Vanderbilt Business

Author: Nancy Wise

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

It wasn’t really summer vacation—it was work. All 163 first-year Vanderbilt MBA students who wanted an internship were hired for one—and took off for businesses around the country armed with new knowledge to use and a willingness to learn. Here are photos they sent back to Owen with a “Wish you were here.”

Tyler Narveson, Allyson Mariani and Hillary Carroll

Tyler Narveson (human and organizational performance), Allyson Mariani (strategy) and Hillary Carroll (finance) in front of the DaVita gondola at the company’s headquarters in Denver. They received Three Musketeers hats and swords at the DaVita academy. DaVita’s CEO is known to roam the halls wearing the same, they noted.

Veronica Barnes

Veronica Barnes (general management) was a human resources pathways intern at Honeywell Aerospace. The staff of Owen’s Career Management Center voted this their favorite intern photo of the summer.

Becky Murphy

While working as a marketing intern for Johnson & Johnson, Becky Murphy (human and organizational performance) participated in Global Surgery Day at the company’s subsidiary Ethicon. Here she demonstrates one of their products.

Haque Sheik

Haque Sheik (operations management) volunteered at Habitat for Humanity in Silicon Valley during his internship with Cisco.

Turhan Jesrai

All work and no play wasn’t what Nestle Purina intern Turhan Jesrai (brand management) experienced. He’s on the left participating in the company’s Marketing Field Day.

Allie Cowan

Allie Cowan (general management) worked as a customer marketing manager intern at Mars Petcare. She also was able to visit the Mars Chocolate plant in Cleveland, Tenn., where they make M&M’s.

Kristen Smithson

Kristen Smithson (general management) worked for SecondMuse, a boutique consulting firm, on an event that culminated at a White House Champions of Change event. She’s standing before the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in D.C.

Solvig Gentile

Solvig Gentile (human and organization performance) interned with Hewlett-Packard. She demonstrates how easy it is to use her HP laptop anywhere—including on location in California’s wine country.

Carolyn Griffin

Carolyn Griffin (marketing) interned in the marketing department at Hershey company headquarters in Hershey, Penn. One of the most tantalizing things about Hershey is that the whole town smells like chocolate.

Megan Eberhard and Sharde Miller

Megan Eberhard (health care) and Sharde Miller (general management) attended a Dodgers game in Los Angeles, courtesy of Eberhard’s internship with biopharmaceutical leader Amgen.

Aaron Gaddie

Aaron Gaddie is on the left, with Gentleman Jack on the right. Gaddie (finance, marketing and strategy) worked in business analytics with Brown-Forman Corp., the spirits and wine company behind the Jack Daniel’s brand.

Thomas Mante

Thomas Mante, business operations intern for baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers, dressed as the Italian Sausage (No. 3) to run the Daily Sausage Race held during home games. Mante (marketing) reports that he actually won the race in that costume.

Anjelica Amable

Anjelica Amable didn’t leave her heart in San Francisco, but she did visit there while a human service development program intern at Chevron in San Ramon, Calif.

Maulik Handiwala

His Medtronic health care marketing internship took Maulik Handiwala (general management) to Switzerland and Italy for a week. Handiwala stands in front of Lake Geneva and the Swiss Alps.

Matt Merrick

Matt Merrick (general management) spent the summer in Cincinnati as a leadership development intern with Fort Washington Investment Advisers, a subsidiary of Western and Southern Financial Group.

December 9, 2013
Owen Buzz

Media mentions, Tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram photos

Bloomberg Businessweek

June 18: Dean Eric Johnson is quoted in an article on how to make the most of the two years comprising most business school programs.

July 3: Few MBA programs address the need to help MBA students improve their writing skills. Kimberly Pace, professor for the practice of communication, discusses Vanderbilt’s Business Communications Academy, launched to help first-year MBAs sharpen their writing.

July 19: Dean Eric Johnson is interviewed about how technology like MOOCs will influence business education.

July 31: Bain and Co. may soon use scores on GMAT’s new integrated reasoning section to screen applicants for jobs—and other employers may follow. Tami Fassinger, chief recruiting officer, is quoted.

Aug. 8: Read McNamara, managing director of the Career Management Center and corporate affairs, is featured in a panel of experts offering advice to second-year graduate students.

