Cox News

Visual Finance 101: Red Color Influences Investor Behavior

Coxtoday ҹɫ��Cox marketing professor Milica Mormann’s paper “Visual Finance: The Pervasive Effects of Red on Investor Behavior” is forthcoming in Management Science.

December 09, 2020

Meet ҹɫ��Cox’s New Executive Education Professor of Practice: Lt. Col. Jason Galui

Seeking opportunities to share his experiences and expertise beyond the uniform, he joined the Cox School in August as an Executive Education Professor of Practice, working with leadership training for corporate partners.

December 02, 2020

Meet ҹɫ��Cox’s New Executive Education Professor of Practice: Lt. Col. Jason Galui

Coxtoday As part of ҹɫ��Cox’s mission to provide leadership experience, the School welcomed Lt. Col. Jason Galui as an Executive Education professor of practice and graduate program adjunct.

December 02, 2020

Women Pursuing MBAs Is Important for Representation in Leadership

Cox News Business schools can play a large role in improving those odds and in helping companies diversify and strengthen by introducing more women into the C-suite.

December 01, 2020

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How to Lead a Team in Times of Uncertainty

Here are six tips to help you lead a team in times of uncertainty and economic recession.

November 30, 2020

Women Pursuing MBAs Is Important for Representation in Leadership

Coxtoday Increased female enrollment at ҹɫ��Cox School of Business can put more women in leadership positions that benefit the C-suite and business world.

November 24, 2020

Graduate Programs Must Adapt Today for Tomorrow’s Business Leaders

Cox News In the spring, the Cox School’s graduate admissions teams took special note of a trend among applicants for the ҹɫ��Cox Online MBA program. ҹɫ��Cox has always been a magnet for highly motivated, ambitious young professionals — but this was different.

November 18, 2020

Cox MBA Direct Merges Career and Classroom

Coxtoday The new Cox MBA Direct program combines career and classroom to give participants the academic and professional experience they need to lead.

November 18, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox’s Newest Professor Zhen Zhang Goes Beyond the Numbers

Faculty Research Meet professor Zhen Zhang, ҹɫ��Cox School of Business’ newest faculty addition. Zhang brings his substantive expertise in leadership and analytical methods to the School.

November 12, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox’s Newest Professor Zhen Zhang Goes Beyond the Numbers

Coxtoday As part of the University’s ongoing efforts to attract top scholars, ҹɫ��Cox School of Business recently welcomed professor Zhen Zhang, a leading scholar in leadership and analytical methods.

November 11, 2020

Hands of an MBA student working on laptop computer with ҹɫ��Cox folder in the foreground

Adapting and Prospering in a Virtual World

Regardless of the industry, the COVID-19 pandemic has left most working professionals with two choices: adapt or stay stagnant. While the unexpected reality we face today may be alarming at first glance, the ability to change is a necessity to thrive in today's world.

November 09, 2020

MBA Energy Club Takes First Place

Cox News A team of two second years and three first year ҹɫ��Cox MBA students representing the MBA Energy Club claimed first place and an $11,000 top prize at this year’s National Energy Finance Challenge (NEFC) hosted by the University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business.

October 30, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox’s Latino Leadership Initiative Cultivates Latino Business Leaders

Coxtoday ҹɫ��Cox’s Latino Leadership Initiative works with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and local schools to help recruit, develop and retain Latino executives.

October 28, 2020

Think Global, Act Virtual: Assistant Dean Linda Kao Helps Move the Online MBA Immersion Program to a New Format

Assistant Dean Linda Kao helped create the first virtual Immersion experience for Online MBA students.

October 27, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox Dallas 100 Announces 100 Fastest Growing, Privately Held Companies in Dallas Area

Press Releases The ҹɫ��Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship has released the names of the entrepreneurial businesses that made it into this year’s coveted list of Dallas 100 companies.

October 27, 2020

Who Fared Better or Worse After Wright Amendment Repeal? Deciphering Dallas’ Southwest Airlines Network Changes

Faculty Research Dallas Love Field and Southwest airline passengers received multiple boons when the Wright Amendment was repealed in late 2014. There were more nonstop flights and destinations, more gates at Love Field and reduced fares. Media stories reported that this policy reversal was a positive development. However, in new research, ITOM Professor Vishal Ahuja of ҹɫ��Cox and co-authors show that the repeal had some unintended consequences.

October 21, 2020

Who Fared Better or Worse After Wright Amendment Repeal? Deciphering Dallas’ Southwest Airlines Network Changes

Coxtoday ITOM Professor Vishal Ahuja of ҹɫ��Cox and co-authors research some of the unintended consequences from the Wright Amendment repeal.

