Thought Leadership Archives - The David Eccles School of Business

Student Team from the Eccles School’s Master of Healthcare Administration Program Takes Second Place in UAB Case Competition 

The case competition team of three second-year Master of Healthcare Administration students from the David Eccles School of Business recently placed second of 41 teams in the 18th annual University of Alabama Birmingham Health Administration Case Competition. Under the team name Highway to Health, Samantha Christensen, Sabrina Franks, and Miquelle Leslie-Cheng, and their faculty advisor, Larry Hancock, are proud to have matched the record for [...]

Micquelle Corry2024-03-20T14:56:19-06:00March 12th, 2024|

Women in Healthcare Luncheon – Breaking Down Barriers to Healthcare

In February, the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program hosted its annual Women in Healthcare Luncheon. Each year, the MHA program invites a slate of impressive panelists to lead a discussion about important issues related to women in healthcare. This year was no exception, with panelists exploring the topic, "Breaking Down Barriers to Healthcare." Panelists included: Dr. Jessica Jones, MD, MSPH, Associate Professor, Division [...]

Micquelle Corry2024-03-08T14:05:09-07:00March 5th, 2024|

Paper by Eccles School Accounting Professor Ed Owens Accepted for Publication

The Review of Accounting Studies journal has accepted a paper coauthored by Eccles School Professor of Accounting Ed Owens. The paper, titled "Accrual Duration," was coauthored by Ilia Dichev an accounting professor from Emory University. According to professor Owens, accounting researchers frequently study issues that require measurement of how well a firm’s reported accounting numbers reflect the actual economic activity of the firm (i.e., [...]

Micquelle Corry2024-01-17T13:30:40-07:00January 17th, 2024|

New Episode of A…Count Me In Podcast Available Now

Don't miss the latest episode of the School of Accounting's A...Count Me In podcast with host, Brian Cadman, School of Accounting Chair. In this episode, Cadman speaks with Justin Martinez (EMBA'17) who serves as the U.S. Marshal for the District of Utah. Martinez who was formerly Sheriff of Summit County shares how his master's degree helped him forge a successful career in law enforcement. [...]

Micquelle Corry2023-10-24T18:10:47-06:00October 24th, 2023|

New Podcast Launched by Eccles School of Accounting

Listen or watch this new podcast from the School of Accounting hosted by Dr. Brian Cadman. A...count Me In is an interview series in video and podcast formats that focuses on the role of accounting in our communities. Stories range from healthcare to breweries. Cyber risk to government budgets. Banking to entrepreneurs. Prepare to be amazed to learn how accountants save the world! Listen [...]

Jerry Norton2023-04-19T19:43:56-06:00April 5th, 2023|

The Value of an MBA After the COVID-19 Pandemic

There’s no denying it—the workplace changed irrevocably thanks to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes may have impacted your goals, plans, and dreams as well. If you’re considering earning your MBA, you may be wondering whether it still has the same value as before the pandemic. Can you still get the job you want with this advanced degree? Is an MBA the [...]

Jerry Norton2023-03-20T09:45:20-06:00March 20th, 2023|

Four In-Demand Soft Skills You Can Develop Through an MBA

Soft skills are notoriously difficult to develop and prove you have, since they are often only cultivated through experience. You may wonder whether an advanced degree is a good way to obtain the soft skills employers are looking for. The truth is, an MBA is a great way to develop more than just hard skills. An MBA is more than a robust degree—it’s also [...]

Jerry Norton2023-03-17T11:51:27-06:00March 13th, 2023|

Should Utah eliminate the sales tax on food?

Utah legislators are once again debating whether to eliminate the sales tax on food, in hopes of giving a break to lower-income households. But Eccles School professor Adam Looney argues in a new op-ed that while the proposal is laudable in its aims, it is based on a misinterpretation of economic data. Most of the benefit from eliminating the 1.75% state sales tax would [...]

Jerry Norton2023-04-19T19:02:36-06:00February 22nd, 2023|

Assoc. Dean Steve Stubben publishes paper in “Management Science”

Stephen Stubben is a professor of accounting and associate dean for faculty and research at the David Eccles School of Business. His paper, co-authored with Wayne Landsman, and Jing Pan (one of our own Ph.D. student graduates!), "Equity Market Fragmentation and Capital Investment Efficiency, has been published Management Science, which is a is a scholarly journal with an analytical focus on scientific research on the [...]

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T17:43:19-06:00February 17th, 2023|

Retailers seek competitive advantage through new payment methods

With phones, watches, apps and cryptocurrency, the days of "cash or credit" are long in the past. Retailers continue to seek competitive advantage by adding diverse ways to pay, including applications like Venmo or PayPal, allowing "by now pay later" plans like Klarna, or even accepting cryptocurrency, according the National Retail Federation. “One concern merchants may have with bitcoin transactions is the price volatility,” [...]

Jerry Norton2022-12-07T15:09:18-07:00December 7th, 2022|