Sept. 13: MBA internship recruiting has moved up from January to September. Second-year student Solvig Gentile and the Career Management Center’s Emily Anderson are quoted.

Business Insider

May 21: Several studies have shown that intelligence and generosity go hand in hand. Research by Bruce Barry and Ray Friedman, both Brownlee O. Currey Professors of Management, into how intelligence affects negotiations is cited as an example.

Digital Music News

June 6: Warner Music Nashville teamed up with the Accelerator—Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute to help run a monthlong business boot camp for college students and recent graduates from across the country.

Financial Times

May 13: Can business schools afford to invest in MOOCs? Vanderbilt’s online course is mentioned.

Futures

Aug. 28: Research by Nicolas Bollen, the E. Bronson Ingram Research Professor in Finance, and Robert Whaley, the Valere Blair Potter Professor of Management, shows volatility in futures contracts has remained largely stable in the face of increased participation from high-speed and algorithmic traders often blamed for roiling markets.

L’Agefi (France, Switzerland)

June 20: A French-language business publication looks at heightened scrutiny by hedge-fund regulators in the wake of the SAC insider trading scandal. Nicolas Bollen, E. Bronson Ingram Research Professor in Finance, talks about methods to help identify suspicious trading patterns in the opaque hedge fund industry.

New York Times

July 9: Research by Assistant Professor of Finance Miguel Palacios regarding investing in a student’s future earnings as a means to finance higher education is mentioned in an opinion piece about Oregon’s consideration of a similar plan.

Poets & Quants

June 6: If Dawn Iacobucci, E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Marketing, were a prospective MBA applicant instead of an accomplished professor, the MBA ranking she would most definitely consult before applying to business schools would be the annual list published by U.S. News & World Report.

Post and Mail (Canada)

Sept. 20: Months of careful vetting of his financial life—not the long-expected decision on the controversial Keystone XL oil sands pipeline—are what have delayed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Bruce Heyman, BA’79, MBA’80, as the next United States ambassador to Canada, according to sources familiar with the process. Also reported by Canadian newswire Postmedia News.

Psychology Today

May 22: Research by Owen’s Bruce Barry and Ray Friedman, both Brownlee O. Currey Professors of Management, is mentioned in this blog post by Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author, about three groups of researchers who have gathered evidence that smarter people give more. The story was also published in the Huffington Post.

Reuters

Aug. 27: Volatility in futures contracts has remained largely stable in the face of increased participation from high-speed and algorithmic traders, according to a study conducted by Nicolas Bollen, the E. Bronson Ingram Research Professor in Finance, and Robert Whaley, the Valere Blair Potter Professor of Management.

San Francisco Chronicle

Aug. 24: At least two U.S. companies offer a new financial product that is neither a loan nor equity investment but combines elements of each. The concept is gaining traction as an alternative to student loans. Miguel Palacios, assistant professor of finance, is quoted.

U.S. News and World Report

May 30: For many business school students, there’s no need to wait until graduation to work on a startup. Developing a business idea in between or even during class is ideal. The Owen Entrepreneurship Center is mentioned and director Germain Boër, professor of accounting, is quoted.

Wall Street Journal

May 29: Top SEC officials are expected to announce a shuffling of resources that will include an increased focus on accounting fraud, according to people close to the agency. The decision to hunt for wrongdoing by Main Street, as well as Wall Street, puts America’s corporations in the SEC’s cross hairs. Craig Lewis, the Madison S. Wigginton Chair of Management, is quoted.

Washington Post

July 10: A new bill in Oregon provides a way to pay back Oregon public college tuition costs as a percentage of income, rather than as fixed payment installments on a loan package. Miguel Palacios, assistant professor of finance, is quoted.

WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio

July 17: WBEZ, Chicago’s NPR affiliate, interviewed Bruce Barry, professor of management, for a segment about annoying speech such as business jargon and online abbreviations.

Yahoo! Finance

June 6: Gasoline expenditures for the average household in 2012 reached a high of $2,912, or just under 4 percent of income, according to the Energy Information Administration. Other items and services tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index have seen steep price increases over the past decade, as well. David Parsley, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Economics and Finance, is quoted.

