Faculty

A team from the A. B. Freeman School of Business has been selected to advance to the finals of the PwC Challenge Case Competition. As one of four national finalists, the Freeman School's team — Neil Barot, Michael Kreisman,…

In the last several years, specialization has become the new mantra at business schools, with students pursuing increasingly narrow tracks of study in hopes of gaining an advantage in the job market. Jennifer Merluzzi says…

Applications are now open for the 2016 Tulane Business Model Competition, which will award over $40,000 in cash prizes to college entrepreneurs with promising startup ventures. The 2016 Tulane Business Model Competition…

When Peter Ricchiuti speaks at conventions and corporate meetings, event organizers bill him as “the financial professor you wish you’d had in college.” Peter Ricchiuti took alumni and parents on a whirlwind and…

Dean Ira Solomon is pleased to announce the following appointments to the faculty of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Assistant Professor of Accounting Hila Fogel-Yaari joins the…

From Oil & Gas Financial Journal, Oct. 14, 2015: Eric Smith, professor of practice and associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, contributed a opinion piece to the October 2015 issue of Oil & Gas Journal. "…

John Page’s paper “Seasonal Affective Disorder and Seasoned Art Auction Prices: New Evidence from Old Masters” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. The paper was co-…

Iris Mack, adjunct lecturer in management science and faculty member of the Tulane Energy Institute, was selected as an "Insider of the Month" by Houston Energy Insider, a website dedicated to the national and global energy…

Claire Senot's article What Has the Biggest Impact on Hospital Readmission Rates, co-authored with Aravind Chandrasekaran, was recently published in Harvard Business Review. The article, based on a recent paper of her…

Carmen Weigelt's paper “Competition, regulatory policy, and firms’ resource investments: The case of renewable energy technologies” has been accepted for publication in the Academy of Management Journal. The paper is…

Robert Hansen’s discussion “What is the value of sell-side analysts? Evidence from coverage changes,” originally presented at the 2014 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference in Philadelphia, is now forthcoming in…

Daniel MochonJanet SchwartzDaniel Mochon and Janet Schwartz's paper “Gain without pain: The extended effects of a behavioral health intervention” has been accepted for publication in Management Science. Financial incentive…

Geoffrey Parker’s paper “Envelope Modeling of Renewable Resource Variability and Capacity,” co-authored with Xiaoyue Jiang of Tulane University’s Computer Science Department and Ekundayo Shittu of George Washington…

Jennifer Merluzzi's paper “The Specialist Discount: Negative Returns for MBAs with Focused Profiles in Investment Banking,” co-authored with Damon Phillips of Columbia University, has been accepted for publication in…

Tulane University School of Medicine has opened up a new front in the battle against obesity and diet-related disease: the kitchen. The Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine is a groundbreaking program of the medical school…

In a classroom on the campus of historic business school ESCP Europe in Paris, adjunct lecturer Alain Dumont leads a discussion with Executive MBA students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. (…

Lei LaiAssistant Professor of Management Lei Lai has been named a recipient of the 2015 Most Influential Article Award from the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management. The award will be presented at the…

From CNBC, June 3, 2015: John Clarke, professor of practice and associate dean for graduate programs at the Freeman School, and Kurt Schacht, managing director of the Standards and Financial Market Integrity division of CFA…

Kelsey Chan-Chin graduated from Tulane University in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in public health and a deep desire to help people eat healthier. Master of Management students visited the headquarters of Shanghai Baosteel…

Kenny Wang will begin his residency in emergency medicine this fall, but the Tulane University School of Medicine graduate has career aspirations that go far beyond the ER. Wang hopes to eventually go into academic medicine…

Ira Solomon, dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, has announced the inaugural grant recipients in the Millie and Allan Bradley Innovation in Ethics Education program.Established in 2014, the…

Robert Hansen’s paper “Can analysts pick stocks for the long-run?” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics. The paper, co-authored with Oya Altınkılıç and Liyu Ye, examines stock return…

From Nola.com, May 21, 2015: Loyal customers may return, but the recall is “incredibly damaging,” especially in areas where Blue Bell is still an unfamiliar name, said Janet Schwartz, an assistant professor of marketing at…

Claire Senot's paper “Role of Bottom-up Decision Processes in Improving Care Quality: A Contingency Perspective,” co-authored with Aravind Chandrasekaren and Peter Ward, has been accepted for publication in Production and…

Big data is one of the business world’s biggest buzzwords, offering organizations the promise of revolutionizing the way they generate value for customers and shareholders. Now, a new MBA concentration gives students the…