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Coxtoday In new research, assistant professors of marketing Matthew Fisher and Mili Mormann shed light on a surprising, persistent mistake that consumers make with important consequences.

Coxtoday Cox ITOM professor Sreekumar Bhaskaran draws on his academic and work experience to teach students about how ideas become successful companies and how those companies manage uncertainty.

Coxtoday In the new buildings for the Cox School, naming opportunities still exist for interested donors.

Coxtoday One of the largest gifts in the history of SMU, William Spears’ investment will encourage business creation, leadership development and economic growth.

Coxtoday We are proud to have such successful alumni. We honored four at this August 2022 ceremony.

Cox News Heather Pondrom honored by Poets&Quants among 101 Best & Brightest EMBAs—51 men and 50 women—from the nation’s top 49 business schools honored this year.

Faculty Research Most investors, especially in their retirement portfolios, face the task of choosing a mutual fund, often with inertia. According to research by Finance Professor Feng Zhang of SMU Cox, the typical investor tends to lose money investing in mutuals funds.

Cox News SMU mourns the loss of Jerome “Jerry” M. Fullinwider who passed away on July 21, 2022, at the age of 93. Fullinwider is remembered for his passion for economic freedom, long and distinguished career in the global oil and gas industry, civic leadership and philanthropy.

Coxtoday Research by SMU Cox's Feng Zhang reveals that over two-thirds of U.S. equity mutual funds underperform the SPY ETF after fees, costing investors $1.02 trillion.

Cox News SMU Cox Edge is a hybrid model that offers the advantage of learning in person or virtually. Now, it’s easier than ever to access the training and education to help you excel in an ever-changing marketplace.

Cox News Lifelong learners choose SMU Cox because of our academic rigor, exceptional faculty, close-ties to the business community, and close-knit alumni. Congratulations to recent PMBA grads who earned a median salary increase of 40% within 4 months of graduation.

Coxtoday Congrats to our graduates - see pictures from the Spring 2022 Commencement.

Coxtoday The Cox School honors 4 distinguished alumni and 4 young alumni in a ceremony held this past spring.

Cox News Students are learning skillsets for "volatile, uncertain, and complex environments," says an SMU Cox School of Business professor.

Cox News Two SMU Cox undergraduate students, Petar Bozhilov and Greta Felten, are included in the just-released "Best & Brightest Business Majors of 2022" feature, published by Poets and Quants for Undergrads.

Cox News “We are retooling the Cox School to create a more collaborative environment – to give students and faculty easier access to collaborate, to gather and share ideas and gain inspiration from one another.” Dean Matthew B. Myers.

Cox News Join us in celebrating the groundbreaking of the renovation and expansion project for SMU Cox School of Business.

Friday, May 6, 2022
11:30 a.m.
Lunch to follow

Cox News The William S. Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership – made possible by the largest gift by a non-alumnus donor in the history of SMU – will spark business creation, leadership and growth.

Cox News SMU Cox will host U.S Representative Mike McCaul, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and retired Ambassador David C. Miller, Jr., President of the U.S. Diplomatic Studies Foundation, for a discussion about how the United States Government should better help U.S. businesses compete overseas and about the progress toward establishing the national home for the proposed “Center for Commercial and Corporate Diplomacy at SMU Cox.”

Cox News Women hold just six percent of CEO roles at F500 companies (that’s 31 women vs. 469 men); of those 31 women, nearly half have MBAs. To talk about what’s happening on the ground level, Jill Melton and Annie Cadigan Dunlap join host Graham Richmond.

Cox News SMU Cox to sponsor and host second annual Women of Color: Shaping the Future Conference. With more equitable opportunities, women can boost the economy exponentially. For this reason, the Cox School is dedicated to supporting LiftFund's Dallas/Fort Worth Women's Business Center's Women of Color: Shaping the Future Conference on March 24th in the Colllins Center.

Cox News Commencement Day is set for Saturday, May 14. The All-University ceremony will be outdoors at 9:00 a.m. at the Gerald J. Ford Stadium. Later the same day, Moody Coliseum will the site for both the Cox Undergraduate Ceremony at 1:00 p.m. and the Cox Graduate Ceremony at 3:00 p.m.

