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(Left to Right) Andy Webster, Regional VP, AppleOne/ActOne Group, sponsor of the Dallas 100 CEO Reception; Keynote speaker John Merris, Solo Brands CEO; Shelby Benton, Vice President, Dallas Business Journal; Dallas 100 co-sponsor; Simon Mak, Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship Executive Director.

CEOs of Dallas Area's Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies Celebrate Entrepreneurship

Press Releases The SMU Cox Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship kicked off its annual celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit Thursday night with a networking reception at the Cox School of Business Collins Executive Center on the SMU campus. The alphabetical list of the 2022 Dallas 100 winning companies was released.

October 07, 2022

SMU Cox Latino Leadership Initiative Alumni Reunite

Cox News The SMU Cox LLI hosted the first reunion for graduates of its Executive Education programs this summer at the AT&T Global Headquarters in downtown Dallas.

October 06, 2022

What is a Firm’s Supply Chain Risk? Nobody Really Knows

Faculty Research Supply chain research has often centered on shock transmission. However, missing from the equation are insights into how firms are affected by supply chain risk—quantified at the firm level—and how they respond. New research by SMU Cox finance Professor Ruidi Huang with Ersahin and Giannetti reveals novel insights into the nature of supply chain risk.

October 05, 2022

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Important Interpersonal Skills You Need to Be an Effective Leader

If you want to succeed in the workplace, you must master these six important interpersonal leadership skills that only an MBA program can offer.

October 01, 2022

It’s Material: Advancing Human Capital’s Potential

Faculty Research In new research, SMU Cox Accounting Professor Sorabh Tomar with his coauthors highlight how diversity information influences jobseeker behavior—the “innovation” of their research being the specific focus on information.

October 01, 2022

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The Future of Data Analytics in the Healthcare

The SMU Cox Online MBA emphasizes data analytics and leadership theory with practical application.

September 27, 2022

Climate Risk Ratings and Investment: Words Matter

Faculty Research Various types of analysts measuring environmental, social, governance (ESG) factors in the financial and corporate world come to the conclusion that the “E” is the most important part of the term. In a new study by SMU Cox Marketing Professor Milica Mormann and her coauthor, they actually show the effects of general and specifically-worded climate risk ratings on investment choices, the E.

September 26, 2022

SMU Cox Professor Sreekumar Bhaskaran Uses His Research to Solve Business Problems

Cox News Sreekumar Bhaskaran studies the process of new product development and innovation, trying to understand how products are designed, developed and brought to market. Why do some flourish while others fail?

September 21, 2022

Two Cox Students Named MBAs To Watch

Cox News Irewole Akande and Karubakee Mohanty are two of six students the Cox School nominated for “Best & Brightest MBA” last spring, but who have now been designated as “MBAs to Watch.”

September 19, 2022

SMU Breaks Ground on Cox School Renovation and Expansion

Cox News SMU celebrated the future of the Cox School of Business and its role as a driver of Dallas innovation — breaking ground in May on a $140 million renovation and expansion project designed to train students for a collaborative and technologically integrated world.

September 09, 2022

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Will I Learn About Data Analytics in an MBA Program?

Given the benefits of this data-driven approach in both business and entrepreneurship, there is significant demand for executives with the data analytics skills to understand and interpret data generated by various functional areas. According to job market analysis firm Lightcast, there is a distinct misalignment between the number of job postings that require both an […]

September 07, 2022

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Are You Qualified to Get Into an MBA Program

The Master of Business Administration is the most popular master's degree, with over 250,000 students worldwide. Its popularity is well-earned – MBA programs benefit their graduates in many ways. Many employers require high-level executives and managers to have MBAs, so the degree is necessary to advance in some career paths. For professionals who don't have […]

September 06, 2022

Heather Pondrom honored by Poets&Quants among 101 Best & Brightest EMBAs

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.

August 09, 2022

Mind the Gap: Mutual Funds Often Underperform in Long Run

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.

August 05, 2022

SMU remembers global energy entrepreneur Jerome M. Fullinwider ’51

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.

July 28, 2022

SMU Cox Edge

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.

July 15, 2022

40% Median Salary Increase Within Four Months Of Graduation

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.

June 14, 2022

War Games are Preparing MBA Students for Stategic Battles

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

May 23, 2022

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What to Expect In an Experiential Learning MBA Program

There are many different types of MBA programs, but the most effective emphasize experiential learning. Here's what makes experiential MBA programs better.

May 17, 2022

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Should You Take the GMAT Even If It's Not Required?

Now that so many business school programs are GMAT optional, you may be thinking of skipping the exam. Here's why you should consider taking the GMAT, GRE or EA, even when it's not required.

May 16, 2022

SMU Cox Honors Alumni Business Success

Cox News The SMU Cox School of Business presented this year’s Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Young Alumni Awards at a special luncheon in the Collins Executive Education Center on the SMU campus on May 13. The event celebrated two Distinguished Alumni Award honorees and two Outstanding Young Alumni Award honorees.

May 13, 2022

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How Much Work Experience Do You Need Before Getting an MBA?

Online MBA programs for working professionals differ in their prerequisite requirements. Many require that applicants have years of experience, but some, such as The SMU Cox School's MBA Direct, serve early-career students.

May 12, 2022

Best & Brightest Undergraduates

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.

May 12, 2022

SMU is celebrating the future of the Cox School of Business and its role as a driver of Dallas innovation

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.

May 06, 2022

Igniting the future of business education on the Hilltop

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

April 29, 2022

William S. Spears strengthens entrepreneurial leadership in Dallas and beyond

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.

April 28, 2022

SMU Cox Commercial Diplomacy Initiative: Toward a "Center for Commercial and Corporate Diplomacy"

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.”

