San Francisco State University COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 2017-18 ANNUAL REPORT College of Business Annual Report 2017-2018

2 Letter from the Interim Dean 3 Mission, Vision and Strategic Initiatives 4 Student Achievements 14 Student Success 22 Faculty College Launches 28 Graduate Business Programs 29 Executive Education 30 Friend-raising and Fundraising Innovation Initiative 32 Resources and Investments The initiative’s aim is MUFG Union Bank, N.A. has provided a grant of $37,500 to kick-start the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fellows Pro- to foster a culture of gram as part of our Innovation Initiative. It will offer coaching innovation not just and mentoring to aspiring entrepreneurs, with a concentra- tion on College of Business students, to immerse them in an in the tech field, but entrepreneurial mindset, become investor-ready, connect with in every industry. industry leaders and participate in a pitch competition where venture capitalists may fund their idea. The Fellows Program kicked off with its first cohort of students in the fall of 2018.

Management Professor Tom Thomas, Katerina Villanueva (MUFG Union Bank, N.A.), Lisa Corpuz (MUFG Union Bank, N.A.), Former Dean of the College of Business Linda Oubré, and Daniel Meals (MUFG Union Bank, N.A.) WE ARE SAN FRANCISCO’S PUBLIC BUSINESS SCHOOL. We embrace the area’s rich diversity and provide access to higher education. Our mission is to prepare Letter from the Interim Dean students for professional success through high-quality teaching, innovative and relevant courses, discipline- At the College of Business at San Francisco State based and pedagogical scholarship, and engagement Our Mission with the academic and business communities. University, innovation is an integral element of

our mission. We innovate in several ways. WE ASPIRE TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PUBLIC URBAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS Our faculty members always maintain a curriculum that is by applying sustainability and ethical perspectives current. The latest developments in business are regularly to our understanding of business practice, global incorporated into our classes or developed as new courses. Some leadership, innovation, the economy and society. of our classes have integrated a pitch competition, full-scale digital marketing platform development, IT professional certification, Our Vision and more. We have also re-designed our MBA curriculum and developed a new bio-tech cohort in the MBA program. A re- configured executive version is also underway! Additionally, our new MS in Business Analytics and a blended undergraduate and INVEST IN FACULTY AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE graduate program in accounting will be launched in 2018-2019. At the College of Business, we pride ourselves on our world- renowned faculty and invest in their scholarly work. We uphold All of these exciting changes and developments academic excellence and commend each of our faculty members Strategic for their contributions to the college and the impact they have are fueled by faculty enthusiasm. on our students. On the community engagement front, the college hosted INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS THROUGH the first annual Entrepreneurship Symposium, held SCHOLARSHIPS AND CAREERS a pitch competition, launched a new Commercial The College of Business guides students as they grow as leaders Real Estate Fellows program, and supported Initiatives and contributors in the Bay Area and beyond. We acknowledge other student-initiated events. These are all We continue to invest in the students’ academic and personal achievements and encourage aimed at establishing new learning spaces continuous progress toward learning and career opportunities. and platforms for students to actualize quality of our faculty, our their ideas, improve self-confidence, and students and the visibility INVEST IN AND LEVERAGE OUR BRAND TO prepare for professional success. of our brand. Cultivating SUSTAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES The College of Business consistently invests in its brand to As we enter 2018-2019, a commitment strong industry connections sustain a competitive advantage in the dynamic market. to social justice, diversity, inclusiveness, and advancing our friend- Brand visibility is key to growing new revenue from graduate and equity remains undiminished raising and fundraising enrollment, corporate partnerships and executive education. at San Francisco State University. efforts keeps us active and The College of Business is well BUILD CORPORATE CONNECTIONS relevant in the business equipped to put them into practice The College of Business reaches out to the corporate community and allows us in innovative ways. With support community in order to build a cohesive connection from alumni, friends, staff, faculty, to provide transformative between industry and academia. The College of Business and the business community at learning opportunities Enterprises (COBE) is the platform that allows our partners large, we will continue to graduate for our students. to connect with the college, faculty and our students. innovative and career-ready students. CULTIVATE FRIEND-RAISING AND FUNDRAISING The College of Business cultivates relationships with alumni and friends, and values their enthusiasm to connect students to Management professors attend the Aspen industry. These unique partnerships allow the college to make Institute Business & Society’s Undergradu- philanthropic investments that drive fundraising initiatives. ate Consortium in Copenhagen, Denmark. See story on Page 24.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 3 Student Achievements Student Achievements Congratulations to Our San Francisco State University’s Innovation Pitch Competition Winners! 2018 Panetta Institute Congressional Intern

On April 5, 2018, the college held a to discover how these innovative University campus president and pitch competition during our first technologies may be governed approved by the CSU Chancellor’s Entrepreneurship Symposium, to serve the public interest. Office and the Panetta Institute. part of our Innovation Inititative. The Congressional Internship Pro- Daniel plans to graduate fall 2019 Over 20 students and alumni gram at the Panetta Institute for and hopes to pursue opportunities entrepreneurs submitted a Public Policy gives selected students with the United Nations, the Amer- pitch. Learn about the three the opportunity to work and learn ican Institute of Economic Research, prize winners: about public policy while interning or the Federal Reserve Bank, with a California Congressional del- where he would like to employ the Eddie Godshalk egation on Capitol Hill. Interns are technologies of tomorrow to help First Place nominated by each California State reduce poverty around the world. MBA Alum Founder and CEO, Growth Maps

Eddie Godshalk is best known for his un- stoppable passion to fix certain fundamental problems in Andoeni Ruezga Jenna Hertz Daniel Richardson, a junior real estate investment. He started Second Place Third Place majoring in economics and from nothing and gained millions Undergraduate Senior Undergraduate Sophomore business, with a concentration in in real estate investing. After losing Founder of Founder, Trenty decision sciences, was raised in everything, Eddie became driven Women to Women Jenna Hertz has always wanted Napa, California by a working-class to find a way to help home-buyers Andoeni Ruezga, a senior, to start her own business. As a family who fostered the values and real estate investors avoid was born and raised in San Di- kid, she was taught to reduce, of honest work and personal financial losses from unforeseen ego. She pitched her non-profit reuse and recycle. This philosophy ingenuity. His family background, real-estate market corrections and “Women to Women,” aimed is behind her new app, Trenty— along with his travel experiences economic declines. This experience at providing menstrual cups to an online marketplace where in Southeast Asia, motivated and his understanding of the im- homeless women in San Francisco. individuals can trade, rent and him to pursue a second major in portance of data led him to invest Andoeni hopes to one day spread buy clothing and other items economics to help him understand over $500,000 of his own capital, Second place winners in the GE Digital CSU Challenge: Prakash Singh Punia, this service across not only Califor- user-to-user. Jenna came up public and labor economics. Abhilash Shrivastava, Soumithri Chilakamarri and Trent Liu. and years of testing and develop- nia but the nation. Providing re- with this idea after attending a ment, to create Growth Maps. Daniel’s intellectual interests Commuter App Takes Prize in CSU Digital Challenge usable menstrual cups to women music festival and noticing she include researching the economic Drive or take public transit? That’s a question San Francisco State stu- Growth Maps—a powerful in need prevents infections and spent a small fortune on a new effects of decentralized technol- dents ask themselves daily. But what if there’s an app to compare driv- visualization technology—is a helps women feel comfortable outfit she only wore once. In ogies, artificial intelligence, and ing conditions and available parking spots on and around campus with SaaS-based app that combines during their menstruation period today’s sharing economy, Jenna peer-to-peer business models. As public transit travel times? Four students, including Prakash Punia deep data sources to deliver the while also reducing environmen- realized students could make San Francisco State’s Panetta Insti- (MBA ’18), developed an app called Gator Trans that does just that. The most current local analytics and tal waste from disposable pads some money by letting others tute Congressional Intern, Daniel app could help shave time off commutes to campus and took home highly detailed heatmaps of future and tampons. rent their items or save money by seeks to gain insight into the public second prize at the GE Digital CSU Challenge. These students competed growth opportunities for real borrowing from another student. economic sector and policymaking against students from eight other California State University campuses. estate investors and professionals. Jenna will be launching Trenty in the Apple app store soon.

