About Batten: News
PODCAST: Professors Mike Lenox and Erika James Discuss Business Strategy and Crises Leadership at BP (June 29, 2010)
Prof. Warnock and Batten Fellow Veronica Warnock cited: China Backs Obama as Treasury Holdings Rise to $900 Billion, Bloomberg News (June 20, 2010)
Prof. Liedtka Chairs Award Winning Symposium, Darden News Story (May 25, 2010)
Prof. Lenox and Erika Herz discuss corporate sustainability reshaping Virginia's iconic industries (March 29, 2010)
UVa Venture Summit aims to find funds for researchers (March 26, 2010)
VIDEO: Prof. Hess: Wall Street Is Delusional About Growth (March 25, 2010)
BusinessWeek.com: Darden Opens a New Innovation and Design Lab (March 19, 2010)
Wall Street Journal.com: Darden Launches Design-centric Lab for B-schoolers (March 19, 2010)
VIDEO: CBS 19, UVA's Darden School Debuts i.Lab (March 19, 2010)
VIDEO: NBC 29: Darden's New i.Lab Unveiled (March 19, 2010)
Innovation and Investors Will Converge at U.Va. for Second Annual Venture Summit (March 19, 2010)
Prof. Sarasvathy's Darden Course Encourages Investment in 'Human Hope' (March 2, 2010)
Prof. Sarasvathy Asks: Are Entrepreneurs Risk Takers, Predators, Or "Iron Chefs"? (March 1, 2010)
Darden Unveils New Innovation Laboratory (February 24,2010)
Innovation Is Key to Health Care Shift From Chronic Disease (February 22,2010)
Announcing the Health Care Innovation Symposium at the Darden School of Business (February 19, 2010)
Call for Papers: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference (Deadline February 15, 2010)
Prof. Ed Hess Shares Case Studies in Smart Growth (February 11, 2010)
Batten Institute Thought Leaders Recognized for Entrepreneurship for Research (February 8,2010)
Bigger Is Not Always Better, Prof. Edward Hess Discusses What the Toyota Shutdown Can Teach Us About Growth (February 3, 2010)
Prof. Greg Fairchild named a top research professor in Entrepreneurship by the Financial Times (January 25, 2010)
Prof. Sarasvathy discusses purposeful leveraging of the unexpected in business:life (December 2009)
The Catalyst, co-authored by Prof. Jeanne Liedtka, included among BusinessWeek's best innovation and design books of the year (December 2009)
Prof. Larson testifies before Congress about growing U.S. trade in green technology (October 2009)
Darden's Innovation Lab featured in the New York Times (January 2010)
The impact of social norms on entrepreneurial action: Evidence from the environmental entrepreneurship context (January 2010)
Aetna Inc.: Managing Inherent Enterprise Risks Through Stakeholder Management (A) (December 2009)
Are Business Plan Competitions Good for Start-Ups? Philippe Sommer, Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, cited by the New York Times (December 2009)
2009 Batten Institute Annual Report (November 2009)
Why Health Reform Will Be a Danger to Passive Patients, E. Teisberg quoted by U.S. News and World Report (November 9, 2009)
Fortune & CNNMoney.com praise Batten Institute as world-class entrepreneurship center (October 2009)
VIDEO: Teisberg interviewed about heath care reform (October 21, 2009)
Prof. Liedtka discusses the "business of design" in New York (October 20, 2009)
Darden Professor and Author Jeanne Liedtka on "The Catalyst" (October 6, 2009)
Lenox discusses "green technology" for Academical Village Speaker Series (October 5, 2009)
Batten Fellow John May Featured in Inc Magazine Elevator Pitch (October 1, 2009)
Batten Institute launches new research e-newsletter, Batten Bulletin (September 28, 2009)
Ideas to Action Speakers Tour, sponsored by Batten Institute, announced (September 28, 2009)
Batten Institute Research Paper Series introduced on SSRN (September 21, 2009)
Lenox and Fairchild to be honored by Aspen Institute as Faculty Pioneers (September 16, 2009)
Sarasvathy research on effectuation featured in Austrian Managers Association' magazine (September 15, 2009)
Frank Batten, Sr. remembered by Dean Bruner (September 10, 2009)
"Radiology for managers: network analysis" Case developed by Batten Fellow Rob Cross, Elizabeth O'Halloran and Amy Halliday featured by Casium. September 9, 2009.Darden's Jeff York wins best Ph.D. Dissertation Prize from the Society for Business Ethics for, "Entrepreneurial Creation of Public Goods: Evidence from the green building and renewable energy industries." September 2, 2009.
