University of Chicago Booth School of Business Podcast Series

Mark Leavitt,’83, CIO, Union Square Hospitality and Danny Meyer, CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group and Founder of Shake Shack, share their experiences as part of the Fireside chat series hosted by Alumni relations office. The chat is moderated by Dean Stacey Kole.

CFO of Coolplanet and former EVP and CFO of Vonage and Nextel, Barry Rowan discusses his experiences as part of Navigating the grey speaker series. He is joined by Linda Rowan, his wife, who is a CPA with experience in public and industry accounting and has served on numerous non-profit boards and committees. The session is chaired by Dean Stacey Kole.

Entrepreneur, investor and adventurer, Bryan Johnson, MBA '07 discusses his experience as the founder of OS Fund and Braintree, an online and mobile payments provider.

This podcast features Bob Mariano '87, CEO and Chairman of Roundy's and Maria Kim '12, CEO and President of The Cara Program. They share their learning experience and the journey to becoming a CEO. The discussion is moderated by Professor Ram Shivakumar, clinical professor of economics and strategy.

Marianne Bertrand, the Chris P. Dialynas Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, discusses her research on the pay gap as well as some new findings on corporate board quotas.

Nicholas Epley, professor of behavioral science, debunks some dangerous myths about gender differences. Prof. Epley is the author of "Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want". This talk kicked off the Annual CWiB (Chicago Women in Business) Open House event.

Dean Sunil Kumar interviews Rick Kimball,’83, about his career. Rick, a co-founder of Technology Crossover Ventures, has been a venture capitalist and technology investor for 30 years. Rick has been recognized numerous times by Forbes on its Midas List as one of the industry’s top technology investors. He graduated Cum Laude from Dartmouth College with an A.B. degree in History and received his M.B.A. with an emphasis in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

This podcast features David Booth, MBA '71, and professor Eugene Fama. The discussion, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder, looks at Mr. Booth's co-founding of Dimensional Fund Advisors, which pioneered small cap investing, as well as the continuing contribution professor Fama and his research have made to the firm.

Booth faculty members Steve N. Kaplan, Tobias Moskowitz and Luigi Zingales spoke at a Myron Scholes Global Market Forum event sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets. They offered advice to MBA students about making ethical decisions on the job.

Steven N. Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance spoke at a Myron Scholes Global Market Forum event sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets. He approaches the questions is by examining the relationship between CEO pay and performance.

Associate Professor of Finance Amir Sufi talked to students at a Becker Brown Bag Series sponsored by the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory about research that suggests household leverage plays an important role in recessions.

John H. Cochrane, AQR Capital Management Professor of Finance spoke at a Myron Scholes Global Market Forum event sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets. He discusses his research on fiscal and monetary policy in 2008 – 09 as he seeks to determine whether the U.S. is headed for a large fiscal inflation, and what that inflation will look like.

AQR Capital Management Professor of Finance John H. Cochrane talked to students at a Becker Brown Bag Series sponsored by the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory about proposed solutions to public policies distorting the health care market.

In the midst of the worst recession since the 1930s, six Chicago Booth faculty members reexamined the role of government in the economy at a special forum at the 57th annual Management Conference in Chicago. Veteran journalist Ray Suarez moderated the panel.

The Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank's Global Group, Malcom Knight, spoke at a Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum on the need to address regulatory arbitrage across financial and geographical borders.

New York Times columnist David Brooks examines the new political landscape ushered in by Barack Obama’s election. Brooks spoke at an event sponsored by the Initiative on Global Markets.

Michael Gibbs, Clinical Professor of Economics, presents research that takes an innovative look at mergers. In the current economic climate, his study of the integration costs of mergers offers some cautionary lessons. Professor Gibbs presented his findings at a Becker Brown Bag series lecture.

This broadcast features the 2009 Business Forecast with Chicago Booth faculty members Marvin Zonis and Erik Hurst along with Michael Mussa, senior fellow at The Peterson Institute for International Economics. Held in 8 cities around the world, speakers at this annual event offer their insights on factors affecting the global economy and their outlook for the coming year.