4 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 5 Student Achievements Student Achievements

San Francisco State University College of Business Evaluated by industry experts, the 2018 Mobile Appathon Challenge students Seth Abrahamson (Marketing), first-place prize was awarded to Emily Holtz, Simone Ozzello, Simone Ozzello (MBA, Information Systems), Mobile Appathon and Michael Wu (Information Systems) Shikha Lodha and Apoorva Singh. As members of the Reduce Team, their project addressed the excessive use of plastic packing materials and Challenge encouraged more eco-friendly alternatives. Emily and her team were invited to present their work at conferences in San Francisco and Shanghai. Dana Co-sponsored by PG&E and Longmire, the director of business technology from PG&E, presented the winners with a $400 gift card and an award certificate at the Information the College of Business, Management Systems Association (iMSA) graduation celebration. Students Showcase the Mobile Appathon Challenge asks students to PG&E Sponsorship of SAP Recognition Award Program explore innovative ideas In spring 2012, the Information Systems (IS) department began a Their Talents for shaping tomorrow’s partnership with SAP America University Alliance Program (SAP UAP) to business, environmental, Sugar Network Expo 2018 issue the SAP Recognition Award certificate. Both undergraduate and civic and social landscapes graduate business students earn the certificate by completing at least three through mobile technology. SAP integrated courses. Since fall 2012, over 220 students have received this usiness students Seth Abrahamson, Simone certificate, including 40 MBA students. Ozzello and Michael Wu received funding from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) Among those students who have acknowledged their appreciation to collaborate with their students before co-presenting their From June 5–8, nine stu- for our SAP program after graduation, more than 30 were offered Robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) projects at Sugar Network dents—Emily Holtz (MBA), internships, as well as full-time employment, at companies such as Expo 2018.* Sugar is a global network that brings together Simone Ozzello (MBA), PG&E, SAP, Google, Accenture, GoPro, Workday, PayPal, Genentech multidisciplinary students from different universities and Prakash Punia (MBA), and Cohesion Inc. Bchallenges them to solve real-world product development challenges Jeffrey Sinclair (MBA), Shikha Lodha (MBA), Seth posed by multinational corporate sponsors. Student teams collaborate Additionally, companies frequently contact the faculty with other Abrahamson (Marketing), with another team from a foreign university, adding to the diversity of internship opportunities for these students. The faculty experience is Michale Wu (Information the project teams and allowing students to gain experience in global overwhelmingly positive and rewarding. Similarly, student response Systems), Mychal Matzek collaboration—a skill required in our highly integrated world. to these courses and the overall experience is very positive. Over the (Information Systems), and Our team’s work started in August 2017, when SAP Shanghai became past two years, there has been a significant increase in the number of Karrie Liang (Information our corporate partner and challenged our students to leverage smart students who choose Information Systems as their major. The following Systems)—attended Sugar Net- technology to improve the quality of life. Students from both universities table shows this increase: work Expo 2018 in San Francisco. attended the Sugar Network Global Kickoff event in Silicon Valley on Besides the Sugar Network collab- The SAP Recognition Award November 5–14, 2017. This face-to-face interaction facilitated the design SEMESTER STUDENTS program requires financial support thinking process to ideate, design and prototype their innovations. oration, USTC invited students to attend their First International Sum- Spring 2014 176 to cover licensing fees for software Impressed with our students’ talents, USTC decided to sponsor three San mer Camp on Artificial Intelligence. Spring 2015 295 use, plus instructors’ training Francisco State students to visit their campus. The University of Science Five students—Misael Medrano, costs. Gold-level sponsorship is Spring 2016 439 and Technology of China is a top engineering university and receives Khanyisile Gumede-Moses, based on a donation of at least direct support and funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Franci Chen, Sushant Kapoor $12,000. Gold-level sponsors receive From May 28 to June 1, 2018, our students worked intensively with and Ulises Cruz—participated access to the top certificate recipients throughout the year to hire for Chinese students to finalize two projects related to robotics and IoT: in this fully-funded, two-week pro- internship opportunities. Additionally, Gold-level sponsors are listed The BIBO—Smart Pet Robot at Home and My Tita—a Smart Running gram and visit to USTC in July. Besides on the College of Business and IS department websites and in program Mate Device. On June 1, the students presented their projects to keynote speeches and presentations brochures. In addition to financial support, IT or SAP experts from SAP Shanghai design-thinking experts, who advised them on how from academic and industry experts on the sponsor’s firm are encouraged to serve as guest lecturers in SAP- to improve their prototypes, including how to build an effective artificial intelligence, the summer camp integrated courses to share their expertise with students. Their tutelage business model to attract investors. Our students also visited the featured hands-on projects, cultural has helped students win competitive international awards organized Hangzhou headquarters of Alibaba, the global ecommerce giant. activities and historical sightseeing. by SAP. Moreover, Gold sponsors are invited to serve as members of the SAP Advisory Board, providing valuable input in the design and implementation of SAP-related curriculum. Visit erp.sfsu.edu to learn more. * San Francisco State and Stanford are currently the only two universities from the U.S. included in the Sugar Network community.

6 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 7 Student Achievements

Alumna Jennifer Chan Named 2017 Elijah Watt Sells Award Winner Jennifer Chan (B.S. ’18, Accounting), received the highly selective Elijah Watt Sells award. The award is bestowed upon 58 CPA candidates who have obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the CPA examination, passed all four sections on their first attempt, and completed testing in 2017. There were nearly Marketing Students 96,000 exam takers in 2017. Founded in 1923, the Elijah Watt Sells Award program annually Develop Campaign San Francisco State student recognizes those with top CPA Robert Zhang films the exam scores. Sells was one of Zorabot in the campus The Quest for Equality the first CPAs in the U.S. and for Robot Startup bookstore for his Digital was also key to the founding of Marketing class project. orn in Mumbai, India, from SF State with two degrees— Rianna White spent the one in Anthropology and the the AICPA, as well as education first few years of her life other in Labor and Employment programs within the profession. Jennifer is currently employed tudents in Assistant “They’re also using Google Analytics but students may find that’s not living in Dubai and various Studies, as well as a minor in with RSM US LLP in San Francisco. Professor of Market- to measure the website’s perfor- actually what the customer needs,” parts of the United States Human Sexuality Studies. ing Nga Ho-Dac’s mance and to test the performance Ho-Dac adds. “The students before settling in Southern Digital Marketing class of different landing pages and learn to give the customers California. During senior After graduation, Rianna worked all semester to website features.” what they really want by asking Byear of high school, Rianna’s step- turned her part-time position develop an integrat- the clients about the objectives father passed away, making her at Earthjustice, the U.S.’ largest Jonah Kaufman, a senior ed digital marketing platform for of the campaign,” he said. college selection process extremely nonprofit environmental law S majoring in marketing, said organization, into a full-time ZoraBots, which creates user-friend- difficult. Attending a college that the class is invaluable because Benjamin Le Cam, U.S. vice ly software for hospitality and supports diversity while being HR position. Her motivation students are getting professional president of business development companion robots. When the se- close to her mother in Southern to continue working with experience. His group was in for ZoraBots, worked closely with mester ended, the finished product California was a priority, and San this nonprofit is due to their charge of promoting the robot’s students to execute the company’s included a website that’s search-en- Francisco State’s core values and dedication to diversity, equality, software and user interface, and vision. “We’re a startup so we gine optimized, digital ads, articles, location proved to be a perfect fit. and inclusion in the workplace. members wrote articles and created don’t have a budget for marketing, social media and email marketing promotional videos hosted on the so this is a perfect relationship In the next two years, Rianna campaigns, as well as promotional During Rianna’s sophomore year website. “You’re not just reading because students are creating a plans to obtain her Professional videos targeting sectors where the at San Francisco State, she took from a book, you’re doing it for a product for a real company,” he in Human Resources certification robots will be used, such as retail, a “Women and Work” class that website. Rather than hypotheticals, said. “Students have a creativity to help advance her career in education or healthcare. inspired her to major in Labor Estevan Lopez (M.A. ‘18, you’re actually doing it, so you we don’t have. I give them human resources and to empower and Employment Studies. Despite Economics) was selected as a Ho-Dac says he likes having stu- learn a lot faster,” he said. guidelines, but of course they can herself to promote equality in declaring an Anthropology major recipient of the Student Award dents working on these types of come to me with their ideas.” The the workplace. “I’d like to take “Students aren’t just picking up and Human Sexuality Studies for Excellence in Service Learning projects because nothing replaces completed project, he says, will that knowledge and my own technical skills, they’re also learning minor, and working at the same from the Institute for Civic actual experience. “Students are be a wonderful way for students experiences as a woman of color, to understand the needs of their time, Rianna decided to also and Community Engagement building a website from scratch and to boost their resumes; some may [an] immigrant, and [a] member customers. For example, a client pursue a bachelor’s in labor and (ICCE) during its annual they then use that as a platform even get an internship with the of the LGBT+ community to may think they need advertising, employment studies on top of event held April 12, 2018. to do marketing,” Ho-Dac said. company following the class. her already heavy workload. This uplift others,” stated Rianna. past spring, Rianna graduated

