Global high-speed connectivity, smart technology infused into every business function, consumers linked and empowered through social media, and Big Data generated by the Internet of Things throughout one’s ecosystem and value chain — these realities will produce high cognitive and emotional demands on humans for the highest and fastest levels of critical and innovative thinking.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Lalin Anik found that fans believe VAR leads referees to take more risks and make more mistakes. Her research — which is awaiting peer review — specifically focused on soccer’s 2018 FIFA World Cup, which used video review for the first time this summer.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Jeanne Liedtka’s courses on design thinking have influenced those beyond the classroom setting.
UVA Darden Professors Frank Warnock and Veronica Cacdac Warnock bring their financial acumen to bear on one of the most pressing needs in the world — adequate housing.
Four of the Top 10 emerging positions in LinkedIn’s fastest-growing postings of 2017 involve the use of data in some way — including data scientist and big data developer, among others. In response, data and analytics courses have become popular and growing parts of MBA program curricula, with the Darden School of Business no exception.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business will welcome leading executives from the retail, industrial technology and hospitality sectors as part of the fall Leadership Speaker Series (LSS) in October and November of 2018.
The Darden School of Business’ Institute for Business in Society partners with Concordia and the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships to present the annual P3 Impact Award, which recognizes leading public-private partnerships that improve communities around the world.
Understand the 7 steps of Design Thinking by UVA Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka
The University of Virginia Darden School of Virginia community formally welcomed the Class of 2020 on 20 August as a talented group of 335 First Year students began their two-year journey through the world’s best MBA education experience at a morning ceremony in Abbott Auditorium.
The Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society and Virginia Community Capital (VCC) today extended the application deadline for the 2018 Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards, which recognize Virginia businesses that demonstrate sustained vitality in communities facing challenging economic conditions.
Alumni of the UVA Darden School of Business span the globe, with a thriving network of 16,000-plus spread across 90 countries. They hold leadership positions at top companies in New York and Beijing, San Francisco and Delhi. However, the pull of Darden’s geographic home in Charlottesville remains impossible to resist for many.
UVA Darden's Institute for Business in Society partners with Concordia and the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships to present the annual P3 Impact Award. Griha Pravesh, one of the five finalists, helps low-income populations in India achieve affordable housing, improved living conditions and financial inclusion.
Dr. Shahid Qureshi is determined to make the world a better place through effectuation, the set of principles for entrepreneurial decision-making developed by Darden’s Professor Saras Sarasvathy, based on a rigorous study of expert entrepreneurs.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business welcomed eight new professors to its top-ranked faculty ahead of the 2018–19 academic year. The new professors will bolster ranks in the academic areas of Quantitative Analysis, Accounting, Global Economies and Markets, and Leadership and Organizational Behavior.
The Academy of Management (AOM) awarded University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Ed Freeman the 2018 Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management at its annual meeting in Chicago on 12 August.
The Darden School of Business’ Institute for Business in Society partners with Concordia and the U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships to present the annual P3 Impact Award, which recognizes leading public-private partnerships that improve communities around the world.
Taylor Sheppard remains on active duty even as a second-year student at the Darden School of Business, where the two-year curriculum fit nicely with her two-year “shore tour” assignment. Between classes, she frequently checks in with UVA’s Navy ROTC unit — her current assigned unit — and she will return to submarine tours after school.
Tsampa Tsnacks — the “t” is silent — might look similar to other “energy ball” snacks, but they are different in their main ingredient and the intention of their creators. Chenam Barshee and Sogyel Lhungay (MBA ’18) call their product “Tibetan fuel for the mind and body.”
In May, the Darden School of Business announced plans for the Initiative for Transformational Leadership and Learning, a multidisciplinary effort to develop a learning laboratory devoted to novel, scientifically verified leadership development.
Warshall, who graduated from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in 2014; Paul Dierkes, the softball teammate; and Joel Artz started Snowing in Space, a Charlottesville-based coffee business known for its nitro cold brew coffee, in 2016.
Akanksha Prasad (Class of 2019) came to Darden after selling the successful falafel restaurant business she founded in India
Finalists for the 2018 P3 Impact Award were announced by the Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society and Concordia. The award recognizes exemplary public-private partnerships (P3s) that provide solutions to pressing issues in areas such as: economic development, housing, health and sanitation, and workforce.
Darden alumna Meg Greenhalgh creates Brandefy, an app that helps consumers decide between generic and name-brand products through ingredient comparisons and user reviews, and closed an initial funding round.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professors Ed Freeman and Bobby Parmar presented their talk, The New Story Business, to a standing room-only crowd in San Francisco on 17 July.
