An increasing number of CEOs are exiting their positions prematurely, according to a study by Yan Zhang at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Management. Of the 204 company leaders Zhang studied from 1993 to 1998, 55 (27 percent) left their job within three years.

University of California, Irvine Extension announces the newest online elective courses added to its renowned Spa and Hospitality Management certificate program. Uniquely developed to meet the demands of the burgeoning spa market, “Integrating the Business of Wellness in Your Spa” and “Quality Management for Spas,” address the multitude of details involved in day-to-day spa operations.

University of California, Irvine Extension, the continuing education arm of UC Irvine, announces the introduction of a new course, “Customer Service in the Homebuilding Industry,” offered April 8 to May 27 on the UC Irvine Campus.

Actix builds leadership team to cement customer and partner relationships globally

Georgia Tech College of Management now offers an Executive MBA in Management of Technology (EMBA-MOT) for rising professionals in tech-heavy fields.

Ojom launches Manager Pro Football 2008 -

QUALCOMM Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA ) and other advanced wireless technologies, announced that Lou Lupin has resigned his position as executive vice president and general counsel.

Cisco announced the appointment of Edzard J.C. Overbeek to be responsible for the Japan theater effective August 13. Overbeek will replace Yasuki Kurosawa who is stepping down from the position for health reasons.

Novatel Wireless, Inc. today announced three new appointments to its senior management team. The new vice presidents are Thomas Wayne Harleman, Jr. -- vice president of sales, Americas and APAC, Jon Driscoll -- vice president of product management, and Julie Cunningham, who returns to Novatel Wireless as vice president of communications and investor relations.

Although it seems counterintuitive to predict increasing fraud in a healthy, booming economic market, a new theoretical paper just published in the July issue of The Review of Financial Studies explores that scenario and identifies other key factors that contribute to the probability of fraud in different market and business cycles.

The international accounting company PricewaterhouseCoopers has withdrawn nine years of audit reports for Yukos, saying some of the information provided by the bankrupt Russian oil company's former management may have been inaccurate.

Although businesses often choose locations near their competitors, successful companies with more advanced technology capabilities locate their offices near major academic institutions that can partner in research, according to the Management Insights feature in the May issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.