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December 5, 2013
Data Set

December 5, 2013
On the Cover — Winter 2013

Dean Eric Johnson seeks breakthroughs in his return to Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management

December 4, 2013
Fresh look for a familiar place

The site of many a team study session, late night discussion and Thursday night social has undergone a transformation. The newly renovated Management Hall lobby features new furniture, dark woodgrain laminate flooring with carpet insets and standing-height tables circling the pillars. The result is a welcoming, almost living room-like setting that is conducive to meetings, studying and, yes, socializing. So far, students and alumni alike appreciate the changes: This photo drew the most likes on Owen’s Facebook page in September. Lobby renovations began late in 2012, with the floor replacement occurring during June and July.

December 3, 2013
Owen News Briefs

Administratively Speaking

Dean Eric Johnson announced several appointments and reappointments recently. Salvatore T. March, the David K. Wilson Professor of Management, has been named associate dean for faculty. Nancy Lea Hyer, associate professor of operations management, and Karl Hackenbrack, associate professor of management and faculty director, MAcc Programs, continue in their roles as associate deans. As associate dean for faculty, March focuses on faculty development and recruitment. Hyer will continue as associate dean for Vanderbilt MBA programs. Associate Dean Hackenbrack continues his work with the Master of Accountancy and Master of Accountancy Valuation programs, as well as evaluation initiatives such as Owen’s AACSB maintenance accreditation. Read McNamara is now managing director of the Career Management Center and corporate affairs. While continuing to oversee CMC efforts, McNamara will concentrate on corporate engagement to enhance Owen’s reputation, build relationships that support all of Owen’s corporate interactions and develop new placement opportunities. Additionally, Emily Anderson has been named director of operations and coaching for the CMC. Most recently senior associate director and director of internal operations, Anderson adds responsibility for the MBA/MSF coaches to her oversight of recruiting operations.

Making the top 10

The Princeton Review is out with its annual Best B-Schools Guide, complete with Top 10 lists that help students find the right fit. Vanderbilt’s Owen School appeared in three Top 10 categories: Best Administered (No. 4), Best Professors (No. 6) and Best Campus Environment (No. 8). Princeton Review also offers a list of other schools applicants considered before deciding that Vanderbilt’s Owen School was their best fit. See vu.edu/owenblog-PRtopten

Celebrating Peter Veruki

After nearly 20 years and thousands of miles on the road, Peter Veruki recently retired as director of corporate relations. The school honored his many contributions to Owen with events in Nashville and New York. Veruki joined Owen in 1988 and spent 11 years building the Career Management Center. He then took a short break before letting himself be lured back in 2005 to assist with alumni and employer relations.

From left, Betty Jane “BJ” Taylor, BS’60, Dewey Daane and Peter Veruki

Which MBA?

The Economist’s new ‘Which MBA?’ ranking places Vanderbilt at No. 34 globally and No. 23 in North America. In addition, students who were surveyed gave high marks for the school’s career opportunities (No. 15 globally), career services (No. 10 globally) and alumni effectiveness (No. 14 globally).

Prepared, competitive and successful

Owen teams are racking up top finishes in case competitions and other challenges against other top schools in a variety of disciplines. Recent honors include:

First-place wins
2013 Chicago Quantitative Alliance Challenge
Asia Brumwell, MSF’13, Chad Hooker, MSF’13, Zach Kennedy, MSF’13, and Kelly Smith, MSF’13

2013 Emory Leadership in Health Care Case Competition
Brett Pentz, MBA’13, Baxter Webb, MBA’13, and 2014 MBA candidates Alex Johnson, Kristen O’Neill and Cole Wheeler

Second-place wins

2013 Executive Leadership Forum Business Case Competition
Andre Hill, MBA’13, and 2014 MBA candidates Veronica Barnes, Sharde Miller, Shandra Scott and Ketiwe Zipperer

Other key finishes

2013 UNC Real Estate Development Challenge—Third-place honors
Greg Hill, MBA’13, Walker Mathews, MBA’13, Kalen Stanton, MBA’13, and 2014 MBA candidate Dan Bresnahan

2013 International Impact Investing Challenge—Finalist
Timothy Barbis, MBA’13, and
Lucas Wilkinson, MBA’13

Foster care executive awarded tuition-free MBA

Stephanie Barger

Stephanie Barger, vice president of strategy and operations at Monroe Harding, a nonprofit that provides care and support for foster children, has been named this year’s recipient of a full-tuition sponsorship to the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management’s Executive MBA program. The Owen School funds the award, which covers the full cost of the two-year tuition, and selects the winner in partnership with the Nashville Center for Nonprofit Management.

