April 6, 2016 | Michigan Tech College of Business Newsblog

Day: April 6, 2016

Brown Bag Lunch Seminar

Published April 6, 2016

The School of Business and Economics will have its second brown bag lunch research seminar from noon – 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, in Academic Office Building 101. Associate Professor of Management, Manish Srivistava will present his latest research breakthrough.

Title: Firm Risk and Market Valuation: A Reexamination Using Quantile Regression

Abstract:

Despite a very long history the relationship between firm risk and market value of firms is poorly understood. Some of the prior research have shown a positive relationship, others have found a negative relationship, while still others have found no relationship. Considering the inconsistency of these findings, in this research, we reexamine this relationship using quantile regression and make an attempt to reconcile some of the contradictory findings.

Student Spotlight – Russell Lawson

Published April 6, 2016

Senior mathematics major and economics minor, Russell Lawson will graduate next month with a lot of great opportunities ahead of him. Russell, like most seniors has been working on planning out the next chapter of his life. He applied to law schools as well as government-funded fellowships to get him abroad for a year.

Within a week of one another, Russell was accepted to the University of Michigan to study law and was accepted to The Congress-Budestag Yourth Exchange for Young Professionals. Thankfully, University of Michigan has been understanding. Russell will go to Germany first, and begin his legal studies upon his return in fall of 2017.

As for his fellowship, Russell will be spending the year in Germany. His first two months will be spent studying at a German language school before he begins taking law courses at a University for a semester. Russell will then have the opportunity to spend six months working abroad. The Congress-Budestag Yourth Exchange for Young Professionals is a selective 1-year scholarship awarded to only 75 individuals across the nation. Congratulations, and best wishes to Russell as he begins an exciting chapter this spring!