Terry ranks as top public business school, leadership lessons from transforming legacy firms and research into AI and entrepreneurship

October 2022

US News ranked Terry RMI #1, Real Estate #3, Accounting #8, MIS #9, Finance #15, Marketing #16 and Management #17

Seven Terry majors ranked in top 20 among public business schools

U.S. News & World Report ranked seven academic majors at the Terry College of Business among the top 20 public business schools. The Terry College was ranked 13th, the sixth straight year it ranked in the top 15 of public business schools by U.S. News.

Bringing legacy companies into the future takes grit

Mativ CEO Julie Schertell (MAcc ’92) shepherded the merger of markets, operations and culture at legacy paper firms Neenah and Schweitzer-Mauduit International. The key to her success: grit. [Photo Gallery]

A person using predictive text on their smartphone

Did my computer say it best?

New research out of the Terry College shows people relying on computer algorithms for assistance with language-related and creative tasks did not improve their performance, and were often more trusting of low-quality advice.

What’s HOPE Scholarship’s effect on new businesses?

Researchers from the Terry College, Georgia State University and Georgia Tech received a $400,000 Knowledge Challenge Grant to study the HOPE Scholarship’s effect on entrepreneur-focused career paths.

Georgia MBA sees best-ever ranking from Bloomberg

The Terry College Full-Time MBA program placed No. 11 among public university MBA programs and 33rd overall in the annual rankings from Bloomberg Businessweek.

Illustration Young woman crying while looking at social media

Free social media apps pose big mental health costs

Legal studies professor Greg Day argues mental health costs sustained by consumers using free social media apps should be a factor when calculating consumer harm in antitrust lawsuits.

Clockwise: Santanu Chatterjee, Jerry Kane, Tim Quigley, Terrence Saldanha

Four Terry College professors appointed to endowed chairs

Four Terry College faculty members were promoted to endowed chairs and professorships.

Santanu Chatterjee was named to the Dr. Harold A. Black Distinguished Professorship.
Jerry Kane was named the C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry Chair of Business Administration.
Tim Quigley was appointed to the Georgia Athletic Association Professorship.
Terence Saldanha was appointed to the Becky and Howard Young Distinguished Professorship.

IN THE NEWS

Despite the waning focus on pandemic restrictions and precautions, white-collar workers still spend about 30 percent of the time working from home. It’s going to take more than the status-quo to lure them back to the office, MIS professor Jerry Kane told The Observer last month. Hybrid workplaces are becoming standard, and the challenge facing employers is enticing workers into the office. Perks such as free food can help but being in the office also needs to make sense for the workflow. “Employees are happy to go to the office, and actually want to go to the office, when there is the opportunity to be productive and be together,” Kane said.

This summer, workers such as baristas and minor league baseball players voted to unionize. Matt Knepper, assistant professor of economics at the Terry College, explained the rapid pace of unionization in non-traditional sectors is due in part to the historically tight labor market. “There is a resurgence and renewed interest in unionization,” Knepper told The Georgia Recorder shortly before the MLBPA recognized the minor league players’ union. “The labor market is historically tight right now, in spite of the Federal Reserve’s action on interest rates. In the aggregate job reports, the job growth doesn’t seem to have slowed substantially.”