The world is expecting more and more from business. In response, companies are being called on to disclose long-term strategies for how they will make a positive contribution to society.
The Darden School of Business joined the Judge Business School and their new partner, the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business and Economics (HKU), to co-host the 9th annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference in Hong Kong on 9-10 May.
Like many of her peers, Charlotte Robertson (Class of 2018) began working in restaurants to help pay her way through the University of Virginia as an undergraduate student. Unlike those who dabbled, Robertson, working at Charlottesville’s iconic C&O, fell in love with the industry, devoting her career to service and hospitality in what has been a series of high-volume, internationally renowned venues.
As the value of the cryptocurrency bitcoin surged on an exponential curve last winter, investors, the media and even the general public were swept up in a mania that many compared to a modern day Dutch tulip bubble.Through it all, more than one University of Virginia Darden School of Business finance professor remained skeptical of the real underlying value of any cryptocurrency.
This week UVA Darden’s Batten Institute released the second in a series of sector-focused research reports – Path to 2060: Decarbonizing the Electric Utility Industry – that looks at the role of technology and innovation in addressing climate change and the levers that can help facilitate the shift to cleaner electricity generation. We explore four zero-emission technologies: hydropower, nuclear, wind, and solar.
The innovative and intensive eight-week “Economic Inequality and Social Mobility” seminar co-taught by Professors Jim Freeland and Ed Freeman was named as a winner of the 2017 Ideas Worth Teaching Award by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, which highlights 20 exceptional courses that “inspire and equip future business leaders to tackle the issues of our time.”
Speaking at a University of Virginia Darden School of Business Reunion Weekend panel devoted to serving on corporate boards, four Darden alumni with extensive experience as both executives and board members — Mastercard CFO Martina Hund-Mejean (MBA ’88), veteran investor and former Foundation Medical Partners General Partner Harry Rein (MBA ’73), Instart Logic Chairman and former Citrix CEO Mark Templeton (MBA ’78) and Thompson Hospitality Corp. Chairman and CEO Warren Thompson (MBA ’83) — charted the opportunities and potential headaches that a board position can bring.
Corbin Norman will soon graduate from the Darden Executive MBA program, after which he plans to move to Sweden to start a new venture.
During the UVA Darden hosted CEIBS Private Investment Wealth Forum, economists and experts discuss the US-China Trade War and its impact on private investment.
Speaking to students and alumni at a University of Virginia Darden School of Business Reunion Weekend panel moderated by Professor Elena Loutskina, three alumni with a track record of success in the industry detailed their own paths to successful careers in “VC,” and offered tactical advice to infiltrating an industry that can appear both insular and opaque.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has announced plans to launch a new research Center of Excellence: the Initiative for Transformational Leadership and Learning, a multidisciplinary initiative intended to develop and implement a scientifically verified curriculum and learning laboratory devoted to leading-edge leadership development.
UVA Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy’s research examines the means-driven logic used by successful entrepreneurs. In this piece, the first of a series, she highlights the importance of making the right kind of ask to potential stakeholders in order to get the resources one needs. Many thanks to Gosia for this great content, which includes quotes from alumni Chip Ransler (MBA ’09) and Doug Lebda (EMBA ’14).
Indoor farming startup Beanstalk Farms has come a long way in a short period of time. Jack Ross and brother Michael Ross started their venture in the incubator program at the i.Lab in 2017, building a prototype and learning as much as they could about the complicated world of fresh produce. Jack Ross recently spoke about his experience launching Beanstalk; the UVA network on both coasts; and his quest for faster, cheaper and better-tasting lettuce and spinach.
During a University of Virginia Global Water Initiative event held at the Darden School of Business, participants at different stages of the water investing ecosystem spoke before a capacity crowd on the opportunities for cultivating both meaningful environmental and humanitarian impact as well as return on investment in the still nascent space.
Professor Elena Loutskina discusses the hurtles she had to overcome on her professional journey and the decisions that landed her where she is today.
Professor Elena Loutskina led a discussion on how investors can better target innovations that improve society with Village Capital President Ross Baird at Darden's Sands Family Grounds in the Washington, D.C., area.
Three students at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business on 17 April learned that a fellowship would cover the cost of their second year at Darden.
At the 2018 Tom Tom Founders Festival, Darden Professor Greg Fairchild led a discussion on how the finance sector and finance tools can help fight socioeconomic inequalities.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society, Concordia and the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Partnerships today extended the application deadline to April 30, 2018 for the P3 Impact Award, which recognizes exemplary public-private partnerships (P3s) from around the world.
Darden Professor Scott Snell discusses the importance of strategic execution and how to perform it successfully, featuring examples from LinkedIn, Marriott, Microsoft and UPS.
At the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, students celebrate the uniquely collaborative culture, the rigor of the academic program and the life-changing learning experiences during their two years in Charlottesville. This past March, 12 students and Professor Bobby Parmar took their Darden experience to the field as they spent six days backpacking through Patagonia in southern Chile.
This March, 34 University of Virginia Darden School of Business students traveled to Israel for a new Darden Worldwide Course focused on innovation and technology in the country dubbed the “Startup Nation.” Led by Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne and joined by Dean Scott Beardsley, the students in the course developed an understanding of the forces at work in the success story of Israeli innovation and entrepreneurship culture.
UVA Darden Professor Ting Xu delves into the unique benefits of crowdfunding, namely the value of feedback, and some of its drawbacks.
