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Upcoming Events

June 9, 2005
Lessons from Financial Frauds
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Past Events

June 3, 2004
Accounting Scandals:  Breakdowns in Corporate Governance
Professor Richard Brownlee, an expert in financial accounting and reporting, discussed the factors that contributed to these accounting scandals, as well as the steps being taken to strengthen the entire corporate governance process.

March 25, 2004
All Dollars are not Created Equal:  The Emerging Field of Behavioral Finance
Professor Wilcox discussed how people make decisions about savings, spending, borrowing, and other day-to-day financial decisions.

December 4, 2003
Leading From the Middle
This presentation features Professor Mark Eaker, who will offer insights into the successes and failures of management organizations. 

April 10, 2003
Understanding and Avoiding Decision Traps
In this session Dr. Dana Clyman ,an expert in decision making and negotiations, will speak on the common mistakes that people make in both personal and professional decision making from two perspectives: (1) avoiding common traps and easily made mistakes, and (2) avoiding the intentional manipulation of others who can use these “tricks-of-the-trade” to influence your decision making. Do you know why parents buy toys in January? Come and find out.

January 16, 2003
Leading Through Learning: An Engagement Perspective
In this interactive session, Professor Alec Horniman—who teaches at the University of Virginia and its Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and serves as a consultant to firms around the world—will explore the relationship between learning, engaging, and leading, and reveal how individuals can frame personal learning strategies and enterprises can develop strategic learning plans.

October 10, 2002
The Business of Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities
As Chief of Staff of the University of Virginia Medical Center for the past seven years, Dr. Tom  Massaro has helped manage the medical staff of a large academic center.   His presentation and the ensuing dialogue should provide an opportunity for a broad audience to better understand the industry that consumes almost one seventh of the country’s GNP and to appreciate how entrepreneurs and businesses can participate in that sector. He will share his insight into the problems facing health care today. He will outline the opportunities for innovation and partnerships that now exist in the health care areas and suggest how thoughtful and aggressive individuals can make the most out of these difficult times.  

June 4, 2002
Ethics and Leadership in a Turbulent World
Professor Ed Freeman, Director of the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics will examine ethics and leadership in today's turbulent business environment.

March 28, 2002
The New Era of Financial Transparency: The Rising Role of Marketing Metrics
Faculty leaders Ken Eades, Paul Farris and Phil Pfeifer of UVA's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration will address important issues.

January 17, 2002
Supply Chain Management and Strategic Alliances
featuring Professor Robert Spekman

November 1, 2001
Post-Merger Integration:  Dos, Don'ts and Due Diligence
Professor Jay Bourgeois discusses why few mergers succeed


 

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