There are more than 330,000 family caregivers providing about 300 million hours of unpaid work — in Utah alone, according to data from the AARP. With numbers like that, it's increasingly likely that each of us will end up as an unpaid caregiver at some point. With that in mind Debra Scammon, of the Master of Healthcare Administration program, provided some tips on how [...]
Just what does a product labeled ethical actually mean? The Deseret News dove deep into the topic, and drew upon the expertise of Dr. Abe Bakhsheshy, a professor at the David Eccles School of Business who also runs the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative. Read his insights into the world of business ethics and why companies label themselves as producing ethical products in the full [...]
Finance Professor Elizabeth Tashjian spoke with the Deseret News about bankruptcy filings after Utah company VidAngel filed for Chapter 11. The company censors expletives and other content some viewers find offensive from films and television shows for customers to watch at home. Read the full article in the Deseret News.
An initial public offering isn't quite the pot of gold for companies it used to be, according to Assistant Professor of Finance Mark Jansen. He was recently interviewed by the Deseret News for a story on the possibility of an IPO by tech company InsideSales. "There have been regulatory changes that have occurred over the last few years that have allowed companies to raise [...]
Utahns have a lot on their minds heading into the voting booth this November, including education. The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute and Hinckley Institute of Politics, partnering with KSL Broadcasting and the Deseret News, held focus groups and found that Utahns want more early childhood education and better support for teachers. The Deseret News is doing a series of stories on the findings. [...]
Utah’s economy is the strongest in the nation, according to a report by the Deseret News. Reporter Morgan Jacobsen turned to one of the top experts on the state’s economy, Natalie Gochnour, associate dean at the Eccles School and executive director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. Gochnour touts the contributions of the University of Utah, and the article also points to the [...]
Associate Dean Natalie Gochnour is an expert on Utah's economy--chief economist for the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, in fact--and a regular contributor to Utah Business and the Deseret News, in addition to being called on by all manner of media outlets and civic groups hoping to tap into her knowledge. In her most recent Utah Business column, she discusses the economic impact [...]