Firms tend to imitate competitors led by charismatic—not narcissistic—CEOs
Corporate strategy is rife with imitation, a keeping-up-with-the-Joneses mentality, writ large. But new research from the University of Washington Foster School of Business suggests that... Read More
Foster Findings: Revenue-share crowdfunding looks promising for small businesses and investors
Crowdfunding is the trending way to raise money. This democratization of financing, enabled by sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, offers small businesses a speedy alternative... Read More
Palmatier and Borah collaborate on Marketing Science Institute “Best Paper”
Researchers at the UW Foster School of Business have received the 2018 Robert D. Buzzell Best Paper Award from the Marketing Science Institute (MSI) for... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 5.2: Homeless in Seattle (part 2)
An amplifying homelessness crisis is a serious negative side effect of Seattle’s dramatic growth. Episode 2 of the Seattle Growth Podcast, season 5, continues its... Read More
Revenue-share crowdfunding looks promising for small businesses and investors
Crowdfunding is the trending way to raise money. This democratization of financing, enabled by sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, offers small businesses a speedy alternative... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 5.1: Homeless in Seattle (part 1)
In season five of the Seattle Growth Podcast, host Jeff Shulman examines one of the most serious side effects of Seattle’s rampant growth: an amplifying... Read More
Spratlen named to PhD Project Hall of Fame
Thaddeus Spratlen, a professor emeritus of marketing at the University of Washington Foster School of Business, has been inducted into The PhD Project Hall of... Read More
Masters of Finance
Foster’s Department of Finance and Business Economics has quietly become a global powerhouse in research and teaching The UW Foster School of Business is a... Read More
Autoscaling on “the cloud” is changing the game for online ventures
Entrepreneurs share a tense tangle of guesswork when it comes to the variables they weigh before entering a market. In the age of screen consumerism,... Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast 4.12: Rock on
As Seattle has evolved, so, too, has its music scene. Jeff Shulman, producer and host of the Seattle Growth Podcast, traveled across the city to interview... Read More