UConn MBAs stood first in the APICS Northeast Region Supply Chain case competition hosted at UConn’s business school on Saturday, April 21st, 2012. Twenty one teams from across the northeast participated, including undergraduate and MBA teams from Boston University, Rutgers, Northeastern, and Bryant. Prof. Manuel Nunez mentored the UConn undergraduate team and Prof. Suresh Nair mentored our MBA teams. The winning team members were Anup Ratnakaran, Nanxin (Nick) Li, and Samir Mohanty. Another UConn MBA team won the fourth place in the competition. Continue Reading
Manuel Nunez
Faculty Awards 2011
The Teaching and Research Committee at the University of Connecticut School of Business has met and evaluated the nominations for annual Faculty Awards. The following winners were selected:
Best Paper: (3-way tie)
Xue Bai and Manuel Nunez: “Managing Data Quality Risk in Accounting Information Systems”
(with Jayant Kalagnanam), Information Systems Research
Xinxin Li: “Price Effects in Online Product Reviews: An Analytical Model and Empirical Analysis”
(with Lorin M. Hitt), MIS Quarterly
David Souder and Zeki Simsek: “The Differing Effects of Agent and Founder CEOs on the Firm’s Market Expansion” (with Scott G. Johnson), Strategic Management Journal
Research Excellence: John Zhang
Undergraduate Teaching: Dave Papandria
Graduate Teaching: Amy Dunbar
Teaching Innovation: Andy Rosman (with Roger Travis, Modern and Classical Languages)
Service Award: Tim Dowding