"The inefficiency of creative thinking," Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka cited by The Atlantic. August 25, 2009.
"Angel Investors Become a Little Less So." Batten Fellow John May quoted by New York Times. August 20, 2009.
"Brazen careerist: Factor instability into your career plans." Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy quoted by California Job Journal. August 9, 2009.
Elizabeth Teisberg cited for pioneering research. Greenville News (SC). August 9, 2009.
Feature interview with Darden Prof. Elizabeth Teisberg. CSS Magazine (Switzerland) - 8/09
"Deft manoeuvring necessary for corporates." Jeanne Liedtka and her book, The Catalyst, featured by The Economic Times (India). July 17, 2009.
"Learning from Goldman Sachs 'Catalysts'" Jeanne Liedtka writes in the On Leadership section. Washington Post. July 14, 2009.
Darden's Lenox: Green Leaders View Environmentalism..." on BNET (Aug. 4, 2009)
Batten Institute's Innovation Research and Michael Lenox on BNET (July 22, 2009)
Washington Post Article Cites Batten Fellow Scott Wallace (July 8, 2009)
SMS Emerging Scholar Award Winner is Batten Executive Director (July 1, 2009)--Michael Lenox honored by Strategic Management Society with the 2009 Emerging Scholar Award
Article in UK Times Quotes Jeanne Liedtka, Catalyst co-author (July 1, 2009)
Big Think Interviews Entrepreneurship Professor Saras Sarasvathy (June 26, 2009)--Darden's Professor Sarasvathy explains the entrepreneurial method, why entrepreneurship is a powerful tool for social change, and the value of being action-oriented
Blog Cites Professor Jeanne Liedtka in Are Entrepreneurs Wired Differently (June 23, 2009)
Economist Intelligence Unit Report on Health Care Innovation References Professor Teisberg (June 19, 2009)--Report Doctor Innovation: Shaking up the health system available for free download
Professor Fairchild to Lead Darden's Tayloe Murphy (May 26, 2009)--Entrepreneurship faculty to lead Tayloe Murphy Institute at Darden
Toronto's National Post Blog Cites HBR Blog about Sarasvathy's Effectual Reasoning (May 19, 2009)
Batten Fellow Scott Wallace Cited in Modern Healthcare (May 15, 2009)--Article describes expert views offered at a listening session of the newly formed Federal Council for Comparative Effectiveness
CBS 19 Features Local Darden Entrepreneur (YouTube video) (May 14, 2009)--Darden alumni formerly in Darden Business Incubator profiled as local entrepreneur who participates in Tweet-ups for business networking with other local small business owners
Testimony Delivered by Batten Fellow Scott Wallace before New Congressional Council on Comparative Effectiveness of Health Care Treatments (May 14, 2009)
Sarasvathy's Effectuation Research Featured in Harvard Business Online and BusinessWeek (May 4, 2009)
NPR Marketplace "Investors Boost Health Care IT Funding" cites Batten Fellow Scott Wallace (April 27, 2009)
Investor Business Daily Interviews Catalyst Authors (April 15, 2009)--In this IBD article, "Spark Sales in Slow Times," Adelia Cellini Linecker interviews the growth leader experts, authors of the Catalyst--Trial membership required
Der Standard (Austria) (March 29, 2009) health care innovation interview (in German) with Elizabeth Teisberg
American Management Association "Lessons in Leading in Uncertain Times, from the 'Catalysts' " (March 2009)--Article by Jeanne Liedtka, Robert Rosen, and Rob Wiltbank (Batten Fellow)
"Small Business Start-Up Tips" - Miami Herald - (March 16, 2009)--Article features start-up advice by Batten Executive-in-Residence and Darden Professor Edward Hess
"Health Stewardship" Report by the Aspen Institute (2009)--Report co-authored by health care innovation experts Elizabeth Teisberg (Darden Professor) and Scott Wallace (Batten Fellow).
