Pietra Rivoli, Ph.D.
Pietra Rivoli is Professor of Finance and International Economics at Georgetown University. Her book, Travels of a T-shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), was chosen as a finalist for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs “Business Book of the Year” award.

Professor Rivoli specializes in corporate and international finance as well as ethical and social issues related to finance. She teaches corporate finance and international finance. On the Georgetown faculty since 1983, her recent research has been published in Business Ethics Quarterly and the Journal of International Business Studies.

Professor Rivoli is also involved in social issues at Georgetown, including the University’s Licensing Oversight Committee, which monitors overseas workplace issues for GU apparel producers, the University’s Committee for Social Responsibility in Investing, and the Vital Voices partnership, a University initiative in executive education for women from developing countries. Professor Rivoli teaches at the undergraduate, MBA, and executive level, and has been the recipient of teaching awards at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She holds a B.S. in Finance and a Ph.D. in International Economics, and specializes in the corporate, ethical and social issues related to finance. Join us for this fascinating and entertaining look at the markets, power struggles and politics of world trade.

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