8 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 9 Student Achievements Business Graduate Lands Veteran of the Year Labor and Employment In November 2017, the Management Organization for Business Stu- Studies Students Put What Honor dents (MOBS) held a fundraiser for those affected by the natural disasters They Learn Into Practice occurring that semester, including Puerto Ricans devastated by Hurricane Labor Studies senior Alisa an Francisco State Univer- Irma and Mexicans affected by several earthquakes. MOBS originally Pokrovsky (top) is doing just sity student Iana K. Lim organized La Genta Unida, or The People United, fundraising event as that, having been awarded a paid was honored by Assembly an outdoor fiesta that would feature Puerto Rican cuisine for sale and a internship with the Office of Labor member Phil Ting during tenure as live reggaeton musical performance by local artist, XAV. Unfortunately, Standards Enforcement, City of San the California State Assem- president due to inclement weather, the event was moved indoors to the Business Francisco, where she assists with bly’s 11th Annual Veteran’s of V.E.T.S.@ building. But that didn’t put a damper on their sales—MOBS was able evaluation and reporting on mini- Recognition Luncheon, SFSU, active mem- to raise over 700 dollars in just four hours to help disaster victims. The mum wage enforcement, including SJune 20, 2018, which recognized bership increased by more than 800 percent, and educational event was planned, marketed and managed by Jesus Chaves, Car- evaluating the impact of OLSE’s veterans from across California los Torres, Clayten Liddicoat, Eddie Frye, Wynne Zhang, community outreach program. who have had a distinguished mil- seminars included personal finance, converting military experience to “The diversity of Joshua Cruz, Natasha Bolton, Tim Chan, and Jordan Keel. Rocsanne Barerra (bottom), itary career and have significantly civilian language, coding in the 2017 Labor Studies graduate and contributed to the community. opinions at SFSU python and SQL languages—vet- Christine Johnson was selected for this year’s David Hysinger Award, recipient of the Ernest Dillard Iana is a United States Navy erans from Salesforce and Apple really impressed me, which recognizes an exemplary student in commercial real estate. The Scholarship in Labor Studies, is now veteran who served as a ma- were represented at this event— BOMA SF Foundation awards $2,000 to a student in honor of David working full time for the Service chinist mate second class (MM2) as well,” says Lim. and veteran advocacy through Hysinger, who was instrumental in the development of the Commercial Employees International Union in servicing steam-powered ships. a partnership with LinkedIn. “The professors Real Estate Program at San Francisco State. the United Service Workers West After her honorable discharge External Security Department. from active duty, she enrolled at SF State provides services to more value learning from San Francisco State, where she than 1,300 veterans and depen- their students and dents of veterans and active graduated this year, earning her make us feel open to bachelor of science in business duty members each semester. administration, with a concen- Lim chose SF State in part because discuss our opinions, tration in international business its Veterans Center is directed by which helped me to and a minor in marketing. a certified veteran, rather than a While at SF State, she served the civilian, who was able to relate to build my identity.” veteran community as a supervisor her and provide her with the sup- for Veterans Administration Work port she needed. Iana now plans Study, the president of the Veter- to pursue a master’s in business ans at San Francisco State (V.E.T.S.@ administration, saying her ultimate Iana Lim with Assembly Member Hotel and Restaurant Foundation Scholarship Recipients SFSU) student organization, and goal is to do something that pos- Phil Ting during the California State Evelyn Cruz, Gigi Huie, Mona Oussou, Sandra Lara, Luis Torres, the chair of the committee on Vet- itively impacts people around her Assembly’s 11th Annual Veteran’s Recognition Luncheon. Megan Tarrant and Haley Hudson erans Issues for Women. During her and affects change in the world.

10 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 11 The Class of 2018 The Business Stars of Tomorrow issues associated with the wide- More than 5,000 students walked the line at San Francisco State Emily Holtz completed spread adoption of information University’s 117th Commencement ceremony, held Thursday, her bachelor’s degree in business technologies, her work highlighted administration at San Francisco May 24, 2018, at AT&T Park. Twelve of these graduates were how information technologies are State University and continued her enabling innovative solutions to chosen to represent the class of 2018. studies in the MBA program, where some of the world’s most pressing she focused on how organizations social, environmental and econom- In a longstanding tradition, can leverage technology and data ic challenges. For a course in the each of the University’s six to improve outcomes for all types Information Systems Department, academic colleges select two of stakeholders. Emily worked with Emily led a team in designing and prototyping an iOS mobile students—one graduate and one Professor of Management Denise Kleinrichert (currently interim application aimed at reducing undergraduate—for the honor of associate dean) in partnership with packaging waste. Read more representing their fellow students Emily Holtz the college’s Center for Ethical and about the team’s Mobile Appa- as academic hoods. This year, the 2018 Graduate Business thon Challenge entry on Page 7. Hood Recipient Sustainable Business. She created College of Business Graduate an independent research study to Master of Business Administration, In January 2018, Emily started Hood Recipient was Emily Holtz Emphasis in Information Systems explore the intersection of her two working with Gartner, a global and the college’s Undergraduate greatest interests—sustainability IT research and advisory firm, Hood Recipient was Megan Larkin, and information technology. In as a consultant to public sector addition to identifying critical organizations. both of whom were recognized at Commencement.

These students received Megan Larkin is a so her clients could better plan lifelong San Franciscan who has for their future. Following her special recognition from always had a passion for working junior year, Megan interned with the University during with numbers. When applying PricewaterhouseCoopers on their Commencement week: for college, she chose to pursue Industry Tax Practice team, where accounting as a way to apply her she filed tax returns for both skills to help companies operate in corporations and individuals, and Graduate Honorees  Volha Pipko, M.B.A.,  Jinghua Mai, Hospitality a financially sustainable way. performed research to determine Emphasis in Accounting & Tourism Management the best practices for clients. She  Emily Holtz (Graduate Hood During her freshmen year, Megan was offered a full-time position Recipient) M.B.A., Emphasis  Prakash Punia, M.B.A., Emphasis  Nadim Ebadi, Information Systems joined the Volunteer Income at the end of her internship and in Information Systems in Information Systems Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a  Kona Kawai, will begin her new job with the  Dana Daigle, M.B.A., Emphasis International Business nationally recognized IRS program Megan Larkin Undergraduate Honorees that provides free tax-return company in January, following in Decision Sciences  Alisa Pokrovsky, Labor & 2018 College of Business preparation to low-income, elderly, completion of her CPA exam.  Kimberley Fabris, M.B.A.  Megan Larkin, Accounting Employment Studies Undergraduate (Undergraduate Hood Recipient) limited English proficient, and Not letting any opportunities Hood Recipient   Jefferson Van Vorhis, Ko-Shuang “Amy” Lin, disabled individuals. During her pass her by, Megan spent her Bachelor of Science in Master of Science in Accountancy  Hoa Nguyen, Decision Sciences Management sophomore year, she became summer working in a Labor Business Administration,  Mage Cyrus, Economics  Estevan Lopez, Master  Chelsea Yiun Sze Teng, Marketing the youngest supervisor in the Capital Strategies Internship with Concentration in Accounting of Arts in Economics  Haiyin Huang, Finance VITA program. Megan explained KPS through the Kalmanovitz tax concepts and implications Institute at Georgetown.

