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.
UC Davis GSM Study Finds Women Scarce at the Top of Corporate California
Women may have become a force in other professions, but they remain a conspicuous minority in the board rooms and executive suites of California’s 400 largest public companies, according to the sixth annual UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders.
UC Davis Experts on Wall Street Reform Law
Dean Steven Currall and Professor Paul Griffin are experts available to comment to media about the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law on July 21.
UC Davis Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy Accelerating Successful Start-Ups in Sustainability
At the invitation of the UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship, nearly 50 scientists, researchers and engineers from more than 20 universities have gathered this week for a series of seminars and workshops on how to launch a successful green-tech company. All of the sessions at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Research in Incline Village are open to the media.
UC Davis Study: Telecommuting Can Be Hazardous to Your Career
Working from home has many advantages. By cutting out the commute, employees can save money, boost productivity and reduce their carbon footprint. But there is one significant drawback GSM Professor Kimberly Elsbach has discovered: Telecommuting can be hazardous to your career.
Professor Nicole W. Biggart Named Chevron Chair in Energy Efficiency
UC Davis announced the appointment of Professor Nicole Woolsey Biggart to the Chevron Chair in Energy Efficiency. The Chevron Chair directs the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center in its mission to accelerate the commercialization of energy-efficiency technologies, teach future leaders in energy efficiency and conduct critical policy-supporting research.
Plan to Use Tobacco to Grow Vaccines Wins $15,000 in Big Bang! Business Plan Competition
A new venture that could save thousands of lives and millions of dollars by accelerating development and production of animal and human vaccines won the $15,000 grand prize Thursday in the 10th annual Big Bang! Business Plan Competition organized by MBA students of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
(, May 21, 2010)
UC Davis Leads Drive for Regional Clean Energy Jobs, Progress
UC Davis today is launching an effort to establish a clean energy hub in the greater Sacramento-San Francisco Bay Area — a network of researchers, government, corporations and investors united to drive innovations out of laboratories and into the marketplace.
Small Investors Could Be Big Losers Under Federal Climate Change Legislation
(Davis, CA) — Small investors could be big losers if a greenhouse gas reduction plan known as cap and trade becomes law and accounting standards for carbon credits have not been established, according to a new study released today by a University of California, Davis, professor.
In an analysis of pending federal legislation and accounting practices, UC Davis management professor Paul Griffin determined that U.S. companies would receive up to $36 billion in climate change allowances next year under provisions of a bill the U.S. House of Representatives passed last year.
UC Davis MBA Students Honored as Fellows in Sacramento Mayor’s Office
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson today recognized four UC Davis MBA students who are putting their management talent to work to develop special mayoral projects and initiatives in the areas of economic development, housing, education and the arts.
Tiger Woods Scandal Cost Shareholders up to $12 Billion
(Davis, CA) — Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
The losses are separate from – and potentially much larger than – damage to Woods’ own earnings.
MBA Students in Financial Analysis Course Issue Mostly “Buy” Recommendations
Students in Professor Paul Griffin’s MBA elective on financial analysis and valuation recently presented their detailed reports on company value, issuing “buy” recommendations on a few gems whose potential Wall Street may not yet fully appreciate, perhaps because they has been unfairly trampled by negative sentiment.
Women Remain Distinct Minority in California’s Corporate Executive Suites, Boardrooms
Despite decades of public pressure to shatter the so-called “glass ceiling,” women remain a distinct minority in the boardrooms and executive suites of California’s 400 largest companies, according to a University of California, Davis study.
Business Executives to Debate Health Care Reform
UC Davis Management Professor Brad Barber will moderate a panel of business executives involved in the health care and insurance industries as they discuss the economic issues underlying federal health care reform at 6 p.m. in Gallagher Hall.
(, November 3, 2009)
$2 Million Gift to Spark Entrepreneurship at UC Davis
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has $2 million in new seed money to spark entrepreneurship in California, thanks to a gift from the estate of Charles J. Soderquist, a UC Davis alumnus who founded and led several dozen high-tech companies in the greater Sacramento area.
Big Changes as Big Bang! Contest Marks 10th Anniversary
Big Bang! is getting bigger, and more Sacramento-area business students have been invited to join the annual business plan competition run by MBA students of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall Opens; New Home of UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Applauding a symbol of the innovation and invention that has propelled California’s economy, prominent business leaders, faculty, students, staff and alumni today celebrated the grand opening of Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall, the new home of UC Davis’ Graduate School of Management.
Working Professional MBA Program Moves to UC Davis Sacramento Campus
The UC Davis Graduate School of Management announced today that it is moving its nationally ranked Sacramento Working Professional MBA Program from leased office space near the Tower Bridge in downtown Sacramento to the UC Davis Sacramento campus. The first classes will be held in the new facility in March 2010.
Stepping Back in Time: Former Deans Pen Histories of School
From its earliest days—indeed, during the many years between conception and founding—the Graduate School of Management has been a case study of turning ideas into action.
As UC Davis celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2009, GSM founding Dean Alex McCalla and former Dean Robert Smiley penned their perspectives about the Graduate School of Management’s early years and near three decades of growth.
Bank, Credit Card Fees Can Sink Household Budget
The typical U.S. household pays $500 a year in bank and credit card fees and interest, more than half of which could be avoided through better planning, according to new research by Victor Stango, assistant professor of management at the University of California, Davis.
Professor Barber Honored with Gallagher Chair in Finance
(Davis, CA)—Professor Brad Barber, an internationally recognized expert in behavioral finance, asset pricing and investor psychology, has been named the first recipient of the Maurice J. and Marcia G. Gallagher Chair in Finance.
An endowed chair is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed in academia. It provides critical funding for research activities and has a direct influence on the contribution the Graduate School of Management can make to the business world and to management education.