Boxing and bonding

It was all about bonding as a class and helping. Incoming students spent part of Orientation serving the Nashville community. Among the nonprofits they helped was Second Harvest Food Bank.From left, Kristina Arntz, Hisa Yamaoka, Lee J. Webb and Elizabeth Timbs.

December 3, 2013
New faculty, new strengths

Five new faculty joined Owen this year. With diverse backgrounds and experience, the new Owen professors combine teaching with research interests that include finance, marketing, accounting and labor contracting.

Nicholas G. Crain

Crain, assistant professor of management, served as associate professor of naval science at the University of Idaho and as a division officer in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Augusta, a nuclear-powered submarine. His dissertation, “Career Concerns and Venture Capital,” was named runner-up for the London Business School’s 2012 Coller Ph.D. Prize. His research interests include venture capital, private equity, corporate finance and initial public offerings.

Kelly L. Haws

Associate Professor of Management Haws studies consumer behavior, with a particular focus on issues related to consumer welfare. Previously, she was assistant professor of marketing and Mays Research Fellow at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School. Her research considers self-control strategies, optimal consumption, measurement issues, and behavioral pricing.

Catherine F. Lee

Assistant Professor of Management Lee studies political influence on financial statements, particularly with regard to the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Formerly, Lee worked for JPMorgan Chase & Co. as a finance and accounting analyst and as an investment banking associate in renewable energy. She is interested in political influence, decisions around financial reporting, regulation and standards setting, managerial incentives, the effect of taxes on business decisions, and risk management. For more information on Lee, visit vu.edu/lee-newfaculty.

Michael D. Stuart

Stuart, assistant professor of management, is a certified public accountant who worked as an audit manager at Mayer Hoffman McCann and as an audit senior at Ernst & Young. Stuart’s work on the relation between CEO inside debt holdings and the riskiness of firm investment and financial policies appeared in the Journal of Financial Economics. His research interests include financial reporting, executive compensation, capital markets and corporate governance.

Edward D. Van Wesep

Associate Professor of Management Van Wesep studies the theory and practice of labor contracting, including the design of teacher contracts and performance measures. He worked as a business analyst at Capital One Financial Corp. and an associate at McKinsey & Co., and has entrepreneurial experience as a co-founder of the specialty finance firm Risk Allocation Systems. His research covers contracting, compensation, finance, game theory, microeconomics, and political economy.

Dean Eric Johnson noted that the new faculty bring important research and teaching skills to Owen. “The research our professors undertake has an important impact in the classroom—as well as the real world of business and organizations,” Johnson says. “I look forward to the contributions our newest professors will make.”

Nicholas Crane

Kelly Haws

Catherine Lee

Michael Stuart

Edward Van Wesep

December 3, 2013
Vanderbilt Business Staff — Winter 2013

Editor
Nancy Wise

Designers
Chris Collins, Michael T. Smeltzer

Art Director
Donna Pritchett

Photography
Daniel Dubois, Steve Green, Lauren Holland, Joe Howell, Anne Rayner, John Russell, Susan Urmy

Contributors
Joan Brasher, Debbie Clapper, Bonnie Arant Ertelt, BS’81, Jennifer Johnston, Seth Robertson, Sandy Smith, Fiona Soltes, Ryan Underwood,BA’96

Dean
M. Eric Johnson, Ralph Owen Dean and Bruce D. Henderson Professor of Strategy

Chief Marketing Officer
Yvonne Martin-Kidd

Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations
Cheryl Chunn

Vanderbilt Business magazine is published twice a year by the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, 401 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203-9932, in cooperation with Vanderbilt News and Communications. Editorial offices are at Vanderbilt University News and Communications, PMB 357737, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7737, Telephone: (615) 322-4624, Fax: (615) 343-8547, owenmagazine@vanderbilt.edu

Please direct alumni inquiries to the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Owen Graduate School of Management, PMB 407754, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7754, Telephone: (615) 322-0815, alum@owen.vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. Opinions expressed in Vanderbilt Business are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Owen School or Vanderbilt University.

