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November 9, 2007

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Jan 23 – Oakland
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Barbara Desoer Named Business Leader of the Year Barbara Desoer, MBA 77, the chief technology and operations officer at Bank of America, received the Haas School's "Business Leader of the Year" Award at the Haas School Gala. Full Story Dean's Search Committee Announced The committee to lead the search for a new dean for the Haas School has been formed. Full Story Stowsky Named Senior Assistant Dean for Instruction Jay Stowsky, assistant vice provost for academic planning and facilities at UC Berkeley, and senior research associate at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), has been named the new Senior Assistant Dean for Instruction (ADI) at the Haas School, according to an announcement by Dean Tom Campbell. Full Story Innovation Conference to Spotlight Star Faculty Come see our star faculty on November 17 as they discuss research to be published in the 50th anniversary of the California Management Review. The special issue focuses entirely on Haas faculty research exploring various aspects of innovation and practical application. Panelists include Jennifer Chatman, Richard Lyons, Jerome Engel, John Freeman, Rashi Glazer, Pablo Spiller, David Aaker, Sara Beckman, Kay-Yut Chen, David Teece, Lee Fleming, Henry W. Chesbrough, John Morgan, Robert Cole, Raymond Miles, David Mowery, and Steven Tadelis. Register for Conference \| Get Free Copy of CMR 'Sustainable Solutions' Program Created by Dow Gift With an initial $2 million gift, and a pledge of $8 million more, the Haas School's Center for Responsible Business will establish a new program to provide students educational and research opportunities in the area of sustainable products and solutions. Full Story Professor Emeritus Balderston Passes Away Haas School Professor Emeritus Frederick E. Balderston, an authority on the savings and loan industry and an early experimenter with computer simulation of banking and marketing decisions, died at the age of 84. Full Story Tesla Co-Founder Shares Insight on Electric Car Martin Eberhard, co-founder and president of electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors, will speak at Haas as part of the Berkeley-Columbia Speaker Series on December 7. Full Story Clean Tech Conference to spotlight Electric car The Prius will be among a fleet of the latest electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and electric scooters taking the stage November 19 at the Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference, "Electrification of Vehicles." Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board, will give the keynote presentation. Full Story Media Continue to Turn to Haas Faculty for News Haas faculty are sought out by the media every week. To reveiw the recent coverage, go to Haas in the News.
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For Job Seekers: Experienced Hire Haas MBA Technology Career Fair 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm, November 13 Haas School, B of A Forum Current list of recruiting companies include: Apple, Autodesk, Brocade, Cisco, H-P, Intel, KLA, mBlox, RealNetworks, Satmetrix, Verisign. A complete list of companies will be in the November 9th alumnijobs newsletter. No fee to jobseekers, no pre-registration. If you need assistance updating your resume, or for more information on the HAN MBA Career Advising programplease, send an email to alumnicareers@haas.berkeley.edu. Negotiation - What makes up Salary Haas School, Room S-489 7:00pm to 8:30pm, November 15 How do you negotiate and evaluate a job offer? This session will teach you to understand and objectively evaluate job offers. We will discuss how an organization (Fortune 500) puts together an offer, and where the negotiation points are. Presenter: Bonnie Wild Register / Get Info For Hiring Managers: Working with Executive Recruiters Haas School 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Room S-489 Join us for an informative discussion with a panel of Retained Search Recruiters. They will provide guidance in how to work with Executive Recruiters as a client company and as a job seeker. Register / Get Info Use Our Career Services We'll soon revise our site's career section and unveil our revamped career services. Download our new brochure for a sneak preview.
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Pricing for Profitability in the Information Age UC Berkeley Center for Executive Development Four-Day Course: January 14, 15 and February 11, 12 Companies leave millions, sometimes billions, of dollars on the table every year through sub-optimal pricing practices. This pricing course will equip you with proven and new techniques for assessing, formulating, and monitoring pricing strategies in this new era. The course is led by Teck Ho, one of the Haas School's most charismatic professors and a well-known expert in the field of pricing. He won the Best Teacher of the Year Award three years in a row and consults for many of the Fortune 500. Fee: $5,445 Corporate Offer: Three for the price of two from one firm. Location: The Haas School Details and Registration If you have any questions or would like to register a group, call (510) 642-9167 or (415) 637-4913.
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