McCombs School of Business
Innovation and Optimism Set Stage for Growth in 2018
With high oil prices and record low unemployment, the Texas economy rebounded last year and will shift into higher gear…
Robert B. Rowling Hall Advances the Future of Business Education at UT
The newest learning center on the UT Austin campus houses graduate programs of Texas McCombs, including the MBA and the…
Bitcoin Is Hip, Cool, and Nothing New
Cryptocurrencies are technologically alluring and addictingly cool. History tells us neither quality makes bitcoin a wise investment — a lesson illustrated by…
Caught In the Moment
Recent grads share once-in-a-lifetime moments from commencement As told to Kim Brown More than 1,600 students graduated last spring from…
3 Billion Rural Consumers — Can Marketers Profit From Them?
Texas McCombs Professor Vijay Mahajan has a powerful message for global marketers: “Rural does not mean poor” By Poornima Subramanian…
Successful Sales Pitch
Students came asking for help, and John Goff, leader of one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate companies, responded…
Never Too Late
Eldon Tarver, BBA ’18, started business school at UT in 1961. But life intervened and he never finished his bachelor’s…
Digital Activism
Award-winning research examines how shaking up tactics led to more online engagement for advocacy groups. Illustration by Spur Design A few years…
Lessons from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy offers lessons about the qualities and responsibilities of an effective leader Statue of Martin Luther…
Autonomous Cars and the Coming Revolution
Insights about the transportation industry’s imminent transformation — and the potential disruptions that may follow By Edgar Varela, MBA ’18 When the…