Gilbert named to Poets & Quants’ list of 40 best young business faculty
Thomas Gilbert, an assistant professor of finance at the Foster School of Business, has been named to Poets & Quants’ list of the “40 under... Read More
Sleep well to work well: Chris Barnes @ TEDx
Want to be more efficient and more effective at work? Get a good night’s sleep. This deceptively simple solution is the recurring theme of the... Read More
Be the disruptor: Charles Hill in the Whole U
Disruption, for lack of a better term, is good. Amazon shaking up the retail status quo, Uber disturbing the taxicab market, cloud computing turning the... Read More
Lean for Life
Better living through… manufacturing? Could be. A new post on “The Whole U” blog tackles the complicated task of simplifying your life by adapting the... Read More
Value vs. growth: an investor’s perspective
Why do value stocks consistently outperform growth stocks in markets around the world? The debate over what causes this “value premium” has raged in finance... Read More
Resolving to live healthier in 2016? Do it for pleasure, not virtue
After a holiday of excesses, ’tis the season of restraint and self-improvement. But how can you make your new year’s resolutions stick this time around?... Read More
The year in research: top 10 of 2015
Each year, faculty of the University of Washington Foster School of Business produce influential research—on a wide array of topics—that advances academic theory and advises... Read More
Summa Cum Laude
Foster School faculty members from every department were recognized in 2015 as exemplars at university, national and international levels. Leta Beard Senior Lecturer in Marketing... Read More
Christmas cheer? The hidden toll of friendly customer service
“Service with a smile” has become an almost sacrosanct feature of the American consumer experience. It’s a fundamental expectation of customers at restaurants, in retail... Read More
Closing the Inspiration Gap
The Foster School’s leadership development experience is designed to bridge the divide between what employees actually see and what they wish to see in their... Read More