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  • 1.  Finance listserv

    Posted 04-06-1999 13:40
    A colleague of mine who teaches finance here in Argentina is looking for a
    list where finance and finance teaching is discussed. Any suggestions?

    Thanks,

    Ron
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    Ronald Vyhmeister
    vyhmeisr@uapar.edu ---- vyhmeisr@andrews.edu ---- rvyhme1@uic.edu
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    La tecnolog�a es dominada por dos tipos de personas:
    Aquellos que entienden lo que no administran
    Aquellos que administran lo que no entienden
    Technology is dominated by two types of people:
    Those who understand what they do not manage.
    Those who manage what they do not understand.
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Garbarino, Ellen <egarbari@EXCHANGE.SBA.MIAMI.EDU>
    To: <MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
    Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 2:13 PM
    Subject: [MG-ED-DV] E-mail list for dual-academic couples


    > Hello management colleagues-
    >
    > > If you are not part of a dual-academic-career couple then you can
    > > (count yourself lucky? and ) stop reading.
    > >
    > My name is Ellen Garbarino and I am a Markeitng professor at the
    University
    > of Miami. Your 'listmaster' invited me to extend my posting of this new
    > email list to the management community. Hope some of you will join us. I
    > don't imagine the information exchange will be at all field specific.
    >
    > > As I am sure most of us are aware, given the small number of academic
    > > jobs, their geographic dispersion and world-wide competition, it is
    > > especially hard for dual-academic couples to find appointments near
    > > enough to each other to be a workable long-term solution. I know from
    > > my own experience how hard it is to find jobs together (we are still
    > > trying to accomplish this, hint, hint (I am in Marketing and my
    > > husband is in Economics)). I have recently created an e-mail list to
    > > act as an online forum to discuss our special concerns. My hope is
    > > this list might offer a chance for those who have succeeded to share
    > > how they did it and to help those who are still struggling or are in a
    > > less than ideal compromise to feel they are not facing this alone.
    > >
    > > As a teaser to get you to join the list (I am in Marketing, after
    > > all), I have put a 'hot tip' about a school that might be receptive to
    > > hiring academic couples in the first entry of the site. So check out
    > > the archives.
    > >
    > > Possible Issues to Discuss (just some ideas to get us started, other
    > > issues are welcomed):
    > >
    > > - - How can one deal with the fact that not all academic job markets are
    > > at the same time?
    > > - - When should we bring up the joint career issue with perspective
    > > employers?
    > > - - What are the pros and cons of deciding to be temporarily apart?
    > > - - What can be done to regain admittance into the "higher tier" schools
    > > if one has previously made a compromise choice (is that even
    > > possible?)
    > > - - What about "visiting" or non-tenure track jobs?
    > > - - How do kids change these tradeoffs?
    > > - - What if anything are schools doing to deal with this issue?
    > >
    > > The list is set up through a free listserve system called onelist.com
    > > (Thanks, Rajiv for the tip). All you do is go to their website
    > > (http://www.onelist.com). The first time you visit you need to sign
    > > up (don't worry it is free). Just click on the new member box and
    > > follow the instructions (it is simple, I am no webmaster
    > > (webmistress?) and I had no problems). Once you have done that you
    > > need to enroll in the list. The list is under subject area "Family"
    > > and sub-subject area "Education" (the closest I could find to a
    > > subject match), the name of the list is "Academic_Couples". Once you
    > > have signed up you will receive through your regular e-mail any
    > > communications sent to the list. You can also read the archived
    > > discussions from the website.
    > >
    > > If you have any problems e-mail me directly
    > > (egarbari@exchange.sba.miami.edu). I can't guarantee I can fix them
    > > but I'll be sympathetic and try to help.
    > >
    > > You are welcome (and even encouraged) to pass this along to anyone you
    > > might know who would be interested in participating.
    > >
    > > Ellen Garbarino
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