This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Business School. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=45&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 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 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:50 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Energy experts from the University of Washington want to help local businesses cut their utility bills. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45244 Business Technology Rachel Tompa (rtompa@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45244 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:29:46 GMT Minority small-business owners in Washington voiced increased optimism about their prospects-even amidst the threat of recession-during the last half of 2007. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40120 Business Andrew Krueger (krueger6@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40120 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:00:57 GMT 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37790 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:46:06 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37590 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:20:15 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36464 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:18:50 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36131 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:16:59 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=34297 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:06:47 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32901 Thu, 10 May 2007 15:57:09 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32040 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:30:34 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31234 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:02:08 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30896 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:59:46 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30744 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:07:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30464 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:52:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28900 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28135 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=27586 Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26418 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23471 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23366 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22662 Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21714 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21395 Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:00:00 GMT The ways trust and dependency, economic and price uncertainties and legal contracts influence business-to-business relationships is the subject of research led by the first-ever holder of a Fulbright award specifically created for the study of Canadian-US trade. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8142 Science Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8142 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6703 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5480 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5382 Mon, 30 Aug 2004 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4134 Mon, 26 Apr 2004 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3953 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 07:00:00 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 (nancylou@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2245 Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:00:00 GMT