A Solution to the Plastics Problem?

A Solution to the Plastics Problem?

In his urgent new book, “Peak Plastic: The Rise or Fall of Our Synthetic World” (Praeger, 2019), Jack Buffington offers some realistic solutions to the planet’s mounting, but not yet insurmountable, plastics problem. A professor of supply chain management at DU’s...

Eager anticipation might be a bad idea

Eager anticipation might be a bad idea

We’ve probably all had that experience where you see a beautiful ocean-front vacation advertisement and then you get to the resort and find out you’ll be looking at a parking lot for the next week. New research from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of...

Predictions for fantasy sports from big data experts

Predictions for fantasy sports from big data experts

While fantasy sports have been around for many years, access to big data sets and computer power to process them is a relatively new phenomenon. New research from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business indicates that the daily fantasy sports market...

Jackson speaks at REfresh Expo

Jackson speaks at REfresh Expo

“Innovate” was the word echoed by Barbara Jackson during her time speaking at the REfresh Expo at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver Oct. 11. Jackson, director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, addressed a crowd...

The Supreme Court after Kennedy

The Supreme Court after Kennedy

Drawing more than 90 students and other individuals, Daniels’ Department of Business Ethics and Legal Studies held the panel discussion, “The Supreme Court after Kennedy,” in Margery Reed’s Reiman Theater Oct. 23. The panelists, all BELS faculty members, discussed...

The impact of impact investing

The impact of impact investing

Unless you’re in the world of impact investing, ESG, SDG and SRI are just a bunch of letters tossed together. But the three panelists at the Fall 2018 Finance Forum hosted by the Reiman School of Finance, convinced the audience that—no matter which acronym you...

30,000 apartments under construction

30,000 apartments under construction

2018 third quarter apartment report by Daniels College of Business real estate professor   The third quarter Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent report shows that vacancy and rent dropped slightly from last quarter. But a special section of the report focuses on...

Innovation is a Journey, Not a Destination

Innovation is a Journey, Not a Destination

New research from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business finds that innovation is much more than an idea. Innovation is a complex process and leaders shouldn’t get stuck in the idea phase, according to a study from Associate Professor Melissa Archpru...

In Pursuit of Failure

While entrepreneurs scramble to find the next big idea that will work, Associate Marketing Professor Rosanna Garcia prefers to focus on the things that don’t. Garcia, who holds the Walter Koch Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at Daniels, is an expert on “resistant...