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.
Why We Need More Female Traders on Wall Street
This article cites Professor Brad Barber’s research that analyzed account data for more 35,000 households at a large discount brokerage and showed that on average men were worse stock traders than women.
Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload
Economists have a name for the cues companies employ to convey their hidden strength: signaling. This article quotes Professor Hemant Bhargava, who studies marketing and competitive strategy in technology products.
Business Accelerator Davis Roots Opens with Two Start-ups
Historic Hunt-Boyer Mansion Home for Early Stage Ventures
Davis Roots, a new nonprofit business accelerator bridging the city of Davis and the University of California, Davis, officially opened at the historic Hunt-Boyer Mansion on April 30. The enterprise was built to support start-ups with the goal of keeping them in Davis once they succeed, and already has two new companies ready to move in.
Greenhouse Gas Reports Send Stock Prices Higher?
This article cites Professor Paul Griffin’s recent research that showed how stock prices jumped when the companies he studied voluntarily disclosed their greenhouse gas emissions.
How To Ease EHR Frustration
This article about the helpfulness of electronic medical records (EMRs) cites Professor Hemant Bhargava’s research that examined exactly how EMRs impacted doctor productivity.
The Best MBA Programs? Magazine Lists Disagree
This article about how a growing number of magazines like U.S. News & World Report and Forbes attract attention with their annual rankings of MBA programs cites the Graduate School of Management. In 2012 the Graduate School of Management’s part-time MBA program was ranked among the top six percent of AACSB International-accredited programs nationwide by U.S. News & World Report.
MBA Student Consultants Make an Impact on Businesses
This article profiles the revamped UC Davis MBA IMPACT curriculum, the result of a 10-month soul-searching by a faculty task force that asked alumni, current students and businesses the likes of Agilent Technologies Inc. and Intel Corp. what they wanted in new hires.
Newsmaker – Kimberly Elsbach
This article profiles Professor Kimberley Elsbach, and charts her circuitous route into the academic world. “My father was a professor in the medical school at the University of South Dakota, so I grew up in a college town, kind of like Davis only smaller, and I really was drawn to the lifestyle of an academic,” she said.
Nonprofit Seeks to Grow Local Firms, Keep Them in Davis
A new small-business accelerator is taking root in Davis with the goal of growing local firms and keeping them in the city. This article reports on Davis Roots, the nonprofit business accelerator recently founded by Professor Andrew Hargadon and local entrepreneur Anthony Costello.
Business Accelerator to Nurture UC Davis Startups
Davis Roots, the UC Davis startup accelerator just opened this month, is already getting attention and partners. This article in the Sacramento Business Journal reports on the new organization, founded by Professor Andrew Hargadon and local entrepreneur Anthony Costello, and the companies newly on board.
Davis Roots Opens Doors, Presents First Two Companies
The bond between the Davis business community and UC Davis got a bit stronger this week. This article reports on Davis Roots, a nonprofit business accelerator, recently co-founded by Professor Andrew Hargadon and local entrepreneur Anthony Costello to nurture startups and keep them in Davis.
GoodKoz Wins First Prize in Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge
UC Davis MBA Team in Bentonville to Pitch Start-up Idea to Help Non-Profits Fundraise Online
Think Kickstarter meets Etsy meets Kiva.org, all in the name of good.
That’s the innovative idea behind GoodKoz, an e-commerce site to help non-profits raise funds, being built by first-year MBA students Dylan Fiesel and Allen Alday.
Warming Up to the Officeless Office
Got desk? As companies seek to cut costs and accommodate an increasingly mobile work force, some employees have had to say goodbye to their personal work areas. This article quotes Professor Kim Elsbach, who has researched the effects of nonterritorial offices on workers.
Alpha Traders: Mama’s boys or daddy killers?
This article cites Professor Brad Barber’s research which showed that active trading is really a loser’s game. “Their bottom line: ‘The more you trade the less you earn.’ Buy-and-hold investors in their research turned over their portfolios just 2% a year. Active traders churned their portfolios an average of 258% annually, but their net returns were a third less than their buy-and-hold competition.”
Want to Fight Poverty? Give Someone a Stage
Going to business school and making the world a better place are not incompatible. MBA students Keith Weissglass, Adam Baillie, David Fisher, Emma VanGenderen and Evan Howell, who are representing UC Davis in the finals of the Hult Global Case Challenge later this month, wrote this article about what it means to do both.
Sleep Train Gets Taste of New Media Reality
Sleep Train Inc. was among the first companies to advertise with Rush Limbaugh when he began his radio career, and the company was also among the first to pull out following his controversial statements on air. In this article, Assistant Professor Olivier Rubel says that advertisers who pull out later face less risk of backlash than those who respond first.
Wealth Management: 7 Things You Don’t Know about Women Investors
This article cites Professor Brad Barber’s research, which showed that men’s investment portfolios tended to suffer from their overconfidence.
CalPERS Set to Lower its Investment Forecast, Pushing State Cost Up
This article about the recent investment forecast released by the state employees pension fund, CalPERS, quotes Professor Brad Barber, who in 2006 authored a study evaluating CalPERS shareholder activism.
10 Reasons Wall Street Will Hit Bottom, Crash
Professor Brad Barber’s research that showed trading is hazardous to your wealth makes one reason why Wall Street will hit bottom, according to this article from MarketWatch.
Sustainability and Innovation at UC Davis
In this blog post, Professor Andrew Hargadon discusses how the interdisciplinary culture carried on since UC Davis was founded as a land grant institution—with its mission to diffuse practical agriculture, science and engineering knowledge—makes it the ideal place to solve today’s sustainability challenges.