Thomas Campanella, executive director of BW's health care MBA program, provided expertise for the
Crain's Cleveland story, "
Another healthy giant is growing - Catholic Health Partners' acquisition of Kaiser adds to its formidable local base." Campanella told the business weekly that he sees Catholic Health Partners' interest in Northeast Ohio as a welcome development for health care consumers.
“Like in anything, in sports or whatever, competition brings out the best in everybody. For the region, it's a real positive situation. There are different players with different models of care."
Meantime, a voice of wisdom on finance and banking,
Kevin.Jacques, was heard in Beijing this week. BW's Boynton D. Murch Chair in Finance and former U.S. Treasury Department economist was interviewed by Zheng Chenguang for the
People in the Know broadcast in China.
Listen in as Jacques analyzes how China's credit rating agencies could become more influential and how the existing top raters might do a better job.
And, BW business professor
Mary Pisnar weighed in on "
Why Cleveland paint company Sherwin-Williams is on pace to become a $10 billion company." Pisnar told the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, "First of all, they have an amazing culture. It's one of the few companies that actually likes building talent internally. It isn't unusual to find employees that have been there 25 to 30 years, who've worked their way up."
Pisnar said Sherwin's culture has contributed to a workplace that's also very innovative about creating new products.
“Like in anything, in sports or whatever, competition brings out the best in everybody. For the region, it's a real positive situation. There are different players with different models of care."
