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Students Alumni Faculty Companies Cox Executive Board Cox100 Press Releases Display Search Utility Navigation Students Companies Diversity at Cox Alumni Apply Contact Us smu.edu Forge your future at SMU Cox. #27 Full-Time MBA in the U.S. Bloomberg Businessweek 2023-24 Learn More Rigor, energy, connection. Feel sparks fly. Join the nation’s top business minds in the heart of Dallas and build your lifelong global network. See your life at the Cox School Dynamic, connected professors and a worldwide alumni community make Cox a powerful ally for your future. Get to know the SMU Cox community Innovative learning built on small-class teamwork puts you in the driver’s seat of a life-changing experience. Explore learning culture at SMU Cox You’re making an investment. We give you the support to push past your career goals — and keep growing. See how we support your career growth The Cox School: Your connection to the Dallas business hub At SMU Cox, your classroom is on the same energy circuit as Dallas’s Global 500 hub. Cox teachers and alumni are real-world experts who advise and shape business leaders — and they’ll connect you. DFW is home to 49 Fortune 1000 companies. Truist/Dallas Regional Chamber, 2023 DFW leads U.S. metros for job growth since 2010. Say Yes to Dallas, Dallas Chamber DFW houses 2 of the top 10, and 24 total, Fortune 500 companies. Truist/Dallas Regional Chamber, 2023 #3 Best Place to Start a Business Entrepreneur.com, 2023 #3 Best Cities for U.S. Job Seekers Indeed, 2023 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Cox Upcoming Events See All Events Pony Up! We’re proud to share that SMU Cox is the #27 Full-Time MBA program in the U.S., according to Bloomberg Businessweek 2023-24. View All Degrees & Programs Leadership is the planet’s most-observed yet least-understood phenomenon. Shane Goodwin, PhD, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs & Executive Education Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats If you lead with your head and your heart, and you’re clear with people about the fact that you’re leading with both, it makes a difference. Craig Kessler, COO, PGA of America Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. Making good decisions starts with experience. There’s nothing that takes its place unless you’ve got a very good advisor in your ear. R. Gerald Turner, President, SMU Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. There’s always uncertainty in business; it’s hard. But in that adversity there’s opportunity. You’ve just got to find it. Ken Hersh, President and CEO, George W. Bush Presidential Center Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. Be willing to take that tough job and grow. You have to take the jobs that are really uncomfortable if you want to grow at the pace you need to grow to sit in this chair. Lori Ryerkerk, Chairman, CEO and President, Celanese Corporation Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. Leadership is the planet’s most-observed yet least-understood phenomenon. Shane Goodwin, PhD, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs & Executive Education Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. As you build your career, find moments for personal growth. Recognize when it’s time to lead and when it’s time to invest in yourself. Admiral Patrick Walsh (Ret.), President, Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. If you don’t learn to delegate well you won’t get promoted, because you cannot do everything. Learning that skillset and showing others how to do well is key to being good leader. Jean Savage, CEO and President, Trinity Industries Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. I’ve always believed people are important. In business or athletics, you’ve got to have talented teammates if you’re going to win. Troy Aikman, Founder, Eight Brewing Co. Join us for our Leaders on Leadership Fireside Chats. Making news See More News Two Class of ’24 BBAs Selected as Best and Brightest” Undergraduate Business Majors Mohan Desai (’24) and Lydia Garrett (’24) have been named among Poets&Quants Best & Brightest Undergraduate Business Majors of 2024. Learn More Bond Markets in the Time of COVID When there is a dash for cash, where do bond traders turn? During a COVID bond market meltdown period, it was good old-fashioned conservative insurance companies to the rescue. Associate Professor of Finance Alex Zhou of SMU Cox and his coauthors studied what happened to bond market liquidity during the time of COVID, when fixed income markets were essentially dysfunctional. Looking at the really big picture, they show that stable funders are where it’s at. We don’t think about them, but when you need them—you need them,” Zhou states. Learn More Senior Business Leader Joins SMU Cox Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership Veteran leader Joshua Taylor has joined SMU Cox School of Business as the Managing Director of the William S. Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Taylor will be responsible for leading the Institute’s goals, programs and operations, in alignment with the overall mission and vision of SMU Cox, Co-Founding Directors Megha Tolia and Nirav Tolia and benefactor Dr. William S. Spears. Learn More Stay Connected Next Steps Questions? Not sure which program fits your needs? Reach out to our team. Contact Us SMU Cox Footer Utility Nav Give Contact Us Apply © Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University PO Box 750333 Dallas, Texas 75275-0333 214-768-2000 SMU Cox Legal Home SMU Cox on Social Media Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter...