"BUCO courses prepare students to communicate strategically and effectively in a highly competitive, interconnected, and communication-rich global marketplace."
— Kirk Snyder
Department Chair and Professor of Clinical Business Communication
Departments
Dean Garrett’s flagship teaching chair program ensures the school will attract and retain the most innovative, inspiring educators, and mentors for Marshall and Leventhal students.
Causal inference can rigorously inform executive decision-making about the actual impacts of difficult decisions on real outcomes.
Faculty recognized for exceptional teaching are honored with excellence awards and endowed teaching chair positions.
Departments
USC Marshall houses seven academic departments that span the breadth and depth of a comprehensive business education. Business disciplines include finance, data sciences & operations, marketing, management, and business communication, as well as a school of accounting and a dedicated entrepreneurship center. Students at all levels benefit from a faculty of globally known scholars and working practitioners, who offer cutting-edge insights into the most pressing business issues of the day, as well as robust hands-on learning opportunities and professional networks.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
"BUCO courses prepare students to communicate strategically and effectively in a highly competitive, interconnected, and communication-rich global marketplace."
— Kirk Snyder
Department Chair and Professor of Clinical Business Communication
LATEST FROM BUCO
USC Marshall Welcomes 21 New Faculty
These faculty bring their varied expertise into the classroom, with a mix of academia, research, and real-world experience.
OpEd: Stephen Lind for USC Annenberg Relevance Report
LIND, associate professor of clinical business communication, writes in the USC Annenberg Relevance Report how programs like Synthesia and other AI-augmented communications tools need to be used with a healthy balance of both boldness and care.
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: April 2024
We are proud to highlight the amazing Marshall faculty who have been recognized this month for their leading-edge work and expertise.
DATA SCIENCES + OPERATIONS
“Faculty are applying research to current problems and sharing their expertise with businesses, government, and media.”
— Greys Sošić
Department Chair and Professor of Data Sciences and Operations
LATEST FROM DSO
University Park Campus Awash in Trojan Pride for Trojan Family Weekend
The annual event allows visitors experience the cardinal and gold lifestyle.
Quoted: Nick Vyas in Logistics Management
VYAS, Founding Director Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, tells Logisitics Management that going digital and utilizing AI is essential for organizations to thrive.
Data Scientist is Changing the Dynamics of Sports Performance Analytics
In Professor Lorena Martin’s classes, students learn how to code, analyze, and communicate data for athletic performance, injury prevention, and career longevity.
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: September 2024
We are proud to highlight the many accomplishments of Marshall’s exceptional faculty recognized for recently accepted and published research and achievements in their field.
Quoted: Milan Miric in San Francisco Chronicle
MIRIC, associate professor of data sciences and operations, posits to the Chronicle that the Fed cut and lower rates in lending could boost smaller tech businesses. (Paywall)
FINANCE + BUSINESS ECONOMICS
“Faculty and students in the Finance and Business Economics Department examine economic decision-making and the role of markets in the allocation of real and financial resources.”
— Kevin Murphy
Department Chair, Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance, and Professor of Finance and Business Economics
LATEST FROM FBE
Cited: Mete Kilic in Morningstar
Morningstar cites research by KILIC, assistant professor of finance and business economics, indicating how the gold-platinum ratio can predict a strong stock market.
Quote: Marco Giacoletti in San Francisco Chronicle
GIACOLETTI, assistant professor of finance and business economics, discusses with the San Francisco Chronicle how the policy interest in rent control goes in cycles. (Subscription needed)
Quoted: Marco Giacoletti in San Francisco Chronicle
GIACOLETTI, assistant professor of finance and business economics, posits to the San Francisco Chronicle that the current mortgage rate is still too high to entice homeowners to sell their homes. (Subscription needed)
Interview: Erica Jiang in Los Angeles Business Journal
JIANG, assistant professor of finance and business economics, chats with the LA Business Journal about current trends disrupting how banks do business.
Quoted: Marco Giacoletti on CNN
GIACOLETTI, assistant professor of finance and business economics posits to CNN the recent change to positive in the Treasury yield curve (uninversion) is not necessarily a recession indicator without further analysis of other contributing factors.
LEVENTHAL SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING
"A student with accounting training can track not only dollars and cents related to financial initiatives, but also value humanitarian aid, environmental impacts of business decisions and initiatives related to equity and inclusion."
— William Holder
Dean of the Leventhal School of Accounting.
