The Dangers of Ignoring Extreme Heat Events: Businesses' Bottom Lines will be Affected
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The Dangers of Ignoring Extreme Heat Events: Businesses' Bottom Lines will be Affected

Source: Source: The Conversation

In a co-authored article on "The Conversation," Distinguished Professor Paul Griffin says the record-breaking heatwaves that caused train tracks to bend in the United Kingdom last month will cause business performance to suffer.

New Board of Fellows Deepens Our UC Davis Collaborations
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New Board of Fellows Deepens Our UC Davis Collaborations

Teaming up on business and management-related research and teaching

A new boundary-spanning interdisciplinary faculty group will further connect the School to the university by partnering with UC Davis scholars who have complementary interests.

AACSB "Innovations That Inspire": Business Schools Transforming Higher Education
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AACSB "Innovations That Inspire": Business Schools Transforming Higher Education

Chief Diversity Officer Elizabeth Moon featured in video series on diversity, equity and inclusion

Source: Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB)

Recognizing this year's "Innovations That Inspires" awardees, AACSB's video series spotlights business school leaders' perspectives on inspiring diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The Importance of Fashion Gatekeepers When Using Fur on Runways
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The Importance of Fashion Gatekeepers When Using Fur on Runways

Source: Source: INSEAD KNOWLEDGE

Professor Greta Hsu and Emory University Professor Giacomo Negro share how a social movement and influential global fashion magazine Vogue successfully challenged the morally problematic use of fur in fashion.

Oakland Bottle Shop Co-founded by MBA Alum Featured in Bon Appetit
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Oakland Bottle Shop Co-founded by MBA Alum Featured in Bon Appetit

Source: Source: BonAppetit

Alkali Rye, co-founded by Kori Saika Chen MBA 19 and Jessica Moncada Konte, introduces spirits made by underrepresented BIPOC distillers, brewers, and winemakers, and is featured in Bon Appetit's "Oakland Is America’s New Queer Food Capital."

MBA alumnus Mark Otero Raises $15 Mil. for New Web3 Gaming Venture, Azra Games
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MBA alumnus Mark Otero Raises $15 Mil. for New Web3 Gaming Venture, Azra Games

Source: Source: VentureBeat

Prolific gaming entrepreneur and MBA alumnus Mark Otero's new blockchain/Web3 gaming venture, Azra Games, closed a $15M seed round led by Andreeson Horowitz plus NFX, Coinbase Ventures, Play Ventures and Franklin Templeton. 

The Power of Networks: Professor Hargadon Shows How Networks Drive Innovation
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The Power of Networks: Professor Hargadon Shows How Networks Drive Innovation

Source: Source: Sarah Colwell, Public Scholarship and Engagement

New, radical, disruptive ideas have long been considered the foundation of innovation; but, according to Professor Andrew Hargadon, ideas need a network to be successful.  

Startups Make a Splash at the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition
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Startups Make a Splash at the UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition

Source: Source: Comstock's Magazine

Held in person for the first time since 2019, the 22nd Annual Big Bang! Business Competition presented over $100,000 in prize money and in-kind awards to early-stage startups in the food and agriculture, health, energy/sustainability, and social

Celebrating the Largest Graduating Class in School History
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Celebrating the Largest Graduating Class in School History

75% increase from five years ago

Source: By: Steven Wilson-Maggard, Content Editor and Writer

This year’s graduating Class of 2022 contains a record-breaking 449 graduates, including two program-highs.

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.”

Source: Source: Poets & Quants

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

Source: Source: CFO Magazine

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

Source: Source: CBS 8 San Diego

'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

Source: Source: Pitchbook

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.
 

Full-Time MBA Student Cleona Tsang Earns AMA Outstanding Future Marketer Scholarship
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Full-Time MBA Student Cleona Tsang Earns AMA Outstanding Future Marketer Scholarship

Source: Source: American Marketing Association Sacramento Valley

View video interview with UC Davis Full-Time MBA student Cleona Tsang, who recently earned the Outstanding Future Marketing Scholarship from the American Marketing Association’s Sacramento Valley chapter.

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

Source: Source: Cal Aggie Alumni Association

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.

Meet the finalists in the 22nd annual UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition
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Meet the finalists in the 22nd annual UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition

Source: Source: Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Four UC campuses are represented in the finals of the 22nd annual UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition. Winners will be announced May 26 at the Big Bang! Awards Ceremony.

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

Source: Source: Davis Enterprise

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.