Graziadio Dean on the Future of the Job Market
Dean David Smith of Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Management recently wrote a piece for the LA Daily News on the state of California’s most recent unemployment rate.
In a guest commentary, Smith addressed the state’s 4.9 percent jobless number, which, while markedly lower than last year’s figure, is still cause for close attention by recent grads.
The Entrepreneurship MBA in San Diego
When you think about the city of San Diego, the first things that probably come to mind are great beaches, beautiful weather and a laid back attitude. And while that’s all true, it’s not all that San Diego is. San Diego might not be Silicon Valley, but that doesn’t mean its startup businesses are any less impressive.
Between 2000 and 2011, over 25,750 patents were awarded to the city, making it one of the most innovative cities in the U.S. And the first nine months of 2016, 60 companies raised more than $811 million in venture capital funding, up from 76 startups and $806 million the year before.
What about for graduate school candidates? Does San Diego offer any effective entrepreneurship MBA programs? There are three that stand out. Continue reading…
Register Now for the SDSU Student Research Symposium
Registration is still open for the San Diego State University Student Research Symposium (SRS) 2016. Students can register until February 3, 2016. The SRS is a two-day event that recognizes the outstanding scholarly achievements of SDSU students. Continue reading…
Loyola Marymount EMBAs Study Innovation
EMBA students from Loyola Marymount University recently returned from their annual week-long trip to study innovation in Silicon Valley and Sacramento, according to a press release from the school. Students learned how organizations gain a competitive edge by managing innovation through services, processes, marketing, management systems, technologies, and products. Continue reading…
LBS Sloan Fellows Visit California
54 Sloan Fellows from London Business School recently returned from a week-long journey to California known as ‘SloanFEST,’ according to a press release from the school. The Sloan Fellows program is a master’s degree in general management and leadership originally supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation at LBS, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. It is designed for people who have demonstrated success either as entrepreneurs or within organizations. LBS requires at least 12 years experience for its Sloan fellows, although the average is 16 years. Continue reading…
Booth Research Analyzes Renewable Energy
New research via University of Chicago Booth School of Business Professor John R. Birge and German researchers, Ingmar Ritzenhofen and Professor Stefan Spinler of the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, have comprehensively analyzed the various schemes to support renewable energy generation and find ways to reduce carbon emissions as well as end fossil fuel dependence. Continue reading…
