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The Graziadio Business Report Releases Second 2010 Issue Online

The second issue of the 2010 Graziadio Business Report, which publishes four times annually, has hit the Web and can be read, shared and commented on at http://gbr.pepperdine.edu.  

As a scholarly online journal, the Graziadio Business Report (GBR) delivers relevant information and analysis for business, government, and non-profit managers. This edition touches on topics ranging from leading an organization through times of change, to improving healthcare information services with business service management concepts.

The GBR Blog produces video interviews with Graziadio School faculty and other thought leaders on how business managers can benefit from their research. Access the latest video interviews published on the blog here, or sign up for the GBR Blog RSS feed in a reader or by e-mail.

Highlights of this issue include a video interview with Davide Accomazzo, adjunct professor of finance, about "The Future of the Global Currency Imbalance," and an article titled "Real Options: The Value Added through Optimal Decision Making," co-authored by decision sciences assistant professor Warren J. Hahn.

Graziadio Dean Linda Livingstone interviewed Carl Schramm, the president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, and the two discussed economic recovery in post-conflict countries. Watch the video here.

Charles Delaney, associate professor in the Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University where he also is Director of the Real Estate program, contributes an editorial, "Commercial Real Estate is on the Brink," in which he examines whether commercial real estate will follow the downward trend of residential real estate.

The new issue also includes "Book Corner," in which various reviewers assess nine new business books such as Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up, by John Baldoni, and Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink.

The Graziadio Business Report is a publication of the Graziadio School of Business and Management of Pepperdine University. The next issue—Issue 3 of Volume 13—will unveil a fresh new design and a new name, the Graziadio Business Review. For more information or to subscribe, visit the Web site or contact the GBR staff at gbr@pepperdine.edu.