The U.S. government is an important driver in identifying and funding successful entrepreneurial ventures and is adept at identifying those with strong potential.Continue Reading
New UConn Study: Feds Typically Back Startup Winners
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Marketing Professors: Consumers Are Suspicious When Companies Exceed Expectations on Product Recalls
UConn Today – Companies that are extremely generous in compensating customers during a product-recall crisis may be creating unintended negative consequences and damaging their corporate reputation, according to surprising findings by UConn marketing professor Stefan Hock.Continue Reading
IPOs that disclose ‘bad news’ go public at lower prices
As part of their professional responsibilities, external auditors must assess a cornerstone assumption of financial accounting: namely, whether there is substantial doubt that the company, whose financials they are examining, will continue to operate as a ‘going concern’ (GC). If they conclude that such doubt exists, they must disclose this in their audit opinion. Continue Reading
Even In Life-or-Death Situations, Friendships Matter
A chaotic, mass-casualty, emergency response drill proved the ideal setting for management Ph.D. candidate Semin Park to test a theory about how dynamic conflict relations emerge and evolve over time. Continue Reading
Do Firms Use Brands to Circumvent Regulatory Requirements?
Have large financial companies secretly circumvented government regulations designed to safeguard vulnerable investors from bad decision-making? Continue Reading
Supplier Optimization Key to Manufacturer Success
As manufacturers rely more heavily on the use of suppliers today, how can they foster enough competition to keep their expenses low without alienating the companies they depend on? Continue Reading
Dean’s Report 2018
UConn School of Business Dean’s Report 2018
Entrepreneurship
When entrepreneur Peter J. Werth pledged more than $22 million to the University of Connecticut last winter, for the creation of the Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, a new chapter was written in UConn’s history.Continue Reading
A Message from the Associate Dean of Research
Hello Colleagues,
There are many problems that business researchers can help solve, from improving the global supply chain to creating clean energy and livable cities. At the University of Connecticut School of Business, we are committed to cutting-edge research that has the potential to impact our world in new and exciting ways. Continue Reading
New Model in Understanding Value Stock Performance
UConn Assistant Professor of Finance Fan Yang, and colleagues, have developed a new model that offers an explanation of how value stocks can outperform others. Continue Reading
UConn Management Professors among the Most Prolific Researchers in the Nation
The Management Department at the University of Connecticut is one of the most productive among universities from across the country.Continue Reading