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Welcome to the SCB Blogosphere

Welcome to Saunders College Blogs. Here you will find various blogs of our dean, Dr. Ashok Rao, and various faculty and staff of the E. Philip Saunders College of Business.

Recent Posts Across Our Blogroll:

Get your life in order (Part 5)
Student Blogs

[This is PART FIVE of my "Get your life in order" series. In case you missed the first ones, you may want to start from the beginning!] This is the last segment of this series (I know, I'm pretty sad too)! If you've been following this series so far you have a comprehensive vision for your life that is based on your core.. (Read More)

Innovation is all about Execution
Dean's Blog

“Ideas are easy, execution is everything,” says John Doerr, speaking of innovation. Arguably one of the most successful venture capitalists of all time, Doerr was the lead investor for such businesses as Sun Microsystems, Google, Amazon and Twitter. The founders of each of these companies were visionaries. But, they were not alone. Others had the same vision but failed to be.. (Read More)

Personal Social Responsibility
Tom Traub

As an adjunct professor of Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility, this holiday season I will be looking for a number of opportunities to practice personal social responsibility ( PSR ) by giving blood, volunteering to perform various tasks, donating to several fund raising activities,  and taking a gift for a child to be placed under " The Giving Tree". Students should look for  personal social.. (Read More)

Once again, MIS is among top salary majors!
Dr. Vic Perotti

http://www.naceweb.org/s04142011/top_paid_graduates/ Top-Paid Majors for the Class of 2011 Spotlight for Career Services Professionals, April 14, 2011 Spotlight for Recruiting and Employment Professionals, April 14, 2011 Among the college Class of 2011, engineering dominates the list of top-paid majors, according to NACE’s Spring 2011.. (Read More)

Moneyball, UPS Delivery, and the Magic of Better
Dr. John Angelis

Recently I watched the movie Moneyball, and thought about what it might mean for quantitatively-minded people. (Note: For the purpose of simplicity, I'll temporarily pair together quantitatively-minded and operations research, although not everyone in one group would claim membership in the other). I watched it partly in the hope that a movie aimed at a mass audience would do a good job of explaining what.. (Read More)