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Jindal School MBA Programs Ranked Among Top 10 Public Schools
The Naveen Jindal School of Management reached several noteworthy new milestones in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Business Schools Rankings — including its first time in the top 30 among U.S. business schools and first time in the top 10 among U.S. public schools.
The Jindal School’s Full-Time MBA Program comes in at No. 29 this time around, up three places from 2022 and tied with three other schools. It is the highest ranking the school has ever attained. It is ranked No. 10 among public schools and No. 3 in Texas.
Read about this accomplishment on Inside Jindal School.
Jindal School Atrium Named to Recognize ECLAT Foundation
The Education Changing Lives and Times (ECLAT) Foundation, a Dallas-based nonprofit organization that was created to provide scholarships and other educational opportunities to Chinese, Taiwanese and Asian American students, will provide funds to complete a $1 million endowment to the Jindal School. A ceremony was held on March 22 to recognize that gift and to rename the Jindal School’s atrium to the ECLAT Foundation Atrium.
Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and dean of the Jindal School, opened the festivities in the Davidson Auditorium by saying that the close ties between the Asian community and The University of Texas at Dallas stem from the work that Texas Instruments and other Texas businesses did in the 1960s in founding the University and investing in Asia.
Read more about this gift on Inside Jindal School.
Pandemic Lessons Spotlighted at Jindal School’s Business Deans Conference
More than 125 associate and assistant deans representing business and management schools in 88 universities recently attended the 2022 Undergraduate Deans Conference, presented by the Jindal School. Participants at the March 1-2 virtual symposium exchanged ideas about the future of undergraduate business education in a post-COVID-19 environment.
Presenters for this conference were asked to discuss issues they have faced and their successful responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Shawn Alborz, the Jindal School’s associate dean for undergraduate programs management, was the conference’s chair.
Read more about this conference in MANAGEMENT magazine.
Faculty and Research News
New Research Shows Anti-Counterfeiting Enforcements Effective
According to a recent analysis by a researcher from the Jindal School, each time a counterfeit product is purchased, a genuine company loses revenue. With anti-counterfeiting enforcements, however, U.S. businesses can maintain both brand asset value and their profit margins.
The study, authored by Dr. Umit Gurun, Ashbel Smith Professor in accounting and finance, details the positive effects anti-counterfeiting measurements can have on U.S. trade. The paper was accepted for publication in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. The study, “Fake Products, Real Effects: Evidence from Special 301 Actions,” details the positive effects anti-counterfeiting measurements can have on U.S. trade.
Read more about this study on Inside Jindal School.
Jindal School Researcher: How Social Media Impacts Crowdfunding
Research by Dr. Brian Ratchford, professor emeritus of marketing in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, was published in February’s print issue of the Journal of Interactive Marketing. His co-study that examined the effects of using social media to promote crowdfunding donation campaigns found that social media is most useful if used in the first 10 days of a crowdfunding campaign.
“Our results indicate that the general pattern of behavior is the same for purely charitable campaigns as it is for campaigns that provide an incentive to donate, suggesting that the psychological motives are important for both types of campaigns and that the economic motive doesn’t tell the whole story,” Ratchford said.
Read more about this research on Inside Jindal School.
UTD Researcher Delivers New Recipe for Restaurant, App Contracts
A novel contract proposed by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher and his colleagues could help alleviate key sources of conflict between restaurants and food-delivery platforms.
In a study published online on March 28 in the INFORMS journal Management Science, Dr. Andrew Frazelle, assistant professor of operations management in the Jindal School, and his co-authors examined how to best structure relationships between food-delivery platforms and the restaurants with which they partner.
Read more about this study on UTD Today.
Study: Wall Street’s Home-Market Move Has Ups, Downs for Renters
A study by a team of Jindal School researchers revealed that neighborhoods with corporate landlords had higher rent prices but also experienced an increase in neighborhood quality and safety.
The study by Dr. Umit Gurun, Dr. Steven Xiao and management science doctoral student Serena Xiao was published online on March 18 in The Review of Financial Studies.
Read more about this study on News Center.
Management Researchers Prescribe Possible Remedy in Opioid Misuse
A decision-support framework developed by management science researchers from the Jindal School could help clinicians objectively identify and estimate the harms and benefits of opioid use for pain management.
In a study published online on Feb. 3 in the INFORMS journal Decision Analysis, Dr. Metin Cakanyildirim and his team explored how clinicians make decisions when prescribing opioids and developed a quantitative model of the process that incorporates multiple factors.
