This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 10000 by Nancy Gardner(nancylou@u.washington.edu). http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&authorID=73&numToShow=10000 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:57:06 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Let the seller beware: while relationship marketing programs have traditionally been perceived as a way to improve a company's financial performance, a new study shows they can actually be a double-edged sword. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37790 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37790 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:46:06 GMT Moral idenity may motivate behavior, but accurate ethical judgments are needed to set that behavior in the right direction, according to researchers who study business ethics. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37590 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37590 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:20:15 GMT The Foster Foundation, longtime supporters of the UW, have pledged $50 million to the Business School, which will be named the Michael G. Foster School of Business. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36464 Campus Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36464 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:18:50 GMT Companies that network and form strategic alliances are more creative and develop more patented inventions than those that don't. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36131 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36131 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:16:59 GMT Chief executive officers often pursue acquistions regardless of risk or potential outcome because they know their salaries will increase substantially, leaving shareholders to take the financial hit. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=34297 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=34297 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:06:47 GMT Minority small-business owners in Washington state are, much like entrepreneurs across the country, confident about their abilities to succeed despite the fact that fewer than one-third of them feel that the state's business climate is supportive. Their overall confidence level, a measure of how positively they view future business success, is 56 out of a possible 100 points. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32901 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32901 Thu, 10 May 2007 16:57:09 GMT The Business School's Global Business Case Competition welcomes students from around the globe for some friendly but heated rivalry. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32040 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32040 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:30:34 GMT Why do workers voluntarily quit their jobs? What kinds of things can employers do to help keep their best employees? Researchers from the UW and Truman State University theorize on the psychology of voluntary turnover. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31234 Business Social Science Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31234 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:02:08 GMT A new program for students majoring in entrepreneurship has been created with a gift from Leonard Lavin, founder and chairman emeritus of the Alberto-Culver Company. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30896 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30896 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:59:46 GMT Students from around the globe will be in Seattle to compete in a competition that rewards the best commercially sustainable and socially conscious business idea. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30744 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30744 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:07:00 GMT Two UW Business School researchers have found evidence that "bad apples," or workers who are lazy, chronically unhappy or who bully and attack others can seriously spoil a company's "barrel" of employees. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30464 Business Social Science Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30464 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:52:00 GMT Although online virtual experiences may improve a consumer's knowledge of a product, the marketing tactic can backfire by creating a false sense of what the product's real capabilites are, says a UW professor of marketing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28900 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28900 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT A UW professor contends that penalties imposed upon public companies that falsify accounting records are miniscule compared with the costs incurred when news of a company's misdeeds spreads and its reputation spoils. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28135 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28135 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:00:00 GMT Marketing executives should add new product features for upgraders and improve existing ones for first-time buyers if they want to sell more products, according to an assistant professor of marketing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27586 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27586 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:00:00 GMT People who have mixed emotions--feeling sad and happy at the same time--are more creative than people who are feeling just happy, sad, or have no emotions at all, according to a new study by the UW Business School. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27195 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27195 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:00:00 GMT Investor relations professionals retaliate against analysts who don't give favorable stock recommendations on their companies by excluding them from analyst-firm meetings and refusing to answer questions during conference calls, according to a new UW study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26703 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26703 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:00:00 GMT The Business School's new building facilities received a major boost today from Orin Smith, a 1965 graduate of the UW Business School and former Starbucks executive. In making this gift, Smith said he "feels very lucky to be able to give back to something that has provided my life with such meaning." http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26418 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26418 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:00:00 GMT With today's gift from UW Business School graduate and marketing executive Gary Shansby, the school is more than two-thirds the way toward its goal of raising $120 million for a new state-of-the-art facility. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25337 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25337 Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:41:00 GMT Enterprising students from around the state will showcase their business ideas and savvy presentation skills Thursday in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's Business Plan Competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24463 Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=24463 Mon, 22 May 2006 08:00:00 GMT The Business School's Global Business Center hosts its eighth case competition, with students from 14 countries competing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23471 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23471 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:00:00 GMT A new interdisciplinary class, funded by former Starbucks executive Howard Behar, will help students learn how companies that exercise responsible corporate behavior provide value to their employees and their bottom line. