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How To Handle The Overly Competitive Friend In Your Life Because, TBH, It Can Be Exhausting
Is competition always bad? It depends on what's driving it, and competition exists on a spectrum. "People who are high in trait competitiveness will tend to perceive a non-competitive situation as being competitive, " said Professor Stephen Garcia.
Indiana Jones 5 Gets Slammed in Reviews - But New Study Suggests Poor Scores Can Lead to Box Office Success
Assistant Professor Pantelis Loupos and MSBA students analyze pre-release reviews
"We wanted to see if we could predict a movie's success based on these reviews. As it turned out, the so-called harbingers of failure did exist," Loupos told the Daily Mail.
MBA and Ph.D. Candidates Bring Healthcare Innovation to Market
Big Bang! journey offers rich immersion in entrepreneurship
UC Davis MBA alumna Regina Hoang is now CEO of Storx Technologies, the 2022 Big Bang! Business Competition top prize winner. She reflects on the experience and how the company's transabdominal fetal pulse oximeter will transform labor and delivery.
Chinatown Foot Patrol Works to Keep Oakland's AAPI Community Safe
Lecturer Marc Lowe: "I wanted to do something to help the Chinese community."
For a story kicking off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, CBS News interviews Lecturer Marc Lowe as he joins a highly visible citizens' foot patrol group in Oakland's Chinatown to help deter hate crimes in the area.
Mika Shang Honored among Poets&Quants' 100 Best & Brightest MBAs
Now in its 9th year, P&Q's Best & Brightest celebrates MBA excellence
Congratulations to second-year Full-Time MBA Mika Shang, recognized among the business school movers and shakers who "rally their peers; the mentors who champion; the visionaries who awaken; and the volunteers who shoulder the heaviest burdens."
Why Does Sports Programming Cost So Much? Here's What an Expert Says
Assistant Professor Mike Palazzolo: it's all about deals media made with the leagues
"Sports, especially playoffs in particular, are ultimately sold to the highest bidder. Networks are generally willing to pay a large sum of money to get those contracts because they bring so many eyeballs to their network," Palazzolo said.
Professor Prasad Naik Recognized with 2023 Don Schultz Award for Innovation in Integrated Marketing Communications
Naik's innovative research and teaching methods to be honored by Medill at a May 25 event
"Winning this prestigious award is a privilege and honor—it offers me an opportunity to endorse Professor Don Schultz’s remarkable legacy to future generations of scholars and managers," said Naik of the international award.
Jayce Smalley Earns National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Honor
MBA grad and MPAc student recognized for performance, academic achievement and leadership
A leader in the classroom and on the field, UC Davis football student-athlete Jayce Smalley, a MBA alumnus and MPAc student, was named a 2022 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete by the Sacramento Valley Chapter.
The Quiet Revolution at a UC Business School
Spotlight on Dean H. Rao Unnava's Leadership at UC Davis
Poets&Quants shines a spotlight on Dean Unnava, now in his seventh year as dean, highlighting the Graduate School of Management's 300% enrollment growth in five years, doubling of annual revenues, new degree programs and soon stackable certificates.
Fungi-Based Protein Company Meati Launches Scientific Advisory Board To Support Scale-Up, Nutrition Research
Senior Scholar Harold Schmitz heads the five member board
(Forbes) - Meati Foods announced the launch of its inaugural scientific advisory board headed by Harold Schmitz, former chief science officer at Mars and senior scholar at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.
MBA Graduate Michael Hurlston Named CAAA Outstanding Alumnus
UC Davis alumni award winners to be celebrated at 50th anniversary Gala
The Cal Aggie Alumni Association this spring will recognize three-time UC Davis alum Michael Hurlston 88, MBA 90, MS 91 with the 2023 Outstanding Alumnus Award. Hurlston is the CEO of Synaptics, a leader in the Internet of Things market.
Public Companies Bury Wildfire Risks
Only a fraction of public companies cite wildfire risk in required disclosures
Listen to NPR Cap Radio's Insight interview with Professor Paul Griffin, the lead author of a new report, who explains why wildfire risks aren't being properly disclosed by publicly traded U.S. companies and the potential impacts.