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Business Administration Department

How to beat the competition? Hickel scholar explains at public talk, University course

August 29, 2013

eric romero

An internationally ranked consultant, lecturer and self-described “innovation badass,” Eric J. Romero, Ph.D., is the next in a series of APU visiting scholars offering insight into the changing demands of business leadership. Romero holds the University’s Walter J. Hickel Endowed Professorship in Strategic Leadership and Entrepreneurship. His course, “Competitive Advantage Through Leadership and Culture,” begins…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration, World Class

Alaska Pacific University is alive with entrepreneurs!

February 27, 2013

entrepreneurship boot camp

More than 50 local entrepreneurs eager for real-world advice gathered at APU for the annual Entrepreneurial Edge Speed Coaching and Boot Camp. Held Feb. 23-24, Day 1 brought together entrepreneurs and business professionals for speed-coaching sessions. Each expert met one-on-one with an entrepreneur for 15 minutes before a bell went off, signaling time for entrepreneurs…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration, Sustainability Studies

We should demand better from our policy makers and the press?

February 25, 2013

I don’t think I am alone in being confused about what the imminent sequestration really means.  Must air traffic controllers be furloughed or not?  Must food inspections be cut?  Must national parks be shut down?  There are countless tirades both for and against what Congress and/or the President has done or not done, but precious…

Filed Under: Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration

Business Administration Department attains Candidacy status with IACBE

December 14, 2012

At the November meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), the Business Administration Department’s application for candidacy status was granted. By pursuing this business education specific accreditation, the department is demonstrating APU’s commitment to quality education in Business Administration and Management at the undergraduate (BA-BAM) and graduate…

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Anchorage Startup Weekend – Sept 21-23, 2012

September 11, 2012

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Startup Week at Alaska Pacific University’s Atwood Hall is a weekend-long, hands-on experience where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attendees have technical or design backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds. Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best…

Filed Under: Business Administration Department, Featured Item, Sustainability Studies

Thiru and Krupa are among invited presenters on change in higher education

March 19, 2012

Yaso Thiru, APU associate professor of accounting and management, teamed with APU Assistant Professor Meagan Krupa for an invited presentation at Arizona State University on ways to transform higher education in the face of a changing world economy. Thiru and Krupa discussed ways that social entrepreneurship education could advance Alaska Pacific University as a resilient…

Filed Under: Business Administration Department, Liberal Studies, Master of Business Administration, Sustainability Studies

Spreadsheet risk modeling is focus of new text by APU’s Lehman

March 19, 2012

Dale Lehman

Economics professor Dale Lehman has co-authored a textbook in risk analytics, a rapidly developing field with potential to refine decision making in business and other areas with public policy implications. Practical spreadsheet risk modeling for management combines theory, case studies, instruction and exercises drawn from real-world projects and data from a range of industry sectors….

Filed Under: Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration

APU adds international scholar Babu George to MBA faculty

March 16, 2012

A trans-disciplinary researcher with an interest in service-sector consumer behavior, Babu George, Ph.D., has joined the Alaska Pacific University faculty in the Business Administration Department. George, who arrived from his native India in January, earned his doctorate in management studies, marketing and tourism in YEAR from WHERE. He teaches courses in X, Y and Z…

Filed Under: Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration

A Tale of 3 Continents

October 11, 2011

I’ve just spent a week in Europe and it got me thinking of the similar, but different, economic troubles facing the major world economies. Europeans seem concerned but not frantic (no, I did not speak to all Europeans, so I am just sharing my unscientific observations). They seemed surprised at my statements that Europe’s problems…

Filed Under: Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration

Market Volatility and the Flight to Quality

September 13, 2011

When fear grips investors and money flows out of the stock market, it flows into the Treasury Bond market in a flight to quality. The result is higher prices for Treasury debt and therefore lower interest rates. If investors are anticipating higher interest rates in the near future, investments will be in Treasury Bills and…

Filed Under: Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration

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