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Follow Our Globetrotting Students Touring Italy and Turkey
Exclusive visits to Maserati and Ducati factories, Italian stock exchange, Johnson & Johnson, and then on to Istanbul

Apr 13, 2012
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UC Davis MBA Students Get Fired Up at 2012 Ignite Entrepreneurial Conference in Boston
High-tech innovators, venture capitalists and veteran CEOs share insight and advice.

Apr 13, 2012
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Alumni Spotlight: Pushing the Limits at Wells Fargo
Marc Adams '99 draws on his deep background in the financial services industry to advance Wells Fargo's retail consumer credit lines of business.

Jan 6, 2012
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Preparing Innovative Leaders for Global Impact
Through case studies, guest speakers, simulations and team projects, our faculty turn complex concepts into actionable tools.

Sep 6, 2011
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Tiger Woods Scandal Cost Shareholders up to $12 billion

Dec 30, 2009 Victor Stango Celebrity Endorsements, Firm Value and Reputation Risk: Evidence from the Tiger Woods Scandal Reuters

This article cites research by Associate Professor Victor Stango in which he estimated the damage to the market value of Woods’ main sponsors caused by revelations of alleged extramarital affairs that surfaced after he was involved in a minor car accident outside his Florida home on November 27.

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GoodKoz Wins $10K First Prize in Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge
UC Davis MBA students win $10,000 for their start-up idea GoodKoz, an e-commerce site to help non-profits raise funds. The idea: think Kickstarter meets Etsy.com meets kiva.org.

Sep 27, 2011 UC Davis MBA Edge
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New Master of Professional Accountancy Degree
With rising demand for newly trained accountants, we’ve launched a one-year degree program to start in fall 2012. Apply now.

Oct 5, 2011
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Executive Education: Mind be Nimble, Mind be Quick! Agile Learning for Business Leaders
What do you do when you’re faced with a situation where you don’t know the answer? This week's feature dives into the mind of the agile learner and discusses how to cultivate this empowered mindset.

May 30, 2011
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Blog on Breaking Bread with Billionaire Warren Buffett
Sara Lygren’s blogs about her and 20 UC Davis MBA students meeting legendary value investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett in Omaha.

Apr 13, 2012
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Bay Area MBA Overview
Our Nationally Ranked Working Professional MBA program prepares you to be a more effective manager, innovative leader and change agent.

Sep 28, 2011
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Student Spotlight: Rosa Bravo
MBA student Rosa Bravo, a project manager at Kaiser Permanente, is "gaining insight into new modes of doing business."

Sep 28, 2011
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Leadership Fellows Program
Our intensive, year-long training series gives you additional tools to boost your leadership skills and professional achievement.

Sep 28, 2011
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Our New Curriculum Has IMPACT
We've further integrated globalization, business ethics and sustainability. You'll gain practice, skills and training necessary for success.

Sep 28, 2011
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Sacramento MBA Overview
Our Working Professional MBA prepares you to be a more effective manager and an innovative leader.

Sep 28, 2011
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Leadership Fellows Program
Our intensive, year-long training series gives you additional tools to boost your leadership skills and professional achievement.

Sep 28, 2011
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Profile in Success: Mark Otero ‘07
In just three years, Mark Otero '07 has bootstrapped KlickNation into a multi-million-dollar social online game company.

Sep 28, 2011
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Our New Curriculum Has IMPACT
We've further integrated globalization, business ethics and sustainability. You'll gain practice, skills and training necessary for success.

Sep 28, 2011
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Daytime MBA Program Overview
Our MBA program provides the foundation, perspective and balance you need to be an effective manager and an innovative leader.

Sep 28, 2011
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Meet Our MBA Ambassadors
Ambassadors offer a real-life perspective on being a UC Davis MBA student and an insider's view of life in the classroom and beyond.

Nov 7, 2011
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Our New Curriculum Has IMPACT
We've further integrated globalization, business ethics and sustainability. You'll gain practice, skills and training necessary for success.

Sep 28, 2011

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Professor Kim Elsbach:
”I try and create an environment where we can have a discussion about a topic and really explore the underlying questions about why.”

