Professor Debra Stephens, along with Associate Professors Bill Barnes and Greg Hill, have come together to write a new book. Amazon describes it as, “an alternative to traditional textbooks for graduate students. Shorter than competing books, but no less rigorous, this book also includes unique material on vulnerable consumers and ethics. Balancing a strong academic foundation…Continue Reading Our UP Prof. Debra Stephens receives a glowing endorsement on her new book.
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Professors Holloway and Meckler are once again leading the conversation
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
Winners Announced – $100K Venture Competition
This year thirty-four teams participated in the $100K Challenge Venture Competition. We want to thank all our judges, mentors, sponsors, faculty and staff that helped to make the event a success and prepared the students for their outstanding presentations. All the judges reported the presentations were more advanced than any in previous year and the choices…Continue Reading Winners Announced – $100K Venture Competition
Founder’s Day 2016
Founder’s Day is a UP tradition where we celebrate the past, where we honor our leaders and the future where our best and brightest students showcase their research as undergraduates. We followed a few students and faculty to see what they are up to this year. Dr. Naveen Gudigantala and his students, Janelle Li, Mace Provost,…Continue Reading Founder’s Day 2016
Prestigious Journal Publishes a UP Business Professor’s Paper
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
Anna Murphy – Semi-finalist in Pi Kappa Delta National Debate Tournament
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