Corporate Cleanup
Are new corporate accountability measures making a difference or making a mess? Finance faculty and a Wall Street investigative journalist debate their impact.
On Campus
Wisconsin MBA Moves Up to 29th in U.S. News
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business was ranked 29th among all business schools in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. The school advanced two places from a ranking of 31st in 2006, and eight places from 2005, to achieve its highest ranking in the publication since 1990.
Undergraduate Program Ranked 28th
BusinessWeek magazine ranked the undergraduate business program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business 28th in the nation and fourth in the Big Ten. Last year, Wisconsin was ranked 27th nationally and fifth in the Big Ten.
Executive Education Earns Top Rankings
The public Executive Education programs offered by the UW-Madison School of Business were rated best in the world for the second year in a row by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Its custom programs were ranked “Best Value for Money” by The Financial Times.
Smart Money Hails ASAP
Sports Illustrated Lauds Wisconsin Football...and Real Estate
Homegrown Entrepreneur
Award-Winning Students
When You Say Wisconsin MBA, You've Said It All (in Dubai, Chile, China, France...)
Accenture Leadership Center Caps Off Inaugural Year
James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate Becomes a Reality
Tech Business Plan Competition Turns 10
Wisconsin MBA Students Take the Polar Plunge
Accounting Programs, Students Win National Kudos
Differential Tuition Approved for Undergraduate Business
Update Magazine June 2007
Feature Stories
Jumping on the Brandwagon:
Why companies are paying handsomely to make sure you see their brands more and more in movies, TV shows, even in the books you read.
Keeping Pay at Bay
Soaring CEO salaries are the target of increasing controversy. Will Congress step in to set limits?
Should it?
Why Don't We Have Better Bosses?
Even with good intentions on both sides, supervisor-employee relations can be fraught. A look at what keeps us from having (and being) better bosses.
Departments
JUNE 2007 VOLUME 25 NUMBER 1
EDITOR: Lari Fanlund
DESIGN: Lori Strelow, Anna Dulmes
EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE: Jennifer Asselin and Scott Voss
EDITORIAL BOARD: Alisa Robertson, Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Tina Frailey, Jim Kubek, Richard Lee, Mark Matosian, Deborah Mitchell, Kayleen Reilly, Steve Schroeder and Charlie Trevor
COVER: Product placement is all around, in places you may or may not expect, and it’s not happening by accident—as Marjani Coffey, a second-year Wisconsin MBA student in Brand and Product Management, helps illustrate.
Cover photo for UPDATE
by Bob Rashid.
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