12 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 13 Student Success FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATES & TARGETS First-Time Freshman 33% Measuring Success 28% The Student Success Team Graduation Rates 22.2% Top Row: Chris Kingston, The College of Business continually invests in operational and In summer 2016, the Mason Perez, Kevin Connor, academic improvements that support student success. California State University 12.2% Jeff Chun (Assistant Dean) One key measure of the effectiveness of these efforts is the student system set student Middle Row: Marc Corra, Denise 2016 graduation goals for each 2013 graduation rate. The charts on the next page show the positive 2005 Cohort 2025 Kleinrichert (Interim Associate Cohort of the campuses. The San Cohort CSU TARGET Dean), Lupe Ramos impact of operational and academic improvements we implemented. SFSU CoB Graduation For example, the four-year graduation rate for first-time freshmen Francisco State campus (actual rate) TARGET Bottom Row: Javier Garcia, Albert Koo, (actual rate) Graduation Rate increased from 12.2 percent for the 2005 student cohort to 22.2 asked each college to Yim-Yu Wong (Interim Dean), Rate percent for the 2013 cohort, an increase of 10 percentage points. establish its own goals. Hanh Tran, Heidi Yu To help us reach this target, the college submitted a proposal in fall 2017 to SIX-YEAR fund our Student Success GRADUATION and Graduation Initiative. RATES & TARGETS Part of our proposal was First-Time Freshman funded, and we were able 69% to implement items such as 60.2% tutoring services and small 53.6% grants for course redesign. 46.4%

Closing 2016 the Equity Gap 2005 2011 Cohort 2025 The college is committed to Cohort Cohort SFSU CoB CSU TARGET Graduation the success of all students. TARGET (actual rate) (actual rate) Graduation Rate Closing the equity gap for Rate under-represented minority (URM) students has been a University priority for several years. In the 2011 first-time freshman cohort, the college narrowed the SIX-YEAR GRADUATION GAP six-year graduation gap between URM students 64.9% 62.6% and their non-URM Non-Under- 62.2% 55.6% peers to 7.3 percentage represented 55.3% points, compared to a Minorities 43.5% 15.1 percentage point 40.5% 35.8% gap for the 2008 cohort. Under- Represented Minorities

2008 2009 2010 2011

14 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 15 Student Success Success by the Numbers

The College Success Team

(CST) has increased com- Engaged Commercial Real Estate Fellows during munication and outreach Career Services and a session at the SFSU Downtown Campus. with current students re- garding important dates, Professional Development deadlines and services. They Pre-Graduation Workshops containing well-organized, consolidat- have also started proac- Employers who hired students The CST delivered eight pre-graduation ed and timely information students • ProTech Security for jobs or internships: tive advising to ensure workshops in spring 2018 and exper- need to know. This included critical • PwC students are receiving the imented with placing registration dates and deadlines, as well as stu- • Able Services • Reprise Media • Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay support they need to make holds for a subset of our high-unit dent success services such as tutoring, • Adobe student population to help increase retention/graduation workshops, • Anki • RiverRock Real Estate Group progress towards gradu- attendance. This pilot project proved academic advising support, student • Banana Republic • San Francisco Girls Chorus ation in a timely manner. to be very successful. 68.38 percent of organizations, and career services. • Berkadia • Skywalker Properties the students with a registration hold • Slack 1,650 • Boston Properties Class Visits Promoting attended a pre-graduation workshop Online Change of Major • BPM LLC • Sportique student contacts Advising and Student compared to only 3.6 percent in the (undergraduate students with less • Brothers International Holding • Tishman Speyer Success Services group without a hold. A total of 124 than 96 units) • University of California, San since August 2017 • Capital Building Maintenance Francisco In spring 2018, Student Success students attended a pre-graduation The college agreed to help pilot the • CBRE • Universal Music Group Center staff visited multiple class- workshop where they received early online change of major feature in • Citiscape Property Management • Wells Fargo rooms representing a cross-section advising pertaining to graduation, as Campus Solutions, which enabled • City and County of San Francisco of academic courses to promote well as learning about career services students with less than 96 units to Industries where students were • Community Bridges Student contact-hours include drop- our student success services to and graduate school opportunities. declare a major offered by the Col- offered jobs or internships: • Cushman & Wakefield in hours, in-person, phone, video students. Over 1,500 students were lege of Business. This greatly im- • FinancialForce • Accounting appointments, workshops and events. informed through these efforts. Grad App Express proved the speed and accuracy of • Gartner Consulting • Banking the change of major process for our To help students navigate the com- • Biotechnology 350 • Genentech BUS 300 14 sections plexity of applying for graduation, the undergraduate business students. students • GSH Inc. • Commercial Real Estate Student Success Center provided eight During the Fall 2017 semester, a • Consumer Electronics Seniors 48.6% 376 hands-on Grad App Express work- • HFF DS 412 10 sections total of 262 students benefited • E-commerce students • Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) shops in spring 2018. Advisers were in from the online change of major Juniors 34.7% • JP Morgan Chase • Financial Services 524 the room to directly guide students feature. In the Spring 2018 semes- FIN 350 13 sections • Government students through the various components of • Kaiser Permanente ter, a total of 252 students benefit- • Healthcare Graduate Students 6.3% the graduation application. As a result, • Lingrove LLC 245 ed from this streamlined process. ISYS 363 6 sections • Marcus & Millichap • Hospitality students 188 attendees left the session with • Microsoft • Music Alumni 4.5% their graduation application successful- Improved Graduation Rates ACCT 50 • Mimosa Networks • Nonprofit 2 sections ly completed. All these student success ser- 301* students • Research and Advisory vices have resulted in a contin- • Newmark Realty Capital Sophomores 3.5% 20 Student Success Center • Nikon Precision • Retail DS 411* 1 section ued increase to the graduation students • Software Applications Newsletter rates for first-time freshman, as • Patreon Freshmen 2.3% • Technology *requested by the faculty A newsletter was created and sent shown in the tables on Page 15. • Pivoton Capital Academic classification of students who out to over 5,800 undergraduate • Port of San Francisco used the Career Services’ resources. students in fall 2017 and spring 2018

16 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 17 Student Success Career Events Career Services held 49 career workshops and events throughout the academic year, including career information sessions, employer and alumni-led workshops, and skill-building workshops. The wide array of events and workshops were made possible by collaborative partnerships on and off campus, including employers and alumni who provid- ed essential professional development and job search information and resources to College of Business students.

Employers and alumni from `` HR Systems and Technology Presentation On October 17, 2017, Edwin the following companies and Fabian, a College of Business alum who now works at Pixar, shared his insights about HR Systems and Technology. industry organizations made On May 9, 2018, the final Commercial Commercial Real Estate valuable contributions to `` Dolby Information Session On September 13, 2017, Jillian Hom, a College Real Estate Fellows Session was held of Business alum, presented information about Dolby and job opportunities. at Salesforce East, 350 Mission Street, Career Services programming: in San Francisco. Commercial Real Estate Alliance for Tomorrow’s Employees `` Alumni Career Panel On February 20, 2018, students received valuable Accounting Principals (CREATE) is a collaborative effort between leading advice on how to navigate the transition from college life to their career. commercial real estate companies and service firms to Aerotek Panelists included Anthony Cessario (Oracle), Edwin Fabian (Pixar), Samantha Hoyle (Columbia Property Trust), Nick Lee (Yelp), David Nelson (Marcus & address the industry’s growing workforce challenges Ajilon Millichap), and Anna Thoma (Tesla). throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. AXA Advisors