Apr 26, 2012

Professor Kimberly Elsbach studies how people see each other as well as their organizations as a whole. She shares the advantages of studying at a nationally ranked business school within a world-class research university. She says, “I hope that my students learn as much from each other as they do from me. I try and create an environment where we can have a discussion about a topic and really explore the underlying questions about why.”

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Professor Andrew Hargadon:
“Our MBAs get first-hand glimpses into some of the cutting-edge research happening…”

Apr 26, 2012

Professor Andrew Hargadon researches and teaches on innovation and entrepreneurship. He describes how he draws from theory and experience to help students figure out how to be successful. “Our MBAs get first-hand glimpses into some of the cutting-edge research happening, and the challenge of trying to figure out the best way to move those ideas out of the laboratory and into the market.”

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Professor Prasad Naik: “Research and teaching are two sides of the same coin.”

Apr 26, 2012

Professor Prasad Naik discusses how research and teaching complement each other, where students benefit from his research and he benefits from their ideas, input and feedback. “What I teach I bring it back into my research; what I research I bring it back into the classroom. Research and teaching are two sides of the same coin.”

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Silicon Valley IT Networks Firm Brocade Partners on MBA Student Consulting Project

Mar 29, 2011

(Davis, CA) — Brocade partnered with the UC Davis Graduate School of Management for a period of three months in order to foster our unique relationship. As a mutually beneficial partnership, Jean Furter, vice president of treasury, designed a project for our MBA students.

 

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Big Bang! Business Plan Awards Ceremony
Watch presentations by Big Bang! finalist teams, vote for your favorite and find out which teams win seed money!

May 24, 2012 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Watch presentations by Big Bang! finalist teams, vote for your favorite and find out which teams win seed money!

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Bay Area MBA Info Session
We invite you to learn more about the UC Davis Bay Area MBA Program.

June 5, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm MBA Application Center

We invite you to learn more about the UC Davis Bay Area MBA Program. Learn about our distinctive curriculum and the admission process from current students, alumni and program representatives and have all your questions answered.

All candidates who attend this session will have their Fall 2012 UC Davis MBA application fee waived.

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Sacramento MBA Info Session
We invite you to learn more about the UC Davis MBA Program in Sacramento.

June 7, 2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm MBA Application Center

We invite you to learn more about the UC Davis Sacramento MBA Program. Learn about our distinctive curriculum and the admission process from current students, alumni and program representatives and have all your questions answered.

All candidates who attend this session will have their Fall 2012 UC Davis MBA application fee waived.

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Apr 29, 2011

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California’s Glass Ceiling May Take a Century to Crack
Women still occupy fewer than one in 10 of the top posts at the 400 largest public companies headquartered in California.

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Dec 9, 2011
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UC Davis Part-time MBA Ranked among Nation’s Top 6% by U.S. News & World Report
Full-time MBA among Top 8% in U.S., 17th Consecutive Year among Premier Programs

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(Davis, CA) — The UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s full-time MBA program has been ranked among the top six percent of AACSB International-accredited programs nationwide, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest graduate business school rankings released today.

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Case Study: Genentech Executive Education
Biotech's plant management team develops common skills and learn ways to accelerate and manage innovation

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Sep 26, 2011
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Powerful Alumni Network
UC Davis MBAs are international business leaders, rising managers and entrepreneurs in a wide range of industries and organizations

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Sep 26, 2011

Since our charter class graduated more than 25 years ago, alumni from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management have been making their presence known around the world.

Our graduates are CEOs, vice presidents, chief financial officers, chief operating officers and entrepreneurs. Around the globe, they have taken prominent roles as international business leaders in a wide range of industries and organizations.

Graduate School of Management alumni are actively involved in their communities, and they make time for mentoring, advising and assisting current students and networking with fellow graduates.

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Mark Otero ‘07 Builds Sacramento’s Coolest Company
The secret of Facebook gaming mogul Mark Otero’s success is taking things to the extreme

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Sep 26, 2011

The secret of Midtown Sacramento’s Facebook gaming mogul Mark Otero’s success is taking things to the extreme.

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Meet Our UC Davis MBA Ambassadors
Student leaders share the inside scoop about the UC Davis MBA experience

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Sep 26, 2011