Business

Mark McCaw, program administrator of Siloam Family Health Center in Nashville, is the 2008 recipient of the Executive MBA/Center for Nonprofit Management Sponsorship. The award is financed by Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management and the winner is chosen through a partnership with the Center for Nonprofit Management. Read More

In his May 9 commencement address at Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management, Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, will tell graduating MBAs that the heart and soul of a business resides inside its people and transcends success in the marketplace. Read More

A team of Executive MBA students from Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management has won first place in the MBA Jungle Business Plan Competition, a national competition held recently in New York City. Read More

A team representing Vanderbilt University took the top prize of $5,000 at this year\'s Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition at Tulane University\'s Freeman School earlier this month. Read More

Climate change is widely regarded as one of the most difficult problems facing modern society. Though manufacturers are responsible for much of the emissions in the United States, individuals play a big part in the problem. Read More

A new study examining the connection between corporate lobbying at the federal level and financial performance finds that lobbying pays off. Read More

Contrary to popular belief, the introduction of the euro in 2002 did not result in price increases, even for food items, a Vanderbilt researcher found by comparing prices of a Big Mac meal in 13 European countries using their own currency with 12 who adopted the euro currency. Read More

People faced with too many choices when making complex decisions not only have difficulty discerning the right choice, they often make poor choices, contrary to classic economic theory, according to research by Vanderbilt economist Mike Shor. Read More

Hundreds of millions of retail investor dollars are being left "on the table" because of carelessness or misunderstanding about the mechanics of call options, according to new research from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

Vanderbilt graduate students from four disciplines - business, divinity, economics, and education - have set an ambitious goal for their spring break trip to Bangladesh: Find ways to alleviate poverty in the poorest parts of the world. Read More

The World Trade Organization is not the villain many of its critics claim it to be, but it does suffer from ineffective compliance tools and a lack of transparency, Vanderbilt University researcher Trish Kelly finds in her new book, The Impact of the WTO: The Environment, Public Health and Sovereignty. Read More

Vanderbilt University encourages active journalists to apply to attend its 2008 media fellowship, "Immigration: Nation\'s Bedrock or Burden?," April 1-4, 2008, in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

A Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management professor is co-author of two award-winning papers that call into question a concept that has become central to marketing efforts in recent years: A customer\'s intention to recommend a product or service is the single most important predictor of future loyalty to the company. Read More

The predictive power of U.S. financial market returns in January for market performance the rest of the year has long been lore on Wall Street. Given the tumultuous start to 2008, investors may want to consider recent research by a professor from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management that finally puts some real evidence behind the legendary "January Barometer." The forecast: a tough year ahead. Read More

Bill Lambert, a second-year student at Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management, is the first recipient of the Max Adler scholarship. Lambert is the son of Bill and Harva Leigh Lambert of Ladue, Mo. Read More

Listen to students who traveled to India in 2007 as part of a Vanderbilt program to alleviate poverty. Graham Reside, executive director of the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions, speaks and introduces several students who reflect on the Project Pyramid program that brought together the divinity and business schools at Vanderbilt. Read More

The most senior female executive at Tiffany & Co. will be on campus Jan. 26 as the featured speaker at the first networking conference of the student-run Women\'s Business Association at Vanderbilt\'s Owen Graduate School of Management. Read More

An initiative uniting divinity school and business students at Vanderbilt University to help address poverty will be discussed at a community breakfast this month. Read More

One of the most successful recording industry executives on Music Row will join the faculty of the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management this spring. Tim DuBois, former senior partner at Universal South and president of Arista Records/Nashville, will teach in the MBA program. Read More

With the holiday shopping season here, marketing experts from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management are available to discuss a range of retail business and consumer issues. Read More