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News Category: Faculty News

Haas Faculty to Headline Green Building Symposium, Dec. 2-3
(11/13/2009)

Haas Recognizes Two Accounting Experts at Financial Reporting Conference
Donald Kirk, former chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Haas School Professor Emeritus George Staubus were honored at the Haas School’s 20th Annual Conference on Financial Reporting Nov. 6 in San Francisco. (11/13/2009)

Wolfram Appointed to Berkeley Operational Excellence Committee
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has appointed Haas School Associate Professor Catherine Wolfram to a steering committee that is overseeing UC Berkeley's Operational Excellence program aimed at increasing operating efficiencies. (11/13/2009)

Prof. Sara Beckman Honored at First Haas Pecha Kucha on Design, Nov. 5
What do you get when you invite an eclectic group of leading design thinkers to answer an open-ended question, but give them a disciplined, haiku-like format? A pecha kucha – the lively antidote to the dreaded "death by PowerPoint." (10/26/2009)

Faculty Spotlight: Thinking Outside the Box Office
While production, marketing, and creative may claim most of the glory in the entertainment industry, it is distribution that is often misunderstood and is changing the landscape, Haas School lecturer and media insider Jeff Ulin writes in a new book. (10/26/2009)

Prof. Henry Chesbrough, PhD 97, Receives Leading Through Innovation Award
Haas School Professor Henry Chesbrough, PhD 97, who has pioneered a new business paradigm called "open innovation," has been selected as the first alumnus to receive the school's new Leading Through Innovation Award. (10/12/2009)

Computing and Media Services Reorganizes
To deliver more seamless technology and support services, Haas Computing Services and Media Services have been restructured into a new integrated organizational unit, Chief Information Officer Lyle Nevels announced Oct. 1. (10/12/2009)

Former Yahoo! Marketing Chief Offers Mentoring
David Riemer, former vice president of marketing for Yahoo!, has been appointed to serve a second year as a Haas School executive-in-residence and is particularly interested in mentoring more students, Dean Rich Lyons announced. (10/12/2009)

Prof. Oliver Williamson Wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Hundreds of Haas School faculty, staff, and students toasted Professor Oliver Williamson today after he was named a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
(10/12/2009)

Design Eye for Tech Program: Sara Beckman Leads MOT
Senior Lecturer Sara Beckman has been named the new co-faculty director of the Management of Technology (MOT) Program, a partnership between Haas and the College of Engineering. (09/28/2009)

Sunil Dutta Named PhD Program Director
Sunil Dutta, the Joan and Egon von Kaschnitz Distinguished Professor of Accounting and International Business, has been named director of the Haas School PhD Program. (09/27/2009)

Prof. Emeritus Edwin Epstein Featured at Academy of Management Conference
Professor Emeritus Edwin Epstein was the distinguished speaker at a panel session celebrating his seminal book The Corporation in American Politics last month at the Academy of Management 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago. (09/14/2009)

Institute Reborn, Highlighting Innovation's Powerful Role at Haas
The Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization is being "renewed and reborn" as the Institute for Business Innovation to emphasize the importance that innovation plays in business and at the Haas School, Dean Rich Lyons announced. (09/14/2009)

Prof. Emeritus Maurice Moonitz Passes Away
Haas School Accounting Professor Emeritus Maurice Moonitz, BS 33, MS 36, PhD 41, passed away July 24 at the age of 98.
(09/14/2009)

Haas Appoints Five New Professors
Five distinguished scholars join the Berkeley-Haas faculty this fall as assistant professors. (08/25/2009)

Research Spotlight: Stock Prices Follow Investor Sentiment More than Fundamentals
In a recent paper, Professor Richard Sloan finds that investor "recognition" -- not earnings results and related fundamentals -- accountable for more than 50 percent of explainable variations in stock prices. (08/25/2009)

Spiller Named First Non-Yale Editor-in-Chief of Journal
Professor Pablo Spiller became the first non-Yale Law faculty member appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization on Aug. 1. (08/25/2009)

UC Berkeley Venture Launchpad Takes Off
The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has created a new step-by-step directory for students that outlines all of the opportunities and offerings available to help budding entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground. (08/25/2009)

Haas Lecturer Named Among Top Young Innovators
Solar energy expert Cyrus Wadia, who joined the Haas School’s professional faculty this fall as co-director of the Cleantech to Market program, was recognized by MIT’s Technology Review as one of the world’s top innovators under 35.
(08/18/2009)

Banks Receives Award for "Exempt" Job Analysis
Senior Lecturer Cristina Banks was recently honored with an Innovative Practice Award Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association for her work in the application of psychology in consulting. (07/20/2009)

Follow Dean Rich Lyons on Twitter
Dean Rich Lyons is the latest member of the Haas School community to tweet on Twitter. (07/20/2009)

Prof. Villas-Boas Honored for Marketing Insights
Professor J. Miguel Villas-Boas has been named the first recipient of the Long-Term Impact Award from the INFORMS Society for Marketing Science for changing the way marketers view data and consumer choice. (07/20/2009)

Vogel Named Fellow at Oxford University
Professor David Vogel has been named an international research fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation. (07/20/2009)

Should Politicians Have Longer Terms in Office?
A new study by Associate Professor Ernesto Dal Bó determines longer term lengths make politicians more productive. Beyond politics, the findings may be applied to business organizations and projects that take years to complete. (07/14/2009)

91 Faculty Members Make "Club 6"
Students gave 91 faculty members, or about 69 percent of all instructors, an average teaching score of at least six on a seven-point scale during the spring semester. (06/30/2009)

New Teece Book: How to Build Competitive Advantage
In a new book, Professor David Teece builds on his research on "dynamic capabilities" to create a framework for understanding how firms develop and maintain competitive advantage in global markets. (06/22/2009)

Engel to Take New Role in Entrepreneurship Center
Jerry Engel will step down as executive director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and take on the role of faculty co-director in July. (06/22/2009)

Beckman Receives California Management Review's Accenture Award
Senior Lecturer Sara Beckman and co-author Michael Barry received the 2009 Accenture Award from the California Management Review for their article “Innovation as a Learning Process: Embedding Design Thinking.” (06/12/2009)

Faculty and GSIs Receive Kudos at End-of-Year Party
Students recognized five faculty and four graduate student instructors for excellence in teaching at the annual Dean's End-of-the-Year Party Friday. (05/11/2009)

Prof. Sloan Receives Top Accounting Award
The American Accounting Association has selected Professor Richard Sloan to receive its most prestigious annual award, the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, for his 2005 paper examining accruals, earnings, and stock prices.
(05/11/2009)

Haas Computer Simulation Expert Passes Away
Haas School Professor Emeritus Austin “Auggie” Hoggatt, a simulation expert who helped start the Berkeley Energy and Resources Group, died of congestive heart failure at his home April 29. (05/7/2009)

Prof. Michael Katz to Lead Haas Innovation Institute
Professor Michael Katz will become the second director in the history of the Institute of Management, Innovation, and Organization at the Haas School starting July 1.
(04/27/2009)

Haas Transportation Expert Ernest Koenigsberg Passes Away
Professor Emeritus Ernest Koenigsberg died of heart failure at his San Francisco home on April 20, four days after his 86th birthday. (04/27/2009)

Prof. Carl Shapiro Joins Obama's "Brain Trust"
Professor Carl Shapiro, an expert in the economics of antitrust and innovation, has been named chief economist in the US Department of Justice's antitrust division. (04/27/2009)

Prof. Tetlock Becomes Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
Haas School Professor Philip Tetlock is one of four UC Berkeley faculty members to be named to the 2009 class of fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (04/27/2009)