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23366 Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23366 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT Students from around the world will compete in the UW's Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition and will offer their business ideas designed to improve the quality of life in developing countries. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22662 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22662 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:00:00 GMT Cuthroat, profit-driven cultures seen in companies like the defunct Enron corporation can cause executives to suffer from moral ignorance and ethical insensitivity, according to a UW Business School professor. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21714 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21714 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:00:00 GMT B-list actors whose voices are used in television commercials are more likely to positively influence consumers because their identities are less recognizable than mainstream celebrities, according to researchers at the University of Washington and Rice University. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21395 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21395 Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT Banks and thrifts in our state yielded very strong returns to investors in 2004, according to researchers in the UW Business School. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13903 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13903 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT Can academics and corporations work in tandem to identify important emerging technologies and shorten the time it takes for them to develop into the Internet's next billion dollar market segments? Experts gathering in Seattle next week aim to do so. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11926 Business Science Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11926 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:00:00 GMT Naysayers of advertisements are more accepting of aesthetically appealing commercials than ones that provide product information. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11651 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11651 Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:00:00 GMT Finalists for the Center for Technology Entrepreneurship's Business Plan Competition are some of the most eclectic and promising teams in its eight-year history http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10230 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10230 Tue, 17 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT A former UW department of accounting chairman has been named the school's new dean. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9466 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9466 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT Undergraduate teams from around the globe will gather April 4-9 for the Business School's seventh annual Global Business Challenge. Hosted by the Global Business Center and the Certificate in International Studies program, the competition gives teams 48 hours to solve a business case and present conclusions to a panel of corporate judges. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9246 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9246 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT Researchers from Group Health and the UW Business School contend that doctors who view their work as emotional labor and who use 'deep acting' techniques that help generate genuine empathy for their patients are more effective healers and enjoy greater professional satisfaction. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8577 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8577 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT In the UW's first Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition, students have been asked to explain how they'll improve the quality of life and reduce poverty in developing countries. Their plans have to show social and financial returns on investments. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8322 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8322 Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT New research shows consumers typically avoid feelings of guilt by purchasing products they need rather than what they want. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7997 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7997 Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:00:00 GMT A team of second-year MBA students have won the 2005 Pac-10/Big Ten MBA Case Competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7535 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7535 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT Despite more than $25 billion spent per year by pharmaceutical drug companies on promoting new drugs and distributing free samples to doctors, new research proves these marketing tactics are ineffective. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6830 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6830 Tue, 07 Dec 2004 08:00:00 GMT With today's gift of $10 million from The Foster Foundation, the Business School is more than halfway toward raising the $105 million needed to construct a new building. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6703 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6703 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 08:00:00 GMT Paying attention to what customers do, not what they say, is key in the creation and development of new products that can best satisfy customers' needs and desires. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5771 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5771 Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:00:00 GMT An intense class geared toward helping graduate students turn their ideas into viable businesses launches next week at the Business School. Fatigues, crew cuts and push-ups are optional. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5480 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5480 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 08:00:00 GMT The average consumer hasn't learned how to assess the price or value of time, and believes money is still more valuable than time. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5382 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5382 Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington Business School leaders say a new partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will serve as a multi-integrated, educational stepping stone toward achieving tribal economic self-sufficiency. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5370 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5370 Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:00:00 GMT Banks located in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii did a better job of managing operating costs in 2003 than the national average, yielding investors a healthy 12 percent return on equity. