Faculty & Research

In a forthcoming paper, Assistant Professor of Finance Amanda Heitz finds that politically connected firms experience fewer enforcement actions and receive smaller regulatory fines than similar unconnected firms.

Shuhua Sun's paper “Is Political Skill Always Beneficial? Why and When Politically Skilled Employees Become Targets of Coworker Social Undermining” has been accepted for publication in Organization Science.

Carmen Weigelt and J. Cameron Verhaal's paper “Blinded by the Sun: The Role of Prosumers as Niche Actors in Incumbent Firms' Adoption of Solar Power During Sustainability Transitions" has been accepted for publication in…

Stephanie Cheng's paper “The Information Externality of Public Firms” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Accounting Research.

Venkat Subramaniam's paper “Labor Unions and Product Quality Failures," co-authored with Omesh Kini of Georgia State University, Jaideep Shenoy of University of Connecticut and Mo Shen of Auburn University, has been accepted…

Seoungwoo Lee's paper “Managing the Versioning Decision over an App’s Lifetime” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Marketing.

Eric Smith’s article “Hydrogen in the United States - Developmental Perspective” appeared in the February 2021 issue of Oil, Gas & Energy Law.

Candace Jens' paper “Political Uncertainty and Firm Investment: Project-Level Evidence from M&A Activity” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Serena Loftus' paper “Causal Language and Effective Performance Evaluations," co-authored with Lloyd Tanlu of Washington and Lee University, has been accepted for publication in Strategic Finance.

Ziye “Zoe” Nie’s paper “Short-Term Reversals, Short-Term Momentum, and News-Driven Trading Activity" has been accepted for publication in Journal of Banking and Finance.

Rajat Khanna’s paper “Peeking Inside The Black Box: Inventor Turnover and Patent Termination” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Management.

Barrett Wheeler's paper “Unrecognized Expected Credit Losses and Bank Share Prices” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Accounting Research.

Assistant Professor of Management Shuhua Sun recently had five articles accepted for publication.

Sophia Hamm’s paper “Organized Labor and Inventory Stockpiling,” co-authored with Boochun Jung, Woo-Jong Lee and Daniel G. Yang, has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review.

Rakesh Mallipeddi's paper “A Framework for Analyzing Influencer Marketing in Social Networks: Selection and Scheduling of Influencers,” co-authored with Subodha Kumar, Chelliah Sriskandarajah and Yunxia Zhu, has been…

Claire Senot's paper “Reflections on Continuity of Care and Risk of Readmission” was recently accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management.

Rakesh Mallipeddi was honored with the 2020 Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award at the 51st annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference.

Lynn Hannan's paper “Do Peer Ratings Work?”, co-authored with Markus Arnold of the University of Bern, Margaret Shackell of Ithaca College and Ivo Tafkov of Georgia State University, was published in the December 2020…

Rajat Khanna's paper “Aftermath Of A Tragedy: A Star’s Death And Coauthors' Subsequent Productivity” has been accepted for publication in Research Policy.

Amanda Heitz’s paper “Corporate Political Connections and Favorable Environmental Enforcement” has been accepted for publication in Management Science.

Ted Matherly's paper “Racialization of Peer-to-Peer Transactions: Inequality and Barriers to Legitimacy” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Consumer Affairs for a special issue on race in the marketplace…

Ricky Tan’s paper “Less Is More? The Strategic Role of Retailer’s Capacity” has been accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management.

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of nine faculty members for the 2020-21 academic year. The appointments include seven tenure-track assistant professors, one professor of practice…

Jason Sandvik’s paper “Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm” has been accepted for publication in Management Science.

Deen Kemsley’s paper “Tax Evasion and Money Laundering: A Compete Framework” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial Crime.