a California-based
executive MBA degree,
courses for traditional MBA
students, internships for
undergraduate students,
expanded executive education
offerings, and faculty
research projects.
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