University at Buffalo School of Management

4 Buffalo Business | BUSINESS ANALYTICS SOCIAL IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LEADERSHIP Startups UB climbs in undergrad entrepreneurship ranking Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review have again named the University at Buffalo one of the country's top schools for undergraduate entrepre- neurship studies. UB was ranked No. 44 nationwide in the annual ranking, up four spots from its debut last year. UB also was ranked No. 7 in the Northeast. Based on a 2023 survey of nearly 300 schools with entrepreneurship offerings, the ranking factors in more than 40 data points about school programs, faculty, students and alumni. Entrepreneurship leaders at UB attri- bute the university's continued success on the list to the burgeoning entrepre- neurial ecosystem on campus across several UB entities, including the School of Management, UB's Startup and Innovation Collaboratory, powered by Blackstone LaunchPad, Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships, and the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. "The growth of entrepreneurship at UB is a result of cross-campus collab- orations and our innovative approach to entrepreneurial education," says Bob Neubert, director of entrepreneur- ship academic programs in the School of Management. "We encourage all students to amplify their positive influence on communities by developing innovations that enhance customer lives." The university offers a wide range of opportunities that provide students with the practical skills to become successful entrepreneurs. 100 years of welcoming new students Following in the footsteps of the transformational and insightful leaders who came before them, a new class of students gathered at the School of Management Aug. 25 — for the hundredth time. At the event, the School of Management launched the Shareholder Society initiative — 15 groups of new students supported by a team of peers, faculty, staff and alumni — to build connections and community. In the spirit of friendly competition and to foster school spirit and a sense of belonging, the first challenge of the year for students in the Shareholder Society was a massive game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Aer beginning the game with hundreds of first-year and transfer students, Vivian Black from Shareholder Society group 12 emerged victorious. Other activi- ties included a visit from the UB Little Blue food truck, inflatable basketball toss, giant lawn games, DJ, an airbrush artist doing temporary UB-branded tattoos, a selfie station and an appearance from univer- sity mascot Victor E. Bull. Visiting professors share expertise Universities oen host visit- ing professors from other institu- tions to teach, lecture or conduct research in their areas of exper- tise. This year, the School of Management is pleased to host management alumna, Jasmina Tacheva, PhD '20, a visiting assistant professor of opera- tions management and strategy, who is a guest from Syracuse University and is teaching Production and Operations Management and Logistics Management. Her research interests are at the inter- section of complex networks, the social impacts of technology and the supply chains fueling the AI industry. She is currently investi- gating how operations and supply chain management insights can be used to quantify the social costs of the rapid growth in technology, with a particular focus on the envi- ronmental impact of AI. Chan Lim is a visit- ing assistant profes- sor of finance and joins us from Tulane University. He is teach- ing Management of Financial Institutions and his research inter- ests focus on behavioral finance, innovation and empirical corpo- rate finance. In one of his works, he used eye-tracking technology to study investor heuristics when they predict future stock prices based on charts. He has a PhD from Purdue University. Tacheva Lim Incoming students com- pete in a massive game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Photo: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

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