Danny Leipziger was Vice Chair of the Commission on Growth and Development which undertook a two year study of policies and strategies that underlie rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. Mr. Leipziger, who is also Vice President for Poverty Reduction and Economic Management at the World Bank discusses the Commission’s findings.

This broadcast features faculty member and former Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner talking about the financial crisis and reform. He discussed his first-hand experiences including the Bear Stearns meltdown at a Global Leadership Series event in London.

Brian Barry, John Cochrane, Steven Kaplan and Raghuram Rajan offer their perspectives on some likely consequences as well as possible steps to resolve it and lessen its impact without setting terrible precedents. The panel was the wrap-up for a four part series hosted by the Initiative on Global Markets.

Leszek Balcerowicz, former deputy prime minister and minister of finance of Poland, discusses transitional economies at a Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum event. Mr. Balcerowicz had an enormous influence on his country’s quick transformation from a communist to market-driven economy.

This broadcast features Steven Kaplan, Neubauer Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, speaking at the 2008 Management Conference. He shares his research on how successful CEOs are efficient, proactive, and persistent.

This broadcast features Jesse Shapiro, assistant professor of economics addressing a Becker Brown Bag Lunch for students. He shares his research into media bias and demonstrates that media demand is linked to broader economic forces.

This broadcast features two CEOs, Bill McComb, of Liz Claiborne Inc., and Andris Cukurs, Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation. Both are GSB alumni and were participating in the Charles M. Har per Road to CEO series. They shared their views and experiences with students in an informal fireside chat.

This broadcast features Gururaj Deshpande, the billionaire chairman of Sycamore Networks, addressing the TechVision 2008 conference which looked at key issues and trends in high tech. Deshpande predicted technology innovation will focus on energy and life sciences.

This broadcast features a Gordon Crovitz, former publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Crovitz looks at the question of “How Will Newspapers Survive?” and discusses how identifying and exploiting change can make old media new again. He highlights five change that can help newspapers.

Daniel Esty, professor of environmental law and policy at Yale University, talks about how CEO’s can turn “Green into Gold”. His remarks focus the growing trend where businesses take environmental issues into account when developing their core strategy.

Ralph Alvarez, president and COO of McDonalds, talks about strategy and why getting the basics right are important. As Alvarez discussed, "when you have a problem, you get permission to make radical changes."

This broadcast features the CEO of Credit Suisse Group, Brady Dougan, AB ’81, MBA ’82. Dougan discusses innovation in an industry he feels “recreates itself every 20 years or so.”

When it comes right down to it, marketing is about making money, said Sergio Zyman, chairman and founder of Zyman Group and former chief marketing officer of the Coca-Cola Company. “My philosophy of marketing is the philosophy of business, which is to sell more stuff to more people more often for more money more efficiently,” Zyman said in a keynote address at a conference hosted by student-led Chicago Booth Marketing Group October 15 at the Harper Center.

This broadcast features James Kilts, MBA '74 and former CEO of Gillette. Kilts shares advice from his new book Doing What Matters: How to Get Results That Make a Difference – The Revolutionary Old-School Approach at Chicago Booth Global Leadership Series.

The rise of capitalism in China doesn't mean they're becoming more like the West says Tom Doctoroff, '89, CEO of J. Walter Thompson's Greater China division and author of "Billions". He discusses common mistakes corporations make when doing business in China.

This broadcast features William McComb, '87, CEO of Liz Claiborne and Mary Ann Tolan, '92 (XP-61), founder and CEO of Accretive Health, moderated by Dean Edward Snyder. They discuss how to make goals specific and simple enough to enable the enterprise, teams and individual employees to implement them. The panel was part of the 55th Annual Management Conference.

Despite fierce economic competition provided by such emerging countries as Pakistan and China, the developed world must resist the temptation to legislate economic security, according to Baroness Valerie Amos, leader of the House of Lords and lord president of the council of the United Kingdom.