April 07, 2022

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Six Benefits of Earning an MBA Early in Your Career

The answer varies by program, but earning your MBA early in an online MBA program for working professionals may help you advance in your career more quickly.

March 30, 2022

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Online MBA vs. Full-Time On-Campus MBA: Which Is Better For You?

Today's online MBA programs offer prospective students the same academic rigor, networking opportunities and career boost as traditional MBA degree programs.

March 23, 2022

Women’s Path to Leadership and the Power of the MBA

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.

March 16, 2022

Women of Color: Shaping the Future Conference

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.

March 03, 2022

SMU Cox Commencement 2022

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.

March 01, 2022

Consumer Marketing Math: Even the Numerate are “Off by 100%”

Faculty Research In new research, Marketing Professors Matthew Fisher and Milica 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.

March 01, 2022

ClearAdmit Podcast Highlights the Cox School's Big Picture Approach

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.

February 10, 2022

Professor Ulrike Schultze Examines How Technology Affects Organizations

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.

February 01, 2022

Cox Active Duty Military and Veterans Are Allies for the School

Cox News Our active duty military and veterans — students, alumni, faculty and staff members — are truly allies in every sense of the word and Allies for Cox.

February 01, 2022

The Supply Chain Crunch: Lessons from Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Cox News The objective of the research was to understand the implications of operational policies on a firm’s ability to manage demand and supply uncertainty.

February 01, 2022

The Supply Chain Crunch: Lessons from Girl Scout Cookie Sales

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.

January 28, 2022

SMU Cox Professor Marcus Butts Researches Work-Life Balance

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

January 12, 2022

Hal Brierley Reflects on the Brierley Institute’s Growth on Its Fifth Anniversary

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

January 12, 2022

The Kitt Investing and Trading Center Turns 10

Cox News To commemorate, Barry Kitt taught a class to finance students, who will take what they’ve learned into the real world.

January 12, 2022

The Coders Dilemma: Piracy Sparks New IP Strategies

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.

November 29, 2021

Dallas 100™ Applauds North Texas Entrepreneurial Strength Through Pandemic MTX Group Named Area’s Fastest-Growing Entrepreneurial Company

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.

November 19, 2021

Cox Associate Professor and Corrigan Research Professor, Sreekumar Bhaskaran hosts panel discussion

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.

November 16, 2021

Two New Initiatives Honor Active Duty & Veterans’ Military Service

Cox News SMU and Cox Veterans Clubs to host Veteran's Day ceremony. And, Cox School Increases Yellow Ribbon Funding for Active Duty and Military Veterans.

November 11, 2021

Making Customers Pay Up May Backfire: Beware of Unintended Congestion

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.”

November 02, 2021

Igniting the Future of Business Education

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.

October 15, 2021

Connecting the next generation

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.

October 14, 2021

Cox Graduate Admissions Hosting In-Person Preview Day

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

October 04, 2021

Supply Chain Players’ Generosity Pays Off Amidst Climate Risk

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.

October 01, 2021

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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.

October 01, 2021

Kim and Bill Shaddock, MBA ‘74, Commit $6 Million to SMU Cox School of Business for Shaddock Hall

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.

October 01, 2021

Two Class Of 2021 EMBAs Named Best And Brightest

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.

September 10, 2021

Jeff Schmid, President and CEO of Southwest Graduate School of Banking

Southwestern Graduate School of Banking Foundation Announces New Leadership

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.

September 01, 2021

New Approach to Identifying Bellwether Firms: How They Influence the Future

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.

September 01, 2021

Re-thinking Physical Spaces: Co-Location Helps Solve a Growing Mental Health Crisis and Workplace Issues Post-Pandemic

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.

July 27, 2021

SMU Cox Students Participate in International Virtual Competitions

Cox News Dubbed “The Battle for the Cloud,” this virtual competition, designed to give MBA students real-world insights into what it means to compete in today’s marketplace, was part of a newly launched program implemented to continue the Cox School’s global business offerings in spite of COVID-19 limitations.

July 22, 2021

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The Importance of Business Analytics in an MBA Program

An MBA with a business analytics focus is fantastic for career growth and higher salaries.

July 12, 2021

Adapting MBA Admissions to the Next Normal: Online MBA Without the GMAT

SMU Cox was one of the first universities to respond to this crisis by alleviating the burden of securing a GMAT test date during the pandemic.

July 09, 2021

Preston Bryant, Founder of Momentum Technologies, Is Changing the Battery-Recycling Industry

Cox News Bryant’s upbringing shaped his journey as an entrepreneur in ways he could have never imagined. Years later, far from the oil fields in Texas, his recent work earned him a spot in the latest class of Forbes 30 Under 30.

July 07, 2021

Dallas Startup Week |
August 1 - 5, 2021

Press Releases Dallas Startup Week brings together entrepreneurs and change-makers for a week-long experience, described as the largest entrepreneurial event in North Texas, to exchange ideas, collaborate, and grow alongside the 10th largest startup ecosystem in the US.

This year, Dallas Startup Week will be hosted in person at SMU Cox School of Business and Online through Brushfire.

Click to learn more and register.

July 06, 2021

SMU Golfer Katie James Is Poised for Success as a Student-Athlete

Cox News SMU golfer and Cox management major Katie James, BBA ’22, feels support from SMU Cox both in the classroom and on the green.

June 30, 2021

SMU Cox’s Career Coaches Help Students Thrive

Cox News The Career Management Center is a critical facet of a well-rounded experience within SMU Cox School of Business. The center serves all Cox students, from BBA and MS students to full-time and professional MBA candidates. There’s even a dedicated coach for alumni.

June 23, 2021

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