Maddie Blood graduated with her Operations and Technology Management degree and we are thrilled that she accepted a full time position with Pacific Seafood. Maddie was offered the full time position after she completed her internship in the summer of 2015. She had great things to say about the company and her internship experience. We…Continue Reading Maddie Blood – Internship leads to full time position
Professors Sam Holloway and Mark Meckler are once again leading the conversation in the craft beer business arena. Large breweries have now, entered a strategic decline, merging and acquiring each other and chasing profits at the expense of future customers. Chasing higher profitability through lower-quality products and acquisitions might please shareholders, but it also fits…Continue Reading Professors Holloway and Meckler are once again leading the conversation
To most people the subject of international finance is business on a global level. The students of Bus 441 International Finance, taught by Chris Dunnaville, this semester were fortunate to meet with and learn from three executives who know the intricate financial considerations of globalization and what it means for their companies. The first executive…Continue Reading Guest Speakers Bring Real Life Experience into the Classroom
The highly regarded and prestigious, Academy of Management Journal, AMJ, published a research article by our Professor Dr. Sam Holloway. We are thrilled to share this honor and congratulate Dr. Holloway on this outstanding achievement. He wrote, ‘Friends and Profits Don’t Mix: The Performance Implications of Repeated Partnerships’ with Dr. Anne Parmigiani from the University…Continue Reading Prestigious Journal Publishes a UP Business Professor’s Paper
When students sign up for BUS 468 and BUS 567 with Dr. Brian Adams, they are jumping into the world of applied portfolio management with real money! The description for the Applied Portfolio Management class indicates that investment philosophy, asset allocation, asset class management, investment process, and behavioral finance are covered. Students gain experience using…Continue Reading An Investing Class That Uses Real Money
We are happy to report that Anna Murphy, Senior Business major and president of the University of Portland Speech and Debate Union, advanced to the semifinals placing 3rd in the Pi Kappa Delta National Debate Tournament held in Lexington Kentucky March 16-20, 2016. Dean Robin Anderson, of the Pamplin School of Business said, “Anna’s third…Continue Reading Anna Murphy – Semi-finalist in Pi Kappa Delta National Debate Tournament