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 Dear Alumni and Friends, The
current economic crisis and events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and
the terrorist attacks in Mumbai have made risk management one of the
hot topics for business schools around the country. Robinson has been a
leader in risk management education at the undergraduate and graduate
levels, and we are making an even greater commitment by adding new
faculty and expanding our research through an entire new center
dedicated to the economic analysis of risk.
In this issue of State of Business, you will read about CEAR, the Center
for the Economic Analysis of Risk, and learn how executives handle risk
in everyday situations. An individual who considers dealing with risk
one of the most important aspects of his job is Robinson alumnus Eric
Joiner, the co-founder and vice chairman of AJC International, Inc., a
world leader in the trading and distribution of frozen and refrigerated
food products as well as in logistics and logistics services. For Eric,
managing risk (such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, and animal
diseases) is something he deals with on a daily basis.
In the
story beginning on page 12, Eric discusses some of the risks he has
managed in building his billion-dollar business. While the stories on
Eric and others delve into corporate risk, Robinson’s Personal
Financial Planning Director Conrad Ciccotello tells us what advice he
gives students on managing their own finances during these turbulent
economic times. Rajeev Dhawan, director of the College’s Economic
Forecasting Center, provides his first quarterly forecast for 2009. We
also have a special feature which looks at business news from behind
the camera with Bill Liss, business news reporter for Atlanta’s NBC
affiliate, WXIA -TV. We hope you enjoy this issue. Please let us know
your comments.
H. Fenwick Huss
Dean
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