Data-driven decision expertise is critical for the survival and growth of modern enterprises. The Decision Sciences Department brings together faculty with special expertise in decision support systems, enterprise information systems, enterprise integration, management science, business statistics, operations/technology management, operations research, and manufacturing strategy. This department coordinates the options in Information Systems Management and Entrepreneurial Venture Creation.
The department is composed of the four disciplines: information systems, management science, operations management, and statistics. As each discipline is critical to management education, the faculty seek to infuse their expertise and endeavors with the broad mission and specific goals of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. The three specific objectives of the Decision Sciences Department are:
- To transmit, through excellent teaching, basic and advanced education in the Department's four academic disciplines.
- To distinguish the University by making and disseminating significant research in the individual fields.
- To serve regional, national and international businesses, professional organizations, and government agencies.
Through programs which provide the opportunity for students to concentrate in one of these disciplines, the Department strengthens its mission by providing: advanced education; dissemination of faculty research activities; and targeted services to regional, national and international businesses and organizations.
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Can Angels Help Women Shatter Glass Ceilings?
Jeffrey Sohl, director of Center for Venture Research, attributes this to the fact that women now have a better grasp on the kind of businesses that get funded: the industries, growth rates, and exit strategies (how investors will get their money back) that angels prefer. They...
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In brief - Privy launches self-serve small biz deals, angel investing up in 2011
Boston's Privy, one of the "Final 26" teams in the 2011 MassChallenge startup accelerator, on Tuesday publicly launched its service for letting small business owners manage and track customer promotions...Angel investments in 2011 rose 12.1...
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The Daily Start-Up: Bill Gates-Backed Sapphire Energy Harvests $144M
Sapphire Energy, a start-up that’s growing and harvesting algae to convert into crude oil, completed a rare feat, closing one of the largest clean-technology venture capital deals in the past 12 months at $144 million. “Renewable liquid fuels is one of...
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Investment in startups jumps 12.1% in 2011
Angel investors made $22.5 billion in equity investments into 66,230 entrepreneurial ventures in 2011, according to an analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
These angel-funded ventures created 165,600 new jobs nationwide in 2011.
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U.S. angel investor market on solid path of recovery
DURHAM — Following a considerable contraction in investment dollars in 2008 and 2009, the U.S. angel investor market continued to recover in 2011, a trend that began in 2010 in investment dollars and in the number of investments, according to the 2011 Angel Market...
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Jump in Number of Angel Investors Led Investment Dollars Higher Last Year
A significant jump in the number of angel investors led to a healthy increase in the amount of angel dollars going to startups last year, the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research found in its semi annual study of the marketplac...
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Are More VCs Betting On Women To Make A Buck?
One recent study conducted by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire shows that only 12% of startups that pitched to U.S. angel investors during the first two quarters of 2011 were women-led and of those 12%, only 26% secured funding.
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Angel investments rose in 2011, UNH says
Angel investors shelled out $22.5 billion in investment dollars during 2011, up just over 12 percent from the previous year’s total, according to the 2011 Angel Market Analysis released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
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UNH Center for Venture Research: U.S. Angel Investor Market on Solid Path of Recovery in 2011
Following a considerable contraction in investment dollars in 2008 and 2009, the U.S. angel investor market continued to recover in 2011, a trend that began in 2010 in investment dollars and in the number of investments,...
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5 Ways to Win Over a Social Angel
Angel investors bridge the gap between the money you have and the money you need to grow your business. Angels provided $8.9 billion for 26,300 entrepreneurs in the first half of 2011, according to the Center for Venture Research. That’s a nice pot of money, and by all indications, it’s...
