School of Business Gazette

IN THE NEWS

A summer entrepreneurs camp for middle school students run by the UW-Madison Small Business Development Center was featured in the July 30 New York Times. The feature story looked at entrepreneur and finance camps for children around the country.

The Detroit Free Press quoted Jim Seward, professor of finance, on July 9 in “Talk of Alliance is opening floodgate analysis.” A potential deal between General Motors Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Renault U.S.A was examined.

The accomplishments  of School of Business marketing professors Jan Heide, Aric Rindfleisch, Craig Thompson, and Kenneth H. Wathne were mentioned in The Capital Times on July 27, in “UW biz professors honored.”  The article noted their appointment to the review board for the Journal of Marketing.

A recent study by Morris Davis, a new assistant professor of real estate and urban land economics, continues to gain national attention. Morris work, examining a trend in housing prices reflecting land value rather than building value, has been featured in several publications, including the online version of the Wall Street Journal, the Dow-Jones newswire and the St. Petersburg Times. (As mentioned in the July Gazette, his work also was featured in the online version of BusinessWeek).

See the articles at:
http://www.realestatejournal.com/ and
http://www.sptimes.com/

Wisbusiness.com featured a question and answer session with Dean Mike Knetter on July 18. The interview focused on the state of the Wisconsin economy and how the business school factors into the changes.

Channel 15 news quoted Professor Stephen Malpezzi, real estate, in a June 30 report “Location Efficient Housing.” The article discussed living close enough to work to ride a bike or take the bus.

Anne Miner, professor of management and human resources, was quoted in “Talk about a sales figure” on June 27 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Miner noted how a company’s ability to use the Internet to market a product may help it survive.

Professor Chuck Krueger, Executive Education, was quoted in a July feature of the UW Business News Wire titled “Building Value Driving Profits.” The story describes his business simulation course.

In the first of a four-part series feature “Making Madison Work” in the Wisconsin State Journal, Bill Strang, an emeritus professor and former associate dean of the School of Business, was quoted. The article examined the Madison economy.

Neil Lerner, director of the Small Business Development center, was quoted in the July 14 article “A new outlet for shoppers” in the Wisconsin State Journal. Lerner spoke about the new outlet mall being built in the Wisconsin Dells area and what opportunities the mall could bring.