Faculty Spotlights

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Faculty Spotlights & Profiles of Success

Jun 2, 2011

UC Davis Graduate School of Management faculty members are world-class teachers and researchers. They also are deeply involved in the business world through consulting assignments and innovative research, staying on the cutting-edge of management practices of leading U.S. and multinational corporations, nonprofits and public agencies.

Take a moment to read some recent faculty spotlights:

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Andrew Hargadon
Professor of Technology Management / Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship / Founder and Director, UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship / Founding Director, UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center

Jun 26, 2012 Andrew B. Hargadon Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

UC Davis MBA students experience firsthand what it takes for an idea to become a product in the market. They emerge having actually built businesses from the ground up, and developed close and lasting relationships with faculty, their peers and the entrepreneurial community both on and off the campus.

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Kimberly D. Elsbach
Professor of Organizational Behavior / Stephen G. Newberry Endowed Chair in Leadership

Jun 27, 2012 Kimberly D. Elsbach

Leadership happens every moment of every day. You always have an opportunity to influence what other people do and why they do it by being a role model. I help students understand their leadership strengths and weaknesses, pushing them to work outside of their comfort zones—for instance, by encouraging those who are not ‘natural leaders’ to take the initiative.

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Prasad Naik
Professor of Marketing

Jun 27, 2012 Prasad Naik

I want UC Davis MBA students to be inspired and be enlightened. I want them to go out and make actual change in the practice of management because of what they learn here. That’s my unstated rule.

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Brad Barber
Professor of Finance / Maurice J. and Marcia G. Gallagher Chair in Finance / Director, Center for Investor Welfare and Corporate Responsibility

Jun 26, 2012 Brad M. Barber The Center for Investor Welfare and Corporate Responsibility

People make mistakes—this includes investors saving for retirement and CEOs of major corporations. Our Center for Investor Welfare and Corporate Responsibility is the first step in both avoiding these mistakes and minimizing the damage that might be done by them.

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Kevin M. Bacon
2012 Robert A. Fox Executive-in-Residence

Aug 21, 2012 Robert A. Fox Executive-in-Residence Program Brings Management Know How to Class

I offer students a ‘tour guide to leadership’. By exploring how leaders in a variety of situations dealt with their challenges, we can each draw valuable lessons that help us shape our own approach to leadership. It is not an easy task—and not something you can reduce to a formula.

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Nicole Woolsey Biggart
Professor of Management / Chevron Chair in Energy Efficiency / Director, UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center Dean, 2003–09 / Jerome J. and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management, 2002–10

Jun 26, 2012 Nicole Woolsey Biggart

We combine an intimate learning experience like that of a small liberal arts college with the opportunities of a premier public research university known for harnessing the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Stephen G. Newberry
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors; Former President and CEO Lam Research Corp. / Member, Dean’s Advisory Council

Jun 26, 2012 Dean's Advisory Council Faculty Spotlights & Profiles of Success Newberry on Values-based Leadership

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Has addressed UC Davis MBAs at orientation and commencement
U.S. Naval Academy graduate
With his wife, Shelley A. Newberry, has endowed a faculty chair in leadership and a fellowship that supports students who have great potential as team leaders in business

Business schools play a critical role in developing strong leaders.

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Professor Andrew Hargadon, Technology Management

Jun 27, 2012

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Professor Kimberly Elsbach, Organizational Behavior

Jun 27, 2012

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Professor Prasad Naik, Marketing

Jun 27, 2012

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Professor Brad Barber, Finance

Jun 27, 2012

UC Davis Part-time MBA among Top 7%, Daytime MBA in Top 9%
U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings: This marks the 18th consecutive year our MBA program has been ranked among the best in the nation.

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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.

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

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.

Faculty Spotlights

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