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George E.L. Barbee

Barbee’s 45-year innovative business career took him across 40 countries. As an entrepreneur, he founded three companies and worked with a number of Fortune 100 companies, including Gillette, IBM, GE, PricewaterhouseCoopers and PepsiCo.

Painful Insecurity: Economics and Physical Distress

Embrace uncertainty — it’s the only surety in life, we’re often told. New research suggests these words may be easier said than done, particularly when it comes to financial uncertainty.

Becoming Ambicultural: Managing Business and Beyond

An ambicultural mindset applied to business, or to any enterprise, embraces the possibility for long-term relationships among multiple parties, from managers and policymakers to industries and customers, from organizations to societies and nations.

C-Suite Insights With Scott Beardsley: PwC CFO Carol Sawdye

Darden Dean Scott C. Beardsley interviews Carol Sawdye, vice chair and CFO of PricewaterhouseCoopers and alumna of the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce.

Buy Low-Growth Firms

Darden Professor Michael Schill discusses a surprising investment strategy: Buy low-growth firms. Firms expanding their assets bring a lower annual return.

Luca Cian

Cian’s area of marketing expertise encompasses consumer behavior and psychology, specifically as related to sensory marketing and social cognition.

Positioning Your Positioning: High Rationality and Low Emotion

Vertical position matters in marketing communications. Recent research shows a new finding about verticality: Deciding whether to place promotional content higher or lower is especially important when the appeal of a product — from sports cars, food items and health care products to any number of tangible or intangible

C-Suite Insights With Scott Beardsley: ADT CEO Naren Gursahaney

Darden Dean Scott C. Beardsley interviews alumnus Naren Gursahaney (MBA ’89), president and CEO of ADT Security Services.

Scott C. Beardsley

Scott C. Beardsley is the ninth dean of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and a chaired professor in the Strategy, Ethics and Entrepreneurship area.

Six Critical Factors to a Global Career

The Darden editorial team recently sat down with alumnus Scott Price (MBA ’90), executive vice president and chief administration officer of Walmart International and president and CEO of Walmart Asia, for a discussion on how to best prepare for a global career path.