© 2013 Vanderbilt University. “Vanderbilt” and the Vanderbilt logo are registered trademarks and service marks of Vanderbilt University.

December 3, 2013
Health care conference explores winds of change

More than 350 people attended the Vanderbilt Health Care Conference, which is quickly becoming a signature event for Owen. Speaker Rushika Fernandopulle challenged them to radically reinvent health care.

Transformation and innovation were watchwords at the sixth annual student-organized Vanderbilt Health Care Conference and Career Fair on Oct. 25.

Morning keynote speaker Dr. Rushika Fernandopulle offered challenging and inspiring advice to the more than 350 students, faculty, community leaders and health care professionals gathered at Nashville’s new Music City Center convention facility. The practicing physician and co-founder and CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based Iora Health, discussed his firm’s radical model of primary care, which provides health coaches and doctors who will do just about anything to help patients take better care of their health. “If you don’t break the rules, it’s not innovation,” he told the audience.

Nina Nashif, founder and CEO of Healthbox, which hopes to bring startup ingenuity to the health care industry, provided a second keynote address. Healthbox identifies high-potential health care technology startups and provides support that enables their development and growth. Nashif suggested that innovators can change the industry if they 1) co-create solutions alongside established health care organizations, 2) help change those organizations’ DNA so that they are more open to new things, and 3) start searching for small bets that might yield high rewards.

Other activities included panels led by industry professionals, a career fair and recruiting booths. Conference co-chairs Megan Eberhard and Kristen O’Neill, both second-year Health Care MBA students, reported that the event drew students from more than 20 schools, as well as professionals from across the nation.

December 3, 2013
Nashville’s Odds

June 20, 2013
Vanderbilt Business Staff — Spring 2013

Dean
Jim Bradford

Editor
Nancy Wise

Contributors
Joan Brasher, Stephanie Dozier, Bonnie Arant Ertelt (BS’81), Jim Patterson, Rangaraj “Ranga” Ramanujam, Sandy Smith, Ryan Underwood (BA’96), Amy Wolf

Photography
Daniel Dubois, Steve Green, Lauren Holland, John Russell

Designer
Michael T. Smeltzer

Art Director
Donna Pritchett

Chief Marketing Officer
Yvonne Martin-Kidd

Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Relations
Cheryl Chunn

Editorial Offices: Vanderbilt University News and Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703, Telephone: (615) 322-4624, Fax: (615) 343-8547, owenmagazine@vanderbilt.edu

Please direct alumni inquiries to: Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Owen Graduate School of Management, PMB 407754, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7754, Telephone: (615) 322-0815, alum@owen.vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. Opinions expressed in Vanderbilt Business are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Owen School or Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt Business magazine is published twice a year by the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, 401 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203-9932, in cooperation with the Vanderbilt News and Communications.

© 2013 Vanderbilt University. “Vanderbilt” and the Vanderbilt logo are registered trademarks and service marks of Vanderbilt University.

June 19, 2013
Students Say Thanks

Current Owen students honored outgoing Dean Jim Bradford on April 18 during their last Thursday Social at Owen of the academic year.

The students surprised him with a specially designed and created Hatch Show Print recognizing Bradford’s tenure as dean. The poster was one of only 100 made using hand-carved images and letterpress printing in Hatch Show Print’s iconic vintage-style, a particular favorite of Bradford’s.

June 18, 2013
Business-driven

Owen EMBA graduate Nelson Andrews is general manager of Andrews Cadillac and Land Rover of Nashville. For mini profile in spring Vanderbilt Business. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University)

Nelson Andrews III, BA’89, EMBA’95, grew up around the automobile business, but he didn’t see himself making it his career. His father owned a dealership in Michigan before the family moved to Brentwood, Tenn., to establish the area’s first Cadillac dealership. As a teen, Andrews found himself doing whatever needed to be done for the business: mopping floors, manning the parts department, tending the landscape.

