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Rady School Partners with SDMAC for Military Economic Impact Report & Webinar

The Rady School has partnered with the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) to provide research support for SDMAC’s Military Economic Impact Report (MEIR). The MEIR is an independent annual study to comprehensively quantify the impact of defense-related expenditures on the San Diego region’s economy.

“The Rady School is the premier business school in the region with faculty recognized for their research,” said Mark Balmert, SDMAC Executive Director. “We are honored to partner with the Rady School on this important project. The school and Dean Ordóñez have been incredibly supportive and we look forward to continuing this collaborative and strategic partnership.”

On June 18, Dean Ordóñez and UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla are featured guests on an SDMAC webinar. This webinar will discuss the role of the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on UC San Diego and active duty and veteran students.

Register here for webinar.

“At the Rady School, we are committed to our active duty service members and veterans,” said Rady School Dean Lisa Ordóñez. “Our partnership with SDMAC for the MEIR study will deliver a vital, independent look at the military’s impact on our local economy. Our faculty and student analysis of the SDMAC data provides clarity to local, state, and national elected officials who use the report to demonstrate the importance of the military on our region.”

Sally Sadoff, an associate professor of economics and strategic management, will lead the analysis of the data provided by SDMAC, supported by a group of Rady School MBA students. The report will examine the economic impact of San Diego’s military cluster on jobs, income, direct spending, supply chain, and consumption. The report will also provide analysis of military personnel counts and wages and benefits for military branches, reserves, retirees, and the VA.

Once completed, the results of the report will be shared with the community via a press conference and distributed to key groups. The report will also be available online at SDMAC.org.

In addition to the Rady School’s partnership with SDMAC, the school offers unique programs to support service members and veterans, like the StartR Veteran accelerator program, which offers mentorship, support, and inspiration from other veteran entrepreneurs. For more information on the school’s support for service members and veterans, go to: https://rady.ucsd.edu/programs/masters-programs/mba/military/

June 16, 2020 0 comment

COVID-19 Faculty Rady School Research

Rady Faculty Lead Market Impacts of COVID-19 Webinar Series

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Faculty at the Rady School of Management are leading a series of webinars aimed at analyzing the ongoing challenges businesses face during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beginning Friday, April 24^th and continuing for the next five weeks, distinguished faculty experts will deliver a free lunchtime webinar. The first webinar will discuss the “Four Stages of a Pandemic Response,” highlighting steps that individuals, business owners and the economy are moving through as we all experience the unprecedented global pandemic. This webinar will be led by Professor of Marketing On Amir, associate dean of the Rady School and chief behavioral officer at Fiverr, Inc.

“The human condition during a crisis is characterized by distinct psychological changes,” Amir said. “This webinar will examine these changes through observed marketplace behavior. I will also explore how data from a large global marketplace for digital services can reveal these changes in behavior and point to ways in which individuals and businesses can recover from the effects of the pandemic.”

Friday, April 24:

Four Stages of Pandemic Response

Speaker: On Amir, Marketing Professor and Associate Dean at the Rady School of Management

Moderator: Uma Karmarkar, Assistant Professor of Marketing/ITO

Friday, May 1:

How Do Fiscal Stimulus Checks Impact Consumer Spending?

Speaker: Kanishka Misra, Associate Professor of Marketing

Moderator: Karsten Hansen, Professor of Marketing

Friday, May 8:

Physical and Mental Health During COVID-19

Speaker: Sally Sadoff, Associate Professor of Economics and Strategic Management

Moderator: Uri Gneezy,
Epstein/Atkinson Endowed Chair in Management Leadership and Professor of Economics and Strategic Management

Friday, May 15:

Supply Chain Insights and Modifications in a Pandemic

Speaker: Zal Phiroz, Rady Lecturer

Moderator: Hyoduk Shin, Associate Professor of Innovation, Information Technology and Operations

Friday, May 22

Stock Market Investor Sentiment During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Speaker: Joey Engelberg, Professor of Finance

Moderator: Will Mullins, Associate Professor of Finance

Friday, May 29

Panera During COVID-19: Lessons in Leadership

Guest Speaker: Niren Chaudhary, CEO of Panera Bread

Moderator: Amy Nguyen-Chyung, Visiting Assistant Professor

April 17, 2020 0 comment

Faculty Rady School Research

Read the Research Paper Ranked Best in Class for Social Impact by Financial Times

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Raise your hand if you’ve got a smartphone next to you. This one’s for you.

“Brain Drain,” a 2017 research paper co-authored by Rady School professor Ayelet Gneezy and Ph.D. graduate Kristen Duke (Ph.D. ’19), was recently recognized as having the highest social impact according to a best in class survey by Financial Times.

Gneezy and Duke’s research tested the “brain drain” hypothesis, that the “mere presence” of your smartphone might make it more difficult for you to engage with the task at hand, even when you’re resisting the temptation to actually check your phone. (Their research suggests that it does.)

Now raise your hand if you’ve just thrown your phone out the window.

To measure social impact, Financial Times first asked business schools to submit up to five research papers published within the last five years for consideration. Using Altmetrics, Financial Times measured “the online resonance that each [research paper] had with the wider world beyond universities,” including data such as academic citations, blog references and tweets. “Brain Drain” received an Altmetric score of 3956, more than five times higher than the second-highest-scoring paper.

Another paper, co-authored by Rady School Professor Sally Sadoff, “The Behavioralist Goes to School: Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Improve Educational Performance,” was also recognized among the top 100 results in the survey.

February 25, 2020 0 comment

Faculty Rady School Research

How to Increase Your Authenticity When Speaking in Public

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You’ve rehearsed your pitch over and over again to prepare for the big meeting. So, how do you tell your story without sounding rehearsed?

Let’s ask Associate Professor of Marketing Rachel Gershon.

Gershon’s research focuses on understanding and improving human decision making with a focus on social and prosocial behavior. Some of her research looks at perceptions of authenticity.

In the paper Twice-told tales: Self-repetition decreases observer assessments of performer authenticity, Gershon and her co-author describe how we generally assume social interactions to be unique. When we find out that someone is repeating themselves, we find them to be less authentic, and in turn, we feel less likely to want to engage with them in the future.

Watch the video below for a research-backed tip on how you can repeat a performance—and still appear authentic—the next time you speak in public.

February 21, 2020 0 comment

Faculty Rady School Research

This Quick Tip Can Help You Form Healthier Habits

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We all know the struggle of sticking to New Year’s resolutions. We start strong, and then by February, our willpower to resist a plate of french fries or commit to a gym routine is gone faster than, well, said plate of fries.

What can we do to make healthy habits actually stick?

Associate Professor of Marketing Wendy Liu has answers. Liu specializes in consumer judgment and decision making, focusing on the cognitive and emotional basis of consumer choice, social interactions, and well-being.

Her recent research topics include decision making under complexity, self control decisions, and the role of emotions and social motivations in customer behavior. She also studies consumer behavior in medical and health domains.

Watch the clip below for a quick tip on how to see your new habits all the way through December.

January 21, 2020 0 comment