School of Business News

The business school’s SOAR Initiative is a critical building block in George Mason University’s efforts to advance social mobility, or an individual’s ability to improve their socio-economic status.

After attending university-wide Mason Chooses Kindness events at George Mason University, colleagues in the School of Business saw an opportunity to apply the same principles within their unit. This “goodwill team” highlights and encourages acts of kindness and well-being across the school.

The George Mason University School of Business announced a new, highly customizable Master’s of Science in Management (MSM) program that will launch in fall 2024. Applications for this new modular education program are now available.

When government contractors merge, comparing their customers can predict a lot about how investors will respond to the deal.

It’s not the combined skill level of the team that counts, so much as the chemistry (or lack thereof) between the members.

When it comes to relationships between co-workers, organizations’ stated priorities must match what’s happening under the hood.

An active board member and past chair of the Accounting Advisory Council at the George Mason University School of Business, A.J. Eschle, BS Accounting ’08, MBA ’12, works with the accounting area to prepare students for the accounting profession and to ensure that the school’s programs are where they need to be.

George Mason University School of Business leaders, faculty, alumni, and friends gathered to celebrate the naming of the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting. The Baroni Center is the first university center in the nation to address the business, policy, and regulatory issues surrounding government contracting, a $700 billion industry unique to the Washington, D.C., region.

A Mason professor finds yet another example of the value of diversity in senior management teams.

The RISE (Refugee and Immigrant Success through Entrepreneurship) Program as a cohort of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's SOAR Initiative. SOAR provides a holistic model for startups and empowers individuals who do not currently have adequate access to entrepreneurship training opportunities. RISE focuses its support on aspiring entrepreneurs from refugee and immigrant backgrounds.

Steve Maex, an assistant professor of accounting at George Mason University School of Business, recently received the American Accounting Association (AAA)’s Outstanding International Accounting Dissertation Award.

At the end of March, the Montano Student Investment Fund hosted "Patriots Day on Wall Street," offering a select group of George Mason University School of Business finance students an enriching experience that included a tour of Wall Street and meetings with various firms.