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Research News
April 30, 2025Sure, laid-off journalists can “learn to code”, but that won’t undo the damage done to local economies when their hometown newspaper folds.
April 29, 2025Two Costello College of Business accounting professors are exploring how inherent personal traits may influence business success—and their early findings will gratify the left-handed among us.
April 3, 2025Organizational coherence and trust begin with the stories that individual employees tell themselves about their complex identities.
March 18, 2025A pair of George Mason University professors are helping needy nonprofits refine their messaging strategies with the help of customized chatbots.
March 14, 2025While book bans are not new to the American electorate, the rise in these bans since 2021 has sparked contentious media debates. Paradoxically, this has increased the readership of banned books and given politicians on both sides a platform to exploit controversy.
March 11, 2025Information systems professor Nirup Menon has been researching IT and health care for decades. Now, with the help of the newest tech, he’s helping hospitals translate digital transformation into better outcomes for patients.
March 4, 2025China’s complicated and colorful e-commerce landscape gives us a sense of how livestream shopping is transforming retail. Si Xie, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, researches this new trend.
February 27, 2025Since 2008, the meteoric rise of index funds has produced extreme consolidation of corporate ownership. So far, the outcomes for firms are a mixed bag.
January 14, 2025In her off hours, Mariia Petryk, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, is using her data science expertise to help bring decentralized medicine to conflict zones—starting with her birth country, Ukraine.
January 7, 2025One accounting standard to rule them all might be a less desirable state of affairs than the ‘managed divergence’ that currently exists between U.S.-GAAP and IFRS.
December 11, 2024Burned-out auditors are getting dangerously distracted by job postings that offer a glimpse of more appealing professional pathways.
December 4, 2024Leaked payroll data may contradict everything you thought you knew about the economic impact of high-skilled legal immigration.
Faculty Media Mentions
March 14, 2026Derek Horstmeyer, instructional professor of finance, comments on the economic impact of the Iran war for Business Insider in an article titled, "US consumers will feel the pinch from the Iran war even if stocks and the dollar don't, a finance guru says."
March 11, 2026Brad Swanson, adjunct professor of finance, pens an op-ed for Princeton Alumni Weekly previewing his upcoming book Profit vs. Progress: Why Socially Responsible Investment Doesn't Work and How to Fix It (MIT Press) in an article titled, "Blowing the Whistle on ‘Feel-Good’ Finance."
March 10, 2026Assistant Dean for Research and management professor Kevin Rockmann joins the HR Happy Hour podcast to discuss how managers can maintain psychologically safe and productive workplaces amidst rising social tensions in an episode titled, "Building Resilient Workplaces in Politically Divisive Times."
March 10, 2026Kumar Mehta, instructional associate professor of information systems and operations management, co-authors an article for AACSB Insight proposing a governance framework for business schools navigating the GenAI revolution titled, "Leading the AI Transition."
March 5, 2026Management professor Matthew Cronin appears on the Business Talk podcast to discuss the ideas from his co-authored book The Craft of Creativity, which aims to demystify the mental processes that enable innovation in an article titled, "Stop Chasing the 'Aha!' Moment - Rethinking Creativity with Dr. Matthew Cronin."
March 5, 2026Mehmet Altug, associate professor of operations management and director of the Center for Retail Transformation, is interviewed by Retail TouchPoints about how retailers should respond to increasing tariffs and technological disruption, in an article titled, "Exclusive Q&A: Why Retailers Should Leverage the Power of Dynamic Pricing."-
March 2, 2026Derek Horstmeyer, instructional professor of finance, contributes to Advisor Perspectives in an article titled, "How Long Do Financial Market Recoveries Take?"
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February 25, 2026Management professor Kevin Rockmann speaks to The Wall Street Journal about how employees can land remote jobs in the post-Covid era, in an article titled, "The Remote-Work Dream Isn’t Dead, but It’s Slipping Away."
February 25, 2026Steve Pilloff, instructional professor of finance, shares advice for young adults who are thinking of getting a credit card in a WalletHub article titled, "Best Credit Cards for Young Adults."
February 21, 2026Using a generative AI tool to help with your taxes might be free and quick, but it comes with major risks of making costly mistakes. Here's why
February 16, 2026Associate professor of marketing Laurie A. Meamber was featured in WalletHub's piece about Capital One SavorOne Cash Rewards Credit Card, in an section called, "Expert Thoughts on Capital One Savor."-
February 13, 2026Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer discusses how floating rate debt should be added to a portfolio to add value during interest rate up cycles, in an article titled, "How Fixed-Rate Bonds Could Be Hurting Your Returns."