Faculty & Research

Sherif A. Ebrahim, adjunct professor of management, strategy and entrepreneurship, will be honored at the White House on Wednesday, March 7, as an entrepreneurial mentor and “Champion of Change.” Ebrahim is one of 11 individuals from…

Studies have shown fast-food calorie postings do little to deter diners from overeating. A better approach may be for restaurants to simply ask consumers if they’d like smaller portions, according to new research by a Freeman School…

Studies have shown fast-food calorie postings do little to deter diners from overeating. A better approach may be for restaurants to simply ask consumers if they’d like smaller portions, according to new research by a Freeman School…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 21, 2011Contact: Ben Haimowitz212-233-6170HHaimowitz@aol.comNew Orleans – When it was reported recently…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 21, 2011Contact: Ben Haimowitz212-233-6170HHaimowitz@aol.comNew Orleans – When it was reported recently…

So it turns out there’s a reason why you could never throw out that wobbly old bookcase you put together in college. Call it the Ikea effect. Assistant Professor of Marketing Daniel Mochon says consumers tend to value self-made…

The following faculty awards were presented at the Freeman School’s 2011 graduate and undergraduate diploma ceremonies. Irving H. Lavalle Research Award Established in 1996, this award recognizes professors for…

Corporate-acquisition activity has been in the doldrums, and the finger of blame has tended to be pointed at investors. In the prevailing view, CEOs are typically empire builders, willing and able to buy, but shareholders have lately…

The Freeman School has appointed six new tenure-track faculty members for the 2010-11 academic year. Cynthia E. DeversCynthia E. Devers joins the Freeman School as an associate professor of management. Devers received…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 11, 2010Contact: Ben Haimowitz212-233-6170HHaimowitz@aol.comNEW ORLEANS - The likely effect of the Gulf oil…

The following faculty awards were presented at the Freeman School’s 2010 Graduate Diploma Ceremony. Irving H. Lavalle Research Award Established in 1996, this award recognizes professors for excellence and advancement of the…

At last year’s Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference, 33 of the 34 companies that presented posted negative returns for the preceding 12 months. This year, 28 of 33 companies posted positive returns, including top performer Stone…

Peter Ricchiuti is quoted again in today's Times-Picayune on McMoRan Exploration Co.'s groundbreaking Blackbeard drilling project. The mega-deep well, located just off the mouth of the Mississippi River, could end up producing the…

In a new paper to be published in Journal of Accounting and Economics, Robert S.…

In a new paper to be published in Journal of Accounting and Economics, Robert S.…

Assistant Dean Peter Ricchiuti was interviewed by ABC News for a  Good Morning America segment on May 7 that examined the Gulf Coast's surprisingly strong economy. Ricchiuti is research director of Burkenroad Reports, which follows 38…

John Elstrott, clinical professor of business and executive director of the Freeman School's Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship, was among the guest speakers to address 50 visiting graduate business students. The students…

Victor J. Cook, Freeman Professor of Doctoral Studies and Research and Senior Fellow at the Goldring Institute for International Business, recently contributed an opinion piece to BusinessWeek. The article, titled What GM Can Learn…

When Burkenroad Institute director Laura Cardinal selected the topic for this year's Burkenroad Symposium - Leadership and the Eye for Innovation - she knew it was a subject of interest to business students and executives. She just…

Innovators take note: If you're thinking of launching a revolutionary new product, plan a two-phased marketing strategy that first emphasizes the product's benefits and later focuses on the practical aspects of using it. That's the…

Bert Cannella has spent several years studying knowledge creation and how new ideas emerge in organizations, and after a good deal of research, one thing appears clear: If you want to stay on the cutting edge, grow and maintain your…