McCombs School of Business
How One App’s Buyout Can Boost Competitors
When Facebook bought Instagram, competing apps were expected to vanish. Instead, some actually gained users. Based on the research of Ashish Agarwal…
Supply Chains, Not Trade Agreements, Keep Tariffs Low
Based on the research of Kishore Gawande Look at the iPhone in your hand. From the outside, you might see a…
Tenure, Not Time, Predicts Client Loyalty
When agent Jerry Maguire learns he’s getting the boot from his sports management company, his SMI swan song is a…
McCombs Accounting No. 1 for the Ninth Year
McCombs has once again taken first place in Public Accounting Report’s undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral rankings Undergraduate Ranking: No. 1 For…
Business Schools Need To Start Teaching Students How To Think Like Steve Jobs
UT entrepreneurship professor says future-focused imagination can be taught, and it’s high-time business schools started Based on the research of…
Texas McCombs BBA No. 6 in 2019 U.S. News Rankings
Undergraduate program continues its top-10 status, with nine business specialties ranked in the top 10 Texas McCombs 2019 The McCombs School of…
McCombs Names 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees and Alumni Rising Stars
New Hall of Famers (left to right): Richard Folger, Rex W. Tillerson, and Theodore T. Wang The McCombs School of Business…
Your Co-Workers Are Computers
AI is changing how work gets done, with researchers forecasting both more efficiency and increased monitoring By Jeremy M. Simon…
Thanks, but No Thanks
Why we tend to withhold our gratitude, and why researchers say that needs to change. Based on the research of Amit Kumar…
Final Management Lessons From Jim Fredrickson
Management Professor Jim Fredrickson earned over 20 teaching awards during his decades on the McCombs School’s faculty. Shortly before his…