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 MBA Students Bursts onto Challenge for Charity Scene
It’s a friendly competition between top business schools for bragging rights, but the focus is on philanthropy and volunteerism.
Clad in GSM wear and awash with school spirit, more than 60 Graduate School of Management students descended on Stanford University on April 16 – 18, to participate in the MBA Challenge for Charity (C4C) Weekend. They joined more than 1,000 fellow MBA students from UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCLA, USC, the University of Washington and Stanford.
James Stevens Named New Assistant Dean
James Stevens has joined the GSM staff as assistant dean of admissions and student services and will oversee program development, student recruitment, student affairs and career services.
Stevens comes to UC Davis from New Haven, Connecticut, where he most recently served as director of admissions at the Yale School of Management.
At Yale, Stevens was responsible for recruiting and enrolling students for the two-year full-time MBA program.
Business, Science of Winemaking Focus of Executive Education
Topics ranging from the impact of supervalue wines to the latest environmental practices in vineyards will be examined March 7 to 11 during the fourth-annual UC Davis Wine Executive Program, a professional development course on the business and science of wine-making held in Sacramento, Calif.
NYSE Bid-Ask Spread Wider on Cloudy Days, UC Davis and Yale Study Finds
Ning Zhu, an assistant professor of finance at the GSM, and William Goetzmann, professor of finance and management studies at Yale University’s School of Management. find that market makers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange are more averse to risk on overcast days.
Head of U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Speak at GSM
Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will speak on “The State of American Business” at a UC Davis event in Sacramento Thursday, Jan. 15. He will address regional business leaders at an invitation-only breakfast meeting of the GSM’s Business Partnership Program.
Traveling Students Stop at UC Davis on Way to Wine MBA
Wine industry professionals from eight countries working toward a Wine MBA awarded by the Bordeaux Business School in France will study business at UC Davis. For the program, now in its third year, faculty of the Graduate School of Management and the Department of Viticulture and Enology will teach subjects ranging from marketing and merchandising to e-commerce and financial forecasting.
Tough Market for Wine Industry, UC Davis GSM Study Finds
“Two-buck chuck” table wines, low-priced imports and consumers’ increasing taste for inexpensive wines have led to one of the toughest retail markets in years for the wine industry, according to an annual survey by GSM Professor Robert Smiley, a noted wine industry economist.
New Ethics Boot Camp Mandatory for Entering MBAs
At a time when major ethical failings by corporate America have eroded public trust, the Graduate School of Management is introducing a mandatory ethics boot camp for all 150 entering MBA students. Students will discuss leadership, values, and individual and corporate responsibility.
New Book Tells How Companies Innovate
“Rip. Mix. Burn.” Innovations in business borrow existing ideas from different worlds, mix them in news ways, and create supportive communities to nurture them to fruition, says Associate Professor Andrew Hargadon, in his book, How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate, published by the Harvard Business School Press.
SialoGen Therapeutics Wins UC Davis Business Plan Competition
A biopharmaceutical company developing a breakthrough treatment to prevent the spread of cancer by putting tumor cells on a low-carb diet has won $10,000 in a business plan competition organized by UC Davis MBA students.
GSM Team Champs at International Business Strategy Competition
A team of second-year students from the Graduate School of Management have returned home to UC Davis with a first-place award from the 39th annual ICBSC International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition held April 10-12 in San Diego.
The GSM team also earned a second-place trophy for the best strategic business plan and annual report. The team’s fictitious company, Cyberdine, Inc., specialized in technology for toy robots.
Nicole Biggart Named Dean of UC Davis Graduate School of Management
Professor Nicole Woolsey Biggart, holder of the Jerome J. and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management, has been appointed dean of the School effective July 1, 2003.
Graduate School of Management Introduces Minor in Technology Management
An undergraduate minor in technology management—designed to give engineering and science graduates an edge in today’s high-tech business arena—will be introduced at the GSM this fall. It is the first minor at the UC Davis campus to require students to apply as part of a selective admissions process. For more information, visit the Tech Minor Web page.
UC Davis Wine Executive Program Blends Business and Science of Winemaking
The Graduate School of Management and the Department of Viticulture and Enology will present the third-annual UC Davis Wine Executive Program to industry decision-makers from March 9-12, 2003, in Sacramento, Calif. For information, visit the program web site.
( – January 31, 2003)