Tag: College of Business

Glen Ackermann is seeking adventure and his MBA at UMW.

The College of Business presents the Financial Literacy Series with Alumna Debrah Farnell ’12:  On the Road to Financial Independence – How to move forward and get ahead by financially planning! Wednesday, September 25, 2013 3 – 4 p.m. – UMW Faculty, Staff and General Public 5 – 6 p.m. – UMW Students Lee Hall, […]

Students gain new perspectives during a two-week study abroad trip to Tanzania.

Mukesh Srivastava and Lou Martinette’s co-authored paper entitled “Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage” has been accepted for presentation at the11th World Congress of the International Federation of Scholarly Association of Management (IFSAM) 2012 to be held at the University of Limerick from June 26 to 29.

This research study focuses on the cross-industrial best practices in the context of the resource based competitive advantage model of the firm. It identifies managerial levers, tools and systems which all collectively combine to influence a firm’s ability to sustain its core competences and therefore its competitive advantage. Specifically, contemporary techniques are discussed that provide credible, accountable leadership, high performance recruitment, & employee rewards, retention of creative people, building a more engaged workforce, improved strategy definition and more balanced execution tools.

Mukesh Srivastava, associate professor of accounting and management information systems,  presented a blind reviewed co-authored paper on “Co-creation in Vendor-Customer Matrix Organizations: A Boundary Theory Approach” at the sixth Asian Business Research Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 8 through 10. He won Best Paper Award at the international conference. He also was awarded a fellowship by the World Academy of Social Science on Tuesday, April 10.