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The Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business is a co-sponsor of this important conference bringing together participants from academia, regulatory agencies, the financial industry, and the US government to discuss the wide range of issues related to systemic risk and data in financial regulation and services. Fisher Center Co-Chair Nancy Wallace will moderate the “Data Panel” session on Wednesday, October 5, 2:15-3:15 pm.

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Business schools are churning out a new breed of MBA graduates who want to use their leadership skills toward effecting social good. The University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business is the first business school studying “multi-sector leadership,” according to Nora Silver, adjunct professor and director of the Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership at Berkeley-Haas.

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More than 10 years after electricity deregulation, the nuclear power industry has decreased greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 40 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and saved $2.5 billion a year as a result of operating more efficiently over the past decade, according to a new study.

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The new regulatory banking standards called “Basel III” slightly decrease but do not eliminate systemic risk in the banking system, according to research at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Furthermore, the study suggests successful mortgage markets in Western Europe provide useful models for mortgage reform in the US. Because these healthier markets do not contain public lenders such as the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Professor Jaffee proposes the elimination of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as a critical step toward healing the domestic economy.

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Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, will share his experiences as a serial entrepreneur with the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley as the school’s fourth executive fellow. Stone kicked off his appointment to the Haas School with a keynote to incoming full-time Berkeley MBA students at their MBA Orientation today (8/16/11).

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Innovation drives markets. But when innovation is left unharnessed and spreads too fast, regulation can’t keep up and innovation implodes. Jo-Ellen Pozner studies organizational legitimacy and corporate governance and analyzed how the diffusion of innovative practices contributed to the 2008 financial crisis causing “terminal isomorphism” and the mortgage market meltdown. Pozner is an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

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How likely are you to repurchase a stock you sold? Professor Terrance Odean, who studies behavioral finance at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, found that that trading patterns involving previously owned stock are driven by a desire to avoid or at least limit anticipated regret. In other words, investors are likely to repurchase a stock if the sale boosts feelings of satisfaction.

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The conference features presentations on the current economy, its impact on the future of the real estate market, and how they are driving each other in the state of California.

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Foreclosures depress communities and economies. But how does one measure the direct impact of foreclosures on the overall economy? The problem is complicated by the fact that other economic shocks – such as job losses – could be jointly driving up foreclosures and driving down economic growth. Haas economist Atif Mian finds answers by exploiting legal differences across states in how mortgage defaults are handled.

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Young entrepreneurs pitch their plans to a panel of judges including venture capital executives, angel investors, intermediaries, and established entrepreneurs. The BPlan Finals include: 1) The Elevator Pitch Award - 29 one-minute presentations; 2) People’s Choice Award – Audience votes on their favorite team from the top eight contenders; 3) Grand Prize Winner –Announcement of competition winner.

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As the battle over “network neutrality” continues between supporters and Internet service providers (ISPs), a new study reveals compelling reasons to preserve a free and open world wide web. Economics Professor Benjamin Hermalin, University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, found that the purported benefits of tiered Internet service don’t materialize because over time, a tiered system slows down overall delivery speed.

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The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and the Center for Responsible Business at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, are hosting two special events: 1) The 12th Annual Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) Finals; 2) Ideas to Impact (121) Conference.

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The Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business will celebrate its ten-year anniversary March 18 with the graduation of its tenth class of students.

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Have you ever been upset with your boss? Perhaps he or she overlooked an accomplishment or didn’t give you a raise that you thought you deserved. According to a study by labor relations expert David I. Levine, retaliating against one’s boss is more acceptable to employees if the retaliation is an act of omission or inaction, rather than active efforts to harm an unfair boss.

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Access to information technology benefits female research scientists more than their male counterparts, increasing research productivity and collaboration, according to a new study co-authored by Assistant Professor Waverly Ding of the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The study concludes that IT is an “equalizing force” for researchers and suggests innovations in IT may contribute to scientific productivity.

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Future Berkeley MBA graduates can continue to hone their business skills through free training in their school’s executive education programs, Rich Lyons, dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced.

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When he took his behavioral economics research out of the lab and into the world of Internet domainers and pornographers, UC Berkeley professor John Morgan found that business professionals in industries typically considered “shady” are better collaborators and more “trusting, trustworthy, and altruistic” than college students whom he tested in a lab setting.

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OsComp Systems of Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic has won the 6th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge, which seeks to support and promote entrepreneurship globally. The team of entrepreneurs won for inventing a breakthrough, patent-pending technology that could reduce operating and capital costs for natural gas compression by more than 30 percent. The Intel Foundation awarded the winning team the top prize of $25,000. The winners were announced at the final awards event at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

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The Annual Real Estate & Economics Symposium is presented by the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. This important gathering of industry leaders and professionals examines current insights into the real estate market’s recovery and future. This year’s sessions will include buying and borrowing strategies, the future of the residential market, the effects of financial reform on real estate, and senior housing.

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Privatizing the US mortgage market and eliminating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the best ways to work toward stabilizing the US housing finance system, says UC Berkeley real estate professor and economist Dwight Jaffee.

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When customers are allowed to pay what they want for a purchase, knowing a portion of the payment will go to charity, they become rather generous, according to a study by Associate Professor Leif Nelson of the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Nelson says the concept of “shared social responsibility," a term coined by the study’s authors, may provide the sustainability component often lacking in current corporate social responsibility strategies.

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Digital media leaders from Wired, Pixar, and Mozilla will discuss whether the web is dead, apps are king, or tablets are the new, new thing at this year’s 6th annual >play, the Berkeley Digital Media Conference at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

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Berkeley-Haas Professor David Vogel will receive the Aspen Institute’s Faculty Pioneer Award Oct. 27 in recognition of his seminal work in the field of corporate social responsibility. Vogel is the Solomon P. Lee Chair in Business Ethics and Editor, California Management Review, at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and Professor of Political Science. He was selected from 30 nominees for the award, which has been called the "Oscars of the business school world" by the Financial Times.

