Fabrizio wins Richard R. Nelson Prize
The Richard R. Nelson Prize for 2014 has been awarded to Professor Kira R. Fabrizio for her article, “Absorptive Capacity and the Search for Innovation.” The prize is awarded every two years for the best article in the academic journals Industrial and Corporate Change and Research Policy. Read more.
Attend the First World Open Innovation Conference
The First Annual World Open Innovation Conference will be held in Napa, CA on December 3-5, 2014, and will hosted by noted author and researcher Henry Chesbrough. Read more.
UC Berkeley Secures Two $100K Grants at FOUNDER.org World Founder Forum
LAUNCH Grand Prize Winner ReMeeting and Berkeley-Haas Startup PlushCare take home two of just ten FOUNDER.org $100K grants at the World Founder Forum in Paris.
FT: Two very determined entrepreneurs from Berkeley-Haas
The Financial Times features Berkeley-Haas alums Brett Wilson and John Hughes (MBA 07), who discuss how the LAUNCH Competition, which they won in 2007, contributed to the success of TubeMogul.
Brett was also recently featured in the
NYT Corner Office.
Faculty Rock Stars
Professors Toby Stuart (pictured) and Ulrike Malmendier, part of the next generation of big thinkers at the Haas School, were profiled in the summer 2014 issue of Berkeley-Haas magazine. Read more.
Dean Lyons on Developing Innovative Leaders
In the summer 2014 issue of Berkeley-Haas magazine, Dean Lyons’ letter outlines how the school’s Defining Principles helps develop innovative leaders. Read more.
Terry Hendershott on High-frequency Trading
When data identifying the investor or trader involved in each algorithmic trading transaction finally started to become available in 2005, Finance Professor Terrence Hendershott began studying the effect of high frequency trading on the market and price efficiency. Hendershott believes HFT is the application of technology to many traditional short-term speculative strategies. In this video, Prof. Hendershott weighs in on whether high-frequency trading is good, bad, or simply inevitable. Watch the video.
Ross Levine discusses traits of entrepreneurs
Is being an entrepreneur really more lucrative than working for a salary? And who is best cut out to succeed? A new study by Professor Ross Levine of the Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group answers both of these questions. Watch the video.
Steve Tadelis on the payoffs of online advertising
Using data from eBay, economist Steven Tadelis at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business compared whether consumers are more likely to click on paid ads than on free, generic search results and found that advertisers may not be getting their money’s worth. Watch the video.
Rochlin Named UC Berkeley Teaching Fellow
Haas@Work executive director Dave Rochlin and Sara Beckman have been selected as UC Berkeley Lecturer Teaching Fellows for the 2014–2015 academic year. Read more.