In Demand: Marketing Researchers
Marketing research is getting a seat at the head table as never before. Alumni explore the new cachet— and challenges —facing their field.
Faculty & Staff News Briefs
Professor François Ortalo-Magné, Real Estate and Urban Economics, was selected by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) to direct the group’s Annual Foreign Investment Survey, which provides important insights into the activity of foreign investors in the United States.
Professor Terry Warfield, Accounting, has been named to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, which advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
Professor Joan Schmit, Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance, is a contributing researcher on a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The project, “Developing New Risk-Based Capital Standards Across Europe,” received an award of more than $100,000.
Professor Urban Wemmerlöv, Kress Family Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and director of the Erdman Center for Operations and Technology Management, co-authored the fourth most widely cited paper published in the Journal of Operations Management since 1985, “Procedures for the Part Family/Machine Group Identification Problem in Cellular Manufacturing.”
John Surdyk, director of the Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship, authored a chapter of a book. “Business: the Ultimate Resource” is the just-published second edition of a one-stop reference tool on business concepts.
Jerry Weygandt, a long-time professor in the Accounting department, officially retired in July. Weygandt taught undergraduate and graduate accounting courses at UW-Madison for more than 30 years and is a national leader in the field of accounting, having served as president of the American Accounting Association and on several key committees of the American Institute of CPAs. Among his many honors, he received the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Accounting Association and the Lifetime Achievement in Accounting Education Award from the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs.
Update Magazine December 2006
Feature Stories
Real Estate Reality Check
Now that the super-hot residential housing market of recent years is cooling, real estate professors and practitioners explore the new reality.
Innovate or Else
Status quo is not an option. Management Professor Sanjay Jain explores why companies must innovate
and how successful companies have done it.
What Every New Board Member Should Know
Corporate boards are increasingly in the headlines—and often not in a good way. Ten things you should know before you agree to serve on that corporate board.
Women at Work
Companies must find ways to benefit from the talents of women leaders if they wish to remain competitive.
Departments
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