October 21, 2020

Celebrating a True Visionary: Edwin L. Cox, Sr.

Cox News On October 15, 2020, as part of celebrating 100 years of business education at SMU, the ҹɫ��Cox School of Business honored Edwin L. Cox, Sr. ’42 with the inaugural Cox Visionary Award for his extraordinary leadership and contributions to the business community. Mr. Cox, for whom SMU’s business school was named in 1978, exemplifies the vision, civic engagement and can-do spirit that inspire the best in all of us today and shape the business world changers of tomorrow.

October 16, 2020

Investing in a culture of collaboration

Cox News An $11.5 million gift from Aurelia and Brad Heppner ’88 and family to SMU’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business will strengthen the school’s commitment to fostering the leadership skills of tomorrow’s executives and investing in groundbreaking research that impacts the business world.

October 14, 2020

Emissions Disclosures by U.S. Manufacturers Shows Reductions: The Reasons Why Surprise

Coxtoday Accounting Professor Sorabh Tomar of ҹɫ��Cox sets out on his research journey about greenhouse gas emissions disclosures by facilities.

October 14, 2020

Josh Reece, Air Force Acquisition Specialist, strives for a new professional future

Meet Joshua Reece, first-year Online MBA student at the ҹɫ��Cox School of Business. Prior to coming to ҹɫ��Cox, Josh enlisted in the US Air Force after high school and was the first person in his family to join the armed forces.

October 06, 2020

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What to Look for in a Career Coach

For your future professional goals, the expertise of a career coach can be invaluable.

September 25, 2020

Breaking down barriers and reversing the trend for Latino leaders

Cox News

Passionate.

No other word is used more frequently to describe Ana Rodriguez, (BBA ’03), managing director of the ҹɫ��Cox Latino Leadership Initiative.

September 21, 2020

Cox School Honors Four Exceptional Alumni

Cox News ҹɫ��Cox will honor four alumni at its annual Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Young Alumni Awards Luncheon on Friday, September 25. This year’s Distinguished Alumni Awards honorees are Kelly H. Compton, BBA ’79 and William (Bill) A. Hall, BBA ’67 and MBA ‘68. The 2020 Outstanding Young Alumni honors go to Mark A. Lau, BBA ’06 and Courtney N. Naudo, BBA ’01.

September 18, 2020

Fueling the Future of Business: Gina L. and Tucker S. Bridwell ’73, ’74 Commit $15 Million to the Cox School

Cox News A $15 million gift from Gina L. and Tucker S. Bridwell (BBA ’73, MBA ’74) to SMU’s Cox School of Business will generate transformational economic research and cutting-edge business education for generations to come, through the creation of the new Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom. The Institute is a research institute in the ҹɫ��Cox School of Business that will examine and promote free enterprise in markets around the globe.

September 18, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox MBA & Specialized Master’s Virtual Preview Week

Cox News Join ҹɫ��Cox for a week of virtual events to learn about our MBA and Specialized Master’s programs. Virtual sessions will feature Cox leadership, current students, alumni, and admissions representatives.

September 08, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox Extends GMAT/GRE Test-Optional Policy

Press Releases ҹɫ��Cox will continue to streamline application requirements, most notably its GMAT/GRE test-optional policy, for all ҹɫ��Cox graduate programs through August 2021.

September 02, 2020

How Business Schools Can Help Make Accounting More Diverse

Cox News Securing diverse mentorship and generating an early interest in the profession have been barriers to increasing the number of Black accounting professionals, according to The CPA Journal.

August 26, 2020

How Business Schools Can Help Make Accounting More Diverse

Coxtoday The ҹɫ��Cox School of Business is furthering its commitment to diversity and inclusion through the newly established Nora O’Garro/Odell Brown ACAP Scholarship.

August 26, 2020

Graduate Programs Must Adapt Today for Tomorrow’s Business Leaders

Cox News Cutting-edge instruction depends not only on developing students in the new technical skills that will play an increasingly important role in the world of business but also on teaching the principles — flexibility, intellectual curiosity, critical thinking — that leaders need to make key decisions and to, well, lead.

August 19, 2020

Graduate Programs Must Adapt Today for Tomorrow’s Business Leaders

Coxtoday Through experiential learning and leadership development, the new NextGen Cox Curriculum is empowering future leaders to think critically, solve problems and remain agile throughout their careers.

