Q: Are there any tips or things people or companies can do for hiring development firms?
The company is not going into the housing business, according to John Pollard, whom Timex hired as development consultant.
To help maintain the grounds, the university has recently hired a development director, Bob Bledsoe, to solicit donations.
She said she is structuring an endowment for the school and has hired a "development person" to explore future "corporate participation".
To that end, it has hired business development staff and opened branch offices in Korea, Singapore, Beijing and Shanghai.
She also saw value in hiring "leadership development coaches to help minority in-house counsel with professional development and advancement".
Not every leading economics department is eager to hire a development economist like Ms. Duflo, however.
A USA spokesman said the channel was hiring unscripted development executives.
Rather, he will be responsible for hiring and development of employees, legal affairs and security issues affecting the company's employees, said David Spartin, an MBNA spokesman.
"We'll hire a development expert to help us build our organisation so that we can cultivate opportunities that are restricted by our current structure".
