ESPN – Analytics have become a key component of NFL decision-making in recent years, but they’ve long been the driving force behind Daily Fantasy Sports profitability.
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Prestigious AACSB International Re-Accredits School of Business, Accounting Program
The prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), considered by many to be the ‘gold standard’ of accrediting organizations, has re-accredited the School of Business and, separately, its Accounting program.Continue Reading
Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack a Warning of Infrastructure’s Vulnerability
UConn Business Professors Present Five, Free Mini-Courses to Showcase Graduate Classes
UConn School of Business faculty, like Professor Robert Bird (Pictured above) are presenting short courses to give prospective graduate students a taste of what a UConn education would be like. (Nathan Oldham / UConn School of Business)
The UConn School of Business is offering five mini-courses to showcase the expertise of its faculty. Although the programs were designed for prospective graduate students, anyone is welcome to join the one-hour, online courses free of charge.Continue Reading
OPIM Professor Bob Day’s Work Recognized by Nobel-Prize Winner
Most people appreciate having their expertise and work acknowledged, but exponentially so when the praise comes from a highly respected Nobel Prize winner.
“I was both thrilled and humbled to have professor Paul Milgrom highlight our joint work in his recent Nobel Prize lecture,” said Bob Day, associate dean for undergraduate programs in the School of Business and a professor of Operations and Information Management.Continue Reading
We Can Get Vaccines To People Faster: A Supply Chain Management Perspective
UConn Today – Last year, when the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continued to climb, we put our hopes on the development of vaccines. When the good news came about the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in November – practically medical miracles developed in record time – we believed we could soon vaccinate our way out of this crisis, and reach the herd immunity needed to get life back to normal.Continue Reading
MSBAPM Students ‘Awash’ in Knowledge After Completing Capstone Project For Henkel
Creating a great laundry detergent is just the first step in conquering the household cleaning market.
That’s one of the concepts that UConn MSBAPM students learned during their capstone-class project last month. Their task? Providing data, customer insight, and e-commerce support to Henkel, which markets a wide range of well-known consumer and industrial brands in North America, including Persil®, Purex®, and all® laundry detergents and Snuggle® fabric softeners.Continue Reading
Business Professor Wins $2.5 Million Fantasy Football Jackpot Using the Concepts He Teaches Students
UConn Today – UConn School of Business professor David Bergman won $2.5 million this week in a fantasy football competition by using some of the data analytics knowledge and techniques he teaches students.
“I’m just shocked by the whole thing, but it’s very exciting,’’ says Bergman, who has been a faculty member in the operations and information management (OPIM) department for seven years. “I’ve played fantasy sports since I was in college and it’s such a fun hobby.’’Continue Reading
MIS Competition Got Students Thinking Like Toy-Company Execs
For this year’s MIS Case Competition, students were tasked with analyzing the financial performance data for a fictional toy manufacturer and identifying cost saving and operational efficiency.Continue Reading
Vaccine logistics: The ‘challenging task’ of delivering billions of doses
CTPost – Getting a COVID vaccine to the entire country — and perhaps the entire world — will present a unique challenge, according to Tao Lu.
“It’s the first time you are trying to do such a huge job in such a short time frame,” he said.
Lu is an assistant professor at UConn’s School of Business, specializing in supply chain management and logistics.
He said development of a vaccine — there are currently two coronavirus vaccine candidates on the fast track for worldwide distribution — is just the first problem.
“The next challenging task is how to deliver the vaccine to every single person in the nation, or in the world,” he said.Continue Reading