Making high-quality bricks from abundantly available cow dung "“ instead of depleting scarce firewood and clay "“ earned the EcoFaeBrick team from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia the $25,000 top prize at the tenth annual Global Social Venture Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business this weekend.
Important research for online marketers from Haas School Assistant Professor Zsolt Katona.
Fifteen teams of budding entrepreneurs from around the world will pitch business ideas with a positive social or environmental impact at the 10th annual Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) finals at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business on April 24, 2009.
The Fisher Center Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business presents its 14th Annual Real Estate Conference. Fisher Center Chair Ken Rosen's real estate and economic forecast will investigate when the recovery will occur, which sectors will do best, and whether the current planned fiscal and monetary stimulus package is the correct medicine for fixing the US economy in general and the real estate markets in particular. Panel sessions will discuss how the economy and real estate industry are being affected by failing housing markets, the sub-prime crisis, demographics, and environmental issues.
Haas School Associate Professor Cameron Anderson tests the merits of dominant personalities on the job.
The Fisher Center Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business presents its 14th annual real estate conference.
This year's Berkeley MBA Women in Leadership Conference brings together hundreds of women to celebrate and explore the personal and professional evolution of women in business.
This year's Berkeley MBA Asia Business Conference assembles a distinguished panel of business leaders focused on Asia's emerging and evolving role in the global economy. More than two dozen panelists will lead discussions on finance, clean-technology, technology, entrepreneurship and global operations within the context of economic reform in Asia and the possibilities of capitalizing on future opportunities. More info: www.berkeleyabc.org
Ten teams from top business schools around the country will set their sights on improving the public school system in the nation's capitol in the third annual Education Leadership Case Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business on Feb. 20-21.
The impact of President Obama's proposals on the economy and on the American public is the topic of discussion for University of California, Berkeley faculty Tom Campbell and Barry Eichengreen, moderated by award-winning NBC4 reporter Conan Nolan. This presentation will review the background of the economic crisis, discuss the current efforts and their impact, and provide insight into how to manage personal finances and investments.
UC Berkeley marketing professors find that even when gamblers predetermine a spending budget, all bets are off after the first loss.
Despite the general perception that biomedical research funding decisions are apolitical, Congressional members steer billions of dollars in research money from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to researchers and institutions in their home states, according to a University of California, Berkeley study.
The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. retailers are already cutting prices on early spring merchandise in order to move inventory out the door. New research from the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business shows that retailers can forecast demand more accurately when manufacturers offer a variety of rebate/return incentives upfront.
Faculty experts at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business are available to comment. on topics relating to holiday shopping, the retail market and consumer trends.
Retailers may not have predicted an official recession for this year's holiday shopping season, but they can make better future forecasting decisions, according to Terry Taylor, associate professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Finance Professor Hayne Leland at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business won the first-ever Stephen A. Ross Prize from the Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial Economics (FARFE) for his research in corporate debt pricing and capital structure.
Bringing clean tech innovations into the market place faster is the purpose of a new partnership launched this fall between scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and students of the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC), an interdisciplinary organization founded by MBA students at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The partnership called "Cleantech to Market" has already dispatched five cross-disciplinary student teams to evaluate the commercial viability of clean technologies under development at LBNL.
On November 19, 7-9 p.m, UC Irvine, a UC Berkeley expert speaks on economic crisis.
California State Controller John Chiang and Haas real estate economist Kenneth T. Rosen will be the keynote speakers at the 31st Annual Real Estate and Economics Symposium on Monday, November 24, 8:00 a.m. "“ 5:00 p.m. , Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.
With the 2008 presidential election days away, a new study provides compelling evidence that mandatory voting may be the best way to reduce electoral corruption. The research focused on "vote buying," the act of bribing voters. According to John Morgan, professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, policy reforms combining the present secret ballot with the required vote of every eligible American would remove the possibility of vote buying.
UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business presents a special forum on the immediate difficulties of our capital markets and how they impact economic opportunity for today's emerging entrepreneurs. Jerry Engel, Exec. Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation leads the distinguished panel.
19th Annual Conference on Financial Reporting and Management gathers standard setters, enforcement officials, financial executives, practitioners and academicians to address the critical role and future of financial reporting worldwide.
Play, the Berkeley Digital Media Conference at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, brings together creative professionals, industry leaders, and students to discuss the emergence and implications of the digital lifestyle. The theme for the 2008 >play conference is Disruption: Changes in the Media Economy. The 2008 Expo will feature demonstrations of digital media innovations and new products.
Distinguished faculty members of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley to convene for economic symposium.
The Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley can provide leading experts in the field of real estate, banking, finance, and the economy to address the news unfolding around the financial market turmoil and troubled US housing market.