Faculty Research In new research, Marketing Professors Matthew Fisher and Mili Mormann of SMU Cox shed light on a surprising persistent mistake consumers make that can have important consequences. The “off-by-100%” bias the authors observe impacts purchase decisions, with implications for every-day shopping decisions and even on trading on platforms like Robinhood and E-Trade.

Faculty Research Host Graham Richmond welcomed Lisa Tran and Jason Rife from SMU Cox to explore the symbiotic relationship between corporate relationships, admissions and career services that propels MBA graduates’ success.

Faculty Research Who are we becoming — as individuals and as members of society — the more we engage in technology-mediated spaces that are increasingly populated by robots and AI? These are the kinds of questions that have fascinated Ulrike Schultze, a professor in information technology and operations management (ITOM) at SMU Cox, for years.

Faculty Research Lean supply chains, which emphasize efficiency, leave very little slack in the system, with small changes in demand and supply patterns potentially leading to severe shortages.

Coxtoday In interesting research with my co-authors Canan Savaskan and Tom Tan of SMU Cox, we analyzed this cookie selling process.

Faculty Research SMU Cox Associate Professor Marcus Butts researches topics including workday social media usage and inter-team dynamics.

Coxtoday Sixty-nine men and women at SMU Cox are currently active duty or veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Some of them share their experiences from the military and at Cox.

Coxtoday SMU Cox student Kate Cox lost her internship offer last summer due to the pandemic. Then Goodwill CEO Tim Heis offered her a position and created opportunities for others students.

Coxtoday SMU Cox faculty members share insights with Bloomberg, BBC News, D Magazine, and more.

Coxtoday SMU Cox remembers Cary Maguire, Sr., an iconic oil industry entrepreneur, laid the groundwork for success in energy at SMU Cox.

Coxtoday The Kitt Investing and Trading Center helps finance students better prepare for the real world of trading. Ten years after it was created, here’s how it’s impacted the SMU Cox School of Business.

Coxtoday Kim and William C. Shaddock Hall will promote strong partnerships and industry research to meet the needs of an evolving business landscape and will support the growth of SMU Cox.

Coxtoday The Yellow Ribbon Program offers full or nearly full coverage of graduate admissions for SMU Cox students.

Coxtoday Review updates from Cox School alumni, received in the fall of 2021.

Coxtoday SMU Cox’s renovation and expansion aims to keep the School competitive and prepare students for an increasingly collaborative business world.

Coxtoday Hal and Diane Brierley donated $10 million to make the Brierley Institute at SMU Cox possible. Five years later, he reflects on his vision and how it's being realized.

Coxtoday In her research and teaching, SMU Cox ITOM professor Ulrike Schultze examines technology’s impact on people and organizations.

Coxtoday Marcus Butts, associate professor of management and organizations at SMU Cox, conducts studies on electronic communications usage and work-life balance to better understand how workplaces function.

Coxtoday SMU’s third comprehensive fundraising campaign aims to better partner with the city of Dallas and provide more opportunities for students and faculty.

Coxtoday The Katy and Kyle Miller Courtyard, which will be built along Bishop Boulevard, will provide a gathering place for study sessions and discussions with a view of the new Commons building.

Coxtoday Donors have committed more than $100 million thus far to help SMU Cox renovate and expand its buildings and provide more MBA scholarships.

Coxtoday Established in the fall of 2021, SMU Cox installed its Veterans Garden just outside the business school buildings.

Coxtoday Post pandemic lockdown, SMU Cox gets back on track with courses and offerings.

Faculty Research In the study, SMU Cox Strategy Professor Wendy Bradley and co-author Julian Kolev of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office observe how technology companies altered their intellectual property (IP) portfolio strategies after a period of piracy motivated more diversified innovation strategies.

Coxtoday Most technology firms—and today everybody considers themselves a technology firm—think piracy is a bad thing. However, the “shock” of piracy was found to lead large technology firms like Microsoft and Adobe to innovate more, according to new findings. In the study, SMU Cox Strategy Professor Wendy Bradley and co-author Julian Kolev observe how technology companies altered their intellectual property portfolio strategies after a period of piracy. For firms that rely on software code, and these large tech firms are shrouded in code, how do you protect it?

