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C-Suite Insights With Scott Beardsley: Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy

What is entrepreneurship all about? Converting an idea into jobs and wealth? Deferred gratification? Trust in a team and value system?

Greenwashing: In the Eye of the Beholder

Greenwashing is whitewashing, or hypocrisy, in the business world with regard to environmental claims. It’s when a company presents a façade of being “green,” or doing something environmentally friendly, while not fully living up to that claim — usually in order to gain the favor of consumers, activists or the wider public.

6 Strategies for Resolving — and Preventing — Workplace Conflict

Professor Kristin Behfar sat down with UVA Today to share six tips for doing away with — or at least minimizing — the day-to-day frustrations that crop up despite our best intentions.

Designing for Growth: 5 Keys to Innovation

Even large bureaucracies like the Veterans Administration and IBM now use design thinking principals to explore the experiences of key stakeholders searching for insights into better client service.

A ‘Game-Changing’ Election and the Likely Path Forward for Investors

Nick Sargen, a Darden lecturer and chief economist at Fort Washington Investment Advisors, published Global Shocks: An Investment Guide for Turbulent Markets, a book that offered advice on managing investments through periods of unexpected turmoil.

Work in the US: The Tenuous Present and Uncertain Future

Darden Professor Bob Bruner and Miller Center Senior Fellow Chris Lu discuss the future of work in the U.S. and the changes technology will continue to bring.

Strategy Beyond Markets: The Intersection of Business, Public Policy and Ethics

From government regulators and environmental activists to human rights watchdog organizations and other special interest groups — “nonmarket” forces have proliferated in recent years, creating a need for companies to develop a careful, more proactive approach to such external factors and pressures.

2017 Economic Forecast: Uncertainty Looms

Darden Professor Alan Beckenstein and colleague Nick Sargen examine the Fed’s projections for the U.S. economy and offer their own for 2017.

Active vs. Passive Funds: The Mutual Fund Shell Game

Are the fees for actively managed mutual funds worth the cost? Although that debate is far from settled, the consensus seems to be “it depends."