UC Berkeley expert Karlene Roberts joins the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) Committee on Near Earth Objects (NEO) in presenting its findings, "Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response," at a press conference, September 25, 2008, 10 a.m., at the Google Foundation, 345 Spear St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco.
UC Berkeley real estate economist and panel of experts to discuss solutions to the subprime mortgage crisis.
Corporate board members associated with firms that restate earnings may lose their jobs for reasons that have nothing to do with the numbers. Jo-Ellen Pozner, Assistant Professor in Organizational Behavior at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, found that social mechanisms may play a larger role in penalizing board directors than is accounted for in classical economic theory.
A surprising number of highly-educated MBAs are dropping out of the labor force. Haas Professor Catherine Wolfram found MBAs are more likely than MDs and JDs to be stay-at-home mothers. Wolfram studied surveys taken of nearly 1,000 Harvard undergraduate alumni and found 15 years after graduation, business school graduates are more likely than doctors and lawyers to leave the workforce.
Before becoming chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke said it was a "top priority" to "maintain continuity" with Alan Greenspan's leadership. However, a new UC Berkeley study questions the power structure of the Federal Reserve and determines a single, powerful leader may not be the wisest way to create sound economic policy.
Prof. John Quigley conducts the first systematic analysis of environmentally-sustainable construction and its economic impact on the real estate market
"Mid-Year Update: Has the Other Shoe Dropped?," the topic of the 13th annual Fisher Center Real Estate Conference, at which leading experts from academia, business and government will examine current trends and critical issues in the real estate market, particularly in California.
Eight finalists of the UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition will showcase their ventures and vie for $45,000 in cash prizes, and the winners will be announced.
A plan to make clean energy affordable around the world to poor, rural households without access to electricity won the grand prize of the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Ten international business student teams to compete at the 9th annual Global Social Venture Competition to be held at the University of California's Haas School of Business, followed by a one-day symposium on social entrepreneurship in San Francisco.
"Global Ambition, Regional Transformation" is the theme for the eighth annual Asia Business Conference at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The daylong event will features six panels covering finance, technology, global operations management, entrepreneurship, the mobile industry, and corporate social responsibility.
How women can make their mark professionally and personally is the theme of the 12th annual Women in Leadership Conference at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Despite increasing popular support for solar photovoltaic panels in the United States, their costs far outweigh the benefits, according to a new analysis by Severin Borenstein, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business and director of the UC Energy Institute.
The University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business is launching a new center focused on significantly increasing the school's leadership training for Asian business managers and on expanding its research collaborations with Asian universities, Dean Tom Campbell announced today (Tuesday, Feb. 19).
MBA students from around the country will develop solutions for rebuilding the post-Katrina New Orleans public school system during a two-day Educational Leadership Case Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Berkeley business faculty will share their latest research, opinions, and insights on driving innovation in business at the inaugural Inside Innovation 2007 conference Saturday, Nov. 17, at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The all-day conference celebrates the 50th anniversary of California Management Review, the Haas School's peer-reviewed practitioner journal.
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the most successful investors of our time, is the 2007 recipient of the Berkeley Award for Distinguished Contributions to Financial Reporting. The award is being announced today, November 9, by the Center for Financial Reporting and Management at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
The 18th annual conference on current issues in corporate financial reporting, hosted by the Center for Financial Reporting and Management at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The program will draw accounting standard setters, enforcement officials, corporate financial executives, and professional and academic accountants.
"Balancing Risk and Return Through Innovation" is the focus of the first-ever finance conference at University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Professionals, academicians, and students will discuss their views on current issues facing finance professionals. Six panel discussions will focus on investment management, the future of private equity, corporate finance, emerging trends in investment banking, valuation of nontraditional assets in the cleantech sector, and the business case for corporate social responsibility.
With an initial $2 million gift announced today (Tuesday, Oct. 30), the University of California, Berkeley, will move forward to establish a new program aimed at providing students educational and research opportunities in the area of sustainable products and solutions.
The Haas Inside Innovation 2007 Conference on Nov. 17 will highlight the latest research, opinions, and insights on innovation from leading experts at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Four panel sessions will give attendees the opportunity to join Haas faculty in discussing how to drive innovation in business.
As the holiday season kicks off, UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business is offering several experts to talk about a variety of topics, including last-minute shopping, giving experiences as gifts, avoiding hidden charges, and heating habits.
Energy and environmental innovation is the focus of a new cross-disciplinary center housed at the University of California, Berkeley, that aims to promote viable global energy solutions.
At least five new faculty positions will be created at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business with a $25 million gift from alumnus Gerson Bakar, a prominent San Francisco real estate developer, the school's dean, Tom Campbell, announced today (Wednesday, Oct. 10).
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Professors Eduardo Andrade and Teck-Hua Ho show that incidental feelings influence strategic decisions, such as employees asking for a raise when their boss is in a good mood.
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