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.
Is Lunch a Waste of Time — or a Productivity Booster?
It’s 1:30 p.m. on a weekday, and Yen Ha and Michi Yanagishita have left their office to munch hot dogs and French fries at one of the oldest bars in New York. Elsewhere in the city harried professionals are sitting at their desks and shoveling food into their mouths while they write memos or reply to emails. But Yen and Michi do not care. They are out to lunch, and they don’t feel guilty about it.
Slow Down! How “Slow Work” Makes Us More Productive
Many of us lament the dramatic contrast between our vacations and the faster pace of our work lives, but are generally remiss to change because of feelings of career vulnerability or weakness that we fear it could project. However it is increasingly clear that our personal and professional lives stand to benefit from change that eases these mounting pressures and strains. It is time to embrace “slow work.”
Note to investment advisers: women are your future
When Rachel Smith met with her first financial adviser, he talked to her like she was five years old. “He was an older guy who was very condescending, and saw me as a young, inexperienced woman who didn’t know anything.” Fortunately, that kind of treatment is becoming less common, as financial advisers wake up to the fact that women control a lot of money and make good clients.
Hiring Picks Up for Accounting, but Industry Faces Stereotypes
This fall, the University of California-Davis is launching one of only two UC master’s degrees in accountancy, and part of the university’s mission is to jettison the old notions about the profession.
“Accounting is way beyond the Dark Ages of the green eyeshade,” said Will Snyder, executive director of UC-Davis’ new program. “You have to be a dynamic person, a global thinker. … Accounting can be very creative and a good way to make a difference.”
Notes from virtual roundtable with Kim Elsbach
On Wednesday, June 27, NewWOW members and guests attended a virtual roundtable featuring Kim Elsbach, Professor in the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis. She spoke about “Passive” Face Time and Territorial Imperatives.”
Personal Finance: Accounting degree opens job possibilities
Wanna be a boring accountant? It’s not the mind-numbing, number-crunching career that many assume, as many recent college graduates can attest. This feature dives into hiring trends and projections to reveal the huge demand for new accounts and identifies our new Master of Professional Accountancy program as an idea path to embark on this career. Citing professor Bob Yetman and Executive Director of the MPAc program, Will Snyder this article is a must read for anyone considering a career in accounting.
50 B-School Websites Worth Visiting
The Graduate School of Management was named one of MBAPrograms.org’s top 50 most interesting business school websites, citing highlights of the school’s MBA student experience from campus events to alumni success stories, new program announcements, and stories about the recent student trip to meet Warren Buffett as well as the Ignite Entrepreneurial Conference.
China 2.0
Spreading Our International Wings in Asia and Beyond
By Dean Steven Currall
One of my key strategic objectives for moving the School forward is to strengthen our global footprint. Having moved to Davis from London, I am passionate about the further internationalization of our student experience, and establishing greater global influence, faculty research partnerships and new initiatives in executive education.
State Pension Funds Sticking with JPMorgan Despite $2B Loss
This article, about the plans of state pension funds CalPERS and CalSTRS to stick with JPMorgan Chase even after its recent $2 billion loss, cites Professor Brad Barber, who has studied CalPERS shareholder activism in his research.
Study Shows Stock Prices Rise After Companies Disclose Carbon Emissions
This article reports on Professor Paul Griffin’s study, “Going Green: Market Reaction to CSR Newswire Releases,” which showed that a company’s voluntary disclosures about their greenhouse gas emissions increased returns for shareholders.
What Makes a YouTube Video Go Viral?
This article reports Assistant Professor Hema Yoganarasimhan’s recent paper, “Impact of Social Network Structure on Content Propagation: A Study Using YouTube Data,” which studied how a YouTube author’s network contributes to the popularity of videos they post.
“So Many Hidden Numbers”: How Advisors Give Their Clients the Vampire Treatment
This article, about how broker fees can hobble a retirement portfolio, cites Professor Brad Barber’s study with UC Berkeley’s Terrence Odean, “Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth.”
Banking Expert Foretold Risk that Led to Global Financial Crisis
Robert Marquez to Join Faculty this Summer
By Robert Preer
As U.S. housing prices peaked during the real estate bubble in 2006, Boston University Associate Professor Robert Marquez and Giovanni Dell’Ariccia of the International Monetary Fund, wrote a compelling paper showing that when banks have easy access to capital and demand for credit is high, the tendency is to take excessive risks that could endanger the financial system.
New Study Examines What Makes a Video Go Viral
Assistant Professor Hema Yoganarasiham on Social Media Marketing
When it comes to marketing via video sharing on social media, choosing an influential person to “seed” a video is essential—but video quality isn’t all that important.
So concludes a new study of “buzz” marketing on YouTube by Hema Yoganarasimham, an assistant professor at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. The research takes an important first step in looking at video viewership online, and in helping companies best use online campaigns to boost their return on investment (ROI).
Want to Fight Poverty? Give Someone a Stage
MBA Team Reaches Finals of Hult Global Case Challenge
Ask a young person today, “How can you make the world a better place?”
Few will reply, “Go to business school!”
We aim to change that, because it turns out that “how to change the world” is exactly what business schools teach. Whether that’s for better or for worse, of course, depends on what students do with that knowledge.
Sheryl Sandberg Tells Women It’s OK To Cry At Work
This article, based on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Class Day speech at Harvard Business School last week, cites Professor Kim Elsbach’s research about crying at work.
Fire, Ready, Aim: When Is Your Business/Product ‘Perfect Enough’ to Go to Market?
Mark Zuckerburg’s management of Facebook’s evolution is a good illustration of one of the dilemmas of being an innovator: when and how do you go to market? This article quotes Professor Nicole Biggart about the difference trial markets can make before a product launch.
The Mod Quad: The Best and Most Beautiful B-School Campuses
The Graduate School of Management was among the top 50 business school campuses in the world, based on location, facilities, professors, and overall campus culture. This list at MBAPrograms.org includes some of the top MBA programs in country and cites the Graduate School of Management’s “give back” culture among students that extends from its academic programs to its extracurricular activities like the popular Big Bang! business plan competition and the Challenge for Charity.
Credit Unions No Substitute for Payday Loans
Even if credit unions offered short-term loans at better interest rates and lending terms than payday lenders — and most don’t — current payday loan customers would still prefer the convenience of payday lenders, a new University of California, Davis, study suggests.
Green Power Sources, Baby Products and Cancer Treatment Win at Big Bang! Business Plan Competition
The biggest bang in this year’s UC Davis Big Bang! Business Plan Competition came from the S2E Energy founder with a thin, transparent material designed to conduct the sun’s power more cheaply and efficiently than existing solar technology. As first-prize winner, Jon Servaites took home $10,000 at the May 25 finals of the 12th annual competition, which is organized and run by UC Davis MBA students.
Second prize of $4,500 went to the creators of Happy Baby vending machines, for on-the-go access to diapers, organic snacks and other baby products.