When it came time for college, Andrews majored in political science at Vanderbilt and took computer classes at the School of Engineering. The two fields combined research-oriented, big-picture projects with organization and structure, which suited Andrews’ skills and interests. After graduating from Vanderbilt, he moved to Detroit and a job in the computer industry at Electronic Data Systems. A few years later, however, Andrews recognized that he wanted to do more than computer coding. He wanted to know the principles behind industry and be someone who could lead and shape strategy. Looking at MBA programs, he liked what he saw at the Owen Graduate School of Management.

“I had a great experience at Vanderbilt as an undergrad and Owen had what I wanted,” Andrews says. He could also help the family business, Andrews Cadillac, by working there and upgrading and integrating its computer systems.

A funny thing happened during those two years: He discovered he liked the family business. Today, Andrews is general manager of Andrews Cadillac and Land Rover of Nashville, two of Middle-Tennessee’s most successful automobile dealerships.

As general manager, he oversees everything from planning and construction to special events and sales. The role of planner and strategist suit him, he says.

“The biggest thing I learned at Owen was strategy. Everything was strategy. It might be Germain Böer’s Financial and Managerial Accounting course, but he really taught strategy,” Andrews says.

That emphasis on strategy has helped Andrews in the changing world of marketing his business. Where automobile companies used to rely on newspaper, radio and TV advertising to reach customers, Andrews now relies on the wired world. “If a Land Rover customer expresses an interest in off-roading, I can send them an email inviting them to an off-roading event. We can text them when a part is in because that’s how the customer said to reach them,” Andrews says. “It’s much more personal. Customers let us know how they want to be contacted.”

Andrews and his wife, Trisha, are the parents of four children ranging from 15 to 5. He says that although all but the 5-year-old have helped around the dealership, it’s too soon to tell if any will want to take over the family business. And that’s ok with him.

“I’m more concerned that they seem to want to go to Michigan for college,” he says.

June 18, 2013
Happy Travels, Tricia

Tricia Siegfried, EMBA’93 (Vanderbilt Photo / Daniel Dubois)

Tricia Siegfried, EMBA’83, retired at the end of 2012 after 17 years as Owen’s chief financial officer. “With an overriding passion for this school’s success over the years, she has time and again proven her dedication to Owen,” said Dean Jim Bradford in announcing her retirement. “Her husband, John, has finally convinced her that they need leisurely time to travel.” In the coming year, that travel will include domestic trips, a Baltic Sea cruise, a visit to Egypt and a stay in Australia. Siegfried expects to stay connected to Owen and recently volunteered for her 30th reunion.

June 18, 2013
Media Mentions

The Associated Press

Feb. 18: Doug Parker, MBA’86, CEO of US Airways, is profiled. Parker will lead the newly merged US Airways and American Airlines.

April 18: The Pilot Flying J headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn., was raided by FBI and IRS agents due to allegations of rebate fraud. The raid signaled fresh scrutiny of competition issues involving the nation’s top retail seller of diesel fuel. Paul Chaney, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Accounting, is quoted.

Bloomberg Businessweek

Jan. 3: Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management ranks ninth among the top business schools in the world in leadership development.

Jan. 4: Tami Fassinger, chief recruiting officer, is quoted in an article in which business school administrators admit there is a natural inclination for students, especially those who have already found a full-time job, to feel less pressure to ace their classes. However, the administrators urge seniors to keep up the good work through graduation as classmates and school officials may be watching.

Jan. 10: Business schools that toil in obscurity may soon be able to gain some prominence—for a price. In a new rating system devised by Quacquarelli Symonds, the company behind the QS World University Rankings and a global business school ranking, schools will have to pay for their evaluation. Dean Jim Bradford is quoted.

Jan. 29: Full-time MBA students head back to business school, aware that—barring access to a healthy trust fund—they’ll have to live as if they’re broke. This can provide great motivation for outside-the-box thinking. Owen second year Walker Matthews Jr. is featured in a story about creative moneymaking ventures that have been tried, with some success, by cash-strapped MBA students.

Feb. 21: Eight months after the GMAT exam underwent its biggest overhaul in 15 years, the test’s new Integrated Reasoning section is beginning to be used by admissions committees at top business schools to determine which applicants to accept. The Owen School is mentioned.

March 1: The Owen School is mentioned in a story about how to navigate getting wait-listed at business school.