Commercial Real Estate in the commercial real estate Building Owners and Managers Fellows Program industry. The second cohort of Association (BOMA) San Francisco Career Services and Professional the CRE Fellows Program was Commercial Real Estate Alliance for recruited during summer 2018 Tiyana Cruz Development collaborated Tomorrow’s Employees (CREATE) Hospitality and Tourism Management Smallegan with CREATE to launch the and started in September 2018. HTM Students Active On and Off Campus Commercial Real Estate (CRE) COOP Institute of CREATE Internship Program Real Estate Fellows Program to develop Dolby Through a collaboration with Management the industry’s future leaders. Student of CREATE, the college established Gartner The CRE Fellows Program is a the Year 2018 the CREATE Internship Program Google one-year program that teaches to enable students to gain hands- “The CRE Fellows students key commercial real on experience in the commercial Insomniac Program has been and estate management concepts real estate industry. Interns Kaiser Permanente continues to be an and practices, including property participated in the CREATE management, asset management, Marcus & Millichap incredible experience. Internship Kickoff Meeting on and construction and project June 5, 2018, at the Jones Lang When I think about the Merritt Group management. The first cohort of LaSalle office in downtown San program as a whole, 22 Fellows, who were selected Francisco. At this meeting, interns New Relic the word that comes to after an application and interview gained advice from commercial Nikon Precision process, started the program in real estate professionals on mind is “invaluable.” Oracle Smith Travel Reasearch Student Competitors September 2017. The Fellows how to make the most of their Congratulations to Mary-Helen Galleno, Mackenzie Irland, Karla Lo- I have gained a greater networked with commercial real internship experience. Since 2014, Pixar pez, Lauryn Sloan, and Sarah Milner, our five finalists in the Smith Travel inside knowledge of estate industry professionals and 55 students have participated in Propeller Consulting Research Competition. They were in the top 10 among 30 universities to ad- were able to see concepts they commercial real estate internships the commercial real vance to New York City and present to judges at the Hotel Experience Event. learned during sessions come to through this program. Society for Marketing estate industry. If this life through building tours. Professionals San Francisco Fifth Annual Hospitality & Tourism Management Career Expo industry sparks your The program opened career Tesla Over 50 companies participated in the Hospitality & Tourism Management Career interest, please join! doors for students. Some Fellows Expo this year. Students from San Francisco State, as well as other CSUs, attended were selected for enriching Yelp You won’t regret it.” the Expo seeking information on internships, work-experience opportunities, and internship and job opportunities full-time employment.

18 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 19 Student Success Job and Internship Testimonials Scholarships Emily Holtz, MBA Thirty-four of the University’s strategic partners WHEN THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Career Services hosted an on-campus event for MBA sponsored prestigious scholarships in support of the students to meet industryestimonials professionals from Gartner, a worldwide research and advisory firm, exceptional and diverse population of undergraduate I was eagerT to attend and to learn more about the company’s IT and business consulting and graduate students at the College of Business. services. With the help of resources provided by Career Services, I was able to prepare thoroughly for interviews and ultimately received a great offer to join Gartner’s consulting • Aaron Anderson Memorial • Jeff Clavin Memorial practice. I am grateful to Career Services for facilitating that connection, and I highly Scholarship: Scholarship by recommend that all College of Business students get involved with Career Services as part Samantha Bologna InterContinental Hotels of their academic experience! Group: Samantha Perez • Agid Family Scholarship • Nancy Lee Mar Vista Room Lou-Matthew G. San Jose, FINANCE Endowment: • Kaiser Permanente Business Scholarship: Wenfeng Ma Zachary Wagner Certificate in Ethics & I FOUND OUT ABOUT MY JOB at New York Life when it was advertised in one my classes. • Nikon Precision College of Compliance Scholarship: It was for a three-year associate program in commercial real estate with New York Life, giving • Bear Family Endowed Business Scholarship: Lindsey Zaiger, me experience in asset management, acquisitions and debt. What I like best about my job is the Scholarship: Randy Cassanas Natalee Gunn, corporate environment and professionalism. I have worked retail/server jobs my whole life until Sandeep Gurung this point, and this experience is a big upgrade. I have an opportunity to use everything I learned Laura Pruden • Ramona K. First Award • BOMA SF Foundation Scholarship: in school and enhance those skills in my day-to-day, which includes financial statement analysis, • Kawaguchi Family Scholarship Scholarship: Dysson Vielmann-Conley acquisition, and debt underwriting. The College of Business Career Services helped me by Endowment: newly endowed keeping me up-to-date with any offerings from internships to job openings. They help you get in Christine Johnson • Ramsey Family Scholarship front of those who are hiring by letting you know about the many events and meet-and-greets. • Legal Marketing Association • Chevron Scholarship Fund Endowment: newly endowed Erick Vargas Scholarship: • CIO Scholarship Fund Erica Zatarain • SF State College of Business Scholarship: , ACCOUNTING • Dale McKeen Memorial • Leona Bridges Scholarship: Dysson Vielmann-Conley Alexia Barba Scholarship Charize Divina THROUGH MY INTERNSHIP, I immersed myself in the collaborative culture that PwC • SKAL International created in its workplace. My days were spent shadowing different engagement teams and • Don Mar Scholarship: newly • Linda & Nathaniel Oubré Scholarship: Olivia Holmes learning about the software PwC accountants use. I was able to do a rotation between endowed Leadership Scholarship: their tax and assurance lines of services to better understand what each job entails Brisheena Bassel, Abraham • The George Feliz Memorial • Don Scoble Endowment and what I want to do in the future. The best part about my internship was the bonds Nelson, Scholarship: Jack Friedman, Scholarship: Aditi Grossman I created with the people I worked with and the knowledge they shared with me. My Jordan Davis Bozhidar Chakalov recruiter, supervisors, fellow interns, and everyone I met taught me something new and • Ernest C. Dillard Sr. Endowed • Manny Mashouf Endowed • Valerie Hashimoto valuable. Because of these lessons and fun experiences, I developed both professionally Scholarship for Labor Studies and personally. The people I worked with are the reason this internship is so memorable. Scholarship: Juana Medel Scholarship: newly endowed • Hong Kong Association • Martinelli Family Scholarship • Wallace Fund for Diversity of Northern California Endowment: Scholarship: Jorge A. Peraza-Vasquez, MARKETING Scholarship: JunJian Liang, Kimberly Chiong Kimberly Zabala, ZhiYing Wu, Guiting Xu THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS CAREER SERVICES gave me the confidence to Randy Casanas, interview at top companies by allowing me the opportunity to practice and learn skills • Michael Jon Alton Scholarship • Janet Sim Scholarship Omar Zoghayyer, through a mock interview with the director of Career Services. What amazed me the Endowment: Ying Liufu Endowment: newly endowed Dysson Vielmann-Conley, most was the amount of care and preparation the Career Services team has in regards to • Mitsuko Duerr Endowed Hue Vo researching the places where students like myself are interviewing. As a result of sched- • Janice & John Gumas Scholarship uling a mock interview, I landed an internship at FinancialForce as their market research Endowed Marketing • Yetta K. Zetooney Scholarship intern! Each day, I look forward to going to work and learning from notable people. I Scholarship: Jordan Brown, • Yumi Satow Vista Room couldn’t have done it without the Career Services program in the College of Business. Juana Medel Scholarship: Johnson Pham

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Guido Krickx, Associate Professor, Management Meet Robert Bonner, Assistant Professor, Congratulations to Our Promoted Faculty Management Research Interests: Micro-foundations of Strategy, Upper Faculty Echelon Theory, Strategic Human Resource Our Management, Management Education Promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor Tai-Yin Chi, Assistant Professor, Information Systems Research Interests: New Applying quantitative analytical techniques in Mehmet Ergul studying the effectiveness of online learning Hospitality & Tourism Faculty Guillaume Faddoul, Assistant Management Professor, Information Systems Research Interests: Health care area using technology to improve diabetic treatment, Denise Kleinrichert Data Science and Analytics, User Experience Management and Human-Computer Interaction

Chenghao (Matt) Hu, Assistant Professor, Economics Research Interests: Study of globalization, with focus on Eric Lamm international trade and financial interactions Management between countries; specifically, the linkages between international trade and financial/ Lihua Wang banking sectors of trading partners International Business Wei Huang, Assistant Professor, Accounting Research Interests: Effects Yikuan Lee of regulatory changes on corporate International financial reporting; voluntary disclosure; Business earnings management; insider trading