August 19, 2020

Maria Dixon Hall, Chief Diversity Officer

ҹɫ��Names Campus Leader Maria Dixon Hall as Chief Diversity Officer

Cox News Dixon Hall to convene University Diversity Council, supervise ombudsperson

August 17, 2020

Two Class Of 2020 EMBAs Named Best and Brightest

Cox News Congratulations to ҹɫ��Cox EMBA Class of 2020 graduates Saadia Sheikh and Adam Tunks. Both were just named to this year’s slate of “EMBA Best & Brightest” by Poets & Quants.

August 11, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox School Of Business Launches NextGen Cox Curriculum

Cox News The Cox School of Business announced today the launch of the NextGen Cox Curriculum, grounded in three foundational pillars: Leadership, Analytics, and Experiential Learning. Incoming MBA students will be the first to experience the school’s new NextGen Cox Curriculum, and benefit from the enhanced rigor and practical application to ensure they are not just “job ready” but “future-prepared” as “21st century leaders for jobs to come later in an ever changing world.”

August 03, 2020

Joe Best, an ҹɫ��Cox online MBA student smiles in his car with his dog

Former Enlisted Navy Sailor and Power Generation Professional Harnesses the Power of A First-Class Education

Meet Joe Best, first-year Online MBA student at the ҹɫ��Cox School of Business.

July 23, 2020

Uncertainty Is a Constant: Leadership and Crisis Management

Cox News Leaders can count on many certainties during the lifetime of their businesses. Many of these inevitable events are positive, but others, such as a large-scale crisis, can strike fear into the hearts of people overseeing an organization.

July 22, 2020

Bold, Courageous Leadership in Unprecedented Times

Coxtoday Professor Shane Goodwin examines the agility of ҹɫ��Cox School of Business in 2020 as a model of what courageous leadership should entail during trying times.

July 22, 2020

Why Most Startups Fail — and the Skills Needed for Their Success

Faculty Research Bhaskaran has studied what makes startups successful, with an emphasis on how entrepreneurs find a balance between their businesses’ short-term survival and their long-term profitability. It’s a trade-off at the heart of a research paper he co-authored in 2019 entitled, “Sequential Product Development and Introduction by Cash-Constrained Start-Ups.” We spoke with him about why most startups fail and the skills needed to facilitate their success.

July 21, 2020

Caruth Institute Celebrates 50 Years of Training Entrepreneurs

Cox News The Caruth Institute at ҹɫ��Cox distinguishes itself by providing students with experiential learning opportunities in non-traditional business settings. Learn how they are taking entrepreneurship to new and exciting places.

July 16, 2020

Why Most Startups Fail — and the Skills Needed for Their Success

Coxtoday ҹɫ��Cox Professor Sreekumar Bhaskaran explains why startups fail so often — and the skills entrepreneurs need to have to make them succeed.

July 15, 2020

August 2020 Commencement Update

Cox News On Saturday morning, August 15, 2020, the All-University Commencement Convocation will assemble graduates and candidates from all of SMU’s schools and professional programs for an outdoor ceremony at Ford Stadium. Commencement speakers will offer their congratulations to our newest class of graduates, an Honorary Degree will be bestowed on Mr. Max Glauben, and President Turner will re-confer your degrees. Graduates and candidates will cross the stage and have their names announced. ҹɫ��Cox will not host a separate ceremony. Face coverings are required while inside Ford Stadium and social distancing guidelines must be maintained. For guests who are unable to attend, the ceremony will be streamed live at smu.edu/live.

July 10, 2020

The Benefits of Telemedicine as a Form of Continuity of Care

Faculty Research Vishal Ahuja's empirical study examined the impact of maintaining continuity of care in a primary care setting. For Ahuja, the research was personal, and a goal was set: Capture the value.

July 08, 2020

Uncertainty Is a Constant: Leadership and Crisis Management

Coxtoday Crises are inevitable, but collapsing because of them isn’t. Professor David Jacobson discusses how leadership should handle crisis management.

July 08, 2020

The Benefits of Telemedicine as a Form of Continuity of Care

Coxtoday Professor Vishal Ahuja discusses how the benefits of telemedicine can help foster continuity between medical providers and their patients and what its future holds.

July 01, 2020

ACAP And Cox School Award First Scholarship To Incoming MSA Student

Cox News Incoming Master of Science in Accounting student Ashlee Jones is the first recipient of the newly announced Nora O’Garro/Odell Brown Scholarship for alumni of the ҹɫ��Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP).

