"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
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.
Greg Patton Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Training & Development
The business communication professor was recognized by the National Communication Association.
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
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: June/July 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.
A Q&A with Professor Milan Miric on Apple’s AI Announcement
Professor Miric analyzes the ramifications of the tech juggernaut's newest feature: “Apple Intelligence.”
Interview: Nick Vyas on Marketplace
VYAS, Founding Director Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, explains to Marketplace that low wholesale inventories signal strong consumer demand, but companies learned lessons about too much optimization during the pandemic.
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: May 2024 and Year-End Recognitions
We are thrilled to congratulate Marshall’s exceptional faculty recognized for recently accepted and published research, 2023–2024 awards, and other accolades.
For a complete list of Golden Apple and Golden Compass Awards, voted on by students, please visit HERE.
For a complete list of Faculty and Staff Awards, please visit HERE.
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
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: June/July 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.
OpEd: Larry Harris in MarketWatch
HARRIS, Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance, writes for MarketWatch that GameStop's recent $2.1 billion stock sale is a tax on all the other traders because its market value is still well above its fundamental value.
Quoted: Kevin Murphy in Yahoo Finance
MURPHY, Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance, explains to Yahoo Finance the unprecedented nature of Tesla's board approving Musk's $56 billion compensation package and the ensuing court battle with a Delaware judge over its validity.
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 Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: June/July 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.
Neuroscientist Teaches Students the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Glenn Fox’s commitment to gratitude and empathy garners high regard from Marshall students.
Interview: Nan Jia and Yidan Yin on Spectrum News 1 Los Angeles
JIA, Dean's Associate Professor in Business Administration, and YIN, postdoctoral researcher, discuss and demonstrate for Spectrum LA their PNAS published research finding the potential and limitations of AI-generated responses to make people feel "heard."
Award-Winning Filmmakers Discuss Creating Impact Through Storytelling
Panelists from USC Marshall School of Business and the School of Cinematic Arts discuss how Hollywood can galvanize local and global change.
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
Cited: Nandini Rajagopalan in Strategic Management Journal
Recently published research by RAJAGOPALAN, Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration, on how acquisitions in digital platforms affect the tech landscape is cited in this video abstract from Strategic Management Journal.
Quoted: Eric Anicich on Marketplace
ANICICH, associate professor of management and organization, shares with Marketplace how popular office jargon reflects different concerns and aspirations of employees and employers, illustrating the changing dynamics of power post-pandemic.
Quoted: David Carter in the Orange County Register
CARTER, adjunct professor of management and organization, posits to the OC Register that the IOC is choosing cities, such as Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, that will produce quality games, generate tremendous revenue, and show well on the global stage.
Quoted: Nan Jia in South China Morning Post
JIA, Dean's Associate Professor in Business Administration, comments to South China Morning Post that open dialog between China and Western governments will be necessary to overcome opposing ideologies when working toward a global consensus on AI regulations.
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
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: June/July 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.
OpEd: Kalinda Ukanwa in the San Francisco Chronicle
As school choice leads to segregaton, UKANWA, assistant professor of marketing, writes for the SF Chronicle that smarter marketing approaches focused on higher performance and safety data could help schools break the racial divide.