Marketing


How Visual Technologies Influence Virtual Teams

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Professor Lurie Discovers Visual Technologies Foster Persuasion, Agreement among Virtual Teams

In a business climate where colleagues may never share office space or even meet face-to-face, Marketing Professor Nicholas Lurie has found that more visual information technologies can help virtual teams build consensus under tight deadlines. Continue Reading




Professor Stephen Park Named Satell CSR Fellow

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Solutions to Climate Change, Poverty, Other Social Challenges Require Collective Effort, New Approaches

Business Law Professor Stephen Park has been named to the newly created position of Satell Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility.

“The School of Business is deeply invested in the development of corporate social responsibility guidelines and shares the belief that this work is of utmost importance,” said Dean John A. Elliott. Continue Reading




‘Udder’ Geniuses

Oakridge Dairy, a sprawling, 1,600-acre farm, has recently invested in new facilities and modern equipment to care for its 2,500 cows and is looking to agri-tourism as a means of offsetting the cost of modernization.
Oakridge Dairy, a sprawling, 1,600-acre farm, has recently invested in new facilities and modern equipment to care for its 2,500 cows and is looking to agri-tourism as a means of offsetting the cost of modernization. (Seth Bahler/Oakridge Dairy)

Student Marketing Team Wins Oakridge Dairy Competition with Creative Ideas to Draw Consumers to Farm

While all the students in Professor Cinthia Satornino’s capstone marketing class brainstormed unique and creative growth ideas for Ellington’s Oakridge Dairy, Team 2 was comprised of “udder” geniuses. Continue Reading


Fast Forward to 2018

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Do Americans Believe in Getting a ‘Fresh Start?’ Marketing Professor Robin Coulter Shares Intriguing Answers

If 2017 didn’t turn out exactly how you’d hoped or planned, don’t give up!

Many Americans are strong believers in a ‘fresh start,’ reports Professor Robin Coulter, the head of the UConn School of Business Marketing Department. Continue Reading



‘Thirty Ideas Are Better Than One’

Marketing students at the Oakridge Dairy Farm in Ellington, Connecticut.
Marketing students at the Oakridge Dairy Farm in Ellington, Conn. (Seth Bahler/Oakridge Dairy)

Ellington’s Oakridge Dairy Seeks Business Expansion Suggestions from Marketing Students

The CEO of Oakridge Dairy Farm in Ellington is asking UConn’s senior marketing students to offer ideas on new ways to generate income for the sprawling, 1,600-acre farm, which is one of the largest of its kind in Connecticut. Continue Reading