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Takeaways from SXSW 2024
Each spring, the world comes to Austin. A first-time attendee recaps her experience at Austin’s landmark festival and conference The…
Texas McCombs @ SXSW 2024
McCombs alumni and affiliates are taking the stage to showcase their talents, creativity, and expertise at South by Southwest. Be…
Food as Medicine
Manasa Murthy, MBA ’19, is reimagining wellness at Texas retail giant H-E-B Manasa Murthy oversees H-E-B’s innovative venture into health care.…
Vote McCombs for SXSW 2024
Texas McCombs hopes to send business faculty and alumni experts as featured speakers — on everything from health information sharing to sustainable…
Tax Breaks for Innovation Pay Off
Capital investments grow in countries offering lower rates for new ideas Based on the research of Lisa De Simone As policymakers…
The Kozmetsky Effect
How a tech visionary transformed McCombs and helped create the modern Austin By Steve Brooks To keep track of his…
Texas McCombs at SXSW 2023
Members of our business school community were speakers, mentors, judges, and moderators at this year’s edition of the megafestival South…
Algorithms for Hiring: Bias In, Bias Out
There’s a better way to make algorithms fairer in dealing with race and gender Based on the research of Maria…
Brain Monitoring Shows How To Avoid Being Duped on Social Media
Research on scrolling with skepticism finds asking yourself key questions activates the critical thinking centers of the brain Based on…
Digital Leapfrogging
Marketing Professor Vijay Mahajan documents transformation in India. Vijay Mahajan (third from right) is joined by distinguished guests from India’s business…
8 Business Lessons We Learned in 2021
How to network virtually, what police body cameras reveal about employee monitoring, and why using Google makes us overconfident. During…
Crowdfunding Succeeds When Asks Are Timed Right
Apply this research-based strategy to know when to contact key donors — and whom to save for the last minute Based on…
Facing the Future
After decades studying technology, a researcher predicts what’s next in AI, bitcoin, and the post-pandemic workplace The future has been…
Fighting Bias in Machine Learning
Improving fairness in the life-changing decisions made with algorithms Technology can help us make better decisions. But it can also…
Watch Me Work
Workplaces that monitor employees can learn something from police attitudes around wearing body cameras Based on the research of Shefali Patil…
Startups Lose Innovative Edge Under Corporate Funding
When an established tech company invests in a startup, innovation suffers Based on the research of Francisco Polidoro Jr. When a…
8 Business Lessons We Learned in 2020
Facebook can more quickly warn of fake news; how the FDA can speed up drug approvals; and why we should…
Communicating Emotion Effectively in a Virtual World
Keeping close ties at work is increasingly important — and difficult. But research shows it’s possible even in a virtual workplace. Based…
Planning to Innovate? Prepare to Litigate
Before expanding into new technologies, a company needs the legal firepower to protect itself Based on the research of PK…
New Era Requires New Approach to Drug Approvals
With a coming flood of new drugs to fight COVID-19, a study suggests innovative ways for the FDA to speed…
New Salem Center for Policy
Houston real estate investor Khaled Salem, BBA ’05, spearheaded a generous new gift to promote innovation around free enterprise Khaled…
Multitasking on the Job
Employees who like to juggle projects have advantages in the workplace Illustration by Vidhya Nagarajan By Steve Brooks Lisa Simon, MBA…
Students Who Flex Their Brains Do Better in School
Teaching high schoolers a simple technique improves their academic performance, research shows. Based on the research of Jared Murray Students who learn…
Alumnus and Founder of uShip Takes Next Business Venture to the Skies
Matt Chasen, MBA ‘04, launches new venture to make personal flight accessible to everyone Sixteen years after founding uShip and…
Modernizing U.S. Army Moves to Austin
Army Futures Command taps into capital city’s culture of innovation General John Murray, commanding general of the Army Futures Command,…
11 Business Lessons We Learned in 2019
We gained plenty of insights in 2019: That creative workers need both incentives and breaks, why failure is necessary for…
The New Laws of Startup Attraction
Tech startups are drawn to cities with small but frequent funding opportunities and plenty of social networking Based on the…
The Startup is Ours, but the Idea is Mine
Entrepreneurs can inspire new venture teams by seeking input — with boundaries Based on the research of Steven Gray Illustration by Gabriel Silveira Picture…
To Innovate, Think Like a Designer
Don’t let your innovation engine stall. Apply design thinking for improved results. By Sloan Wyatt Jeff Mulhausen of Upstream Thinking and…
The Key to Innovation Sales is Matching Reps with the Right Boss
Researchers find novel product sales require pairing the personalities of supervisor and sales rep. Based on the research of Sebastian…
Music To Suit Your Changing Mood
To improve streaming music playlists, researchers create a “personalized DJ” computer program Based on the research of Maytal Saar-Tsechansky Imagine…
Partly Cloudy for Business in 2019
Disruptive technologies will continue to proliferate, while state economic growth is expected to slow By Judie Kinonen Speakers at the…
How To Fail Smart
Why those seeking to innovate must allow for failure along the way Successful innovators are often well acquainted with failure.…
Creative Workers Need Both Incentives and Breaks
For best results, churn out ideas, rest, repeat. Based on the research of Steve Kachelmeier Illustration by Dave Plunkert To encourage good…
Texas McCombs at SXSW 2019
A major startup pitch competition—and faculty and alumni experts on stage When SXSW kicks off tomorrow, Texas McCombs is taking the…
How to Manage the Innovation Butterfly
All actions have unintended consequences and risks. This so-called ‘butterfly effect’ requires specific strategies for innovators. By Renee Hopkins Does…
Alumni Profile: Fearless Innovator
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, MSTC ’10, is the most prolific female inventor in IBM history By Patricio Cantú Lisa Seacat DeLuca,…
Blockchain Innovation
McCombs takes a global role in research and development of groundbreaking new crypto-technology By Steve Brooks When the doors to…
The Origins of AI
The hidden figures of artificial intelligence, as explained by Associate Professor James Scott, co-author of a new book tracing the…
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…
Gleaning Fresh Ideas From Your Board Members or Franchisees
Companies invest significant resources to come up with innovative new products. Two new studies suggest less costly alternatives: franchisees and…
Desire to Declutter? Science Says Take a Picture First
Understanding our reluctance to let go of items with sentimental value may also benefit nonprofits that rely on a steady…
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…
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…
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…
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…