Forbes – If former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld had taken a test that business school professors use to measure executive confidence, called Core Self-Evaluation, or CSE, he would likely have gotten a very high score, says Ciaran Heavey, a professor at the University of Dublin. Heavey is the co-author of a new paper entitled “Exuberance in the Corner Office: CEO Core Self-Evaluation and the Rise and Fall of Irish Firms, 2005-2009,” which will be presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in early August.
Department News
Articles about activities within the academic departments
‘You Don’t Have to Know Everything’
Research Finds That When Top Executives Divide Responsibilities, Companies Fare Better
CEOs and other top executives can breathe a little easier now.
Contrary to popular belief, executive managers in small- to medium-sized firms don’t need to know every aspect of how the business operates, according to new research by UConn Management Professor Zeki Simsek and alumnus Ciaran Heavey ’09 Ph.D.Continue Reading
Message from the Interim Marketing Department Head
Greetings!
As summer approaches and our snowy winter fades from our memories into summer’s warm contentment, we are delighted to share Marketing Department news from Spring 2015 that has been a culmination of networking, accomplishments, and research.
Networking was an important theme this spring. On March 25 our undergraduate students came out to the Benton Museum to interact with alumni, corporate partners, and faculty at our Student and Alumni Networking Event. Stewart Lander ’80, the Marketing Department 2014 Alumnus of the year and keynote speaker, stated that networking events give him a chance to interact with students and alumni have much to offer students as well. In addition, the Marketing Department Awards Reception allowed us to honor our successful students and network with them, their parents, and our donors.Continue Reading
Connecticut State Broadband Office Partners with UConn School of Business
Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz Announces Formation of Connecticut State Broadband Office and Promotes Internet Survey as First Official Action
State of Connecticut Consumer Counsel Office – As the first official act of the State Broadband Office, Katz announced that the Office has partnered with the UConn School of Business to create two internet surveys – one for businesses, one for residents, which ask respondents about their internet speed, cost, usage, and satisfaction level with their options. The surveys are available through the following internet links:
CT Budget Needs Economic Growth
More CT Users Value Owning Space Than Leasing
Hartford Business Journal – In March, entrepreneurs Patrick Sweeny and David Connelly pulled off a feat they had been desperate to do for some time: They bought an office building in Glastonbury to house their expanding wealth-management practice.
Greece, Argentina Provide Model as Ukraine Considers GDP Linkers
BloombergBusiness – As debt talks intensify between Ukraine and its creditors, securities that pay out if economic growth exceeds expectations will probably be on the agenda, echoing deals done by Argentina and Greece in the past decade.
Back from the Brink?
The Greek Debt Crisis and the Eurozone
UConn Today – Eurozone leaders have agreed to an economic bailout for Greece that keeps the debt-ridden nation in the 19-country common currency pact, but only if the Greek government implements a host of deeply unpopular austerity measures, including cuts to public pensions and sales tax increases. The total rescue effort could amount to 87 billion euros in emergency funding over the next three years including an immediate emergency 10 billion euro loan to help Greece keep its fragile banking system afloat and repay loans due this month.
Research Scholar: Professor John Clapp
UConn Professor John Clapp, of West Hartford, Named Kinnard Distinguished Research Scholar
Hartford Courant – UConn Professor John Clapp, who has been recognized as one of the top real estate researchers in the world, has been named the first Kinnard Distinguished Research Scholar in the business school’s Center for Real Estate.
John Clapp Named Kinnard Distinguished Research Scholar
UConn Professor John Clapp, who has been recognized as one of the top real estate researchers in the world, has been named the first Kinnard Distinguished Research Scholar in the business school’s Center for Real Estate.
Clapp is a long-time professor of real estate and finance at the UConn School of Business. His areas of expertise include real estate and retail markets, housing price indices, location of anchor stores, option to redevelopment and Connecticut housing.Continue Reading