Walker center helping businesses grow MyndSparc Enterprises, a new Valley-based enterprise, announced today it has taken residence at the Thunderbird Global Entrepreneurship Incubator (TGEI) at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Ariz. > more

Thunderbird produces ‘Paper of the Year’ again For the second year in a row, Thunderbird School of Global Management’s esteemed faculty produced the “Paper of the Year” in the Academy of Management Perspectives journal. > more

Career path leads alumna to top post at U.S. Trust Thunderbird alumna Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa speaks English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and some German. But as president of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, her message as a woman banker resonates in any language. > more

Consider motives before taking risks, professor says Executives get paid to take risks, but they should pause and consider their motives before rolling the dice, Thunderbird Professor Nathan T. Washburn, Ph.D., told a group of scholars and business leaders from around the world this week at the 68th annual meeting of the Academy of Management. Washburn contends that not all risk taking improves the performance of the organization. > more