globalEDGE Business Beat - April 2018
Hosted by Jade Sims
On the Michigan Business Network site.
Speaker: David Closs, Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University
Air Date: April 05, 2018
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with David Closs who is the John H. McConnell Chaired Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.
Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Dr. Closs shares his view of why Michigan State University’s supply chain management brand is so amazingly strong worldwide, why MSU is ranked top in the world in undergraduate and graduate education in supply chain management, and what his focus is on today in the exciting space of supply chains to help companies drive the bottom-line. He also discusses MSU’s Axia Institute, formerly known as the Midland Research Institute for Value Chain Creation, and what it focuses on.
Speaker: Robert Hurley, Professor in the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University
Air Date: April 05, 2018
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Robert Hurley who is Professor in the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. He has been named one of the top 100 thought leaders on trust and The Washington Post selected his book, The Decision to Trust: How Leaders Create High-Trust Organizations, as one of the best leadership books.
Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.
Bob Hurley shares his views on trust and why it seems like it is in such short supply these days. He shares examples of companies and what they have done related to trust, tackles the notion that perhaps we are less trusting today, and ultimately what we should be teaching undergraduate and graduate students in Business Schools so that they can help build trustworthy organizations.
To hear their conversation please click on the embedded SoundCloud PodCast below.
Speaker: Andreas Waller, Director of Sales North America at Applied Nano Surfaces
Air Date: April 05, 2018
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Andreas Waller who is the Chairman of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Detroit and Director of Sales North America at Applied Nano Surfaces.
Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. In this segment, Andreas Waller focuses on his role with the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Detroit. Specifically, he talks about what SACC’s does in the region, who can join and why people should join, and what kind of events SACC’s offer to members and interested parties.
Speaker: Andreas Waller, Director of Sales North America at Applied Nano Surfaces
Air Date: April 05, 2018
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Andreas Waller who is Director of Sales North America at Applied Nano Surfaces. Applied Nano Surfaces focuses on innovative solutions for friction and wear reduction. Andreas Waller is also the Chairman of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Detroit.
Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. In this segment, Andreas Waller tells us about Applied Nano Surfaces, its core business of innovative solutions for friction and wear reduction, and what type of products the company offers. The company has a very Swedish team of directors and key personnel, and its headquarters in Tomas Hult’s hometown of Uppsala, Sweden. In that context, Andreas also shares some information about the company’s Swedish connection and background.
Speaker: Jeff Mason, CEO and President of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Air Date: April 05, 2018
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with Jeff Mason who is CEO and President of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. He was previously Executive Director of Michigan’s University Research Corridor – a partnership between University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University.
Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Jeff Mason talks about the core mission of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and what MEDC does for the state. As an example of MEDC’s impact, Michigan was recently ranked as a Top 10 Pro-Business State and as a Top 10 state for major new and expanded corporate facilities. In making these rankings happen, MEDC serves the state as an economic development engine, and Jeff shares information about the tools that Michigan has to attract companies to Michigan and also to help Michigan-based companies grow. He also talks about the fact that international trade is a critical component of Michigan’s economy, and highlights some of the ways MEDC works with Michigan companies to foster increased exports and international trade activity.