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IN Exchange: Fair Trade and New Orleans Made January 12, 2010 This is the story of Tulane University Student Erica Trani’s attempt to create a market for craft items and artworks where the creator is paid a fair value for the item. With help from Tulane ...

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Wichita State and The World: Steve Farmer April 04, 2009 Dr. Steven Farmer of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University discusses research-based strategies for his book, “Building the Creative Worker: Leadership and Creative ...

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Strengthening Our Relationship in the Years Ahead April 04, 2009 Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and former Secretary of Transportation, speaks about the changing dynamics of U.S.-Japan relations at the Fourth Annual Atsuhiko and ...

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Welcome and Introduction February 12, 2009 Host Jacqueline Weaver introduces this series of experts in law, history, economics, social science, business, science and engineering, and touches on the topics of the day. Experts in this ...

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Wally Smith, REI February 12, 2009 Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) focuses on growth in a niche retail market of outdoor goods. REI is a cooperative, owned by 1.4 million members and founded 60 years ago to provide technical ...

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USC Presents...USC CloseUp: USC School of ... February 12, 2009 In 1929, Actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and USC’s President, Rufus von KleinSmid, founded what has become the USC School of Cinema-Television.  Since 1973 not a year has passed ...

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USC Presents...USC CloseUp: The new USC School ... February 12, 2009 With hundreds of students, alumni, faculty and supporters on hand, USC’s cinema program celebrated a record-breaking $175 million gift from filmmaker George Lucas' Lucasfilm ...

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USC Presents...USC CloseUp: The Installation ... February 12, 2009 As of June 1, 2005, C.L. Max Nikias was officially named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California. His official installation, presided over ...

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USC Presents USC CloseUp with Professor ... February 12, 2009 Professor Rebecca Weintraub of the USC Annenberg School for Communication comments about her experiences moving a campus based class to online instruction.

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USC Presents USC CloseUp with Dr. Ann Kirschner February 12, 2009 Ann Kirschner, founder of Fathom (the first online knowledge network) at Columbia University, is interviewed about this groundbreaking and innovative Internet portal.

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Unsustainable Patterns February 12, 2009 Sanford E. Gaines examines the past and future effect of oil consumption on the environment. Gaines’s recent scholarship concerns relationships between trade policy and environmental protection, ...

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Women Entrepreneurs: Helen Rockey/Marjie Peterson February 12, 2009 Helen Rockey and Marjie Peterson detail how they built their companies and how women and men differ as business owners. Both Rockey and Peterson have led companies that have shown impressive ...

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Wireless Future of E-Business February 12, 2009 Many believe that the future of e-business lies in widespread wireless adoption, but the wireless world is changing so rapidly that one needs real-time wireless access just to keep up. In this ...

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Why You Need M-Business February 12, 2009 M-Business is shifting from the realm of vision to execution. As a result, questions have shifted from "should I do mobile business?" to "how can mobility create ...

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Why Development is Important to the United ... February 12, 2009 Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, World Bank Group’s ninth president since 1946, visited the University of Southern California on March 4, 2004.  During that visit he addressed a large ...

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When Do Green Values Pay Off For Big Business? February 12, 2009 Jared Diamond talks about big business and their considerations in choosing ecologically-friendly practices. He discusses cases such as Papua New Guinea’s oil fields and Chevron's work in ...

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What Happens When Good Software Goes Bad and ... February 12, 2009 Manageability - including security, scalability, maintenance, reliability, and recovery from localized failures - is a topic of increasing importance in business automation design. Because ...

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The USC Law School’s 2005 Roth Lecture February 12, 2009 The USC Gould School of Law presents the 23rd Lester W. Roth Lecture held on the USC campus. This year’s speaker, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana), delivers a timely and effective keynote ...

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Welcome and Travel the Road from 1969 to the ... February 12, 2009 Opening remarks by Gerhard Casper, president of Stanford University. The four most recent deans of the Stanford business school talk about leading one of the nation’s best business schools into ...

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Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Change February 12, 2009 Sometimes the world’s social problems can not or should not be addressed by government.  Enter the Social Entrepreneur. These innovative people have found solutions to many ...