June 26, 2020

Former Field Artillery Expert in the 101st Airborne Reaches for New Heights with an Online MBA from ҹɫ��Cox

Meet Bobby Panchisin, first-year Online MBA student at the ҹɫ��Cox School of Business.

June 25, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox Establishes New Scholarship to Enhance Diversity Outreach and Recruitment

Cox News At a time in our national discourse when many of us are asking what we can do to make a difference, ҹɫ��Cox Dean Matthew B. Myers has announced the creation of a new Cox School scholarship fund that will give the Cox Community an opportunity to contribute to a tangible need.

June 25, 2020

How COVID-19 Has Rattled the Oil Industry — and Where It Goes From Here

Coxtoday We spoke with Bruce Bullock, an expert in the energy industry, about the economic impact coronavirus has made on the oil industry in Texas and around the globe.

June 23, 2020

The Scientific Pros and Cons of Virtual Meetings — and How They Affect Business

Faculty Research The COVID-19 stay-at-home orders have created a dependence on the use of videoconference platforms and telepresence. We spoke to Professor Amit Basu, who conducted an empirical study on the effectiveness of such technologies, for his insights.

June 17, 2020

Cox MBAs Receive Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholarships

Cox News Two-year MBA students Jenkins Bender (MBA '21) and Stacy Tubonemi (MBA '21), were among 32 business students across Texas to be recipients of the Texas Business Hall of Fame (TBHF) Scholar Award. Jenkins received The Robert H. Dedman Scholar Award, while Stacy received the Signor Family Scholar Award.

June 17, 2020

How Company Leaders Should Think About Working From Home

Coxtoday Working from home has quickly become a global standard. Businesses need more than technology to successfully operate remotely — they need remote leadership.

June 17, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox Undergraduate Spotlight

Cox News ҹɫ��Cox students have access to amazing opportunities. Last year, several undergraduate students were awarded top honors and traveled the world pursuing higher education opportunities.

June 12, 2020

Former Air Force imagery analyst sets her sights on success by pursuing her Online MBA at ҹɫ��Cox

Meet Kim Bouthavong, first-year Online MBA student at ҹɫ��Cox School of Business.

June 11, 2020

The Scientific Pros and Cons of Virtual Meetings — and How They Affect Business

Coxtoday Virtual meetings have become our new normal. To find out how this will affect business, we asked ҹɫ��Cox School of Business Professor Amit Basu, who has studied the effectiveness of telepresence.

June 11, 2020

How Struggling Businesses Can Rebound After Running Out of Money

Cox News Running out of money can cause a business to fail. Professors Simon Mak and John Terry share their insights for avoiding this situation altogether — and what options remain to businesses when the cash is gone.

June 09, 2020

How Struggling Businesses Can Rebound After Running Out of Money

Coxtoday When a business runs out of money, it’s not the end of the road. Dr. Simon Mak and John Terry of the ҹɫ��Cox School of Business discuss the options that remain for struggling business owners.

June 04, 2020

A Message From Matthew B. Myers, Dean of the Cox School of Business

Cox News I invite you to read the message below, offered by Dallas resident and our campus neighbor at the Bush Presidential Center, President George W. Bush. These thoughts are representative of the Cox School’s philosophy and our dedication to diversity and to the disenfranchised, including at this particularly difficult time in history, our students, friends, and colleagues in the African-American community.

June 03, 2020

Doug Parker, American Airlines CEO and Cox Executive Board Member, experiences “chance encounter and emotional discussion on race.”

Cox News Read the full story from the Dallas Morning News: ‘Bring people together, not apart:’ Chance encounter on a Southwest Airlines flight turns into an emotional discussion on race. American Airlines CEO Doug Parker took the flight on competitor Southwest Airlines Friday that turned into an exchange about race in the midst of nationwide protests.

June 03, 2020

Southwest Venture Forum Raises $4K for Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Cox News Despite COVID-19, the same kind of connections were made during the most recent Southwest Venture Forum on May 21, when the event went virtual. The Caruth Institute of Entrepreneurship took it a step further and used the opportunity to raise donations for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program.

May 28, 2020

ҹɫ��Cox Alumnus Earns Prestigious CPA Exam Honor

Cox News ҹɫ��Cox School of Business alumnus Michael Bianez (BBA ’17, MSA ’18) has earned the Elijah Watt Sells Award, the highest award on the CPA exam. Of the 75,000 individuals taking the CPA Exam in 2019, Bianez was among only 137 (0.2%) people to earn the esteemed award. Bianez is only the third Cox School alumnus ever to earn the honor.

May 28, 2020

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