Speaking to University of Virginia Darden School of Business students at a Leadership Speaker Series event, Matt Kaness Former Modcloth CEO recounted his unlikely career journey and the pivotal role the Darden School played and continues to play in his life.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Ken Eades is retiring after 30 years of teaching at the school.
Professor Peter Debaere examines the relationship between water and economics and suggests how we can improve water productivity and sustainability.
In this piece based on a UVA Darden Business Publishing case, Darden Professor June West and Senior Case Writer Jenny Craddock examine the Wells Fargo scandal and the corporate communication challenges and strategy new leadership addressed.
Sean Carr, Ph.D., executive director of Darden’s Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation interviews John Haltiwanger of the University of Maryland and the National Bureau of Economic Research to discuss entrepreneurship, the U.S. economy, and what graduate education and policy have to do with both.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced the new Batten Foundation Darden Worldwide Scholarship program. A $15 million gift from the Batten Foundation unlocked a matching gift from UVA’s Bicentennial Scholars Fund, and the resulting $30 million endowment will ultimately provide every student in Darden’s full-time MBA program a scholarship to attend a Darden Worldwide Course at no incremental cost.
Speaking at the Darden School of Business at a Leadership Speaker Series event, Marriott CFO Leeny Oberg told Darden students to make sure their chosen company was a good fit for their values along with other valuable insights to a successful career.
Darden School of Business First Year Mamadi Diane, a former UVA basketball player, and current UVA hoops star Mamadi Diakite discuss how the two have become like brothers.
When discussing Darden’s unique value proposition, inevitably the conversation turns to the fiercely loyal and mutually supportive group of Darden School of Business and University of Virginia graduates. It’s a network that starts in the classroom and strengthens in learning team rooms, on job treks and during Darden Cup events.
The U.S. Department of State Office of Global Partnerships (S/GP), along with Concordia and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society, have opened the application process for the fifth annual P3 Impact Award, which honors exemplary public-private partnerships (P3s) from around the world.
The University Of Virginia Darden School Of Business has partnered with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to create a four-week online course on digital transformation. The launch follows last year’s successful collaboration on the Pricing Strategy Optimization Specialization.
UVA Darden Professor Rajkumar Venkatesan explains that in order for companies to really leverage customer engagement, companies and researchers need to study the buying journey in new ways.
To spur thoughtful dialogue and action, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business recently convened the Jefferson Innovation Summit 2018: Catalyzing Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Tackle Climate Change at the historic Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C.
In this Three Things video, Darden Professor and Dean Emeritus Robert Bruner discusses how we know crises will recur and how we can personally prepare for them.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has dozens of student-run clubs, with areas of focus ranging from professional sectors like consulting and finance to affinity clubs like Graduate Women in Business and those focused on athletic pursuits.The newest, Darden School of Brew, dives into the dynamic craft beer industry, which is thriving locally and nationally.
CFOs from leading publicly traded and private equity-held companies based in the Washington, D.C., region shared their insights on Trump's tax stimulus package and its impact as part of the Top-of-Mind topic — It’s All About the Stimulus — at the Strategic CFO Roundtable held 4 January at the offices of Sands Capital Management in Rosslyn, Virginia. The roundtable is a select peer-to-peer forum hosted by the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society.
Global course offerings at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business are known as Darden Worldwide courses, and they will live up to their name this spring as students learn on five continents via 14 global learning opportunities in March and May.
Darden Capital Management, which is entirely student-run and available as both a club and an independent study course, offers Darden students an unparalleled experiential learning opportunity in the field of investment management. Students actively manage $15 million across five funds, gaining hands-on experience in a world that rarely offers traditional internships and can be difficult for young professionals to access.
The energy sector appears ripe for the sort of disruption that has upended scores of traditional industries, although entrenched interests and incumbents are clinging to traditional sources and models.This insight came during a clean energy panel discussion at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business student-run Net Impact Week, where three executives on the front lines of the rapidly changing energy sector suggested the opportunities in their industry were wide open for those willing.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced its partnership with the Tom Tom Founders Festival is continuing into its seventh year. The festival — a celebration of innovators, visionaries and artists — will take place in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, 9–15 April, with keynote speakers including news icon Dan Rather, comic legend John Cleese, Pulitzer Prize winner Amy Goldstein and Honest Tea cofounder Seth Goldman, among others.
Professor Peter Belmi discusses his five most interesting findings with regard to his research on income inequality.
Darden Professor Alan Beckenstein and colleague Nick Sargen, a Darden lecturer, offer their projections for the U.S. economy in the coming year. Their remarks were delivered at an event hosted by the Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management and the School’s Charlottesville alumni chapter.
Darden Executive Education is launching an innovative new team development program in the Washington, D.C., area. Aligning Teams for Growth and Change brings together high-performance individuals for workshop-based learning that focuses on tackling a specific change or challenge their organizations are facing.
Darden Professors Raj Venkatesan and Kim Whitler’s research shows what goes wrong when companies try to use big data and how to better make analytics work. Venkatesan presented these insights at the Leadership in the Face of New Technology conference, co-hosted by Darden and the HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich.
Through a first-of-its-kind partnership between its renowned business schools, the University of Virginia will begin offering a new master of science in business analytics (MSBA) degree in late summer 2018, pending approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
A December investment of more than $100,000 from NewSchools Venture Fund — an organization funded by nonprofit heavy hitters such as The Walton Family Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donor-advised fund — has proven to be a “game-changer” for one University of Virginia Darden School of Business student’s startup education nonprofit.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business will welcome business leaders from the worlds of hospitality and e-commerce as part of the spring Leadership Speaker Series (LSS).
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