Redlands MBA offered at Marin campus starting January 2021
The School of Business will add the Redlands MBA to the Marin campus offerings effective January 2021. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 16, 2020.
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UA Little Rock’s new flexible MBA program offers best of online, face-to-face classes
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is offering Master of Business Administration (MBA) students the opportunity to embrace the best of on-campus and online learning through a new flexible MBA program.
Read moreResearch Affiliates CEO on Leading and Investing in a Time of Uncertainty
As CEO of global asset management firm Research Affiliates, Katrina Sherrerd (Ph.D. ’87) is leading the influential financial services firm through a period of deep global uncertainty, as world financial markets continue to show great volatility amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Keys to Small Business Resilience in Uncertain Times
Faced with limited customer flow, forced shut down of operations and a looming economic recession, the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic leaves small-business owners to make decisions with little idea of what the future may hold. What lessons can they take from the success and resiliency of businesses that have survived crises in the past?
Read moreUVA Darden Launches New Digital Product Management Specialization
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has launched a new suite of courses on digital product management available to learners across the world.
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Leading Mindfully: COVID-19 and the Big Human Pivot, Part 3
If the COVID-19 crisis triggered health, economic, social and psychological changes that mean we will be living and working through destabilizing moments now and for the foreseeable future, then all the more reason now to adopt and practice essential skills of Leading Mindfully. How should we start thinking in new ways that better represent reality?
Read moreEntrepreneurship Journal Devotes New Issue to UVA Darden Professor’s Theory of Effectuation
An influential academic journal has devoted the entirety of a recent issue to effectuation, the theory of entrepreneurship pioneered by University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Saras Sarasvathy.
Read moreUVA Darden Experts Offer Advice for Cultivating Mental Resilience During the Pandemic
Darden experts offer advice for cultivating mental resilience
Read more‘Defining Moments’ and Second Chances: Former Prisoner Brings Award-Winning Case to Life
Defining Moments and Second Chances: A manager at Cascade Engineering who joined the company through a prisoner reentry program joined a Darden class earlier this spring to share his own journey from incarceration to the working world. “Defining Moments” is a Second Year elective that purposefully places students in realistic, high-pressure situations and helps them consider and learn from their responses and reactions. McKinley asked Darden students to consider the possibility of second chances, noting the legions of people like himself who leave prison wanting nothing more than another opportunity to work hard and to build a life.
Read moreThe Real Effect of Fiscal Stimulus: Inequality, Interest Rates and Beyond
Does fiscal stimulus raise interest rates and tighten credit markets, as theoretical models of the macroeconmy predict? New research shows what the real effect of government spending is on the U.S. economy — and what high levels of inequality have to do with the interest rate response to fiscal stimulus.
Read moreUrban and Suburban Patterns of Consumption and Time Use
Increasing urbanization can prove challenging in the era of COVID-19 social distancing, particularly given the dependence on essential services and the unique health concerns of high-population density. A new study clarifies the tradeoffs between city and suburban patterns of consumption and how different areas fulfill essential daily functions.
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Augustana University Names Director of the MBA Degree Program
Augustana has named Dr. Anissa Goehring as its inaugural Director of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program. The university announced in November of 2019 it would be adding an MBA degree to its graduate education portfolio, building upon the quality education provided by the business department while also supporting the university’s comprehensive strategic plan – Viking Bold: The Journey to 2030.
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