Read more about this study on News Center.
Researchers Explore Effectiveness of COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders
In a study published online on Nov. 15 in the INFORMS journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, a Jindal School researcher used anonymized mobile-device data to understand the effect of stay-at-home orders on U.S. residents’ mobility.
Research conducted by Dr. Guihua Wang, assistant professor of operations management and the study’s author, found that states’ stay-at-home orders in 2020 were effective at increasing the percentage of residents who did, in fact, stay at home during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, although there were differences in compliance due to sociodemographic disparities.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our lives, from school closures and job losses to hospitalizations and loss of life,” Wang said. “The effectiveness of stay-at-home orders has been the subject of ongoing debate since the outbreak of the pandemic.”
Read more about this study on News Center.
Program, Center and Conference News
New Jindal School Doctoral Degree Gives Edge to C-Suite Aspirants
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a new doctoral program that will be offered this fall for the first time at the Jindal School. The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program will be geared toward senior managers and executives who want to learn advanced research methodologies that can help them better solve thorny, real-world business problems — which could give them an edge in their career trajectories.
Dr. Vijay Mookerjee, the Jindal School’s PhD area coordinator, said that DBA students will learn cutting-edge knowledge to solve complex practical problems in a globally competitive environment.
Read more about this program on Inside Jindal School.
Two Jindal School Events Highlight Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
This past spring, sustainability was front-and-center at the Jindal School as the Sustainable Global Business Initiative in the Center for Global Business hosted a semester-long event dedicated to teaching students about not only the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations but also entrepreneurship with a global focus. The event kicked off with a webinar and ended with the finals of a student competition.
The winning team — Biostica — consisted of Parth Hetal Parikh, Yash Shah and Atul Meleth, three supply chain management graduate students. They earned first place and $4,000 in prize money for their idea for a packaging company that would provide products that are not only biodegradable but also compostable to food vendors on the UT Dallas campus.
Read more about the webinar and the sustainability experience on Inside Jindal School.
Student News
Jindal Young Scholars Program Graduates First Students, Welcomes Largest Cohort
This past May, the Jindal Young Scholars Program, a partnership between the Jindal School and the Dallas Independent School District, announced its largest student cohort to date. The following week, four members of JYSP’s inaugural 2018 cohort graduated.
“Graduating the first cohort of scholarship recipients is a testament to the hard work and excellence exhibited by each graduate,” said Program Director Billy Schewee. “It serves as both a symbol of the progress the program has made thus far and as a precursor of what is yet to come.”
Read more about these students on Inside Jindal School.
Jindal School Students Selected for Venture Capital Boot Camp
Duyen Nguyen, an accounting senior, and Chukwudi Ukonne, an innovation and entrepreneurship graduate student, were selected to participate in the Bridge Venture Fellowship, a new program presented by the Texas Network of Blackstone LaunchPads. The fellowship was created for students who have not previously had opportunities to learn about venture capital. The recruitment process focused on targeting and engaging historically excluded students, encouraging them to participate.
Read more about this student-learning experience on Inside Jindal School.
Alumni News
JSOM Alumna Wins DBJ’s 2022 Leaders in Diversity Award
The Dallas Business Journal selected Lisa Ong, MS’14, as one of its 2022 Leaders in Diversity Awards honorees. Ong, president and founder of Wishing Out Loud, earned a Master of Science in Management and Administrative Services as well as two graduate certificates.
“Coaching skills, consulting skills and connections are crucial to be able to consistently deliver my professional services,” she said. “JSOM helped me gain all of those skills and opportunities.”
Read more about this alumna on Inside Jindal School.
Distinguished Alumna Reflects on Entrepreneurial Career
Bonnie Shea, BS’84, founder and CEO of Urban Oil and Gas Group LLC, was one of eight recipients of a Distinguished Alumni Award at the 2022 UT Dallas Awards Gala on Feb. 12. As an accounting student working 30-to-35-hour weeks at Petrus Oil Company, Shea said her JSOM classes reinforced what she was learning in the field.
Shea said she remembers her classes were structured in a way that allowed her to put what she was taught in context with her work, as opposed to only being taught out of a book.
“I connected with that,” she said. “I could actually reason through how I could deal with that in the industry.”
Read more about this alumna in MANAGEMENT magazine.
