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Make Entrepreneurship a Business School Priority
Established companies, not just startups, need MBAs with entrepreneurial skills, but B-schools aren't producing enough, writes University of Michigan professor Tim Faley in Business Week. [Read more...}
A Very Loud Number
Essay by Stephen Forrest, Vice President for Research
Occasional Essays, No. 2 [PDF]
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By now, many have heard that the University of Michigan broke the $1,000,000,000 threshold for research expenditures in Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09). Indeed, by National Science Foundation accounting, U-M has moved into third place for research expenditures by U.S. universities in 2008 (the latest year for which such numbers are available). Only the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Wisconsin rank higher.
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Environmental and Social Responsibility: Ross School No. 1 in the U.S.
The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business is the best business school in the United States for integrating environmental, social, and ethical issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute's 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report. The biennial survey and ranking of business schools placed the Ross School at No. 2 worldwide. The Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto is ranked No. 1 in this year's survey. Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, which was ranked No. 1 in 2007, is ranked No. 4 this year. [Read more...]
Ross School tops in the U.S. for environmental/social responsibility
The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business is the best business school in the United States for integrating environmental, social and ethical issues into its MBA program, according to the Aspen Institute's 2009-10 Beyond Grey Pinstripes report. The biennial survey and ranking of business schools placed the Ross School at No. 2 overall. The Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto is ranked No. 1 in this year's survey. Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, which was ranked No. 1 in 2007, is ranked No. 4 this year. [Read more...]
Zell Lurie Institute awards student entrepreneurs more than $50,000 in grants
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business has announced the recipients of the Fall 2009 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant Program, where students apply for funding to advance their innovative, high-potential business concepts toward launch. The 30 grant recipients submitted projects that range from a light sport aircraft design and manufacturing firm to an online fundraising platform for performers to a stationary bicycle that generates electricity. [Read more...]
Ross Business School professor name top business thinker by Forbes
Corporate strategy sage C.K. Prahalad is the most influential management thinker in the world, according to the Thinkers 50, a biennial ranking of business gurus. Prahalad, who serves as the Paul and Ruth McCracken distinguished university professor of strategy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, tops the list for the second time running. In addition, David Ulich, professor of business administration and director of the Human Resource Executive Program at Ross, is ranked 31st on the list. [Read more...]
U-M co-sponsors conference on plug-in electric vehicle industry
"The Business of Plugging In" is the inaugural conference on plug-in electric vehicles (PEV). The three-day meeting in Detroit brings together leaders from the automotive, utility and new technology industries with policy makers, financiers and researchers for interactions on business development, education and networking. The U-M joined DTE Energy and General Motors and founding partners in sponsoring the conference, October 19-21, 2009. [Read more...]
New method helps measure actual impact of organization
In the fall issue of Dividend, Professor Ted London of the Ross School of Business discusses the results of field work and the development of the Pyramid Impact Assessment Framework, which organizations now can use to better assess the true impact of their work. [Read more...]
New game strategies help businesses create value
Professor Allan Afuah of the Ross School of Business describes in his book Strategic Innovation (Routledge 2009) new game strategies that companies can employ to gain a competitive advantage in the face of rapid technological change and globalization. It's not enough to simply create value in new and different ways, he says. Nor is it sufficient to merely capture value. To compete and win, firms must do both. [Read more...]
Innovative Business Organizations Explored in New Book by Erb Institute Scholars
A new breed of company is emerging that wants to both make money and change society. These "hybrid organizations" and their investments in sustainable business practices are explored in "Hybrid Organizations: New Business Models for Environmental Leadership," a new book by five graduates of The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. [Read more...]