March 7: A university in the United Kingdom will officially unveil its “MBA for the Music Industry” program in the United States at a global music event in Hollywood. A similar program offered by the Owen School is referenced.

March 13: What are the best business school keepsakes? A custom Hatch Show print for the Owen School is one of the more unusual—and affordable—items mentioned.

Bloomberg Markets

December 2012: Investors can use derivatives such as VIX futures and options to help shield a portfolio from market disaster. Robert Whaley, the Valere Blair Potter Professor of Finance, is profiled for Bloomberg Markets’ annual 2013 terminal guide, an annual review of investment strategies and trends for institutional investors.

CNBC Nightly Business Report

Jan. 25: Research by Nicolas Bollen finds that hedge funds, widely prized for their safety, may contain previously overlooked risks and may be prone to failure of performance for investors.

Feb. 5: Steve Posavac was interviewed about the impact of shareholder value as it compares to the success of a company’s celebrity endorsements.

NBC

Jan. 28: For years, Super Bowl commercials were closely guarded secrets until they aired on the biggest ratings day of the year. These days, companies have discovered that teasing them online in advance of the big day is a more efficient way of getting their brand message in front of the masses. Steve Posavac weighs in.

Jan. 31: Salacious commercials are as much a part of the Super Bowl experience as instant replays, controversial calls and boring halftime shows. And consumers only have themselves to blame. Or, more accurately, their own conditioned reflex to stimuli. Steve Posavac is quoted.

March 16: A new ad by Amtrak shows scenes of travelers doing things that are forbidden or frowned upon while traveling on a plane: using electronic devices, moving about and socializing on the train during transit. Steve Posavac is quoted.

Deseret News

Jan. 30: With health insurance access being widened under the health care reform law, attention is focused on groups that, presumably, place disproportionate burden on the health care system—mainly smokers and the obese. W. Kip Viscusi, University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management, is quoted.

Environmental Leader

April 2: Strategic Sustainability Consulting CEO and founder Jennifer Woofter applies to her industry the lessons she has learned from the Coursera course, Leading Strategic Innovation in Organizations, taught by David Owens, professor of the practice of management and innovation at the Owen School.

Financial Times

Jan. 30: The Owen School rose three places to No. 53 in the Financial Times’ 2013 roundup of the world’s top business schools.

Forbes

March 14: The Owen School invited four financial luminaries to a discussion where they tangled with the country’s current economic issues. One of them was Robert Whaley.

FOXSports

Jan. 17: Sports agent Bo McKinnis, MBA’91, worked with Vanderbilt baseball star and now Cy Young Award winner David Price to construct a new $10 million contract with Tampa Bay Devil Rays that smartly saves Price $250,000 in “fiscal cliff” taxes.

NPR, On Point

March 31: Larry Van Horn, associate professor of management, was a guest on National Public Radio’s On Point, discussing how states are preparing for the Affordable Care Act, set to roll out in six months.

Poets and Quants

Jan. 8: The MBA bashers are everywhere, especially in the media where uninformed reporters are eager to write stories that often make little sense. The latest example surprisingly comes from The Wall Street Journal, which reported on Jan. 7 that MBA pay is declining. The Owen School is mentioned.

USA Today

Jan. 24: The mania for Super Bowl teasers—call them ads for ads—began last year, with Volkswagen posting a teaser online aimed at driving folks to social media to get hints about VW’s Super Bowl game ad. Steven Posavac is quoted.

April 21: Bruce Barry, the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Professor of Management, is quoted in an article regarding professors who use pop culture in their teaching. Academics are reaching beyond dense economic texts and into the world of pop culture to help students and others recognize that business and economic concepts are all around.

April 28: As the dust settles on the FBI raid of the Knoxville, Tenn., headquarters of Pilot Flying J, the nation’s largest truck stop chain, the long wait for the legal fallout has begun. Mark Cohen is quoted.

USA Today College

April 1: The term “bridge program” is often used to refer to crash courses in business or corporate skills that can give liberal arts majors a boost before entering the working world. The Owen School’s Accelerator program is featured, and Greg Harvey, administrative director of Accelerator, is quoted.

For more media mentions, visit the newsroom page at owen.vanderbilt.edu.

June 18, 2013