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UC Davis MBA Students Propose Turning Invasive Species into Dog Food
UC Davis MBA students are collaborating with the Tahoe Environmental Research Center on a project to create canine food from an aquatic invasive species known as Mysis Shrimp in Lake Tahoe as a way to clarify the lake and commercialize the outcome.
UC Davis Hosts Google Cloud Hero Competition
Are you cloud ready?
Google brought its Cloud Hero event to our UC Davis MSBA campus in San Francisco, the only visit to a University of California campus among the 11 U.S. universities on its 2019 tour.
Price Transparency and Shopping Decision Aids
Despite the high volume of health care expenditures, it is often characterized by pricing opacity, leaving consumers in the dark when making critical healthcare decisions. Here, we examine the implications of price transparency, that is emerging on
Match Game: Christy Serrato
After a satisfying career in banking and IT security in the Bay Area, UC Davis alumna Christy Serrato returned to Davis, became program director at Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy—and founded PairAnything, a mobile app used by wineries that
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
Launch your Entrepreneurship Journey with a Big Bang!
UC Davis business competition celebrates 20 years of preparing innovators
MBA student Samantha Contreras shares how the Big Bang! helped prepare startup PairAnything, Inc. for success in the billion dollar wine industry.
When I first came to the Graduate School of Management, I had one mission in mind: to transform
An Entrepreneurial LaunchPad in the Empire State
Propelling our companies forward
Have you ever had an idea for a business and thought how amazing it would be if you could change the world?
Seven UC Davis students from four startup teams did just that when they took on the Big Apple, attending the third annual LaunchPad Propel to
Pitching Ideas Successfully Can Hinge on Your Project Leader’s Style
QUICK SUMMARY:
- Team members should align their idea pitches to the style of their creative project leader
- Creative project leaders most often self-define themselves as “idealists” or “pragmatists”
- Idealists are more likely to be receptive to low
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
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
Launch your Entrepreneurship Journey with a Big Bang!
UC Davis business competition celebrates 20 years of preparing innovators
"When I first came to the Graduate School of Management, I had one mission in mind: to transform industries, and I did that through the Big Bang! Business Competition," says MBA student Samantha Contreras.
A Social Impact Lens for Entrepreneurship
Insights from Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal and Blackstone Group President and COO Jon Gray
I come from a household of six people and 24 eyes—everyone in my immediate family, including my four-year-old sister, wears glasses.
Growing up, my frames were usually purchased from the optometrist office and had price tags in the hundreds; they