So You Want to Start a Business Fox Business News (March 3, 2009)--Professor Edward Hess offers advice for starting a business, even in the current environment
Richmond Times Dispatch Article (February 15, 2009)--Batten Executive Director and Darden Professor Michael Lenox cited regarding green jobs
Batten Executive-in-Residence and Darden Professor Edward Hess Quoted in BusinessWeek article (February 11, 2009)
Darden's Professor Teisberg Addresses U.S. Senate (1/30/09)--Darden healthcare innovation expert Elizabeth Teisberg gives testimony to Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee regarding health care innovation measures
Batten's Associate Dean Michael Lenox Named Associate Editor for Management Science (1/30/09)--Lenox now an Associate Editor for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation department
Forbes, Corporate VCs hang tough by Charlie Foster (1/29/09)--Associate Dean of Batten Michael Lenox quoted
Management Science Taps Darden's Kamalini Ramdas as a Department Editor (1/28/09)--Kamalini Ramdas chosen as one of two new Department Editors for Management Science
Arizona Business Gazette Quotes Batten Executive-in-Residence Ed Hess (1/22/09)--Darden Professor Ed Hess cited
Forbes, Timely tips for recession-racked entrepreneurs (1/20/09)--quotes Philippe Sommer, Director of Darden's Entrepreneurship Program
Businessweek.com podcast, "Eight Mistakes That Doom Startups" (1/06/09) by Ed Hess, Darden Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence, author of So, You Want to Start a Business?
Professor Sarasvathy to deliver keynote at 2009 Gateway Entrepreneurship Conference.
American Banker "Viewpoint: CDFI Model Can Show the Way Back to Stability" (free registration required) by Greg Fairchild (1/2/09)--opinion piece by Darden's Professor Fairchild
The Under-the-Radar Route to Growth (12/12/08)--Business Finance magazine article features growth strategies by Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka
Jeanne Liedtka on organic growth (12/10/08)--Toronto Globe and Mail interviews Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka about what managers can learn from successful growth leaders
New Power Players (10/17/08)--Business Week article cites Darden Professor Greg Fairchild
Can Green Jobs Save Us? (10/14/08)--Politico article quotes Darden Professor and Batten Executive Director and Associate Dean Michael Lenox and Darden Dean Robert Bruner
Whitman School [Syracuse University] Names Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy as Distinguished Scholar in Entrepreneurship (10/13/08)--Darden Entrepreneurship Professor Saras Sarasvathy is Honored by Syracuse University
Ten Ways to Safeguard Your Small Business (10/08/08)--Darden Professor and Batten Institute's Executive-in-Residence Edward Hess quoted in IT World
The New Fixers (10/06/08) Slate (an online magazine) mentions book by Darden Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Sean Carr and quotes Sean Carr
Going Green and Staying in the Black (10/04/08)--NPR's With Good Reason interviews Darden Professors Michael Lenox and Ed Freeman about business, values, and sustainability
Giving Back (October 2008)--Biomass Magazine profiles Darden student entrepreneurs Chip Ransler and Manoj Sinha and their company
Bailout Failure Could Have Big Effect on Small Business (9/30/08)--Darden Professor Peter Rodriguez quoted by WCAV TV
The Start-Up Solution (9/30/08)--PowerHomeBiz.com quotes Darden Professor and Batten Executive-in-Residence Edward Hess
Students Hope Business + Engineering = $$ (9/30/08)--C-Ville Weekly profiles the launch of the E*society, a new collaboration across UVa led by Darden EVC (Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital) club students
Darden Tries to Tie Greenbacks to Green Living (9/29/08)--C-Ville Weekly quotes Darden Professor Andrea Larson and Darden Manager of Sustainability Programs Erika Herz
Calling J. P. Morgan (9/29/08)--Wall Street Journal article cites Panic of 1907 book by Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Programs Sean Carr
Treasuries Lose Allure for Europe, Asia Investors (9/24/08)--Bloomberg News cites research by Darden Professor Francis Warnock and Batten Fellow Veronica Warnock
Is This the Turn? (9/23/08)--The American Thinker cites book by Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Programs Sean Carr
Echoes of 1907 Panic Provide Market Perspective (9/22/08)--Newsday op-ed by Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Programs Sean Carr
Brave New World (9/19/08)--International Business Times article cites Panic of 1907 by Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Programs Sean Carr
Filling the Leadership Void (9/18/08)--New York Times cites Panic of 1907 by Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Programs Sean Carr
Soros Philosophizes, Biggs Stockpiles Food as Markets Shudder (9/18/08)--Bloomberg cites book by Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Programs Sean Carr