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4721 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4721 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:00:00 GMT Experts generally agree momentum investing is a very simple - and proven - strategy. Even equity analysts, known for their meticulous analysis, occasionally use momentum as a method of making stock selections. But a UW Business School professor has found that investment strategies relying on momentum alone often fail simply because of the cost of doing business. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4475 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4475 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 08:00:00 GMT Graduate students in chemistry and business pool resources to create viable venture. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4371 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4371 Tue, 18 May 2004 08:00:00 GMT Business school students from Washington state universities will present their concepts in this exhibition-style format to 119 judges comprised of angel investors, entrepreneurs, lawyers and venture capitalists. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4134 Business Campus Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4134 Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:00:00 GMT Students from universities around the globe will converge in Seattle April 12-17 to compete in the University of Washington Business School's sixth annual Global Business Challenge. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3953 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3953 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 08:00:00 GMT Recent revisions to the master's of business administration curriculum at the University of Washington will put students closer to the fundamentals that drive the real world of business today and the innovations that will shape tomorrow, said Business School Dean Yash Gupta. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3547 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3547 Mon, 08 Mar 2004 08:00:00 GMT Rueben Mayes, former running back for the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks, will be the new assistant dean of external relations, Business School Dean Yash Gupta announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3548 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3548 Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:00:00 GMT A commonly used corporate accounting technique often pumps up reported earnings just before the sale of stock, University of Washington Business School researchers have found in a study that could give investors pause. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3557 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3557 Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:00:00 GMT Five University of Washington students won the western division of the National Venture Capital Investment Competition held last weekend in Boulder, Colo. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1413 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1413 Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:00:00 GMT Four University of Washington master's of business administration students snagged second place in the inaugural 2004 Pac-10/Big Ten MBA Case Competition held last week at Arizona State University. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1416 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1416 Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington Business School announced today the combined contributions of $20 million by members of its advisory board to help fund the construction of a new building to accommodate the near and long-term growth by the UW's nationally ranked Business School. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2250 Business Campus Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2250 Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:00:00 GMT Nine of the approximately 54,000 businesses owned by people of color in Washington state will be honored this evening at the 2003 University of Washington Minority Business of the Year Awards. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2245 Business Community Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2245 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 08:00:00 GMT The market's looking bullish in Balmer Hall thanks to the University of Washington Business School's new Nasdaq trading room. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2188 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2188 Mon, 06 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT Richard L. Nolan, professor emeritus of The Harvard Business School, will be named on Monday the inaugural Philip M. Condit Endowed Chair in Business Administration at the University of Washington Business School. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2179 Business Campus Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2179 Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:00:00 GMT Companies that offer interactive Web sites to consumers have a two to five times greater chance of selling their products than those that only provide static information, according to a University of Washington professor. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2168 Business Science Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2168 Wed, 03 Sep 2003 08:00:00 GMT In the wake of the dot-com bust, banks and savings and loan associations headquartered in Washington state proved to be smart investments in 2002, according to a University of Washington expert in banking and financial markets. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2136 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2136 Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:00:00 GMT Creators of a company that will broaden advances in genome science have won the $25,000 top prize at the University of Washington's sixth annual business plan competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2124 Business Health and Medicine Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2124 Wed, 21 May 2003 08:00:00 GMT Students aspiring to secure seed money to grow future ventures will put their brightest ideas forward during the investment round of the University of Washington Business School's Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (CTE) Business Plan Competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2111 Business Campus Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2111 Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:00:00 GMT A quartet of undergraduate business students from Seoul National University proved they knew beans about Starbucks' strategy for international expansion and took home top honors last weekend in the University of Washington Business School's fifth annual Global Business Challenge. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2106 Business Campus Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2106 Mon, 14 Apr 2003 08:00:00 GMT Undergraduate students from 14 countries will converge in Seattle April 7-12 to compete in the University of Washington Business School's fifth annual Global Business Challenge case competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2092 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2092 Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:00:00 GMT The push to digitize the workplace is changing the strategies behind how successful businesses strengthen security issues, revolutionize corporate travel and advance customer relationship management initiatives. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2055 Business Nancy Gardner (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2055 Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:00:00 GMT