Yao-Tien Lee, Assistant Professor, Accounting Research Interests: Intersection of accounting and information technology, and particular focus on the economic consequences of cybersecurity breach disclosure

Joanne Sopt, Assistant Professor, Accounting Research Interests: Social construction of fraud, Tenure and promotion from Assistant Professor corruption, and accountability to Associate Professor Veronica Sovero, Assistant Professor, Economics Research Interests: Education, Development, Labor and Demographic Economics Susan Roe Hospitality & Dayna Walker, Assistant Tourism Professor, Management Research Management Interests: Organizational Behavior, Organizational Design and Change Shengle Lin Finance Brian Yang, Assistant Professor, Finance Research Interests: Financial Institutions, Empirical Asset Pricing, Investments

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Read more about these news stories and research studies. Faculty in the News Visit cob.sfsu.edu/news. Faculty Awards and Research Brian Aday, Assistant Professor of Hospitality & Tourism Management, The Dow Jones industrial average SABBATICAL LEAVE • Ian Sinapuelas, Marketing, and Leyla • Lihua Wang, International Business. along with co-authors Kelly Virginia plunged 1,175 points on February Ozsen, Decision Sciences. Proposed Lihua Wang, Xiaoya Liang. “The 5, 2018, which was its biggest-ever Bo Ferns, Hospitality & Tourism Phelan from The University of topic: Optimizing a retailer’s Effect of Historical Government daily point plunge. San Francisco Management Queensland and Swathi Ravichandran merchandise mix: The roles of Affiliations on Resource Acquisition from Kent State University, authored State University College of Business Robert Salesman, private labels and national brands and Organizing Capability: Evidence a paper accepted for publication in Assistant Professor of Economics Decision Sciences Discipline-based Research from Chinese Private Firms.” Journal the Journal of Foodservice Business Venoo Kakar was interviewed by the of Asia Business Studies. Accepted DIFFERENCE IN PAY • Deanna Wang, Marketing. Proposed Research. The study examined local news station KRON4. “We’ve for publication, April 21, 2017. Ping Hsiao, Finance topic: Disruption or Destruction? The the motivation behind restaurant been expecting this. It causes worry Amazon Effect on Store-based Retailers • Theresa Hammond, Accounting. T. operators’ decisionmaking when Brenda Mak, Hammond, C. Cooper, C. Van Staden. among the people and investors. • Bing Luo, Accounting. Proposed topic: choosing whether or not to utilize the promotional mediums of flash-sale Information Systems “Anglo American Corporation and But it’s not driven by economic Effects of Auditor-Provided Tax Services sites, such as Groupon or LivingSocial. The study identified that restaurants the South African State: A contextual fundamentals and recession is PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR on Book-Tax Differences and Investors that employed flash sales were weary of any actual success and felt as though analysis of annual reports 1917-1975.” unlikely,” says Venoo Kamar. PROBATIONARY FACULTY • Nasser Shahrasbi, Information the deals brought in already established customers. Restaurants that did Accounting Auditing and Accountability. Sybil Yang, Hospitality & Systems. Proposed topic: Developing not utilize daily deals indicated a major hesitation toward using flash sales Accepted for publication, April 23, 2017. Tourism Management an Online Decision Support Prototype specifically related to low profit margins per item in their operation and to Professor of Management Sally • Foo Nin Ho, Marketing. for Teaching “Startup Readiness” Baack was interviewed live on KCBS the percentage split of the sale price between the firm and flash-sale provider. Yabing Zhao, Decision Sciences 1. Foo Nin Ho, Glen Brodowsky, Seonsu NewsRadio on October 7, 2017, The findings of this study provide some of the first academically published James Aday, Hospitality & EXEMPLARY RESEARCH Lee. “How Much More (or Less) is a to discuss the workplace ethics data regarding flash sales related to the hospitality and tourism industries. Tourism Management AWARDS Brand Worth When Made in a Low implications of the Harvey Weinstein Funding amount across Labor-Cost Country? It depends upon sexual harassment scandal. Who and Where You Ask.” Journal of Assistant Professor of Management RESEARCH GRANT AWARDEES the two awards: $2,000 Promotion Management. Accepted Support across all Exemplary Award; $1000 Veronica Rabelo was accepted into for publication, April 11, 2017. ELEVATE, a faculty training program proposals: $9,800 • Ronald E. Purser, Management. Ronald 2. Yikuan Lee, Foo Nin Ho, Ming-chuan hosted by The Penn Center for Pedagogical Research E. Purser, Bruno Dyck. “Faith, Theoria Wu. “How Do Form and Functional Minority Serving Institutions. • Sybil Yang, Hospitality & Tourism and OMT: A Christian and a Buddhist Newness Affect Adoption Preference? Management. Proposed case study Walk Into a Business School.” Academy The Moderating Role of Consumer topics: China Coast: The Olive Garden of Management Perspectives. Accepted Need for Uniqueness.” Journal of Marketing Professor Subodh Bhat of Chinese Food Fyre–The Luxury for publication, March 6, 2018. Consumer Marketing. Accepted Music Festival or Yosemite National • Yi Zhou, Finance. Bing Han, Lei conducted a survey to gauge reaction to for publication, July 23, 2017. ads featuring mixed-race couples. An ad Park v. Delaware North Corporation Lu, Yi Zhou. “Two Trees with • Venoo Kakar, Economics. Venoo Kakar, tweeted by Old Navy in 2016 sparked • Venoo Kakar, Economics. Heterogeneous Beliefs: Spillover Effect Joel Voelz, Julia Wu, Julisa Franco. online outrage and use of the hashtag Proposed topic: High frequency of Disagreement.” Journal of Financial Assistant Professor of Management and Quantitative Analysis. Accepted “The Visible Host: Does race guide #BoycottOldNavy. What was it that innovative data sets in Time Series Airbnb rental rates in San Francisco?” Veronica Rabelo examines how an Econometrics and Forecasting for publication, March 26, 2018. stirred people’s ire? June 25, 2018 Journal of Housing Economics, archaic theory that perpetuates • Leyla Ozsen, Julia Miyaoka, Yabing RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY Elsevier publishing. Accepted for victim blaming wound up being Zhao, Susan Cholette, Decision AWARD ($300/ARTICLE) publication, August 14, 2017. adopted by those who study SF State Assistant Professor of Sciences. Proposed topic: Experiential Funding amount across all • Susan Roe, Hospitality and Tourism workplace conflict. Cortina, L., Economics Venoo Kakar, Economics Learning of Quality Control in an research articles: $3,300 Management. Repetti, T. , Roe, S.J. Operations Management Course Rabelo, V., & Holland, K. (2017). Lecturer Joel Voelz and graduate Professor Tom Thomas, chair of the • Lutfus Sayeed, Information Systems. “Minimum wage change effects on students conducted a study to see Management Department, along with Inter-departmental Research “Beyond Blaming the Victim: Toward a Simeon, R., Sayeed, L., Onetti, A., restaurant pricing and employment.” Assistant Professors Ian Dunham • Sepideh Modrek, Economics. More Progressive Understanding of if profile information, such as race, Talaia, M. “Analysing the online International Journal of Contemporary and Oscar Stewart, attended the Proposed topic: Optimization of Workplace Mistreatment.” Industrial sexual orientation and gender, wine tourism strategies of American Hospitality Management. Accepted Aspen Institute Business & Society’s linkage algorithms to link historical for publication, September 16, 2017. and Organizational Psychology, 1-20. had any impact on the price of San and Italian wineries.” International Undergraduate Consortium held June census data to two cohort studies Journal of Management and doi:10.1017/iop.2017.54 Francisco Airbnb listings. 