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As the country marks the first anniversary of Enron’s bankruptcy this week, 91̽»¨Business School research is questioning the recent claim that stock option compensations benefit executives to the detriment of shareholders.

As the country marks the first anniversary of Enron’s bankruptcy this week, 91̽»¨ Business School research is questioning the ongoing claim that stock option compensations benefit executives to the detriment of shareholders.

Demonstrating the amount of wealth minority-owned firms contribute to the state even in a sluggish economy, winners of the 91̽»¨Minority Business Awards saw their revenues grow in 2001.

Demonstrating the amount of wealth minority-owned firms contribute to the state even in a sluggish economy, winners of the 91̽»¨ Minority Business Awards saw their revenues grow in 2001.

A more personalized job placement program has led to nearly nine out of 10 91̽»¨ Business School master’s in business administration graduates obtaining jobs within three months — surpassing the average at the nation’s so-called Top 30 business schools.

Gary Bloom, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Veritas Software Corp. — a leading provider of data protection software — will speak Wednesday at the 91̽»¨.

Many founders are replaced after launching a successful company, say Warren Boeker, a professor of management and organization at the 91̽»¨ Business School, and graduate student Rushi Karichalil. Ironically, the founders who do remain in control usually launch only moderate performing ventures.

A 91̽»¨researcher says corporations in search of success should take a lesson from the hardwood. Winners are made over time, not with free agents.

The 91̽»¨ Business School’s executive education program appears to be dodging the revenue decline that has hurt similar programs at many of the country’s business schools.

A team of 91̽»¨ graduate students have won $30,000 to finance a company that would provide a less-invasive radiation therapy to cancer patients.

Sixteen finalists will compete for investment capital May 21 in the UW’s annual entrepreneurial business plan competition.

Businesses that provide goods and services designed to foster a better and healthier lifestyle dominate this year’s 91̽»¨ Business Plan Competition, continuing through May 21.

As the tragic events of Sept.

Building on a trend to bring Wall Street into the classroom, the Nasdaq Stock Market Educational Foundation has given its first-ever grant to help create a virtual trading room at the 91̽»¨ Business School.

Alan Mulally, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will speak about the plans and prospects for the company’s commercial airplane business during an address at the 91̽»¨ Business School.

The financial value of a law-abiding reputation — not tighter government regulations — is the best way to prevent future scandals like those enveloping energy giant Enron and its auditor Arthur Andersen, a 91̽»¨researcher says.

The dot-com bust is over and executives need to overcome “dot vertigo,” an inability to adapt to e-commerce, says author Richard Nolan, the featured speaker at the 91̽»¨ Business School’s e-business conference.

The financial value of a law-abiding reputation — not tighter government regulations — is the best way to prevent future scandals like those enveloping energy giant Enron and its auditor Arthur Andersen, a 91̽»¨ researcher says.

Steven Rogel, president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Co. and a key player in the company’s recent lengthy takeover bid for Willamette Industries will discuss his plans for the company’s increased performance during an address at the 91̽»¨ Business School.

Today’s U.S. News & World Report 2002 rankings of undergraduate business programs at public and private universities in the United States moves the 91̽»¨ Business School up five notches from 21 to 16.

While the U.S. Census Bureau reported earlier this year that the number of African American- and Hispanic-owned businesses are on the rise, such businesses still do not receive equal access to the venture capital crucial to staying competitive, according to a 91̽»¨ researcher.

The 91̽»¨ Business School will announce a gift today of $1 million from The Boeing Co.

A new cross-campus center at the 91̽»¨ Business School will provide research faculty and students with the opportunity to study the real-world problems involved in turning leading-edge technology into viable companies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s controversial “Reg FD,” or fair-disclosure regulation, may be closing the gap in fair trading between large and small investors, a 91̽»¨ Business School researcher reports.

At a time when many small businesses are beginning to feel the sting of the slowing economy, more than 60 91̽»¨ business students have helped several Seattle inner-city and Yakima Valley small businesses expand, develop and increase profits.

Today’s economic slowdown and capital crunch isn’t all that bad. In fact the climate resembles the economic downturn that followed the PC hype in the late 1970s and early 1980s, says Richard Karlgaard, Forbes magazine publisher and keynote speaker at an upcoming 91̽»¨ Business School conference on e-business.

Creators of a company that will link computer networks to solve complex problems took the $35,000 top prize at the 91̽»¨’s fourth annual business plan competition.

This year’s 91̽»¨ Business Plan Competition, continuing through May 14, is no longer dominated by Internet company ideas as in years past.

Jeri Wait, president of global markets and co-founder of the telecommunications company edge2net, has been appointed to the 91̽»¨ Business School’s International Business Advisory Council.

The 91̽»¨ Business School MBA Challenge for Charity team is gearing up to defend its title against the west coast’s top business graduate schools. And after raising $90,000 for Washington Special Olympics and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County charity, they are the 91̽»¨off to a successful start for the philanthropic competition.

Solomon Trujillo, a leader in launching wireless sensor networks, will speak tomorrow at the 91̽»¨ Business School Dean’s Lecture.

With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a 91̽»¨ and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.

With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a 91̽»¨ and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.

The crashing stock market. The Northwest’s impending recession. An increase in mortgage-loan and credit-card delinquencies. All vital issues facing businesses in the slowing economy. Phyllis Campbell, president of U.S. Bank, Washington, will speak about a business leader’s role in the midst of such a fast-changing economy at the 91̽»¨ Business School Dean’s Breakfast Lecture Series talk at 8 a.m., Wednesday, March 21 in the Husky Union Building’s West Ballroom on the 91̽»¨campus. A continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m.

At a time when new technology is continually increasing the need to understand international commerce, students from 15 countries will join together to learn about each other and to compete during the 91̽»¨ Business School’s third annual Global Business Challenge case competition, April 1 – 7.

Retiring Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Herbold will speak at the 91̽»¨ Business School Dean’s Breakfast Lecture Series at 8 a.m. tomorrow in the Douglas Forum Seminar Room on the fourth floor of the Seafirst Executive Education Center on the northeast side of campus. His topic will be “The Wild Information Technology Industry: What Next?”

Recent layoffs and talk of a continued downturn in the nation’s economy appear to be sending many people to school for an advanced business degree.