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The Arizona chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO)named Kathleen Bents as the winner of a $1,000 YEO scholarship. Thescholarship will be presented at YEO's Tucson membership recruitmentreception on Thursday, October 5, at the Eller College of Business andPublic Administration on the University of Arizona campus.
The UA Eller College of Business and Public Adminsitration is launching two new initiatives that expand the College's outreach efforts, thanks to a gift of $900,000 from Bank One Arizona.
Until the explosion in Internet auctions, probable income tax evasion on private transactions was limited to the relatively minor market of garage sales and swap meets. A University of Arizona accounting professor and co-researchers recently authored an article that conservatively estimates the unreported tax related to Internet auction sites at more than $100 million on an annualized basis.
Why are customers so dissatisfied with the service they receive? UA's Barbara A. Gutek teams up with writer Theresa Welsh as they author "The Brave New Service Strategy: Aligning Customer Relationships, Market Strategies, and Business Structures." The book was selected by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as one of the year's best.
The need was real and Eller College alumnus Louis "Buzz" Sands jumped right in to help. Voila! The Sands Computing Lab for undergraduate students is now a reality!
A new study reveals that entrepreneurship programs started by alumni lead to more new businesses, develop more products and are more likely to be involved in high-technology endeavors than their peers. The study, conducted by the UA Eller College of Business and Public Administration and the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Kansas City, Mo., is the first of its kind.
The UA Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing has announced its speaker lineup for the 23rd annual Global Retailing Conference. Among the presenters will be actress and model Kathy Ireland, CEO and chief designer of Kathy Ireland Worldwide.