Research in Action: Business Tips You Can Use
The University of California is renowned for its exceptional research and innovation. It's one reason there is a department in the US Patent Office dedicated to UC alone. We urge you to view the latest summaries of published work from Merage School professors that is directly applied, studied and cited the world over.
Here, we invite you to learn and benefit from Research in Action through these easy-to-read-and-use papers:
In addition to the above papers, we've also put a very practical spotlight on a portion of two extensive studies and packaged them up in quick game formats for you to play. Your results may reveal some applicable aha's that we hope you'll find useful in your own business or organization:
Choosing a Founding Leadership Team for Longterm Success
 Do initial leaders set the road to riches…or to ruins? UC Irvine Merage School Professor Christine M. Beckman, together with M. Diane Burton from Cornell University, have published a series of papers* exploring the functional diversity and depth of expertise among founding members of start-up teams. They look at how those factors might affect the development of the team over time and the ability to reach important milestones such as a successful IPO bid. Early decisions made by company founders can make lasting organizational imprints on fledgling companies, far beyond the initial start-up phase. These early decisions may impact a company’s ability to secure funding, retain key executives and ultimately affect their ability to grow and succeed.
TAKE THE TEST: Would you put together the best founding team?
The Secrets to High Performing Teams
 Merage School Professor Kristin J. Behfar and her research team1 studied business school teams over time as they formed and continued to work together on several projects. As expected, some teams improved their performance and were high performing groups over time while others decreased and were low performing. At the same time, individual team members experienced high/increased satisfaction within some groups, and others experienced low/decreased satisfaction. By using both quantitative and qualitative analysis of group and group member comments, some surprising discoveries were made…
TAKE THE TEST: Can you predict the personality of a successful team?
Merage on the Move
In addition to faculty research insights, you'll also see a sidebar highlighting some of the other reasons the Merage School is consistently among the top 10% of all accredited business schools world wide. We invite you to learn more; join us at one of our many events and activities.
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