During January’s Mergers & Acquisitions module Dick Hackborn joined Dean, Pat Shannon, and the second year EMBA class members to discuss the HP-Compaq merger and his 33 year career at Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Hackborn served first at Director level positions, then at VP levels of various businesses, ending his career as Chairman of HP in [...]
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Holiday Negotiation Greetings
December 11, 2010 – 11:44 am
The winter holiday season is a good time to refresh the spirit of collaborative negotiation. What can be better for the holidays than fostering situations that benefit everyone involved as much as possible? Negotiators with the spirit of the season still ask for a discount when doing that holiday shopping or end-of-year deal, but remember [...]
EMBA 3′s Enjoy A Laugh
November 24, 2010 – 6:39 pm
EMBA 3 participants Gary Thompson, Terence Longhurst and Mike Henderson enjoy a lighter moment during their November class session. The 3 day module titled “Turnarounds” covered concepts and actions involved in rescuing distressed business units and organizations. Both traditional classroom sessions and “live” cases were used during the module and included guest executive instructors Dan [...]
EMBA 3 Participants Travel to Vietnam
October 12, 2010 – 4:40 pm
As part of their International Residency Week, the second year Executive MBA participants experience international business up close and personal. This year Boise State University EMBA students again travel to one of the world’s fastest growing economies, Hanoi, Vietnam. This year’s trip will take place the week of October 25th, 2010. Follow their experiences “LIVE” [...]
New Execs Build Study Teams
September 29, 2010 – 10:59 am
During Opening Residency at Sun Valley the new Executive MBA class members participated in numerous team building activities to form their study groups that facilitate learning throughout the two years of the EMBA Program. Additionally the new execs learned strategy, negotiating, and change management.
Doing Business in Emerging Markets
September 28, 2010 – 2:26 pm
As the second year EMBA class prepares to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam for its International Residency in October class members are studying about Vietnam’s exploding economy, culture, and doing business in Vietnam before they leave the United States. In preparation they are scouring business publications and newspapers for the latest news to help them with [...]
EMBA 3′s end year one with a smile
July 2, 2010 – 11:33 am
EMBA 3 participant Carl Marcum enjoys a lighter moment during the final session of year one for his cohort. The EMBA 515, Fostering Innovation module came to a close with presentations to a top level VC panel, lessons on social media and some “special” training on business Improv. Sessions were held at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival [...]
Business Simulation Enhances EMBA’s Understanding of Foreign Investment
April 24, 2010 – 2:25 pm
Professor Meredith Taylor, an expert in international law and business, led the Foreign Investment Negotiation Simulation (FINS) with the EMBA 3 class during March and April as part of the Competitive Advantage course modules. Executive MBA teams are assigned “roles” as either countries or organizations and engage in negotiations with the goal of maximizing the [...]
Creating a More Competitive Boise
March 31, 2010 – 4:27 pm
In March the EMBA 3 group used posters and informal presentations to show their ideas on how to make the city of Boise more competitive. Teams used lessons from the classroom to generate their ideas, design their posters and develop their short presentations. Included in the guest panel of “judges” were: Mark Rivers (BoDo Developer), [...]
Creation and Protection of Trade Secrets
March 24, 2010 – 2:39 pm
In January 2010 a federal judge in Pennsylvania issued an injunction prohibiting a senior vice president of Bimbo’s Bakeries USA, Inc. from taking an executive position at Hostess Inc. The key issue in the case involved the famous “nooks and crannies” in Thomas’ brand English muffins (made by Bimbo’s). The court ruled that Chris Botticella’s [...]