by Juan Alcácer - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

working with the City of San Francisco in the last five years, across eight consulting engagements and several brainstorming sessions. Alumni love working with the city. It’s our most popular client.” According to Juan Carlos Velten (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 May 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup

hardware for our product, and we received mentorship from both experienced entrepreneurs and fellow students. Being a part of this community helped me to see that the struggles I faced were not exclusive to me. Throughout the accelerator, we were able to support each... View Details

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

which had historically been very manual in nature. CEO Juan Villarzu's initial turnaround attempts introduced a customer-centric corporate culture to his ranks, but he was still challenged by how to create... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

heralding the start of National Biotechnology Month, as January 2000 had been designated by the U.S. Senate. For biotech, in fact, the party had begun months earlier, when hundreds of millions of dollars had poured into promising... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017

Geography, Location, and Strategy. (Advances in Strategic Management, vol. 36) edited by Juan Alcácer, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yin Yeung (Emerald Publishing Limited) Changes in both... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

students, with an average fellowship of $43,949. Students Arrive Incoming MBA students moving in to the residence halls. During START, MBA students bond both with their section and their class as a whole. Incoming MBA students are seated View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Higher Ground

decision to conduct Prieto didn’t pursue executive life to disown music. He’s just inquisitive by nature. “I’m still propelled more today by curiosity than anything else,” he says. It’s a family trait. His... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

employment system and therefore do not qualify for Infonavit, a government loan and public housing agency that grants more than half of Mexico’s mortgages and is funded in part by a 5 percent payroll tax. Their idea is validated in a talk... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2013
News

14 for '14

consumer data, expect social platforms to grab media dollars from TV budgets and to drive e-commerce sales. Facebook continues to grow but look for Google to get more aggressive by leveraging YouTube and Google+." —Walter Delph (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Government; Information; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Working World

organizations that embedded globalization and the differences that exist across countries into the heart of its model. It’s set up with the idea of unlocking value by leveraging the opportunities created by... View Details