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Downshifting to Slower Growth: Is a Recession Looming?
In its final quarterly report of 2018, the UCLA Anderson Forecast details a steadily declining GDP through 2020, imminent market turbulence, and a 4.9% jump in defense spending
Being Friends With Your Boss Has a Downside
Research published in the UCLA Anderson Review and Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests that some managers feel compelled to be extra hard on a colleague who is also a friend.
This Entrepreneur Made a Business of Grandma’s Recipes
Class of 2011's Theo Lee and Mike Kim started KPOP, a brand that invites people to discover and enjoy Korean food and flavors, and launched the company with a successful Kickstarter campaign
Going Outside Her Comfort Zone to Help Others Succeed
2018 John Wooden Global Leadership Fellow Jessica Barnette (MPH ’14, FEMBA ’19)
Going Where Leaders Are Needed Most
John Wooden Global Leadership Fellow Gerry Sims (’19)
Self-Mastery in Leadership Means Giving and Understanding
2018 John Wooden Global Leadership Fellow Ryan Tan (UCLA-NUS EMBA ’19)
Overcoming Myths and Misinformation to Help Those in Greatest Need
2018 John Wooden Global Leadership Fellow Leah Maddock Loh (MPH ’05, EMBA ’19)
Alumni Stories
California Census Effort Counts on UCLA Anderson Alumna Adriana Martinez
An accurate headcount in 2020 will be critical for California’s fiscal future, and she intends to tally each and every one of the state’s inhabitants
GrowGood Urban Farm Plants Seeds for Success at Bell Homeless Shelter
The term “urban farm” might sound like an oxymoron
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Read MoreThis Fund Makes It Possible to Pursue an MBA and a Social Impact Career
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Read MoreIn Diversity, a Unified Force
With one childhood ambition accomplished, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Diana Perez (’20) is on a mission to fulfill the next one
Read MoreHow Executive MBA Students Survive the 'Divorce Course'
Financial Times on the family strain of pursuing an MBA , credits UCLA with giving students the flexibility to make it work
Read MoreCalifornia Census Effort Counts on UCLA Anderson Alumna Adriana Martinez
An accurate headcount in 2020 will be critical for California’s fiscal future, and she intends to tally each and every one of the state’s inhabitants
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Learn MoreA B-School Latina On Being the Bridge
Amanda Sol Peralta ('20) reflects on putting her Chilean identity (among others) front and center
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Read MoreWhose Minds Did Their Testimony Change?
Forbes contributor Professor John Villasenor observed college men shifting to oppose Kavanaugh after his testimony; female positions held steadier
Read More20 Whiz Kids Living the Teenage Dream at Anderson
The world's first accelerator for teen startups, Founders Bootcamp, matches Anderson mentors with young entrepreneurs
Read MoreOur Most Interstellar Alumna
Transhumanist, futurist and triple Bruin Martine Rothblatt (B.A. '77, MBA/J.D. '81), on her tour de tech, names Anderson professor as a creative motivator
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Read MoreUCLA Saved My Son
His daughter is an Anderson MBA ('17), but it was his son's medical miracle that first forged the connection between benefactor Daniel Tsai and UCLA
Read MoreMake a More Chill To-Do List
Most daily planning only works when no one throws a wrench into your day. You know you'll be interrupted at work, so learn to plan for it
Read MoreSuch a Thing as Too Much Data
Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry warns financial firms of parsing data beyond recognition, encourages companies to focus on business needs and customer experiences (The Economist )
Read MoreGive Your Future Self a Break
The New York Times' op-ed examines Professor Hal Hershfield's research on future self awareness, pondering why we struggle so hard to feel connected to our imminent selves.
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Read MoreOur Quest to Uncover the Future of Advertising
UCLA Anderson's Center for MEMES will partner with Versus Systems to study advertising in games, streaming media, AR, live broadcasts and more
Read MoreI Owe My Internship to Our Pay-It-Forward Vibe
"There is an almost inexplicable collective drive to make sure that everyone secures a great internship," writes student blogger Brett Sanchez ('19)
Read MoreTeens Attending Anderson Accelerator Secure $550K
Four high-schoolers founded the Trill Project in a bid to make social media safer; they were awarded $550k in a seed round led by Founders Bootcamp
Read MoreBig Pharma May Own Your Doctor
In a U.S. News feature, Professor Ian Larkin discloses how Big Pharma influences doctors' prescribing habits
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Read MoreWhat Motivates Employees to Work Harder?
Professor Ricardo Perez-Truglia reports that if employees think their bosses are earning massive paychecks, they are more willing to work hard
Read MoreHow UCLA Anderson Helped Seal My Deal on Shark Tank
Lollacup co-founder Mark Lim, '08, gave solid b-school advice to his wife just before they struck a deal with Mark Cuban and Robert Herjavec on Shark Tank
Read MoreHow Business Analytics Will Shape Our Digital Future
The modern manager would have seemed superhuman a generation ago, leveraging a mastery of technical concepts to elevate executive decision making
Read MoreHomeless Solution Is Simple: We Need More Housing
UCLA Anderson Forecast links CA’s high housing costs to homelessness, debunks myth that weather attracts drifters (SF Chronicle)
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Read MoreOne You'll Want to Watch
Diversity advocate Tazia Middleton, '18, is among three UCLA Anderson standouts featured on Poets & Quants' list of 100 MBAs to Watch
Read MoreAre You a Convenient Consumer?
Professor Magali Delmas redefines corporate environmental responsibility, and asks if capitalism can make peace with environmentalism
Read MoreWhy We're Watching Gabriel Sinisgalli Reginato, '18
One of P&Q's 100 MBAs to Watch, the Brazil native held at least seven leadership roles during his time at Anderson
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