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...current post represents “the pinnacle of the career path” that she has pursued for the past 25 years. But her early interests were not always tied to the esoteric world of university investment management that she has come to love.Jane Lisa Mendillo was born in 1959 in New Britain, Conn. Her father served as an executive for a medical technology company while her mother stayed home to care for Mendillo and her two brothers and two sisters. She attended the local public school and was passionate about classical music—an avocation that...
...ethical behavior among MBAs is not to frame “acting in an ethical manner” as a sacrifice—in which wealth is exchanged for virtue—but rather as an opportunity for gain through happiness. Ethical behavior (just like unethical behavior) can be born of self-interest. For everyone’s benefit, publicizing these findings from positive psychology might be just as important as oaths...
...Commencement approaches, Harvard likes to think it has helped to produce another class of leaders. But are leaders born or made? Is nature or nurture more important? I address these questions in my recent book, The Powers to Lead. How often have you heard someone say that a political candidate looks (or does not look) like a leader? A tall handsome person enters a room, draws attention, and “looks like a leader.” Various studies have shown that tall men are often favored, and corporate CEOs are taller than average. Moreover, tall men tend...
...Laibson ’88. In certain cases, some economists say, their lack of economic intuition may have caused them to make incorrect assumptions that biased the models.One of the quantitative modeling concepts that has come under heaviest fire is Value at Risk, which, unlike Black-Scholes, was born of the demands of the trading floor.VaR projects the maximum loss a company will suffer in a given day assuming typical market conditions, such as 95 or 99 percent of the time. Senior management can then control the risks assumed by the firm by directing traders to increase or decrease...
...Born Sept. 29, 1948, in Watertown, N.Y. Currently lives in Pierrepont Manor...