Do We Need A #MeToo For Machines?
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Do We Need A #MeToo For Machines?

Despite the female appearance and personalities of many robots, their creators are predominantly male. Research by UC Davis Professor Kimberly Elsbach explores why AI is more likely to associate women with domestic tasks.

Digital Therapeutics: Video Games Can Be Healthy
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Digital Therapeutics: Video Games Can Be Healthy

Source: Comstock's Magazine

Co-founded by Tony Simon, Cognitive is a Davis-based therapeutic company developing "digital therapeutics" — treatments in the form of virtual reality games to reduce cognitive and motor impairments in brain injury patients and children with

What’s Next in the Disney-Netflix Streaming Battle?
A faculty expert explains the Netflix model
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What’s Next in the Disney-Netflix Streaming Battle?

Professor Hemant Bhargava shares his insights on Netflix's future and its preparedness as Disney plans to launch a competing video streaming service, stating, 'Netflix also has other ammunition, too.'

Disney+ Challenge to Netflix
Disney+ Challenge to Netflix
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Disney+ Challenge to Netflix

Disney's streaming service, Disney+, will launch at the end of 2019. The company claims it will be cheaper than Netflix, but there are more reasons why you'll want to subscribe.

Disney's streaming service, Disney+, will launch at the end of 2019

Protecting Energy Groups From Climate Lawsuits Is A Bad Idea
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Protecting Energy Groups From Climate Lawsuits Is A Bad Idea

Financial Times op-ed by Professor Paul Griffin

Source: Financial Times

Professor Paul Griffin co-authors an op-ed in the Financial Times based on his latest research about how well fossil fuel firms are informing investors. 

Raydiant Oximetry Raises $1 Million Seed Round
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Raydiant Oximetry Raises $1 Million Seed Round

Source: Sacramento Business Journal

Raydiant Oximety, winner of the 2017 UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition, has raised $1 million seed round of venture capital and secured $200K+ in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. The startup produces fetal pulse oximeter

Professor Donald Palmer Contributes to Australia’s Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse in Organizations
Professor Donald Palmer provides expert analysis of institutional cultures
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Professor Donald Palmer Contributes to Australia’s Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse in Organizations

Institutional failures account for many of the 4,400 cases

Source: By Brad Hooker

A royal commission has delivered the most extensive report of its kind, with Professor Palmer providing expert analysis of institutional cultures. 

Quick Summary:

  • Royal Commission delivers most extensive report of its kind on child abuse in
Professor Shannon Anderson Named Visiting Scholar at Elite Dutch Institute
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Professor Shannon Anderson Named Visiting Scholar at Elite Dutch Institute

Accounting expert will deliver lectures and collaborate on research in cost management at the Amsterdam Business Research Institute this spring.

Professor Shannon Anderson has been selected to be the 2018 visiting accounting professor at the Amsterd

5 Takeaways from the Disney-Fox Merger
5 Takeaways from the Disney-Fox Merger
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5 Takeaways from the Disney-Fox Merger

The Walt Disney Co. is potentially in a deal to merge with 21st Century Fox – but what would this mean for both parties and the entertainment industry?

UCD’s New GSM Dean: A Conversation with Rao Unnava
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UCD’s New GSM Dean: A Conversation with Rao Unnava

Source: Tanya Perez | The Davis Enterprise

“Students coming here want to make a difference,” Unnava said. “I’ve never seen such a thing.”

He agreed that many might think of getting an MBA as primarily a financial pursuit, but students here say “it’s more important to make a difference

Impact Investing "Supply" Failing to Meet Demand
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Impact Investing "Supply" Failing to Meet Demand

Moskowitz Prize Winners: Professor Brad Barber and Associate Professor Ayako Yasuda Study Shows Europe’s Demand for Impact Funds Over Traditional Investments Three Times Higher Than in North America

The demand for impact investing alternatives is outstripping the available supply of such choices for investors, according to a new study co-authored by Professor Brad Barber and Associate Professor Ayako Yasuda that was awarded UC Berkeley’s 2016

A Decade of Innovation
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A Decade of Innovation

The UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship was founded in 2006. Our "Decade of Innovation" report celebrates the people, programs and progress of our first 10 years.

"Bad" Innovation Is Just What Your Company Needs
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"Bad" Innovation Is Just What Your Company Needs

Source: strategy+business

"Backing an innovation isn’t a single decision. It’s a web of choices and actions to which everyone in the company must commit," says Professor Andrew Hargadon, founder and faculty director of the UC Davis Institute for Innovation and

The Future of TV Content And Distribution
The Future of TV Content And Distribution
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The Future of TV Content And Distribution

Nelson Granados (USC, writing for Forbes in May 2015) discussed how analytics, including Professor Hemant Bhargava's 2013 Marketing Science paper on the economics of bundling when the products in the bundle are sourced from multiple firms, can be

‘Farmer-preneurs’ Improve Crops in Southern Africa
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‘Farmer-preneurs’ Improve Crops in Southern Africa

Source: UC Davis Today

A team of our Business Development Fellows, UC Davis MBAs and their Zambian colleagues has built a company around simple technologies and practices that help farmers to avoid losses and grow more crops. Zasaka has taken off since winning both the