A current USD School of Business MBA student, Jayla Siciliano ’13, is finding new life for wine spritzers in her start-up company, Bon Affair.
Find out how Jayla went from working in product development and design for both Diesel and Burton Snowboards to reinventing the wine spritzer. (Hint: It had a lot to do with breaking through the perception that this is a women-only drink.) Her story appeared yesterday in this New York Times blog post. (Click on title, above, for links.)
USD SBA Graduate Alumni Harbor Cruise
Since I ended my last post with a nautical send-off for spring break, I’m going to continue the sailing theme and remind you about our upcoming harbor cruise.
Sailing at sunset on San Diego Harbor is one of the highlights of living in this city. And joining SBA faculty and graduate programs alumni for an evening of reminiscing and networking makes it an especially great experience.
I’m really looking forward to the evening, and I hope you’ll …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 alumni in Silicon Valley have a great opportunity for research-based learning about innovation next Tuesday evening, March 26. I heard Professor Priya present to the SBA Board of Advisors last fall, and I saw how much the successful entrepreneurs in the room engaged with her on the ideas she discussed.
Professor Priya, who teaches strategic management at USD School of Business, will present the results of her research on innovation within companies. Her research has big implications for questions that …Read Full Article
USD School of Business ranked #13 out of 100 business schools across the country in the first-ever Military Times Best for Vets: Business Schools survey rankings.
The new ranking brings attention to the importance of a graduate business degree for veterans interested in transferring their leadership skills and work ethic from the military to the business world.
We highly value the involvement of the many veterans in our graduate business programs. Their leadership, motivation and maturity enrich the education for all the students …Read Full Article
David Pyke, Ph.D., has been dean of the School of Business Administration (SBA) at the University of San Diego since 2008.
Formerly, he was professor of Operations Management, and associate dean at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
He obtained his BA from Haverford College, MBA from Drexel University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
