A new case from UVA Darden professor Anthony Palomba explores why art matters for business, examining how creative expression shapes culture, strategy and value in the media and entertainment industries.
In this episode of the Good Disruption podcast, Mike Lenox and Yael Grushka-Cockayne talk with Mark Hahn (MBA ’20) a career Naval Aviator and previous operations lead for drone start-up company Zipline about the UAV landscape and the pros and cons of using this technology.
Why do some brands succeed at omnichannel retailing while others falter? A new case from UVA Darden professors Raj Venkatesan and Samuel Levy and Katherine Nunner (’25) and Saru Guneja (’25) explores the Amazon dilemma through Caspari, a global publisher of design-driven paper products.
New research from UVA Darden’s Kimberly A. Whitler finds that underpaying your CMO relative to the CFO could stunt the firm’s revenue growth. When CMOs feel undervalued, their performance falters — and so does revenue. The fix? Pay your marketing chief on par with finance.
The Savannah Bananas have turned baseball upside down with a culture that prizes innovation — and accepts failure. A new case by Darden's Professor Les Alexander explores how owners Jesse and Emily Cole disrupted the sport by building a fans-first brand. What comes next for the Bananas and the modified game of baseball they invented, Banana Ball?
Writing for The Conversation, Christoph Herpfer, an assistant professor of finance at UVA Darden, and colleagues, explore the enduring effects a government shutdown would have on the federal workforce,
Newsrooms are embracing AI for everything from fact-finding to writing first drafts. But research from UVA Darden professor Luca Cian and colleagues suggests caution: the more openly outlets disclose AI, the less readers trust them.
From impoverished orphan immigrant to America’s first secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton combined bold vision with fatal flaws. Darden professor Scott C. Miller delves into the founding father’s varied career and distills timeless lessons on leadership and the dangers of hubris.
Should entrepreneurship be taught? A new paper co-authored by Darden professor Saras Sarasvathy finds that entrepreneurship education in high school can increase the likelihood that students will start substantial business ventures both right after graduation and later in their careers.
What if television studios could tell whether a TV show would hold its audience before it ever aired — just by analyzing the script? New research from Professor Anthony Palomba suggests that could be the case. Dialogue isn’t just entertainment; it’s data.