In July, Darden School of Business alumnus Eric Bernath (MBA ’08) crossed what was to be his final border of a 100,000-mile trip around the world, riding his motorcycle into his home state of Michigan after an epic 65 country, 50-state road trip conducted on his Suzuki V-Strom 650 motorcycle.
Another global financial crisis will come eventually, although when and why the next great downturn will begin remains an unknown. So far, regulatory efforts have not eliminated the sources of financial instability. UVA Darden professor Bob Bruner offers precipitating factors.
UVA Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy is on a mission to revolutionize entrepreneurship education.Through her work, she has identified a distinct logic that underlies entrepreneurial behavior. She dubbed it “effectuation.”
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has announced Beanstalk Farms founders Michael Ross and brother Jack Ross, as recipients of the 2018 Kathryne Carr Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the W.L. Lyons Brown III i.Lab at UVA.
Today, The House Student Leadership Center announced its partnership with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in the formation of The EmpowerMEnt Leadership Institute.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has named this year’s Batten Fellows, one of the School’s most prestigious honors for scholarship in entrepreneurship and innovation. Following a competitive selection process, Darden announced Professor Siobhán O’Mahony and Professor Jan Bena as the 2018–19 fellowship recipients.
Washington, D.C., area CFOs shared insights on the key macroeconomic metrics they follow and discussed early balance sheet impacts of recent federal tax policy changes.
New research from UVA Darden Professor Tami Kim shows that, among friends, people who pay the exact amount owed are liked less than those who round up or down, even if the rounded amount is less.
The Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society and Virginia Community Capital (VCC) today opened the application process for the 2018 Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards.
In the midst of #MeToo, UVA Darden's Mary Gentile’s Giving Voice to Values work provides a lens through which we can think of how to respond to possibly unintended but problematic behaviors before they become reporting offenses.
PagSeguro Digital likes to use the word “democratize” to describe its mission. The Brazilian payment-processing company was founded in 2006 to give more small vendors access to the world’s eighth-largest economy by letting them conduct transactions electronically.
UVA Darden Professor Peter Debaere looks at how cities may be able to help improve their water systems, using the example of the steps taken by the water utility in Washington, D.C.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Dean Scott Beardsley will travel throughout Asia in late June, meeting with prospective students, alumni, and academic and corporate partners over the course of the 15-day trip.
The Darden School of Business today announced that its application for the full-time MBA Class of 2021 is now live. Additionally, the School announced its admissions calendar and unveiled several innovations to the admissions process, including a new early action round with additional opportunities to interact with the School.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has announced a new competitive scholarship program intended to attract and support top students interested in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology.
Astronaut Scott Tingle (TEP ’15) landed safely back on terra firma 3 June, as his 168-day voyage on the International Space Station (ISS) concluded with a parachute landing in the desert of Kazakhstan
Moving the needle on climate change will require substantive and disruptive innovation across multiple industry sectors. Public and private investment focused on a few key areas could have a significant impact, according to a new policy playbook released by the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on 8 June.
Highlights former Professor Robert Spekman’s book, My Journey with Parkinson’s Disease, which chronicles his fight with Parkinson’s disease
Effectuation, the influential and accessible framework for entrepreneurial action, is a breakout star in the world of academic research
Darden School of Business alumnus Warren Thompson (MBA ’83); the Thompson Hospitality founder, president and chairman runs one of the largest retail food and facilities management firms in the United States.
The University of Virginia is now officially accepting applications for its new Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA). The program received formal approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) on 22 May.
The W.L. Lyons Brown III Innovation Laboratory (i.Lab) at the Darden School of Business welcomes 23 new ventures to its flagship 2018 i.Lab Incubator program. This summer’s startups include founders from six UVA schools.
The proceeding expands upon Making the Ask, Part 1: The Key to Entrepreneurial Success, which introduces the importance of the effectual ask to entrepreneurship.
Professor Greg Fairchild will be the first director of northern Virginia operations for the University of Virginia.
In the new book, Can Business Save the Earth? Innovating Our Way to Sustainability (Stanford University Press, 2018), Darden School of Business Professor Mike Lenox and Fuqua School of Business Professor Aaron Chatterji dissect the shortcomings of sustainability efforts and detail a path on which business innovation could lead to a truly sustainable future.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business welcomed more than 460 new graduates to its alumni ranks on 20 May during a hot and sunny graduation ceremony on Darden’s Flagler Court.
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