[7/16/2008]
Do you Twitter? Now you can follow the Business School on Twitter. Follow Baylor_Business to receive up-to-the moment tweets on all of the news items from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.
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Current Trends in Web Data Analysis
[7/15/2008]
Author: Suzanne Blake, MBA Candidate, Dec 2008, Baylor University, Graduate Assistant, Keller Center for Research.
Suzanne is a second year graduate student from Tahlequah, OK. She earned her BBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Texas Christian University. Suzanne writes about how to use web data analysis more extensively.
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Making the Most of Website Advertising
[7/15/2008]
Author: Chris Matcek, MBA/ME Candidate, Dec 2008, Baylor University Graduate Assistant, Keller Center for Research.
Chris is a second year graduate student from Katy, Texas. His undergraduate degree is in Electrical and Computer Engineering and is currently working on his MBA and Masters of Engineering. Chris writes about using your website to its maximum potential and offers solutions for knowing if your marketing initiatives are really bringing in sales leads.
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MBA Students Work with DISH Network on four Marketing-Based Projects
[5/14/2008]
Beginning the Sring 2008 semester with 10 DISH Network executives present, Baylor MBA students learned of the four company projects for their dissemination. The students met weekly with a DISH Network project leader via teleconference, learning in-depth information in support of their project research and helping them substantiate their final presentation materials. The final team presentation by chosen student representatives began while traveling to company headquarters in Denver during a national airline slowdown. Their late 3 a.m. arrival in snowy Denver only intensified the desire to demonstrate their newfound proficiency to top company executives as well as a chance to present in the presence of DISH Network's CEO Charlie Ergen and his wife, Candy.
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Baylor MBAs Team with MEs to Build a Social Entrepreneurship Venture
[4/28/2008]
Three Baylor MBAs are working with a pair of Masters in Engineering students to develop a business that will take advantage of a product made from coconut husks. The product, which is currently being developed at the Baylor School of Engineering, will be a replacement for an engineered-wood product known as MDF, or medium-density fiberboard, a common building material used in everything from flooring to furniture-making. The new product, called cocoboard, was originally conceived as part of a United Nations-funded experiment to develop products that could be made from coconuts.
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Baylor MBA Students Work as Analysts for G-51 Capital
[4/28/2008]
This spring, Baylor teamed up with noted alumnus J. Patrick Horner to start a program that placed four MBA students in a special studies internship at G-51 Capital Management in Austin. The program allows the students to get hands-on experience working at a venture capital firm, giving them a first-hand glimpse into the inner workings of a successful venture fund. G-51, which is managed by Rudy Garza and Lauranne Jarrett, is an early-stage fund that focuses on technology ventures and is currently working on its fourth fund. The firm's previous three funds were all in the top 1 percent in returns and have harvested investments through buyouts from companies such as SAP and Cisco Systems.
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Baylor MBAs Compete in Multiple Case Competitions
[4/24/2008]
MBA case competitions provide singular opportunities for students to gain real-world experience analyzing business situations and presenting highly relevant recommendations to panels of executives and academics while competing against students from schools around the world. This semester, Baylor MBAs participated in events around the country including the Big XII Tournament in Kansas City, the George Washington University Competition in Washington, D.C., the NAIOP Texas Real Estate Shootout in Dallas and the Sony Case Competition at TCU in Ft. Worth.
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Executive Decision
[4/18/2008]
There are few sure-fire ways to get ahead in the business world, but one of them is to earn an MBA. And professionals who are holding down a full-time job often choose to pursue an Executive MBA. For Baylor's two EMBA programs, business is booming, with 60 students enrolled in Austin--where classes meet every Monday and Thursday evening--and 24 students in Dallas--where students meet every other Friday and Saturday.
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Hankamer MBA Student Wins Third Place at Marketing Case Competition
[4/7/2008]
Hankamer School of Business MBA student Rakesh Arora won third place with his team at the Neeley Sales & Marketing Strategy Competition, held March 29 at TCU's Neeley School of Business in Fort Worth.
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Prison Break (In the News)
[3/24/2008]
BizEd article about Baylor MBA students who are volunteering in the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP). As explained in the article, in our experience with PEP, we have found that both students and inmates emerge from the program immensely changed for the better. Baylor's involvement in PEP is also detailed in a previous story available at http://www.baylor.edu/business/grad/news.php?action=story&story=47706.
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Global Business Forum: "China in the World Economy" to Draw Scholars and Executives from Far and Wide
[2/8/2008]
From February 25 to 29, 2008, the McBride Center for International Business at Baylor University will host a full week of activities related to the theme, "China in the World Economy." The week will include prominent international speakers, a videoconference with an American executive in Beijing, film presentations, and a panel of Chinese students who will discuss youth culture in their homeland.
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The McBride Center for International Business at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business Hosts Global Business Forum Feb. 25-29
[2/20/2008]
The McBride Center for International Business at Baylor University will host the 2008 Global Business Forum: "China in the World Economy." A dozen various events exploring this year's theme will be held throughout the entire week, Feb. 25-29.
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Baylor Unveils Its First PhD Program in the Business School: Information Systems
[2/11/2008]
Baylor University's Board of Regents approved a new doctoral degree program in information systems, the first Ph.D. program to be offered at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business.
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The Mlitary in our Midst: Army Officers Advance Careers through Baylor MBA Program
[2/11/2008]
Students enrolled in Baylor's MBA program come from richly divergent backgrounds and contribute a broad range of experiences to class participation. Some who enter the program immediately after completing their undergraduate studies have spent most of their lives as students. The majority enroll in the MBA program after spending several years in the workforce and advancing to mid- or upper-level management positions in finance, marketing, operations, human resources or other disciplines.
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Student Athletes Flourish in MBA Program
[2/11/2008]
Despite the difficulty in juggling the demands of both playing Division I sports and studying in an MBA program, two Baylor student-athletes are making the most of their experience. Jordan Adams and Mark Sheperd, both MBA Lockstep 2 students, play for Baylor's football and basketball teams, respectively.
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