LATEST FROM LEVENTHAL
Recap: 40th Annual SEC and Financial Reporting Conference
DEAN WILLIAM HOLDER [Leventhal] and RICHARD SLOAN, professor of accounting, are mentioned in a recap of this year's conference by ACCOUNTING TODAY.
Setting the Sustainability Reporting Standards Investors Demand
“There is a whole ecosystem evolving to support preparers and users of sustainability reports…These roles are in high demand and require new skills and so should present valuable career opportunities for our students.”
— Richard Sloan, Deloitte and Touche LLP Chair in Accounting and Professor of Accounting, Finance, and Business Economics
Guiding Exceptional Minds (GEMS)
Guiding Exceptional Minds (GEMS) brings the best students to the best employers, thanks to the efforts of Professor Mike Paranal and the Trojan Family Network.
Next Generation Auditors
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) awards competitive scholarships to two USC Leventhal students.
LLOYD GREIF CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES
“Our students learn a mindset that sets them apart. It is about adaptable, flexible thinking; assessing and managing risk in dynamic, uncertain environments; and finding and pursuing new opportunities.”
— Elissa Grossman
Department Chair, Orfalea Director's Chair in Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship
LATEST FROM GREIF
Marshall Alums’ SoFiiT App Promotes Health and Wellbeing on Campus
The social fitness app has already found success with students and was recently selected for the prestigious Techstars Columbus accelerator program.
USC Soccer Star Brings Competitive Edge to Marshall
Trojan forward Simone Jackson is succeeding off the field by diving headfirst into Marshall’s many opportunities.
Marshall Students’ App is Changing the Way Athletes Recover from Injuries
Identifying a gap in the digital fitness app space, Greif Center alumni are giving physical therapy patients power over their own healing with their new app: Kenko.
USC Iovine and Young Academy and USC Marshall Announce Joint Degree in Business and Innovation
BS Business of Innovation (BUIN) degree combines Marshall’s business acumen with IYA’s creativity to prepare innovators to imagine, build, and scale impact.
Industry Insiders Teach Entrepreneurship in Entertainment Industry
Professors Sherry Gunther and Michael Napoliello are providing students a behind-the-scenes look into the endless entrepreneurial possibilities in the ever-changing entertainment industry.
MANAGEMENT + ORGANIZATION
“As society faces unprecedented change in multiple areas, it is more important than ever that we have strong leaders that understand how to think strategically. We teach students key aspects of strategy and leadership to thrive in dynamic environments.”
— Kyle Mayer
Department Chair and Professor of Management and Organization
LATEST FROM MOR
University Park Campus Awash in Trojan Pride for Trojan Family Weekend
The annual event allows visitors experience the cardinal and gold lifestyle.
Quoted: David Carter in Deseret News
CARTER, adjunct professor of management and organization, explains to the Deseret News why Ryan Smith and Smith Entertainment Group are successful disruptors to sports ownership.
Research: Florenta Teodoridis in Brookings
TEODORIDIS, Jorge Paulo and Susanna Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship, publishes research in Brookings about the challenges of balancing market innovation incentives and regulation in AI.
Interview: Geoffrey Garrett on CNBC Mumbai
Dean GARRETT was in studio with CNBC Mumbai discussing the global market potential including the US elections and India becomig a bigger trading destination vs China.
MARKETING
"Our marketing faculty operate on the cutting-edge of the discipline. Many of our professors are scholars who conduct research that expands the understanding of the practice, while others come with a wealth of practical marketing experience."
— Anthony Dukes
Department Chair, Robert E. Brooker Chair in Marketing, and Professor of Marketing
LATEST FROM MKT
Quoted: Wendy Wood in Good Housekeeping
Wood, Provost Professor Emerita of Psychology and Business, shares with Good Housekeeping the key to form good habits.
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: September 2024
We are proud to highlight the many accomplishments of Marshall’s exceptional faculty recognized for recently accepted and published research and achievements in their field.
Research: Consumers Are More Tolerant when Algorithms Drive Price Discrimination
A new study, published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research by Assistant Professor Nofar Duani, shows consumers feel less judged and exploited by algorithms, but not in every pricing situation.
Cited: Davide Proserpio and Poet Larsen in The Atlantic
The Atlantic (subscription) cites research by PROSERPIO, associate professor of marketing, and LARSEN, PhD candidate, on the negative effects of online sports gambling.
Quoted: Davide Proserpio in Yahoo Finance
PROSERPIO, associate professor of marketing, explained to Yahoo Finance his research findings that showed sports betting-related debt has also led to restricted access to credit.