Features

Enduring Recession: Three McCombs Professors Share Strategies and Perspectives on the Downturn

Raji Srinivasan on marketing in recessions, Robert Prentice examines ethics and decision-making, and Doug Dierking shares how to keep employees' ...

Riding Out the Real Estate Storm

It’s a rough time for real estate, but the McCombs School’s real estate program is something of a safe harbor. ...

Ask the Expert

At 82,000 members and growing, the McCombs Alumni Network is a formidable bunch, working in just about every profession under ...

Briefs

Lendecky Goes All Out—and All In—at the World Poker Tour

In January 2009, accounting lecturer Brian Lendecky “sat out a hand” at McCombs to play in Event No. 2 of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Southern Poker Championship in Biloxi, Miss. When all was bet and played, Lendecky came in seventh out of 566 Texas Hold ’Em players and went home $9,522 richer.  Though his [...]

Alumni News

Alumna Helps Virginia Pull Off Balancing Act in Turbulent Economy

State Treasurer Manju Ganeriwala, MBA ‘81
Many states could do a lot worse than follow Virginia’s example. With a AAA bond rating from all three national rating agencies and a reputation as one of the best financially managed state governments, Virginia enjoys low borrowing costs and doesn’t run a deficit. The Old Dominion State balances its [...]

Inside McCombs

“Socialnomics” Book Examines New Media and Business

Erik Qualman, MBA ’99, spent 15 years building the online marketing strategies of leading brands, including Yahoo and Earthlink. As someone who has always valued the possibilities of the Internet in business, he’s kept a close watch on how avenues of social media have exploded in recent years. The result of his work and research [...]

Dean's Letter

Letter from Dean Gilligan

Green shoots emanate from seedlings and hold the prospect of growth and prosperity. When combined with the right elements—fertile soil, sufficient water, abundant nutrients, absence of predators—green shoots turn into mature plants that provide both shelter and sustenance to animals and humans alike. The term green shoots is an agrarian metaphor for nascence and an [...]