David Pyke's Blog

I think a lot about risk management, and especially integrated risk management, or put another way, the ways that risk management decisions in one functional area of a company impact other areas.  For instance, if supply chain managers make a decision regarding a global supplier, what effect does that have on the Treasury department, which is responsible for hedging currencies, or the Marketing department, which manages the brand?

So, here is a recent article from the New York Times online.

These excerpts …Read Full Article

Next week is spring break at USD, and students are not the only ones leaving campus. The Ahlers Center for International Business is sponsoring the Faculty Development India Program. Twenty faculty members from the School of Business will travel to Delhi, India to visit two business schools and about a dozen companies.

They have a full itinerary, with sessions at the University of Delhi and the Institute for Management Technology, Ghaziabad; they also have meetings and tours at companies such as …Read Full Article

USD business student consultants for WD-40 China

I keep hearing about all the great work our undergraduate business students did for international companies last month. Professor Carsten Zimmerman and student Alyssa Forester told me about the management consulting project that ten of our students did for WD-40 in Shanghai during January Intersession.

The student consulting team was tasked with making recommendations for WD-40 China to further monetize the industrial segment in different regions of mainland China. In meetings with the students, …Read Full Article

SBA Dean Pyke with Salah Al Humaidhi at D’Lush in the Avenues Mall, Kuwait

I’m on my way to Dubai after several fascinating days in Kuwait. I am visiting our terrific alumni and finding San Diego connections in many places. In this photo, I’m with Salah Al Humaidhi, an investor in the San Diego-based luxury beverage company, D’Lush. The founder, Jeffery Adler, is a friend of mine and of USD.

Several USD alumni hosted me for dinner after I arrived Monday …Read Full Article

USD business students (from left): Ryan Frary (Finance), Ashley Thomas (International Business), Jeffrey Johnson (Finance), Carlos Pelli (President of AAETAV), and Sean Yoshikawa (International Business)

You might want to put Argentina on your list of upcoming vacation destinations. USD School of Business undergraduate students completed a consulting project in Buenos Aires during the January intersession. This photo shows the students meeting with Carlos Pelli, President of AAETAV (Argentine Association of Adventure and Eco-Tourism), discussing their project of designing strategies to …Read Full Article