Management Science

  • CNBC: Why Walmart is moving in on DoorDash, Uber Eats delivery action

    Hongseok Jang, assistant professor of management science, was interviewed by CNBC about Walmart's plans to start delivering products from Dunkin' to customers' homes.

  • Research Notes: Yumei He

    Yumei He’s paper “Mining Linguistic Styles in Bilateral Matching: A Contrastive Learning Approach to Reciprocal Recommendation” was accepted for publication in ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data.

  • Simin Li
    Research Notes: Simin Li

    Simin Li's paper "Proximity Matters: The Impact of Urgent Care Centers on Emergency Department Arrivals," co-authored with Achal Bassamboo and Martin Lariviere (Northwestern Kellogg), has been accepted for publication in …

  • Simin Li
    Research Notes: Simin Li

    Simin Li's paper "No Call, No Show: Impact of No-Shows on Customer Attrition in Online-to-Offline Services," co-authored with Nil Karacaoglu, has been accepted for publication in Manufacturing & Service Operations…

  • Portrait of Osman Kazan on patio of Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
    The Times-Picayune: Brazilian paper pulp supplier signs five-year lease at Avondale Global Gateway

    Osman Kazan, professor of practice in management science, was interviewed by The Times-Picayune for a story about Suzano, one of the world's largest suppliers of wood pulp, signing a five-year lease at Avondale Global…

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    What crowdfunding reveals about equity appeals

    Fundraisers often call attention to a population’s disadvantages to motivate donations aimed at addressing those disparities, but a new study suggests not all equity appeals work the same way and some may even backfire.

  • Research Notes: Hongseok Jang

    Hongseok Jang's paper "Probabilistic Selling for Vertically-Differentiated Products in a Decentralized Channel” has been accepted for publication in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.

  • Research Notes: Hongseok Jang

    Hongseok Jang's paper "Phygital Experiences: Optimization, Tailoring, and Pricing Contract Strategies on the Online Platform,” co-authored with Kyung Sung Jung and Young Kwark, has been accepted for publication in MIS…

  • Research Notes: Amin Sabzehzar

    Amin Sabzehzar's paper "When Do Equity Appeals Increase Giving,” co-authored with Gordon Burtch, Kevin Hong and T. S. Raghu, has been accepted for publication in Information Systems Research.

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    New study shows how personal profiles transform social media customer service

    New research from a Freeman School professor finds that adding a human face and personal profile to social media customer service can significantly boost customer satisfaction and reduce complaints.

  • Composite image of Yatish Hegde and Claire Senot
    Research Notes: Claire Senot and Yatish Hegde

    Claire Senot and Yatish Hegde’s article “Distribution of Ophthalmologists and Optometrists in the US,” co-authored with Dr. Peter Kastl (MBA ’24), was accepted for publication in JAMA Ophthalmology.

  • Yang Pan
    Research Notes: Yang Pan

    Yang Pan’s paper “Unveiling the Human Touch: Enhancing Customer Satisfaction through Personalized Profiles of Social Media Customer Service Agents” has been accepted for publication in Production and Operations…

  • CNET: I Asked AI Chatbots About Problem Gambling. Then They Gave Me Betting Advice

    Yumei He, assistant professor of management science, was interviewed by CNET for a story about problems with how AI chatbots respond to queries.

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    Three honored with Freeman teaching awards

    At the September meeting of the A. B. Freeman School of Business faculty, Yumei He, Jeff Salyers and Claire Senot were honored with 2025 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards.

  • Freeman researcher helps create open-source AI that rivals industry leaders

    A Freeman School of Business professor is part of a research team behind a new large language model (LLM) that delivers comparable performance to leading proprietary AI systems while offering something they don’t: complete…

  • Research Notes: Yumei He

    Yumei He's paper “Real-Time Sales Data, Streamer Improvisation, and Sales Performance: Evidence from Live-Stream Selling” was accepted for publication in MIS Quarterly.

  • Paulo Goes, dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business
    Research Notes: Paulo Goes

    Paulo Goes' paper “All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Impact of Certification Test Costs in Online Labor Markets,” co-authored with Jiaru Bai, Qiang Gao and Mingfeng Lin, has been accepted for publication in Information…

  • Ian Ho portrait in Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
    Research Notes: Ian Ho

    Ian Ho's paper “Game of Brainstorm: The Impact of a Badge System on Knowledge Sharing,” co-authored with Lei Wang and Yifan Zhang, was accepted for publication in Information Systems Research.

  • Paulo Goes, dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business
    AACSB Insights: Reinventing Teamwork - AI in the Business Classroom

    Paulo Goes, Dean and Debra and Rick Rees Professor of Business, contributed an article to AACSB Insights on incorporating AI into business education.

  • Eric Smith photographed in the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
    NOLA.com: Hydrogen could be a key resource to fueling Louisiana's future. Here's how.

    Eric Smith, professor of practice and associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, contributed a guest column to NOLA.com on opportunities for Louisiana to become a leader in the production of blue hydrogen.

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    Study Finds Accountability Drives Prosocial Behavior in Service Settings

    A new study by the Freeman School's Claire Senot suggests that adding personal identifiers to voluntary service interactions has the potential to significantly increase participation in activities that have societal benefits…

  • Research Notes: Claire Senot

    Claire Senot's paper “Hold Me Accountable: Anonymity and Prosocial Behavior in Services,” co-authored with Rob Glew (McGill University), has been accepted for publication in Manufacturing & Service Operations…

  • Research Notes: Yumei He

    Yumei He's paper "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant in Online Shopping: A Randomized Field Experiment on a Livestream Selling Platform,” co-authored with Lingli Wang, Ni Huang, Xinhua Guo, De Liu, Yan Sun, and Guoqing…

  • Claire Senot: Leveraging the Power of Data

    As Morton A. Aldrich Professor in Business and associate professor of management science, Claire Senot incorporates a strong analytics focus throughout the Master of Business Administration degree programs.

  • Portrait of Osman Kazan on patio of Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
    WGNO-TV: Cabbage prices up 8% for St. Patrick's Day

    Osman Kazan, professor of practice in management science and director of business analytics, was interviewed by WGNO-TV about the rising price of cabbage, a staple of St. Patrick's Day parades and celebrations. “Because of…