There's nothing like a little competition to suddenly boost productivity. Competition forced miners to double the amount of iron ore they dug per hour, as told in one case study. In another, competition forced concrete companies to become more efficient or go under, said Chad Syverson, associate professor of economics at the University of Chicago and a productivity specialist. Syverson spoke to students and faculty at a Brown Bag lunch lecture hosted by The Becker Center of Chicago Price Theory and sponsored by Vishal Verma, '07 (XP-76), May 10 at the Charles M. Harper Center.

Former President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, took a historical look at the risks threatening globalization's resilience. Currently the director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Zedillo reminded attendees at the Myron Scholes Global Markets Forum Series of the "destructive power of government."

Increased demand for skilled workers has created wage inequality between those who have college degrees and those who don't in the United States, but the news isn't all bad, according to Kevin Murphy, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics.

Microfinance is not as a suite of social products, it's a platform for social development through business, according to Alex Counts, president of the Grameen Foundation.

This broadcast features Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, University Professor of Economics and of Sociology. The GSB's Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory hosted the first in a series of lunchtime discussions. Professor Becker talks about the benefits of setting a price for immigration.

This broadcast features Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance. Zingales is also a member of the Committee on Capital Market Regulation. He reports on the committee's findings regarding concerns that excessive regulation is stifling the public securities markets and causing U.S. markets to lose business to foreign competitiors.

The long string of major financial crises that beset emerging markets from 1994 to 2002 was caused by a variety of factors, according to John Taylor, former U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs. Among those were countries trying to peg their exchange rates while inflation at home exceeded inflation abroad. "Essentially that means your exchange rate gets out of line or overvalued," he said. "Eventually currencies depreciated. On top of that, many emerging-market countries had borrowed in dollars, but their earnings were in local currency. A sudden depreciation meant they had to pay a lot more dollars back, which led to a debt problem." The International Monetary Fund's unpredictable responses to the crises further complicated the problem, Taylor said.

At Chicago's Business School, Zonis teaches courses on International Political Economy, Leadership, and E-Commerce. He was the first professor at the Business School to teach a course on the effects of digital technologies on global business. He also consults to corporations and professional asset management firms throughout the world, helping them to identify, assess, and manage their political risks in the changing global environment. Zonis is a co-founder and Chairman of DSD, a software development company based in Moscow and Chicago. What unites these activities is Zonis' unique awareness of the intersections of politics, economics, and emergent technologies.

Michael Mussa, AM '70, PhD '74, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics. He served as Economic Counselor and Director of the Department of Research at the International Monetary Fund from 1991-2001, where he was responsible for advising the Management of the Fund and the Fund's Executive Board on broad issues of economic policy and for providing analysis of ongoing developments in the world economy. By appointment of President Ronald Reagan, Mussa served as a member of the US Council of Economic Advisers from August 1986 to September 1988. He was a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago (1976-91) and was on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester (1971-76).

Austan D. Goolsbee, Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics, currently works as a member of the U.S. Census Advisory Committee, a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a columnist for the New York Times.

Demographics are the "sleeper driver" that will affect several other trends, according to Paul Laudicina, managing officer and chairman of the board for A.T. Kearney. The author of World Out of Balance, he put demographics at the top of the list of five drivers of change; others include the "new consumer" and natural resources and environmental regulation and activism. "Demographics is clearly driving lots of the other trends," he said. "Certainly in the last 50 years we've had greater advances in life expectancy than in the last 5,000."

Hyperion executive chairman chats with Dean Snyder about how his view of leadership encompasses employees.

Former students and colleagues take a look at Friedman's intellectual contributions as well as his life.

UBS Investment Bank president Ken Moelis looks at the industry and his career.

Speaking at a Graduate Business Council event, Romney looked back at the tool set that had enabled him to meet new challenges throughout his career - from running the 2000 Olympics to providing health insurance for all Massachusetts residences.