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EEL Armor Wins 22nd Annual New Venture Competition

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Pitching a lightweight body armor made from a unique ceramic design, EEL Armor won UC Santa Barbara’s 2021 Technology Management New Venture Competition (NVC) on Thursday, besting the five other finalists to close out the eight-month tech business plan competition and take home the $10,000 First Place Award. The 22nd annual competition was viewed remotely by people around the nation.

Team Wellbeing

Friday, May 21, 2021

Andrea Hollingshead, Professor, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California

2021 New Venture Competition Finalists Announced!

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

On Thursday, April 29, 2021, UC Santa Barbara Technology Management's New Venture Program showcased 12 semi-finalist teams who emerged from a pool of 37 competing entrepreneurial ventures during its 22nd Annual New Venture Fair -- the first of two culminating events as part of the annual New Venture Competition. The entirely virtual Fair offered an audience of nearly 500 participants the opportunity to view team pitches, engage with teams via livestream video, and ask questions via online chat.

12 Teams Compete at 2021 New Venture Fair on April 29

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Technology Management's New Venture Competition (NVC) is UCSB’s flagship entrepreneurial experience. Over the course of eight total months, students work in multi-disciplinary teams under the guidance of faculty and mentors as they address a business problem or opportunity and take their business ideas from concept to reality. The New Venture Fair is the first of two culminating events and this year, will highlight 12 teams that have worked diligently on their startup ideas for the past 7 months.

Saying no: Examining executives’ refusal of corporate directives

Friday, April 16, 2021

Dr. Gerardo Okhuysen, Professor, Organization and Management, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine

Trust, Cooperation, and Prosocial Behavior with Information Technologies

Friday, March 19, 2021

Dr. Coye Cheshire, Professor, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley

Prof Paul Leonardi Explores Paradox of Digital Collaboration

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Consider this paradox about digital change: Although it increases the need for collaboration in organizations, it also makes collaborating more difficult. In my research and consulting work, I’ve observed that this happens for three key reasons. First, it becomes harder to identify the right internal partners. In many organizations in the thick of transformation, particularly agile work environments, employees are given greater latitude to make important decisions on the ground.

Asst Prof Matt Beane "On the Radar" for Research Making an Impact

Monday, January 25, 2021

Describing him as “a leading researcher on better working relationships with robots,” Thinkers50 has named Matt Beane, an assistant professor of technology management at UC Santa Barbara, to its prestigious Radar list of 2021. The international platform for management ideas releases the annual list to spotlight thirty people from around the world whose work it believes will shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.

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