2009 News Archive
12/09/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management is being tapped by the U.S. Force’s Iraq Training and Advisory Mission and the Iraqi government to provide executive development for senior officials in the...
12/01/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management has developed its first professional certificate program to help current and retired NFL players secure their futures beyond football.
The two-week business...
11/18/2009
Even though off-shoring is controversial in the United States, foreign direct investment is unavoidable for multinational companies that want to survive in today’s global economy. But when making...
11/16/2009
A leadership development program for some of the world’s top social sector organizations last spring was so successful, Thunderbird School of Global Management and the American Express Foundation...
11/13/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor of Global Finance Jarl Kallberg, Ph.D. will facilitate a CFO Alliance roundtable “The Changing Role of the CFO: CFOs and the Current State of the...
11/11/2009
Psychometric assessment could change way global businesses compete
After five years of research involving companies and executives from around the world, Thunderbird School of Global Management has...
11/09/2009
ExxonMobil Corporation announced that $2 million has been contributed in departmental grants to 87 colleges and universities throughout the country to support various academic programs. Through this...
11/06/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Karen Walch, Ph.D., will be a keynote speaker at the Arizona Women’s Leadership Forum’s tenth annual Leadership Fall Symposium 8:30 a.m. Thursday,...
10/30/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management will break ground 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, on the restoration of a historic airfield control tower that helped American, British and Chinese pilots train...
10/27/2009
Fast Company co-founder and editor, author and columnist Alan Webber will speak at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Thunderbird School of Global Management. He will discuss his book, "Rules of Thumb: 52...
10/27/2009
The Lincoln Center for Ethics in Global Management and Thunderbird School of Global Management’s Student Honor Council will host the president and CEO of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable...
10/26/2009
Twenty women entrepreneurs and businesswomen from Jordan will graduate 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30 from Thunderbird School of Global Management’s inaugural Supporting Entrepreneurs and Enterprise...
10/23/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management will host prospective students and accepted applicants for a Preview Weekend Nov. 6-8.
Participants will get a taste of Thunderbird life including overviews...
10/21/2009
Project leaders navigating in the global economic downturn must manage with less time, smaller budgets and fewer people on their teams. With this in mind, Thunderbird School of Global Management is...
10/19/2009
Thunderbird’s highly successful Global MBA for Latin American Managers program will be offered to students at its Glendale, Ariz., campus for the first time beginning next fall.
The 11-year-old...
10/16/2009
Online discussion established in response to global financial crisis
Thunderbird School of Global Management President Ángel Cabrera has been invited to join the Washington Post “On Leadership Panel...
10/15/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management is offering the 14th annual Advanced Management Program for Oil and Gas Industry Executives on Thunderbird’s Glendale, Ariz. campus Nov. 9-20. The rigorous...
10/12/2009
Women entrepreneurs given skills they need to launch and grow their businesses
Twenty women entrepreneurs and businesswomen from Jordan will advance their business skills by attending Thunderbird...
10/09/2009
Thunderbird School of Global Management is pleased to announce that G. Kelly O’Dea has been elected Chairman of the school’s Board of Trustees. The school also welcomes Lee A. McIntire, as its newest...
10/05/2009
Four new faculty members have joined Thunderbird School of Global Management. Seigyoung Auh, Ph.D., and Andreas Schotter, Ph.D., joined the full-time faculty and Melinda McClelland, Ph.D., and Firdos...
