Climate Change Risk and Company Financial Disclosures
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Climate Change Risk and Company Financial Disclosures

Professor Paul Griffin’s trailblazing research calls for greater corporate responsibility

Professor Paul Griffin’s trailblazing research quantifies the impact of physical climate risk on company market values and calls for greater corporate responsibility.

As one of the first professors at the School when it opened in 1981, Paul Griffin

Developing Curriculum for UC Davis Nursing Fellows
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Developing Curriculum for UC Davis Nursing Fellows

Source: Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

New partnership with Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis to develop leadership curriculum for nursing innovators, funded by a $37.5 mil. grant.

 

 

How to Pitch Ideas to Your Project Lead
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How to Pitch Ideas to Your Project Lead

Source: By Julia Ann Easley

Learn how to contribute more to the creative project team at work. Professor Kimberly Elsbach shares insights on how to successfully pitch your ideas.

You resolve to contribute more to the creative project team at work. But just how do you do that

How to Pitch Ideas to Your Project Lead
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How to Pitch Ideas to Your Project Lead

Source: By Julia Ann Easley

Learn how to contribute more to the creative project team at work. Professor Kimberly Elsbach shares insights on how to successfully pitch your ideas.

You resolve to contribute more to the creative project team at work. But just how do you do that

Climate change threatens billions in CalPERS pension fund
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Climate change threatens billions in CalPERS pension fund

Source: LA Times

With the release of CalPERS' first climate risk assessment, Professor Brad Barber warns of the effects of global warming on economies and its impact on various industries.

Ponzi Schemes, FBI Investigations and Cybercrimes: Welcome to Accounting Ethics
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Ponzi Schemes, FBI Investigations and Cybercrimes: Welcome to Accounting Ethics

Forensic accounting experiences prepares future leaders

My career before joining UC Davis primarily focused on forensic accounting including work on some of the largest fraud schemes in the United States. These cases taught me that at the heart of most frauds is frequently a breakdown in ethics and

Got Ideas? Know Your Boss’ Traits Before You Pitch
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Got Ideas? Know Your Boss’ Traits Before You Pitch

Q&A with Professor Kimberly Elsbach

Next time you’re in a meeting and asked to pitch an idea, follow this simple strategy: Align your idea with your boss’ personal identity says Professor Kim Elsbach.

Next time you’re in a meeting and asked to pitch an idea, follow this simple

Pitching Ideas Successfully Can Hinge on Your Project Leader’s Style
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Pitching Ideas Successfully Can Hinge on Your Project Leader’s Style

Source: By Steven Wilson

Professor Kim Elsbach shares new research examines leadership personality traits and how they affect ideas being accepted and rejected.

Quick Summary:

  • Team members should align their idea pitches to the style of their creative project leader
  • Cre
Audit Committees Not Compromised by Big-Four Alumni
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Audit Committees Not Compromised by Big-Four Alumni

Benefits include higher audit quality, lower fees, timelier reporting

Source: by Steven Wilson and Ben Haimowitz, American Accounting Association

Assistant Professor Paul Wong and his co-authors explain how the familiarity of a former partner who sits on the company’s audit committee can actually be a benefit.

A former partner of a Big-Four accountancy sits on the audit committee of a company

Extreme Heat Impacts Firms’ Stock Value
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Extreme Heat Impacts Firms’ Stock Value

First study to quantify the impact of physical climate risk on corporate market values

Source: by Julia Ann Easley, UC Davis News, and Steven Wilson

Professor Paul Griffin shares new research on the market value risk following episodes of extremely hot weather, especially for small firms in the South and Southeast.

Climate change is making business and investors sweat.

Research from the

Beware: You Might Not Be Buying the Stock You Think You Are
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Beware: You Might Not Be Buying the Stock You Think You Are

Source: Wall Street Journal

A new study highlights similar or confusing stock symbols, which leads to widespread confusion for investors. Professor Brad Barber says companies can be connected in others ways some might not fully understand.

Molding the Next Generation of Business Leaders
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Molding the Next Generation of Business Leaders

Source: VoiceAmerica Internet Talk

On a podcast hosted by by Frank Zaccari, Professor Andrew Hargadon shares about our lab-to-market academies and the 20th annual Big Bang! Business Competition.

"Robots, Algorithms & AI, Oh My!"
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"Robots, Algorithms & AI, Oh My!"

Source: Forbes

On Forbes.com, Associate Professor Gina Dokko's take on how automation will impact careers as she led a panel of experts at a recent Academy of Management meeting.

Purpose-Driven Isn’t Always People-Driven: 3 Ways to Change
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Purpose-Driven Isn’t Always People-Driven: 3 Ways to Change

Creating purposeful work for your employees

Purpose only gets you so far to a great workplace and employee fulfillment. It shouldn’t be a veil for other practices.

I’ll avoid the cliché lecture about a need for “authenticity” in a purpose-driven business, and will be more specific.

Here are

15 Leadership Certificate Programs to Boost Your Career
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15 Leadership Certificate Programs to Boost Your Career

Source: CIO

Professor Kimberly Elsbach's eight-week online leadership course named among the top 15 certificate programs to boost your career by CIO.com. Program begins Oct. 16.

One-on-One with UC Davis Provost
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One-on-One with UC Davis Provost

Rare opportunity to shadow Ralph Hexter

What is it like overseeing the day-to-day operations of one of the world’s most comprehensive research universities—literally a 5,300-acre city unto itself—with nearly 40,000 students, 4,700 faculty and 17,000 staff?

I recently had the privilege of

Are We Ready for Driverless Cars?
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Are We Ready for Driverless Cars?

Professor Hemant Bhargava says not yet

(Editor's note: Professor Bhargava's blog originally appeared on Medium on May 5, 2019)

Are we ready for driverless cars?

Short answer, No.

Tesla, the new kid on the block, has shaken up the automobile industry during the last decade, with

Bobbleheads Rule! Promos Can Predict Baseball Attendance
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Bobbleheads Rule! Promos Can Predict Baseball Attendance

Analysis shows giveaways boost MLB game ticket sales

Fresh cut outfield grass, the smell of hot dogs and cool spring nights mean one thing, the Major League Baseball (MLB) season is in full swing.

While having a competitive, star-studded team makes baseball marketers’ jobs much easier, promoting the

Small Data Tells a Big Story
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Small Data Tells a Big Story

Big Data is overblown, bigger problems lack data

Everyone is talking about big data today. While there are many applications and opportunities to harness big data to disrupt industries and revolutionize company operations, the conventional wisdom proclaims you should feel ashamed if you don’t solve