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In order to prevent inflated credit ratings and an economic crisis similar to that in 2008, the government should eliminate rating-contingent regulation, according to research conducted by Berkeley-Haas Assistant Professor Marcus Opp.

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Stock options have rewarded many thousands of employees, particularly those working in the information technology industry, with income that far outstrips their normal salaries. It’s become an article of faith in Silicon Valley that those rewards create incentives for employees to work harder and smarter, in turn rewarding the companies that lavish options on the workforce with better performance and greater shareholder value. But does that assumption stand up to careful scrutiny? The answer: It depends on who is receiving the options, according to a new study.

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Successful senior leadership depends on the collective effectiveness of other leaders throughout the organizational hierarchy, according to a study co-authored by Professor Jennifer Chatman at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.

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As federal legislators and regulators consider taxing utility companies for carbon emissions, a new UC Berkeley study suggests a fixed pricing structure on natural gas service that would protect consumers and satisfy utility companies.

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Why do entrepreneurs flock to startup meccas like the Silicon Valley or Boston? Professor and Chair in Real Estate Development Robert Helsley at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, has studied entrepreneurial clustering and showed in a recent working paper that density or thickness of local input markets translates into faster productivity and higher profitability.

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UC Berkeley management behavior expert publishes new book on dynamic recipes in innovative tech firms.

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Widely-cited study identified common causes of earnings manipulations and shaped public policy over the past decade.

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John Cowee, former dean at the University of California, Berkeley business school, died on May 15, 2010, in Denver, Colo., at the age of 91 of natural causes.

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15th Annual Spring Real Estate Conference, presented by the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. April 26, 2010 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. St. Francis Hotel 335 Powell Street San Francisco, CA 94102-1804 (415) 774-0357

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Responding to concerns about an increasingly electronic stock exchange, Terrence Hendershott studied algorithmic trading and found that computer-driven trading based on algorithmic formulas does, in fact, improve the market’s liquidity. Furthermore, this kind of high speed trading allows stock prices to become more “efficient” or reflective of true supply and demand in the market.

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The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley has rejoined The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, Haas School Dean Rich Lyons announced today.

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This year’s POWER conference features a convergence of researchers, regulators, and energy consultants.

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UC Berkeley business management professors find counterfactual thinkers are more analytical in organizational settings.

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UC Berkeley real estate expert Kenneth Rosen discusses his policy and reform proposals at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s first public hearing.

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Professor Teck-Hua Ho’s wife loved a particular painting and wanted to buy it. Ho advised her not to appear excited – to disguise her emotions – in front of the salesperson. After an hour or so, Ho walked out of the store with the $380 painting – for only $120. Negotiation, Ho knows, is an art, too. In new research conducted with Assistant Professor Eduardo Andrade, Ho finds deflating – or inflating – one’s emotions can be a winning strategy.

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The Annual Real Estate & Economics Symposium is presented by the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. As foreclosures continue and prices remain flat, this gathering of industry leaders and professionals examines current insights into the real estate market’s recovery and future. This year’s sessions will include a close look at today’s residential market, news for investors considering re-entering the market, and what’s next for the commercial real estate market.

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The 2008 financial crisis prompted a renewed interest among economists to construct an “early warning system” but a new study concludes that out of 65 potential causes of a global economic meltdown, few factors would have predicted the severity of the crisis across a multitude of countries.

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A study examining the complex relationships between corporate financial performance, corporate social performance, and social pressure has won the 2009 Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). The Moskowitz Prize, awarded annually by the Center for Responsible Business at University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business in cooperation with the Social Investment Forum, is the only global award recognizing outstanding quantitative research in the field of socially responsible investing.

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Learn more about the Energy Institute’s programs and meet its leadership, including faculty co-directors Catherine Wolfram and Severin Borenstein. The event is free and open to the public.

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Financial accounting and corporate reporting have never been so challenging as in today’s business and regulatory environment. The annual conference on financial reporting, presented by the Center for Financial Reporting and Management at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, provides preparers and users of financial statements with a comprehensive examination of current trends and issues.

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Recognizing the vital role business will play in responding to energy and climate change challenges, the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is launching a new energy institute. The new Energy Institute at Haas will address both the rising need for research and the growing student interest in the markets, policy, and technology for sustainable energy.

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Have you ever wondered why government agencies engage in costly and inefficient public contracts? Political economist Pablo Spiller found that a fundamental difference between public and private contracting is the potential scrutiny of public contracts by opportunistic third parties. Understanding the risk associated with this scrutiny, according to Spiller’s latest research, is the first step toward improved regulation, efficiency, and reduced costs.

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Venture capital and entrepreneurship luminary Vinod Khosla will receive the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business tomorrow, September 9, 2009.

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Urban economics professor Robert Edelstein at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business will be available for media interviews to discuss solutions to the California economy at this week's American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA)'s annual conference, July 11-14, at the University of California, Los Angeles. Edelstein is chair of this year's conference.

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The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, is a leader in incorporating social media outreach on a number of fronts.

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"Innovation" immediately denotes brilliance and discovery. In the realm of asset pricing, however, innovation can become a risk. UC Berkeley's Nicolae Gârleanu, assistant professor, Haas School of Business, created a financial model that reveals a "shock" of innovation at a given company decreases human capital in competing companies that do not innovate.

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Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine and author of New York Times best-selling book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, will keynote at the 16th annual Business Forecast Luncheon organized by the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Anderson will discuss themes from his new book, Free, in which Anderson explores "the most radical price of all"”zero"”in the context of the economics of abundance."