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Dean Thomas Gilligan interviewed Michael Dell, CEO, founder and chairman of the board of Dell, Inc., Nov. 11 as part of the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series.
Dean Gilligan began by asking Dell about his first job, which Dell said was at a Chinese restaurant when he was 12 years [...]

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The proliferation of internet survey tools is making it easier for researchers to gather data, but internet surveys also produce their own set of challenges. That was the message from Marketing Professor Linda Golden and IROM Professor Patrick Brockett at the Undergraduate Business Council’s Faculty Research Presentation Nov. 9.
Golden said that in the future, students will all [...]

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“Risk is real. The reason Michael Dell is worth $40 billion is there are 40 billion other people who wanted to do what he did and couldn’t.”
The conversation was lively and opinionated at last week’s Sports, Entertainment & Media Association (SEMA) Conference at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. SEMA is an organization that [...]

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Keith Brown, professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business, presented his research on the investment performance of mutual fund managers as part of the Faculty Research Series Sept. 22 at McCombs.
Brown and his research team found that while a mutual fund’s investment style (small cap vs. large [...]

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Former University of Texas at Austin President Larry Faulkner talked about leadership, decision-making and ethics with a group of students at the McCombs Leadership Forum on Oct. 29.
Faulkner believes leaders create “an environment of the possible” when they use effective decision-making skills. The ability to make quick and decisive [...]

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Communications expert Olivia Fox Cabane of SpitFire Strategies demonstrated how to influence and persuade people more effectively in high anxiety situations, in an interactive presentation Nov. 5 to faculty, students and executives at McCombs. “You only have to remember to do one thing,” she claimed. “Control your body language.”
Cabane said that more than 80 percent of communication is body language, and that [...]

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James Mulva, CEO and Chairman of ConocoPhillips, was the guest of former McCombs Dean George Gau at the McCombs Leadership Forum on Oct. 8. Mulva, BBA ‘68, MBA ‘69, spoke about his 36-year career in the energy industry and his passion for it. He stressed the importance of work [...]

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A recent conference sponsored by the Supply Chain Management Center and the Center for Customer Insight and Marketing Solutions at McCombs featured Bob Johansen from the Institute for the Future, a Silicon Valley based nonprofit think tank producing an evolving 10-year forecast using socio-economic, technology and demographic trends.
McCombs Marketing Professsor Linda Golden says Johansen’s book, [...]

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“A felony is forever. That’s not a legacy to leave to anybody.”
Harvin C. Moore III (right) gave a speech on ethics Nov. 4 to Urton Anderson and Janet Dukerich’s undergraduate studies class, Organizational Corruption and Organizational Control.
At first glance, Moore looks like the picture of success. He earned a law degree from UT Austin and [...]

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Mary Barth, professor of accounting at Stanford University, spoke recently at McCombs’ MPA Distinguished Speaker Lyceum. A former member of the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB), she explained how the board evolved, its structure and goals and progress in adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) around the world.
“We live in a global economy and need a [...]

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