When pricing is being discussed for IPOs, are underwriters overlooking important financial information that could more accurately reflect the value of a start-up’s publicly offered stock?Continue Reading
Faculty
A Network of Pipes, Pools and Filters
UConn Professors Uncover Optimal Configurations of Collaboration Networks to Improve Innovative Performance
There is an old saying that it doesn’t matter what you know in life but whom you know that makes you successful. While the former may not be true, evidence by some University of Connecticut researchers indicates the latter certainly may be accurate.Continue Reading
Corporate Compliance as Competitive Advantage
Can Corporate Compliance be Achieved without Breaking the Bank? Two UConn Professors Offer a New Way to Answer this Increasingly Important Business Question
Corporate compliance is one of the hot-button topics in business today, and the need to identify, prioritize and optimize it is a growing source of concern for companies, business managers, lawyers and legal scholars alike.Continue Reading
Teaming Up
McEvoy and Jackson Earn Best Presentation Award
At the Academy of Business Research Conference in New Orleans on March 23-25, Nicole Jackson, Assistant Professor of Management, and Kevin McEvoy, Assistant Professor In-Residence of Marketing, earned a Best Session Presentation Award for their work titled, “Mindfulness, Marketing and Management – Is it all that?”Continue Reading
Show Me The Money
Hartford Magazine – We save it and we spend it. On our best days, we give it away. When it comes to dealing with money, the smart money is betting on these Greater Hartford Players.
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.
Fred Carstensen Talks Energy Economics
Upcoming Conference Brings Energy Leaders Together
Fred Carstensen, professor of finance and economics, will speak at the annual Energy, Environment and Economic Development conference on March 9 from 7 AM to 1:30 PM.
The conference brings together Connecticut leaders from energy and related industries to understand how their businesses interact with environmental policy and development.Continue Reading
Gilson on Leadership Conference
SNY – Kerith Burke interviews UConn business professor Dr. Lucy Gilson about the Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference.
UConn Business School Announces 10 New Professors
Hartford Business Journal – The UConn School of Business has welcomed 10 new professors to this year’s faculty roster.
Decreasing Infant Mortality
UConn Professor, Colleagues Discover That Turkey’s Take-Charge Healthcare Initiative Saves Lives
Since the nation of Turkey launched an aggressive healthcare initiative, providing free and convenient access to primary care for all its citizens, at conveniently located walk-in clinics, the mortality rate has decreased, most dramatically among infants.Continue Reading