Bloomberg– A study by the University of Connecticut’s Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis (CCEA) projects construction and operation of CPV Towantic will generate more than $7.9 billion in new personal income for Connecticut residents over the next 25 years and will create, at its peak in the construction phase, more than 2,300 positions.
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Student Interview: Yaacov Kopeliovich
EDHEC Business School – You recently obtained a faculty position in the Finance department of the School of Business at the University of Connecticut. You are the first of our graduates in the executive track of the programme to become a permanent faculty member in an academic institution. This is quite a career change. Can you tell us what made this change possible?
On 31 August 2015 when I entered to give my first lecture as a new faculty of the finance department in the University of Connecticut, I completed a personal
journey transferring from industry to academia. Let me try to capture in a few sentences the main stages of this career change.
Differences Between Not-for-Profits and For-Profit Hospitals Marginal
Health Leaders Magazine – “The absence of a residual claimant with a financial interest in the organization means that no one individual, or group of individuals, has strong incentives to monitor the behavior of the organization at nonprofit hospitals,” Rexford Santerre, Ph.D. , a professor of finance and healthcare management at the University of Connecticut, wrote in a National Bureau of Economic Research report with a Finance Department colleague John Vernon, Ph.D.
The Real Story: The Baby Boomer Effect
Fox61 – The authors of a new study of Connecticut’s aging population discuss what they call the “Baby Boomer Effect” on the state’s business landscape and economy. Al and Jenns’ guests are Tom Devitto from Blum Shapiro, New England’s largest business advisory group, and Professor David Souder of the UConn School of Business.
MGM Springfield Could Be ‘Devastating Blow’ to Conn. Gaming, Tribal Leaders Say at Hearing
Nonprofit Profile: Greater Hartford Legal Aid
Hartford Business Journal – The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) awarded a total of $11,000 to four students from UConn’s School of Business, all majoring in real estate and urban economics.
UConn Alum Preps Students on Starting an International Business
The Daily Campus – Business students filed into Konover Auditorium to get advice about their industry from University of Connecticut alum Peter Broadbent, who is vice president of U.S. and European sales at Photronics, as part of the global business leadership seminar series Wednesday night.
IBM Expands Data Science Education Around the World
The Financial – The University of Connecticut is incorporating Watson Analytics into several MBA courses taught by Professor Girish Punj, including “Digital Marketing” and “Big Data and Strategy Marketing” classes, to teach future marketing professionals how to analyze data without the help of a data scientist.
Small Business Development Center Opens in Fairfield
Minuteman News Center – The Connecticut Small Business Development Center opened a satellite office in Fairfield last week to provide additional support and resources to the small businesses community. The center provides no-cost advice to new, prospective, and existing business owners, aiding them in starting or expanding their business.