Cox News Frisco-based cloud technology company MTX Group is the fastest-growing entrepreneurial company in the Dallas area, according to the SMU Cox School of Business’s Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. The company and all 100 companies honored in this year’s event managed to achieve impressive growth, especially in light of the challenges of the pandemic. The Institute’s annual Dallas 100™, a celebration of the fastest-growing, privately held businesses in the Dallas area, revealed the area’s top entrepreneurial companies in rank order from 100 to one at the annual Dallas 100 Awards Ceremony, held at the Omni Dallas Hotel, Thursday, Nov. 18.

Cox News At the event, North Texas leaders talked about the disruptions they’ve encountered, changes they’ve made along the way and what they have their eyes on in the future.

Faculty Research In new research by ITOM Professor Sreekumar Bhaskaran of SMU Cox and co-authors, they re-think the congestion challenge and offer a new perspective about the traditional approaches of using the levers of price and quality. Rather than solely using higher prices to reduce traffic, the authors offer more nuance with the idea of “consumption control.”

Coxtoday Cox School Increases Yellow Ribbon Funding for Active Duty and Military Veterans

Coxtoday In new research by ITOM Professor Sreekumar Bhaskaran of SMU Cox and co-authors, they re-think the congestion challenge and offer a new perspective about the traditional approaches of using the levers of price and quality.

Cox News The Cox School of Business has announced two bold initiatives that will propel us into our next era of innovation: an extensive renovation and expansion project for the Cox School’s buildings and a drive to endow MBA scholarships, empowering the next generation of business leaders to meet grand challenges with meaningful solutions.

Cox News A $5 million gift from Katy A. and Kyle Miller ’01 to SMU’s Edwin L. Cox School of Business will create a place that will kindle productive partnerships and cultivate meaningful connections to fuel the success of the Cox community.

Cox News Join us on campus, and learn which top-rated SMU Cox graduate business program is right for you.

Cox News A gift from Kim and William (Bill) Shaddock ’74 will establish Shaddock Hall as part of the building renovation project of the Cox School of Business. The $6 million contribution will foster educational excellence through dedicated spaces for learning, research and collaboration.

Faculty Research Delivering on the promise of partnership with the city it calls home, SMU is launching a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign focused on the opportunities created through scholarships, meaningful research and teaching and community.

Faculty Research Professor Ruidi Huang of SMU Cox and his coauthors show how firms react to natural disasters and what actions can help supply chains stay resilient.

Cox News “Poets and Quants” released its long-anticipated list of the "Best & Brightest Executive MBAs of 2021" this week. Two SMU Cox Class of ’21 EMBAs, Caitlyn Maddox and Javi Virk, made the list.

Coxtoday Finance Professor Ruidi Huang of SMU Cox and his coauthors show how firms react to natural disasters and what actions can help supply chains stay resilient.

Press Releases Jeff Schmid joins the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking (SWGSB) Foundation, headquartered at SMU’s Cox School of Business, as president and CEO effective Sept. 1. Schmid’s move comes as current President and CEO S. Scott MacDonald, Ph.D., retires from the position after 24 years of service.

Faculty Research In new research, Accounting Professor Sean Wang of SMU Cox and his co-authors identify a group of firms that move in tandem with the VIX and find that these firms essentially act as bellwether firms, microcosms of the market itself.

Coxtoday The VIX index is the most renowned volatility index, gauging investor fear or uncertainty about the economy. In new research, Accounting Professor Sean Wang of SMU Cox and his co-authors identify a group of firms that move in tandem with the VIX and find that these firms essentially act as bellwether firms, microcosms of the market itself. These firms, mini-economies unto themselves, pass along information—for example, through their insider trading and earnings announcements—to the market about the economy and its future performance. It’s a big idea.

Faculty Research In new research by ITOM Professor Vishal Ahuja of SMU Cox and co-authors Alvarez and Staats, they show that proximity of physical spaces, that they refer to as co-location, matters.

Coxtoday Working in the same space, working in a co-location set up, is said to improve mental health. Read the research.