Discussion of Panic of 1907 (8/19/08)--Business Talk Radio's Gabriel Wisdom Show features interview about Panic of 1907 by Dean Robert Bruner and Batten's Director of Corporate Innovation Programs Sean Carr
Hotel Search Site Shows There's Room in the City (8/18/08)--Hotels Magazine mentions VibeAgent co-founders, Darden alumni and entrepreneurs Adam Healey and Charles Seilheimer
Hotel Search Site Shows There's Room in the City (8/16/08)--Daily Progress mentions VibeAgent co-founders, Darden alumni and entrepreneurs Adam Healey and Charles Seilheimer
Family Businesses Face a Special Set of Challenges (August 2008)--Virginia Business magazine column by Edward D. Hess, Darden Professor and Batten Executive-in-Residence
Darden Cheers Nelson at Olympics (8/08/2008)--Darden's Adam Nelson and his entrepreneurial venture, Nutegrity, are profiled
Collaboration and Sharing Expertise is Focus of Multidisciplinary Graduate Course (8/06/2008)--First-in-kind BioInnovation pilot is multidisciplinary success for Darden and other participating schools
Gold Medal Millionaires (8/5/2008)--On Inc.com, Darden's Adam Nelson is featured among other talented Olympian-entrepreneurs
Next Time, Hop a Rickshaw (8/5/2008)--Darden student entrepreneur Ian Ayers is profiled in UVA Online Magazine
Is Google Feeling Lucky?? (8/01/08)--iStock Analyst article by Robert Salomon mentions joint research with Darden Professor Mike Lenox about strategic value of CVC investment
Batten Welcomes New Executive Director (7/29/2008)--UVA announces arrival of Darden's Samuel L. Slover Professor of Business Administration Michael Lenox, Batten Institute's Associate Dean & Executive Director
Batten Welcomes New Executive Director (7/25/2008)--Darden's Samuel L. Slover Professor of Business Administration Michael Lenox is Batten Institute's Associate Dean & Executive Director
Fairchild to Brainstorm at Google (7/24/2008)--Darden entrepreneurship faculty is invited by Google to attend its first Faculty Unconference
Fox Business Network Featuring Jeanne Liedtka, Batten Institute (7/09/2008)--Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka shares organic growth research
How Growth Leaders Succeed (7/07/2008)--Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka interviewed about growth research findings on WSJ online video
In Search of Growth Leaders (7/07/2008)--Article about Batten's growth research in Wall Street Journal (Sloan Management Review section) by Sean Carr, Jeanne Liedtka, Robert Rosen, and Robert Wiltbank
Guest Column: Rethinking the Role of Employers (7/03/2008)--Innovative view of health care by Michael E. Porter, Darden Professor Elizabeth Teisberg, and Batten Fellow Scott Wallace
Carr Addresses PA Government Officials (6/09/2008)--Batten Institute's Director of Corporate Innovation invited to discuss The Panic of 1907 (co-authored with Dean Bruner) at Pennsylvania's Office of the Treasurer
Darden Shares Grant for Food-System Research (6/3/2008)--Darden faculty and student are awarded a grant in collaboration with faculty-student team from UVA School of Architecture to research a new community food system venture
Powering Villages from Rice Husks Wins Business Plan Competition (5/14/2008)--A team of two Darden student entrepreneurs adds to their winnings, earning second place and $35,000 at MIT's Clean Energy competition
Rewiring Westinghouse (5/08/2008) by Brian Hindo--Company focuses on leading organic growth in a seemingly unlikely sector; mentions Batten Institute-funded growth leader research led by Executive Director of the Batten Institute Jeanne Liedtka
Darden Wins Social Innovation Competition (5/06/2008)--Darden students Manoj Sinha & Charles Ransler earn first place and $50,000 at the University of Texas's Social Innovation Competition
Dean Discusses Sustainability Plans (4/24/2008)--Dean Bruner and Darden commit to high standards in environmental sustainability
New Book Reveals Entrepreneurial Thought Process (4/23/2008)--New entrepreneurship book by Saras Sarasvathy, Effectuation: Elements of Entrepreneurial Expertise
Panic of 1907 Co-author Sean Carr on C-SPAN2 (4/18/2008)--Batten Institute's Director of Corporate Innovation is interviewed for Virginia Festival of the Book
Design-Thinking and the MBA Curriculum (4/14/2008)--Maureen Thurston visits Darden and explains her work at the intersection of strategic conversation and design
Business Plan Competition Yields Great Crop (4/9/2008)--Darden students and others from UVA pitch their best new business plans
Jim Collins Talks Good to Greatness at Darden (3/27/2008)--Batten Fellow and best-selling author Jim Collins comes to Darden for a "Chimposium" on Good to Great and Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Batten Institute Hosts Innovation Forum (2/22/2008)--Innovation leaders from major corporations discuss "Innovating with Speed" at Darden
Darden Hosts VCIC for Region's Top B-Schools (2/22/2008)--Reality-based venture competition brings MBS from other top programs to Darden grounds for an intense simulation experience
Batten Hosts Innovation & Design Educator (1/28/2008)--Heather