Baylor Business News

Hewlett-Packard's CEO Hurd Honored as "Baylor Business Legend"

The Baylor Business Network of Houston held a special event honoring Mark Hurd ('79), president and CEO of Hewlett Packard on Tuesday, February 21. Opening remarks were provided by Dr. John Lilley, president of Baylor University.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38545

Will Roxanne Hear 'You're Hired' From The Donald?

Roxanne Wilson, a 2000 Economics graduate from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, will be on the fifth season of NBC'S The Apprentice.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/index.php?id=36020

Baylor University Hosts Texas Investment Portfolio Symposium (TIPS)

Students, faculty, and investment professionals will join forces and use the real-life skills necessary in the investment world for a day of competition, hands-on experience, and intriguing lectures from some of the market's top investment professionals. The Third Annual Texas Investment Portfolio Symposium (TIPS) will take place on Saturday March 25, in the Cashion Academic Center on Baylor Campus.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=39259

Social Entrepreneurs Speak at Baylor

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), along with Baylor University's Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship at the Hankamer School of Business and the School of Engineering & Computer Science, hosted a series of lectures presented by two prominent social entrepreneurs: Dr. John Hatch and Dr. Martin Price.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/index.php?id=35482

Professor Visits from Taiwan

Dr. Chung-Tzer Liu, an Associate Professor in Department of Business Administration at Soochow University in Taiwan, is visiting Baylor University through a program with the United Board.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=39185

The Language of Finance

You may think it reads like a bad romance novel, but it's the language of Finance. An interview with Dr. Allen Seward.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38985

Business Professor "Finds" Thomas Edison's Poetry

Dr. Blaine McCormick, associate dean for Undergraduate Programs at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, has published a collection of "found poetry" from Thomas Edison's papers. Edison's birthday is celebrated February 11.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38985

Hankamer Web Site Now Has RSS Feed

The Hankamer School of Business Web site now has RSS feed functionality. RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, allows users to subscribe to a site and automatically receive news stories using one of the many RSS readers that are available (most of which are free).

http://www.baylor.edu/business/index.php?id=35512

New Branded PowerPoint Template Available for Download

A new template for Microsoft PowerPoint presentations is available for download. The template features the Hankamer School of Business brand in the updated look being used for other communications from the school.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/index.php?id=36034

Hankamer Brings Home Eleven Addy Awards

Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business fared well at the 2005 ADDY Award competition on Saturday night in Waco, earning 11 awards in the event. The competition is sponsored by the Waco Advertising Club, which is the local affiliate of the American Advertising Federation.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/index.php?id=35542

Recent Faculty Research and Publications

Focus on Research: Entrepreneurship

A new publication focusing on business research is now available from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business. The first issue, dedicated to research streams on the topic of entrepreneurship, features a look at the work of Bill Petty, Jeff McMullen, Kevin Johnson and Jim Roberts.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/research

Can't Find Entrepreneurial Gene

Jeff McMullen shakes his head at the idea that entrepreneurial behavior is the exclusive domain of rugged individualists. McMullen, who studies entrepreneurial decision-making, prefers to focus upon the situational characteristics people find themselves in rather than some defining personality trait as the predictor of such behavior. Despite a seemingly exhaustive search, researchers have not found the entrepreneurial gene, he said. Life is too complex.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/research/index.php?id=35205

When Businesses Develop New Businesses

Kevin Johnson, a new professor at Baylor's Hankamer School of Business does research that reveals fresh information about corporations starting new businesses, and why they fail. He's looking for answers that will help them succeed.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/research/index.php?id=35206

Self-Employment Comes with Surprises

The results Dr. James A. Roberts finds a bit surprising when he looks at his research on the satisfaction levels of the self-employed is not that they find fulfillment in their new roles, but that their levels of job satisfaction register only a fraction higher than those who work for an organization.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/research/index.php?id=35208

How to Exit Gracefully

Bill Petty, professor of finance and W.W. Caruth Chair for Entrepreneurship, has developed a list of exit strategies that he and his fellow researchers learned after interviewing entrepreneurs who left their businesses.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/research/index.php?id=35653

French-English Collaboration on Research

Dr. Christophe Fournier, a professor at the University of Montpellier II in France, is currently visiting Baylor University to conduct research with Dr. John F. Tanner Jr., a Professor of Marketing at Baylor University.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=39184

Neubert Discusses Job Clarity (Audio)

Dr. Mitchell Neubert talks about the role of Human Resources in obtaining job clarity for employees.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/radio

Cyber Warfare (Audio)

Dr. Randal Vaughn discusses how technology and hacking techniques have changed warfare and defense in today's world.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/radio

BotNet Hunting: Civil Defense Against Malicious Hackers and Viruses (Audio)

Dr. Randal Vaughn hunts down sources of malicious computer viruses and spam.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/radio

Research & Publishing Update

Recent presentations and publications by the faculty at the Hankamer School of Business.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/radio

In the news

Reyes to Speak on Tech Talk

Dr. Pedro Reyes, professor of Operations Management at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, will be a guest on the Tech Talk radio show with Craig Peterson. Tech Talk with Craig Peterson focuses on technology issues that face everyone as they interact with technology in daily life.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=39233

Wall Street Journal: Reichenstein on the Bond Market

"It's virtually impossible for a manager in the high-grade U.S. bond market to add more than 0.25% in annual returns over the long run," says William Reichenstein, an investments professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. "If you're talking about a fund with 1% expenses versus another with 0.25%, there's no way that the high-cost fund can overcome the expense burden and compete with the low-cost fund."

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38878

The Industry Goes to School

The Insurance Journal profiles insurance and risk management programs at several universities, including Baylor. (pdf file).

http://www3.baylor.edu/business/news/insjournal200601.pdf

Did Scott County know the costs before gambling on the ponies?

Much of that money comes from a small segment of the population, according to a study by Earl Grinols, a Baylor University economics professor. Grinols, who points out with pride that he has taken no funding from advocates on either side of the matter, has been studying the economics of gambling since 1991. He concluded: Just 10 percent of the population accounts for two-thirds to three-fourths of all wagers nationwide. Thirty to 50 percent of all gambling revenue comes from people with a problem.

http://www.baylor.edu/business/news.php?action=story&story=38893

The Second Battle of Gettysburg

Earl L. Grinols, of Baylor University economics professor, is nationally recognized for conducting studies that measure the benefits and costs of introducing gambling. He likens Gettysburg's situation to Branson, Mo., the town with dozens of country music theaters that in 2004 rejected a gambling proposal because it would too dramatically alter the town's existing image and probably economically detract from its music franchise.

http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=38579

Baylor University Endowed Professorship Honors Texas Agent

Bill Bailey, founder of Bailey Insurance & Financial Services in Waco, Texas, was honored recently with the establishment of the Bill Bailey Endowed Professorship of Insurance & Risk Management in Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.

http://www.amx.com/newsletters/installs/education-BaylorFinance.htm