Parents and families play a valuable role in the lives of students. While a student's life changes as they transition into college, so do the lives of the family members who send them off to school. Through that major life transition, family support is vital.
The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship (VACE) in UK's Gatton College of Business and Economics has had significant grant funding renewed through the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) University Center Economic Development Program.
“Well-Known or Well-Liked? The Effects of Corporate Reputation on Firm Value at the Onset of a Corporate Crisis,” coauthored by Haipeng (Allan) Chen, has been featured as a top 20 most read paper in the Strategic Management Journal (2017-2018).
“The Effects of a Product’s Aesthetic Design on Demand and Marketing Mix Effectiveness: The Role of Segment Prototypicality and Brand Consistency,” coauthored by Haipeng (Allan) Chen, has been featured in the Journal of Marketing's “Blast from the Past: Editor Picks from 2017."
Audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP has named University of Kentucky professor Jeff Payne, KPMG Professor in the Von Allmen School of Accountancy in UK’s Gatton College of Business and Economics, as the 2019 KPMG James Marwick Professor-In-Residence. Payne believes accounting students should understand the opportunities that technology provides in improving financial statement audits, but also importantly, the new risks that are created by their use.
Welcome to the latest edition of Simon Says!
University of Kentucky football alumnus and now successful businessman Ed Berry did not always envision that he would end up where he is today. With a dream of playing in the National Football League (NFL), he got his start playing football at a very young age. Little did he know, his future career would grow from this passion.
Jenny Minier spoke about Lexington’s economy to the current Leadership Lexington class on March 14 and to the Lexington Employee Benefits Council on March 20.
This month, I’m excited to bring you an opportunity to visit with Gatton’s first year students, and hear what they loved, learned and were challenged by during their first semester at the college. You won’t want to miss their advice on getting the most out of today’s Lexington and the University of Kentucky! I hope the video below will make you as proud as I am about all the wonderful things happening at your college, and the amazing students that you help support.
The Council of Economic Advisers recently released a study on deregulating health insurance markets. It cites a 2017 study on the Affordable Care Act by Charles Courtemanche and Aaron Yelowitz in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.