2018, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Enterprise Development. Accepted Aspen Undergraduate Consortium brings for publication, February 6, 2017. In an op-ed, Professor of Labor and Employment Studies John Logan wrote about the together some of the world’s leading 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Janus v. AFSCME, which prohibits public-sector unions expert business faculty and deans to share from collecting “fair-share fees” covering the cost of representing non-union members, ideas and teaching practices, inspiring COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 25 as one of its most partisan decisions of the past half-century. June 28, 2018 them to innovate in the classroom. Faculty ACCOUNTING • Philip King, Cornell University • Lihua Wang, Northwestern University • Shih-Chu Chou, University of Texas at • Sepideh Modrek, University of California, • Yim-Yu Wong, University of Nebraska— Austin, McCombs School Berkeley Lincoln RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY RESEARCH SEMINAR TALKS • Amy Chun-Chia Chang, University of • Michael Potepan, University of California, • Nini Yang, University at Buffalo—The State Houston Davis University of New York AWARD (continued) • 9/29/2017, “Surviving M&A,” Mitchell • Min Chen, Kent State University • Veronica T. Sovero, University of California, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT STUDIES Los Angeles • Lutfus Sayeed, Information Systems. Lee Marks, Philip H. Mirvis, and Ron • Frederick Choo, University of New South • John Logan, London School of Economics Sayeed, L., Onetti, A. “The relationship Ashkenas. Harvard Business Review. Wales • Lisa Takeyama, Stanford University and Political Science • George Frankel, New York University between organizational resources and Mitchell Lee Marks, Management. FINANCE MANAGEMENT • Theresa Hammond, University of Green IT/S adoption: A RBV approach.” • 9/29/2017, “Social, Psychological, • Todd Feldman, University of California, • Michael Albert, Georgia State University Wisconsin Santa Cruz Journal of International Technology and And Physical Aspects of the Work • Sally Baack, University of Southern • Katherine Hetherington, University of Information Management. Accepted • Xi Han, University of Washington California Environment Could Contribute to Florida for publication, November 1, 2017. • Xue (Snow) Han, University of Georgia • Robert Bonner, University of Texas at San Hypertension Prevalence,” David • Su-Jane Hsieh, Purdue University • Ping Hsiao, University of Southern Antonio • Susan Cholette, Decision Sciences. H. Rehkopf, Sepideh Modrek, Linda • Wei Huang, Florida International California • Geoffrey Desa, University of Washington Mauricio Varas, Sergio Maturana, Cantley, and Mark R. Cullen. Health University • Alan Jung, University of California, Berkeley • Ian M. Dunham, Temple University Susan Cholette, Alejandro MacCawley, Affairs. Sepideh Modrek, Economics. • Jai Kang, Texas A&M University • Donglin Li, University of California, Berkeley • Connie Marie Gaglio, University of Chicago Franco Basso. “Assessing the benefits of • Jung Hoon Kim, University of California, • 2/16/2018, “Yes, but this one • Gang Li, University of California, Berkeley labelling postponement in an export- Berkeley • Nara Jeong, Washington State University looks better/works better: When • Ming Li, University of California, Los • Yao-Tien Lee, McMaster University • Priyanka Joshi, University of Southern focused winery.” International Journal might consumers choose superior Angeles • Yifan Li, University of California, Irvine California, Marshall School of Business of Production Research. Accepted sustainability despite a trade-off with • Shengle Lin, George Mason University • Bing Luo, University of North Texas • Denise Kleinrichert, University of South for publication, January 15, 2018. other valued product attributes?” M. • Shuming Liu, University of Texas at Austin Florida • John O’Shaughnessy, Golden Gate Luchs, M. Kumar. Journal of Business • Yuli Su, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee • Brian Aday, Hospitality and Tourism University • Guido Krickx, University of California, Los Ethics. Minu Kumar, Marketing. • Brian Yang, University of California, Irvine Angeles Management. J. B. Aday, K. V. • Lufei Ruan, Carnegie Mellon University • Yi Zhou, University of California, Los • Eric Lamm, Boston College Phelan, S. Ravichandran. “Examining • 2/16/2018, “Measuring Reliability • Joanne Sopt, Rutgers University restaurant operators’ motives Angeles • Chenwei Li, University of Alabama of Transportation Networks Using DECISION SCIENCES when choosing whether to offer a • Chris Yost-Bremm, Texas A&M University • Mitchell Marks, University of Michigan Snapshots of Movements in the • Ramesh Bollapragada, Carnegie Mellon flash sale.” Journal of Foodservice HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM • Antoaneta Petkova, University of Maryland Network – An Analytical and University Business Research. Accepted for MANAGEMENT • Ronald Purser, Case Western Reserve Empirical Study,” D. Gillen., H. • Rex Cheung, University of California, • James Brian Aday, Texas Tech University University publication, February 28, 2018. Hasheminia. Transportation Research Davis • Mehmet Ergul, Texas Tech University • Veronica Rabelo, University of Michigan • Venoo Kakar, Economics. Gerald Eric part B: Methodological. Hamed • Susan Cholette, Stanford University • Bo Ferns, Purdue University • Manely Sharifian, University of Alberta Daniels Jr., Venoo Kakar. “Normalized Hasheminia, Decision Sciences. • Jamie Eng, Harvard University • Colin Johnson, Fribourg University • Oscar Stewart, University of North Carolina CES supply side system approach: • Hamed Hasheminia, University of British • 2/16/2018, “The term structure of • Susan Roe, University of Nevada, Las Vegas at Charlotte how to replicate Klump, McAdam, Columbia credit spreads, firm fundamentals, • Ryan Smith, The Hong Kong Polytechnic • John Sullivan, University of Florida and Willman (Review of Economics • Stewart Lui, University of California, and expected stock returns,” Bing Berkeley University • Tom Thomas, University of California, and Statistics, 2007).” Economics: Berkeley Han, Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, • Julia Miyaoka, Stanford University • Andrew Walls, University of Central Florida The Open-Access, Open-Assessment • Smita Trivedi, George Washington Yi Zhou. Journal of Financial • Leyla Ozsen Intrevado, Northwestern • Sybil Yang, Cornell University E-Journal 12 (2018-19): 1–13. University Economics. Yi Zhou, Finance. University INFORMATION SYSTEMS • Dayna Walker, Claremont Graduate • 4/13/2018, “Gender gap in health • Theresa Roeder, University of California, • Paul Beckman, Purdue University University Berkeley status of children in the context • David Chao, University of Washington • Robert Saltzman, Stanford University MARKETING of one-child policy in China: is it • Tai-Yin Chi, Claremont Graduate University • Sada Soorapanth, University of Michigan • Subodh Bhat, University of Georgia sibling rivalry or son preference?” • Guillame Faddoul, Claremont Graduate • Vaidyanathan Udayabhanu, Carnegie • Sina Damangir, University of Houston M. Kubo, A. Chaudhuri. Journal University Mellon University • Foo-Nin Ho, University of Mississippi of Family and Economic Issues. • Lei Jin, Georgia State University • Yabing Zhao, University at Buffalo— The • Nga Ho-Dac, University of Utah • Brenda Mak, Northwestern University Anoshua Chaudhuri, Economics. State University of New York • Mahmood Hussain, University of Colorado • Lutfus Sayeed, Georgia State University • 4/13/2018, “Mobile Technology ECONOMICS at Boulder • Nasser Shahrasbi, HEC Montréal Dependence and Mobile • Michael Bar, University of Minnesota • Minu Kumar, University of Mississippi • Sameer Verma, Georgia State University Technostress,” B. L. Mak, R. Nickerson, • Sudip Chattopadhyay, University of Illinois, • Kathy O’Donnell, Kent State University • Au Vo, Claremont Graduate University J. Sim. Journal of Innovation and Champaign-Urbana • Veronika Papyrina, University of Western Technology Management. Brenda • Anoshua Chaudhuri, University of INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Ontario Washington Mak, Information Systems. • Bruce Heiman, University of California, • Bruce Robertson, University of Cincinnati • Kirill Chernomaz, Ohio State University Berkeley • Sanjit Sengupta, University of California, • 4/13/2018, “Profit or Legitimacy? • Chenghao “Matt” Hu, University of • Sergey Lebedev, University of Texas—Dallas Berkeley What Drives Firms to Prioritize California, Davis • Yi-Kuan Lee, Rensselaer Polytechnic • Ian Clark Sinapuelas, Purdue University Social Stakeholders over Economic • Zuzana Janko, University of California, Institute • Judi Strebel, University of California, Stakeholders?” L. Wang, X. Liang. Riverside • Joel Nicholson, Florida State University Berkeley Asian Journal of Business Ethics. • Venoo Kakar, University of California, • Roblyn Simeon, University of California, • Gulnur Tumbat, University of Utah Lihua Wang, International Business. Riverside Berkeley • Hui-Ming Wang, Purdue University Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty, Fall 2018 Fall Faculty, & Tenure-Track Tenured • Gerardo Ungson, Pennsylvania State University Graduate Business Programs Executive Education

