CIB Online Spring 2008

The Center for International Business at Tuck held its first annual Tuck Global Capital Markets Conference on February 15. "The leadership here at the Tuck School was prescient, even clairvoyant, in scheduling a conference on global capital markets at this time--the timing could not be better," said David McCormick, under secretary for international affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in his address on open investment and American prosperity. The Keynote Address was delivered by Frederic Mishkin, Member of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve. Experts such as Gordon Dyal D'83 T'87, Head of Global M&A at Goldman, Sachs, and Robert Leary, Chairman & CEO of ING Investment Management Americas, discussed issues ranging from competition among global financial centers to the rise of sovereign wealth funds. Senior financial services professionals from across the United States attended the conference which was covered by over 35 news outlets.

Click here to access conference transcripts and slides.

The TGC program sent 83 students to complete projects for 11 clients in 22 countries. "It was the largest number of projects completed in any one time period during the past 11 years," said John Owens T'61, director of the TGC Program. Tuck teams worked in six new countries this year, notably Argentina and Chile in Latin America and Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE in the Middle East. Click here to view interviews with the Flagstone RE , John Deere, Cisco, Thomson-Scientific, and Microsoft teams.

To learn more about the Tuck Global Consultancy Program, click here.

"Fun", "Educational", "Inspirational". These are some of the comments we've received from people who've attended the Tuck Country Chat series. Coordinated by the Tuck International Club, with support from the Center for International Business and the MBA Program Office, this series of student-led presentations are designed to provide the greater Tuck community with an opportunity to learn more about different countries in an informal setting. Click on these links to view the slides for the first three talks of the season: Kenya, Belgium, and India.

The Country Chat series will continue with the following presentations: Iran - March 27; Japan - April 3; Boliva - April 10 and others through mid May. Look for posters and emails with more details. All chats are scheduled in the Rosenwald Classroom from 12 - 1 pm and are open to the Tuck and Dartmouth community.

Foreign Investment and U.S. Jobs
Professor Matthew Slaughter appears on CNBC to discuss the benefits of multinational companies setting up shop in the U.S. "These foreign companies that are establishing and expanding operations here, they tend to be very good companies," says Slaughter.

The Evolution of the Newspaper Industry in the Electronic Era
Alan Murray, Executive Editor Online for The Wall Street Journal, shares his insights on the challenges and opportunities of running a newspaper in today's highly competitive electronic marketplace. (Interview by MBA Fellow Deepika Chauhan T'08) More on Alan Murray

Tuck '07 Opens New Office in India for Parthenon
Sumit Saxena T'07 speaks to us from Mumbai, India about why he chose the Tuck School to pursue his MBA and how his Tuck education has helped him be successful in his current position as Principal of The Parthenon Group in Mumbai, India. (Interview by MBA Fellow Dan Boldin T'08)

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Tuck Dialogues on Europe, a new series of cultural and educational events focused on Europe, has been launched by the Tuck International Club and the Center for International Business. Mark the following events on your calendar:

At Tuck:

April 1	Richard Bertasi T'88 Vice President & General Manager, Global Workplace Solutions, EMEA, Johnson Controls
April 4	Europe-Themed Cocktail Party, Stell Hall, 5-7 pm
April 9	David Calhoun, Chairman, Executive Board & CEO, The Neilsen Company (a Dutch/American Company)
April 15	Guillermo Ansaldo T'89, General Manager, Telefónica España

On Dartmouth Campus:

Ongoing	Visit Europe at the Hood
April 5	FILM: Am Ende kommen Touristen
April 18	Palladio and the Politics of Classical Architecture
May 14	From Stone to Flesh: The European Encounter with the Buddha
May 20	Eurovision Song Contest