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UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School picks new dean

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 1, 2023

Mary Margaret Frank, the associate dean for faculty development at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, will be the next dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Student entrepreneurs showcase startup ideas at TriVent – 7 win up to $25,000

Posted by Jen McFarland | May 2, 2023

Dozens of students descended onto UNC’s campus Sunday for the opportunity to pitch their great startup idea to a panel of judges. Seven went home winners at the first TriVent competition.

Workers & artificial intelligence: The must-have skills for new era that’s upon the world

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Mar 1, 2023

Artificial intelligence will definitely change how professional work is done. Will AI replace humans in these cognitive professions, much as machines have replaced humans performing manual labor? When answering this question, there are a few possible scenarios to consider.

Here are the ‘must-have’ skills for the AI future, according to UNC professor

Posted by Jason Parker | Feb 24, 2023

Artificial intelligence will be interacting much more directly with humans—and doing so in a more human manner. Here are the skills you need.

Volatility, dollars and you: The only certain thing about the economy is uncertainty

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 19, 2023

As we entered 2023, the global economy stood “on a razor’s edge,” the World Bank warned in its latest projections. Add to that a divided Congress with razor-thin majorities, political wrangling over the debt ceiling, and increasingly frequent catastrophic weather events, and it leaves one wondering where we are all headed.

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School dean resigns

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 20, 2022

The search is on for a new dean at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School after Doug Shackleford resigned as of Monday.

Employee ownership in the spotlight: Should companies buy into it?

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 4, 2022

Pete Stavros of KKR & Co. founded Ownership Works, a new initiative backed by 19 private equity firms, with the objective of reducing income inequality by increasing employee share ownership. The group has prominent backers and a lofty goal of creating $20 billion in wealth in 10 years. As a researcher who has worked on employee share ownership and the benefits it can create, I was encouraged by the news. But…

Biden, Congress, economy: ‘Either a lot of things will get done, or nothing will get done,’ say UNC experts

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jan 20, 2021

In a detailed analysis of the economy as Joe Biden is sworn in as president and with a deeply divided Congress awaiting him, a team of experts at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise – part of UNC Kenan-Flagler School of Business – spell out challenges and opportunities to improving the US economy. This portion of the report focuses on the politics – and the need to make deals.