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Sodontuya Nerguidavaa Named to Poets & Quants' "100 Best & Brightest MBAs: Class of 2022”
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Sodontuya Nerguidavaa Named to Poets & Quants' "100 Best & Brightest MBAs: Class of 2022”

Celebrates “the embodiments of excellence and the voices of their schools.”

Full-Time MBA student Sodontuya Nerguidavaa has been recognized among Poets & Quants "100 Best & Brightest MBAs," which celebrates MBAs who are “the embodiments of excellence and the voices of their schools.” 

A CFO’s Guide to Carbon Offsets
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A CFO’s Guide to Carbon Offsets

Professor and Xpansiv CFO Suzy Taherian details how carbon offsets can fill the gap between climate commitments and the limits of abatement technology for CFO Magazine.

'Face Time' Bias may be Working Against Those Working from Home
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'Face Time' Bias may be Working Against Those Working from Home

'Face time bias' is a real phenomenon affecting employees working remotely, says Professor Emeritus Kim Elsbach, who found that bosses tend to favor employees who they can see at work, regardless of what they're actually doing. 

Anti-Russia Sanctions Spur VCs to Unravel Ties to 'Toxic' Money
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Anti-Russia Sanctions Spur VCs to Unravel Ties to 'Toxic' Money

Professor Ayako Yasuda says that all future limited partner agreements with venture capitalist firms should include a contingency clause that spells out a mechanism for disclosing and potentially expelling "questionable" LPs from the fund.
 

MBA Alum: Uber Exec by Day, Family Winemaker by Night
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MBA Alum: Uber Exec by Day, Family Winemaker by Night

Jason Mikami MBA 96 is an engineer and senior executive at Uber by day, and a winemaker by night as he continues his family’s 100-year history of grape farming in Lodi.

Two GSM Students Join Woodland Opera House Board
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Two GSM Students Join Woodland Opera House Board

UC Davis Graduate School of Management students Shreyanshi Khanna and Ian Earley were introduced as the new board fellows of the Davis Opera House in a partnership with the GSM’s Women in Leadership club.

Women in Leadership: Preet Ahluwalla
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Women in Leadership: Preet Ahluwalla

Comstock's annual salute to extraordinary women breaking barriers and rising to the top

UC Davis Sacramento Part-Time MBA student Preet Ahluwalia, owner and chief investment officer of GNP Capital Partners, graces the cover of the March 2022 Comstock's. Read her experience pivoting in business and empowering women entrepreneurs.

Startup of the Month: INN>CHRG
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Startup of the Month: INN>CHRG

Online MBA alumnus and Big Bang Business Competition winner featured

Online MBA alumnus Angel Melchor's new venture INN>CHG recently won our Big Bang! Business Competition as the Yolo County-based startup builds an Airbnb-like service to eliminate range anxiety for electric vehicle drivers. 

Show Me the Money
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Show Me the Money

“Even though it’s called the VC market, more and more of that money is not from VC investors,” says Ayako Yasuda, professor of finance at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and Research Fellow of the Private Equity Research Consortium. “That

Global Consensus Needed to Develop Climate Risk Disclosures for Companies
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Global Consensus Needed to Develop Climate Risk Disclosures for Companies

Prof. Paul Griffin calls for a borderless mandate for company climate risk discourse in an article in the journal Nature Energy—a move in line with recommended actions from the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

It's Not Only the Pandemic That's Making Labor Scarce
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It's Not Only the Pandemic That's Making Labor Scarce

Lecturer Suzy Taherian says despite a low national unemployment rate of 4.8%, there's a labor shortage in California involving both low-skilled and high-skilled workers due to numerous factors, such as childcare, more people working for themselves

Aggies Abroad: MSBA Student Navigating New Cities
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Aggies Abroad: MSBA Student Navigating New Cities

MSBA student Susannah Schulze shares what it was like to participate in the UC Davis Summer Abroad UK Perspectives in Global Management program and travel to Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Dark Side of Startups: When "Fake It Till You Make It" Goes Wrong
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The Dark Side of Startups: When "Fake It Till You Make It" Goes Wrong

Professor Don Palmer explains how financial and performance pressures on startup leaders—like Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes—can make them susceptible to misconduct, until their "fake it till you make it" mantra goes wrong. 

Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil
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Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil

In an interview with the New York Times, professor Ayako Yasuda discusses private equity investment companies that have pumped billions of dollars into fossil fuel projects, buying up offshore platforms, building new pipelines, and extending

Full Coverage Car Insurance Guide
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Full Coverage Car Insurance Guide

When should drivers consider getting full coverage auto insurance?

Lecturer Suzy Taherian comments on California insurance options, deductibles, and when drivers consider dropping full coverage from their car insurance policy in her interview with Wallet Hub.