McCombs TODAY

Some of the best business students from around the world convened in Austin October 27-31 for the 16th McCombs International Business Competition (MIBC), one of the top annual undergraduate business competitions in the world. In total, 20 schools from North America, Asia and Europe competed in this year’s MIBC, which was sponsored by Motorola, the [...]

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On Oct. 19 it was announced that MagnaQuest, a Hyderabad, India, company had acquired eVapt, an Austin company which has its roots with the Texas Evening MBA program (TEMBA). Both companies are involved in providing cloud computing solutions.
Shortly after the acquistion, TEMBA Director Trent Thurman interviewed Ranjit Nayak, MBA ‘07, who founded the company along [...]

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On Sept. 17, Texas Executive Education hosted a faculty panel addressing Strategies for Growth in Trying Times. We captured a few of the highlights on video:
What country is poised to be the next global economic powerhouse?
Senior Lecturer of Management John Doggett spoke about the future of the global marketplace. “We in this country right now [...]

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On Sept. 17 Texas Executive Education hosted a symposium on business growth and how to build brand share overseas. Dave Wenger, director of communications for the McCombs School, blogged from the event, which featured panel discussions from McCombs faculty and industry experts.
A few highlights:

On National Instruments’ long-term approach to business: “Traditionally we’ve had a lot [...]

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Looking to bring together Austin’s entrepreneurial community and UT students, the McCombs Entrepreneur Society is hosting Start Up Meet Up, a one-day entrepreneurship conference. The conference will feature panel discussions on market validation, entrepreneurial law, digital-era marketing and start-up capital.
McCombs alumnus Brett Hurt, founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice, is the keynote speaker, and McCombs faculty members [...]

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John Doggett, a senior lecturer in the Department of Management, was presented with the Outstanding Professor Award from Texas Executive MBA students during a recognition ceremony on Saturday, April 18. The students selected one professor from the program who has made a lasting impact in their education at McCombs.
(Read Doggett’s account of the 2008 Beijing [...]

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On Sept. 22-27, Texas Executive Education, in partnership with Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, hosted a Leadership in a Global Environment program for Mainz executive MBA students. The students represented a wide variety of German and international firms, such as Accenture, Siemens, Capri Sun and BorgWarner.

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KVUE, Sept. 5, 2008
In an effort to close the competition gap and possibly reclaim its position as the computer leader worldwide, there are reports that Dell Computer will sell most or all of its manufacturing facilities. “Absolutely had to happen, no question about it,” said John Doggett, senior management lecturer at McCombs. Watch video.

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