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Lee Business School News

The Lee Business School advances the knowledge and practice of business; develops business leaders; and fosters intellectual and economic vitality through the creation and dissemination of knowledge and outreach.

Current Business News

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Campus News |

Join fellow Rebels on March 27 in a day of giving, celebration, and friendly competition — all for a great cause.

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Business and Community |

Regardless of how policymakers settle the TikTok debate, cybersecurity challenges will continue. 

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Campus News |

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

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Campus News |

By managing a simulated $500,000 fund, the contest teaches students about the fundamentals of investing.

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Campus News |

Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

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People |

UNLV student and 'Survivor' contestant David Jelinsky returns to campus with lessons learned from his reality show appearance.

Business In The News

Nevada Independent

With roughly 85 percent of the nation’s known lithium deposits, Nevada is a hotspot for the lightest mineral on Earth.

WalletHub

One challenge you will face when budgeting is determining how much of your income to spend in different categories. Percentage-based budget rules, like the 50/30/20 rule or the 70/20/10 rule, are useful strategies that can guide your spending and help you organize a better budget. Below, we’ll run down some standard budgeting percentages you might want to try.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Americans hoping for a drop in interest rates are going to have to wait it out. The federal reserve says they are keeping rates steady, but last month it was announced two rate cuts were coming in 2025.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Trump administration’s whipsaw threats of tariffs with major trading partners such as Canada and Mexico have created a new level of global economic uncertainty, according to a UNLV economics professor, while a new study shows that Nevada could be one of the least hardest hit states by tariffs.

Las Vegas Business Press

With Las Vegas expected to reach a population of 3 million by 2042, health care in an already underserved community and attracting medical professionals will become more important than ever.

Las Vegas Business Press

With Las Vegas expected to reach a population of 3 million by 2042, health care in an already underserved community and attracting medical professionals will become more important than ever.

Business Experts

An expert on leadership, corporate governance, and business ethics.
An expert in entrepreneurship, small business development, and venture capital.
An economics professor specializing in real estate, as well as urban, health, and environmental issues. 
An economist studying microeconometrics, economics of food security, health economics, and urban economics        
An expert on blockchain technology and entrepreneurship.
An expert in financial literacy.

Recent Business Accomplishments

Marla Royne Stafford (Marketing & International Business) has been named as an advisor to the Cannabis Media Council. The Cannabis Media Council is the first trade council dedicated to using the power of mainstream media to uplift wholehearted, people-centered advertising campaigns that show positive experiences with cannabis. Stafford has…
Scott Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Elaine Wang and David Piercey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published their paper, "Does Temporal Immediacy Impact Investors’ Judgments? It Depends on Communication Mode," in the journal Behavioral Research in Accounting. The study finds that investors are more willing to…
Jehun Moon, Mehmet Erdem, Ozgur Ozdemir, Hyelin (Lina) Kim (Hospitality) and Eda Anlamlier (Business) have published their study titled, "What drives Millennials and Generation Z to adopt cryptocurrency for hotel payments?," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. Their study is among the first to comprehensively…
Hamid Reza Nikkhah (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) has published a new study in Information Systems Frontiers. The article, co-authored with Frederic Schlackl from HEC Montreal and Rajiv Sabherwal from the University of Arkansas, examines how cultural differences influence privacy considerations and responses to institutional…
Tom Arnold (Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology) published the book, The Digital Detective: First Intervention. It's available on Amazon as a Kindle book.  About the book: Cyber threats and cyber criminals indiscriminately target the old as well as young regardless of race, creed or origin. Teens and young adults must realize that on…
Stephen Miller (Economics; Center for Business and Economic Research) had his paper, "Does Debt  Management Matter for  REIT Returns?", with co-authors Zhilan Feng, Clarkson University, and Dogan Tirtiroglu, Ryerson University appear as the lead article in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, January 2025. Asset and debt…