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• Business School Hosts Economists May 4 and 5

  Monday, Apr. 30, 2012 11:51 AM

  Can your Facebook status land you a job? Are investors born in the Depression-era really that different from Baby Boomer stockholders?  Are women more altruistic than men? Economists will explore these questions and others at the Bay Area Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop (BABEEW) at Santa Clara University on May 4 and 5, hosted by the Leavey School of Business.

  "We're delighted to welcome nearly 60 scholars to Santa Clara University this weekend," said John Ifcher, assistant professor of economics and co-organizer of the workshop. "With a significant number of behavioral economists in the Bay Area, SCU is the ideal location in which to bring these scholars together.”

  Behavioral economics modifies the traditional economic model of human activity, which is based on traits of unbounded rationality, unbounded willpower, and unbounded selfishness, according to an online entry by University of Chicago scholar Richard H. Thaler and Harvard University professor Sendhil Mullainathan in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.

  For more information on the conference, visit the workshop website at www.scu.edu/business/economics/babeew/

  About the Santa Clara University School of Business

  The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University began in 1923, and was one of the first business schools in the country to receive national accreditation. Its undergraduate business, MBA and Executive MBA programs are consistently ranked among the top in the nation by BusinessWeek, U.S. News, Princeton Review, and others. The curriculum at all levels emphasizes the leadership role of business in creating prosperity within an ethical framework, as well as business responsibilities for social justice and sustainability in the global marketplace. The School opened its $49 million building for undergraduate, graduate, and professional business education in Fall 2008. For more information, see www.scu.edu/business/

   

   

  
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• Tenth SCU-MBA Women in Business Conference at eBay Breaks Previous Attendance Records

  Saturday, Apr. 14, 2012 12:00 AM

  More than 150 women gathered at eBay in San Jose for the Tenth Annual Women in Business Conference on April 14, “Bridging Inspiration & Achievement,” organized by the Women in Business Network of the Leavey Graduate School of Business at Santa Clara University. Sponsored by eWIT (eBay’s Women in Technology group) and the Winkler Group, this year’s event surpassed last year’s attendance by 27%.

  Keynote speaker Shellye Archambeau, CEO of MetricStream opened the day-long event with “Leveraging the Female Advantage to Succeed in the Global Economy” filled with actionable advice for today’s and tomorrow’s women executives about how to leverage their strengths as a woman leader.

  Archambeau’s presentation was followed by eight topic sessions including “Forging a Path to Success” with Tech CU CEO Barbara Kamm, “Achieve Through Curiosity” with HP Networking VP Bethany Mayer, and “Consensus Building, Negotiation & Communication” with NxGen CEO Liz Fetter, Oracle Director Charu Roy and c3PR Principal and founder Mar Junge. The closing keynote was delivered by VP and Deputy General Counsel of eBay’s Technology & Patent Law Emily Ward, who explored key leadership qualities and provided insight on how to overcoming obstacles that can hold women back from achieving greatness. In addition to the sessions and panels, attendees also had the opportunity to socialize with the 15 speakers and other executive women and graduate students at a wine and cheese networking event sponsored by Brocade.

  “We’re grateful to eBay and eWit for donating the facility and putting us in touch with so many inspiring women speakers. Their help enabled us to produce one of the most successful events in the history of our organization,” said Women in Business Network President Melissa Junge.

  Other special guests included PayPal Head of Salesforce.com Engineering Monali Jain, who handles community outreach for eWit Community Outreach and is herself an SCU-MBA Alumni and a co- founder of the Women in Business Network in 2002, and Senior Assistant Dean of Santa Clara University School of Business Elizabeth Ford.

  Contact: Melissa Junge
  408-458-0545
  scuwib@gmail.com
  Twitter @SCU_WIB

  More information is available at::
  SCU Leavey School of Business http://scu.edu/business/
  SCU MBA Women in Business Network http://www.scu.edu/business/inc/wib/
  Women in Business Conference 2012 (speakers, sessions and more) http://www.scu.edu/business/inc/wib/conference/
  eBay, 2012 Sponsor of the 10th Annual WIB Conference http://www.ebay.com
  (Twitter #WIBCON2012 )

  
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