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Women’s Emerging Other Noteworthy Women’s Emerging Leadership Highlights Leadership Forum Programs Forum September 21, 2018 The fifth annual Women’s Emerging November 2 & 3, 2017 Investments 101 April 21, 2018 Leadership Forum featured Keynote This popular event brought to- Attendees learned important aspects of Two new graduate programs launched this fall—a master of science in Speaker Caretha Coleman, a direc- gether top women executives and investment and finance to help them tor on the board of Dignity Health. business analytics (MSBA) and an MBA in South San Francisco targeting aspiring leaders to share knowl- manage their money more wisely. edge and experiences regarding This popular event provided women professionals in the biotech, pharmaceutical and life science industries. equity in the workplace and career Finance for Non-Financial leaders the opportunity to expand advancement challenges to help Professionals April 28, 2018 their network and learn meaning- Participants learned the fundamentals Master of Science in Biotech MBA Biotech MBA Advisory participants enhance their lead- ful ways to enhance their leader- ership skills, learn how to take of a company’s financial structure, best ship skills by sharing knowledge, Business Analytics In partnership with the City of Council Members advantage of opportunities for practices of financial management, tips and professional experiences. The Master of Science in Business South San Francisco and the Cal- `` Phillip E. Benson, Partner, career and personal growth, and and common pitfalls and mistakes to Analytics is an innovative new ifornia Life Sciences Association, Biostrategies Group How to Do Business in the expand their professional network. avoid. They gained effective finance and program spearheaded by an inter- we launched a version of our MBA accounting skills to help them become Pacific Rim October 12, 2018 `` Edward T. Cox, Head of Partnering disciplinary team of faculty from program designed to serve busy Entrepreneurship valuable contributors in their workplace. International trade professionals Quality, Global Supply Chain & Decision Sciences, Information professionals working in one of Symposium April 5, 2018 learned how to do business in the Affiliate Quality, Genentech, Inc. Ethics & Compliance Systems and Marketing. The pro- the world’s leading biotech hubs. Asian Pacific Rim, by gaining insights Designed with budding entre- Roundtable May 4, 2018 gram went through a rigorous Classes are conveniently held two ` on utilizing e-commerce, social media ` Alex Greenwood, Director, City preneurs in mind, this program This workshop focused on cyber security development and approval process. nights a week in South San Fran- and other marketing tools to attract of South San Francisco, Economic & provided attendees with actionable and ethics, and was organized in collabo- The 10-course, 30-unit curriculum cisco, and the entire 16-course, consumers overseas, and by network- Community Development Department tips and valuable insights from suc- ration with the college’s Center for Ethi- consists of courses in data manage- 48-unit program can be complet- cessful entrepreneurs to strengthen ing with international business profes- `` Minu Kumar, Associate Professor of cal and Sustainable Business. Technology ment, applied multivariate meth- ed in 32 months. Courses include their entrepreneurial skills. Topic sionals. This event was co-hosted by Marketing, San Francisco State University best practices, tech privacy and security, ods, programming, and machine topical cases, team projects and the College of Business and California highlights included how to create a insider threats to business, cryptocur- learning, and will prepare gradu- informative guest speakers from Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce. `` Lori Lindburg, President & CEO, business strategy, how to bootstrap rencies and blockchain were a few of ates for careers in big data analysis life science industries. Advanced California Life Sciences Institute (CLSI) a business and manage limited the topics discussed by expert speakers. or data sciences. We are seeking courses may include demand resources, ways to improve exec- `` Constance McKee, President & CEO, to increase our partnerships with forecasting, negotiations, lead- utive-level communication skills, Manzanita Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bay Area businesses interested in ership, entrepreneurship (fund- and techniques to improve your Participants at the Entrepreneurship Symposium, April 5, 2018, held at the SFSU Downtown Campus, 835 Market Street, 6 Fl., in San Francisco. working with us on customized raising, drug development and `` Barmak Modrek, formerly Director pitch to investors. A Pitch Com- student course projects, intern- regulatory approval, marketing of Infomatics and Co-founder, Vineti petition, funded by a partnership ships and full-time job placement. and distribution) and more. Join with MUFG Union Bank, N.A., was us in spreading the word about `` William J. Newell, Chief Executive Contact Leyla Ozsen, Program part of the Symposium. Innovative this exciting new program. Officer, Sutro Biopharma Director, at [email protected] to and inspiring business ideas from discuss partnership opportunities. Contact Sanjit Sengupta, Director six founders out of over 20 submis- of Graduate Business Programs, sions were selected to compete for at [email protected] to discuss cash prizes and potential funding. partnership opportunities. Read the story of the three win- ning founders and their innova- 28 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY tive business ideas on Page 4. Get involvedwww.sfsu.edu/getinvolved! Friend-Raising, Fundraising Ten ways you can get involved with San Francisco State University. College of Business Fundraising

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30 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ANNUAL REPORT 31 Resources and Investments The College of Business receives the majority of its funding in the form of state support and student fees, but this covers only a portion of the full cost of delivering a high-quality education. In addition to campus and college reserves, the College is also funded by non-state sources, such as graduate student Denise Kleinrichert professional fees, non-degree programs, and philanthropy. State funding has declined or remained flat over the last six years. As this trend continues, the College of Business is implementing new initiatives that focus on expanding non-state revenue sources.

Fiscal Year 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15

Sources of Funds 19,991,705 18,533,366 16,703,005 15,916,427

General Fund 16,761,319 15,874,719 14,828,864 14,136,098

CSU MBA/MSA Professional/DTC Rent Fees 1,080,525 757,195 715,198 958,000 Manny Nungaray Bonnie Li-Victorino, Jeff Chun, Sandra Henao, Timothy Anderson, Yim-Yu Wong, Sanjit Sengupta Extended Education 446,500 483,203 412,843 446,879

Executive Education/COBE 0 0 0 3,768 Donations/Fundraising - Current use 1,703,361 1,418,249 746,100 371,682 Leadership COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Yim-Yu Wong, Interim Dean (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) Fiscal Year 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 ANNUAL REPORT Uses of Funds 19,991,705 18,533,366 16,703,005 15,916,427 Fiscal Year Denise Kleinrichert, Interim Associate Dean July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018 (University of South Florida) Salaries and Benefits 18,240,662 14,910,570 14,954,452 14,448,900 Jeff Chun, Assistant Dean (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor) Marketing and Advertising 162,459 229,679 368,097 295,621 PUBLISHED October 2018 Sandra Henao, Executive Director of Business Development Research and Development 120,983 230,938 190,631 156,491 and Marketing (Thunderbird School of Global Management) EXECUTIVE EDITOR Travel 66,453 78,288 101,492 72,058 Sandra Henao Sanjit Sengupta, Faculty Director, Graduate Business Programs Rent 882,272 792,988 808,844 694,966 (University of California, Berkeley) ART DIRECTOR Computers and Equipment 17,385 102,610 204,182 36,441 and DESIGNER Bonnie Li-Victorino, Director of Finance and Operations Scholarships 77,625 61,042 67,350 72,500 Tod Arnoldy (San Franciscco State University) Other 423,883 2,127,251 7,957 139,450 Special thanks to the Timothy Anderson, Executive Director, Development and College of Business Operations (Harvard Business School) faculty and staff, and Jamie Oppenheim, News Manny Nungaray, Senior Director of Development Writer, Strategic Marketing (Notre Dame de Namur University) and Communications, for contributing stories for this publication. 32 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Franciso, CA 94132

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On February 1, 2018, College of Business students toured the Google campus in Mountain View, California. During the visit, students connected with professionals, including a College of Business alum, who shared insights about the different roles that contribute to the organization.