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The Business Strategy & Decision-Making Program is a part of the Department of Economics at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The mission of the Program is to bring together DePaul students and alumni to share ideas and insights surrounding the use of economic and other decision-making frameworks in business and everyday life.

The Program offers a number of strategy-focused classes that can be found on the Economics Department web page. The purpose of this blog site is to house additional resources, insights, and content about strategy and decision-making. 

News & Praise

Award Winning Program Head!

Prof. Rafael Tenorio is the recipient of 2018 & 2021’s Gus Economos Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award.

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Why You Should Pursue an MBA in Business Strategy and Decision Making

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One of DePaul's Fasting Growing MBA Concentrations

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Graduate Courses that Make You a Better Strategist

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Latest Podcast Episodes

Episode 060: Matthew Robins, NetApp

by | January 14, 2025 | Podcast | 0 Comments

It’s a cold January in Chicago but we’re happy to have MBA alumnus Matt Robins on for a conversation on technology sales.  Matt works with NetApp’s AWS Alliance team and has spent his entire career in technical sales. He tells us why “sales is hard” but...
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Episode 059: Michael Kremer, American Concrete Pipe Association

by | December 10, 2024 | Podcast | 0 Comments

For the holiday season we are joined by MBA alumnus Michael Kremer, Vice President of Marketing for the American Concrete Pipe Association. In this wide-ranging discussion, Michael shares knowledge gained over a 20+ year career in marketing, and how luck played a part...
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Episode 058: Check In with Marty Friel, Ameriprise Financial

by | November 12, 2024 | Podcast | 0 Comments

This month, Marty Friel joins us for our second Check In episode in this podcast series. Marty is a MS-EPA graduate and veteran financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial and his original episode aired on 3/9/21. In that episode, Aaron Pagel hosted Marty for a great...
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Recent Talks

Economics & Strategy Talk featuring Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, May 4th, 2023

by | May 8, 2023 | Event | 0 Comments

On May 4th we hosted DePaul’s own Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope in the Economics and Strategy Talk series. In this eye-opening discussion, Kelly revealed details about her new book “Fool Me Once” and what she’s learned about fraud throughout her...
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Economics & Strategy Talk Series featuring Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope

by | March 13, 2023 | Event | 0 Comments

Our next guest in the Economics and Strategy Talk series is award-winning educator, researcher, author, and documentary filmmaker​ Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope. She is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago, IL....
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Economics & Strategy Talk featuring Amy Bucher, October 20th, 2022

by | October 23, 2022 | Event | 0 Comments

On October 20th the Economics and Strategy Talk series hosted Amy Bucher, Chief Behavioral Officer at Lirio and author of “Engaged: Designing for Behavior Change”. Amy discussed the intersection of behavioral science and design, what she’s learned...
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If you have any questions about this Program or the material on this site, please feel free to reach out the program head, Rafael Tenorio via email at rtenorio@depaul.edu.