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.
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
March 13, 2012 / Professor Andrew Hargadon Blog
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.
UC Davis MBA Students Get Fired Up at 2012 Ignite Entrepreneurial Conference in Boston
Dean's Advisory Cabinet Member Jack Gill Hosts Mentorship Program
While waiting for the first speaker at the 2012 Ignite Entrepreneurship Conference in Boston, UC Davis MBA student Nandhini Raghunathan scanned the on-screen testimonials from previous attendees. “By the end of the third day,” she said. “I could see what each and every one of those comments meant.”
For Rush Limbaugh Advertisers, Backlash Could Hit Hard in Social Media Age
In this article about the recent Rush Limbaugh controversy and how it reflects the social media marketing landscape, Assistant Professor Olivier Rubel says that if you are the online data backup provider Carbonite, for example, and you also invest heavily in online media, the Limbaugh controversy increases the risk that you will get pulled in.
Why Women Are Better Investors than Men
Arguing that women investors almost always outperform their male counterparts, this article cites Professor Brad Barber’s research on gender as it relates to investment overconfidence.
Investing Problems: Men, Overconfidence and Trading
This article cites Professor Brad Barber’s research with Terrance Odean which showed how mens’ overconfidence leads to too much trading, which results in lower returns. “Barber and Odean found that while both men and women were hurt by excessive trading, for men the damage was worse, with men reducing their net returns by about 1 percentage point more a year than women.”
UC Davis Graduate School of Management Team Wins Energy Track at Hult Global Case Challenge Regional in San Francisco
MBA Team Advances to Finals in $1 Million Global Poverty Challenge
(Davis, CA) — A team of five UC Davis Graduate School of Management MBA students won the energy track of the 3rd Annual Hult Global Case Challenge’s regional finals in San Francisco on Saturday with their solution to help SolarAid get off-grid solar power and light to 1 million rural African households by the end 2013.
From the Ground Up: New Nonprofit Davis Roots to Nurture Start-ups
Professor Andrew Hargadon recently partnered with local entrepreneur Anthony Costello to found Davis Roots, a nonprofit business accelerator with the goal of helping start-ups get up and running and keep them in Davis. This article examines how Davis Roots fits in with the local business economy, and how having a place for young businesses on the U.C. Davis campus can help build a community that sticks around.
Private Equity Under Scrutiny. Bain or Blessing?
This article about the venture capital industry in the current economic and political climate cites Associate Professor Ayako Yasuda’s 2010 study “The Economics of Private Equity Funds” which found that private-equity firms now get around two-thirds of their revenues from fixed fees, regardless of performance.
Stock values rise when companies disclose “green” information, UC Davis study finds
(Davis, CA) — A UC Davis study finds that it pays to be green, as companies that are open about their greenhouse gas emissions and carbon reduction strategies see stock values rise.
Graduate School of Management Professor Paul Griffin and his co-author, Yuan Sun of UC Berkeley, tracked stock prices of firms around the time these companies voluntarily issued press releases disclosing carbon emission information. In the days after the press releases were issued, the companies saw their stock prices increase significantly, Griffin and Sun found.
Amid Attacks on Private Equity, Efforts to Study Its Value
This article about the value of the private equity industry cites the research of Associate Professor Ayako Yasuda, who found in her study “The Economics of Private Equity Funds” that among their sample funds, about two-thirds of expected revenue comes from fixed-revenue components that are not sensitive to performance.
Risk Bites Back: Lessons Learned from the Harvard Endowment
The success of Harvard’s endowment in recent decades helped popularized a new approach to university endowment investing that generated enormous gains. But when the 2008 financial crisis hit, Harvard’s fund took a bath and exposed weaknesses in its asset management approach. Harvard’s experience offers lessons for financial advisors increasingly interested in alternative investments. Professor Brad Barber’s latest research is cited in the article.
Keep an Eye on Stock Short Sellers to Avoid Losing in Bond Investments Too, UC Davis Study Says
Savvy investors who follow short sellers to predict bearish news about a company’s stock — and sell their stocks in that company to avoid losses – should keep an eye on the company’s bonds as well, a new UC Davis study suggests.
UC Davis Graduate School of Management Moves Forward on Diversity Plan
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Students to Participate in UC Program for Emerging Managers and Leaders
(Davis, CA) — The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has launched a School-wide diversity plan led by newly appointed Chief Diversity Officer Linda Oubre.
Big Bang! Adds Medical Technology Track
Business Plan Competition Partners with NSF-Funded Program
The MBA student-run Big Bang! Business Plan Competition got a booster shot this year with a new track offering $45,000 to the most innovative medical technologies being developed in the Sacramento region, a burgeoning sector driven by pioneering research being done at the UC Davis Health System.
UC Davis Researchers: Give Airline Passengers Options
A study conducted by UC Davis researchers concludes airlines should give passengers options if flights are delayed on the tarmac. In addition to enhancing convenience, researchers said offering passengers the option to deplane and reboard or cancel or change tickets could stave off costly government regulation and increase customer loyalty, ultimately improving airline profits.
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Airlines Can Improve Bottom Line by Compensating Captive Passengers
(Davis, CA) — Instead of holding customers captive on a tarmac during unforeseen delays, airlines should give passengers the choice to leave or stay — and compensate them appropriately.
Where Are the Women Executives in Silicon Valley?
Though it won’t be news to anyone who has worked in Silicon Valley, this article reports on the UC Davis study that confirms tech companies are woefully behind in including women among their board members and highest-paid executives—not to mention the engineering ranks.
Steven Currall: Men Still Dominate at Top California Companies, Study Says
This article reports on the UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s annual census on California Women Business Leaders on Wednesday. The study, now in its seventh year, details the presence of women at the top of the 400 largest publicly held corporations headquartered in the state.
Women’s Glass Ceiling Intact at California Corporations, Study Shows
This article reports on the new UC Davis study which suggests that the glass ceiling remains firmly in place for female executives in California … and likely will stay there for a long time. “There are plenty of qualified women to hire and promote, but the vast majority of the 400 largest public companies in the state don’t seem to recognize that,” said Steven Currall, dean of the management school.