Freeman News
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Seven top schools face off in Finance Case CompetitionStudent teams from seven top schools vied for $15,000 in prizes on Friday (April 12) at the 17th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition. The contest, an annual presentation of the A. B. Freeman School…
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Elstrott to be honored as Entrepreneur of the YearThe A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University will honor longtime faculty member and entrepreneur John B. Elstrott Jr. at this year’s Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs Awards Gala. The ceremony will take place on…
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TEA names finalists for 2013 Business Plan CompetitionTulane startups in nutrition, medical technology and public health will compete for $50,000 next month in the Tulane Entrepreneurs Association’s (TEA) 13th annual Tulane Business Plan Competition. The 13th annual Tulane…
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Research Notes: Prof. Jennifer MerluzziJennifer Merluzzi’s paper “How many names are enough? Identifying network effects with the least set of listed contacts” has been accepted for publication in Social Networks. Merluzzi, an assistant professor of…
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N.O. Entrepreneur Week highlights Tulane’s role in startup sceneThe fifth annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week shined a spotlight on the city’s fast-growing startup scene this week, but the head of the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship at Tulane University told attendees that…
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Strategic planning nears the goal lineWhat should the A. B. Freeman School of Business look like in five years?That was the central question posed to a large, diverse group of faculty, staff, students, alumni and employers in September 2012. Now, seven months…
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PwC awards $10K to develop MFIN accounting coursesPricewaterhouseCoopers, the world’s largest professional services firm, has awarded the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University a $10,000 grant to develop new accounting courses in the Master of Finance program…
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Ernst & Young CEO highlights importance of global ethicsIn the wake of Enron and other corporate scandals, business schools across the nation have put a much greater emphasis on the teaching of ethics, but in a talk at the A. B. Freeman School of Business last Friday (Feb. 22),…
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Business student named Department of Energy ambassadorAlexis Vrotsos of Aspen, Colo., a graduate student in the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, has been selected to serve as a Department of Energy Student Ambassador for the 2012-13 academic year. As an…
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Fox Business: Costly Vaccines Linked to False Sense of Security?From Fox Business, Feb. 7, 2013 What's in a price? When it comes to medicines, the cost could affect your health and well-being, according to Janet Schwartz, assistant professor of marketing at the A. B. Freeman School of…
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NPR: Why You Love That Ikea Table, Even If It's CrookedFrom NPR.org, Feb. 6, 2013 NPR’s Shankar Vedantam interviewed Daniel Mochon, assistant professor of marketing, for a Morning Edition segment about Mochon’s research into the so-called Ikea Effect. "Imagine that, you know,…
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Tulane MBA Project wins top prize in FCG ShowcaseA team of eight Freeman School MBA students that studied the current landscape of MBA education and made recommendations to the Freeman School’s MBA Task Force took home top honors and a $500 prize at the inaugural FCG…
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Ambassador highlights importance of U.S.-EU relationshipWhen British Prime Minister David Cameron last week called for a referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union, it was just the latest challenge to the beleaguered union, which has struggled in the wake of the…
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NFL's Smith and Atallah talk business with MBA studentsNew Orleans Saints starting defensive end Will Smith, standing, and NFL Players Association Assistant Executive Director for External Affairs George Atallah, seated, spoke to students about the business of the NFL in a…
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Less than one week to enter Biz Plan CompetitionThe deadline to enter the 2013 Tulane Business Plan Competition is Jan. 22 and officers of the Tulane Entrepreneurs Association are putting out a final call for entries. The Tulane Business Plan Competition is the nation's…
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Freeman School launches TABA chapters in five U.S. citiesThe Tulane Association of Business Alumni (TABA) has announced the establishment of chapters in five U.S. cities. The five TABA chapters are Houston, Nashville, Washington D.C., New York and Miami. TABA has established new…
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A message from AfghanistanFreeman School graduate Edward Crawford (MBA ’09, MGM ’09, LA ’09), an associate with Goldman Sachs & Co. in Miami, is currently deployed with U.S. Navy special operations forces in Afghanistan. He recently this holiday…
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Consumers judge risk of illness by the cost of the cureWhen it comes to calculating their odds of getting the flu, consumers look to an unlikely gauge – the price of the flu shot – to measure their risk, according to a new study co-authored by a Freeman School researcher. Janet…
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Three Freeman staffers make Silicon Bayou 100John Elstrott, Ralph Maurer and Lina Alfieri Stern, the leadership team behind the Freeman School’s Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship, are among the local movers and shakers to make the 2012 Silicon Bayou 100.…
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Business School Council adds three new membersThe Business School Council, the primary external advisory board of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, has recently added three new members. Ozgur KaraosmanogluOzgur Karaosmanoglu (A&S ’84, MBA ’…
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The high cost of high-frequency tradingOn May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 600 points in five frantic minutes only to regain most of that loss minutes later. The origin of the so-called Flash Crash remains a mystery to this day, but…
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Service takes the spotlight on MBA trip to ArgentinaIt started out modestly, as a way to offer volunteer opportunities to students during one of their international trips, but in the last three years, public service has grown to become a focal point of the annual MBA Global…
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Accounting institute connects students with the professionIn 2012, ManpowerGroup ranked accounting at No. 5 on its list of the 10 hardest jobs to fill. That talent shortage is expected to continue through 2020 as more and more accounting professionals reach retirement age. The…
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Beta Gamma Sigma inducts newest membersThe Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing business excellence, welcomed its newest members at an induction ceremony in Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II on Nov. 14, 2012. Left to right,…
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Social entrepreneurs seek the perfect pitch at PitchNOLATen teams of social entrepreneurs visited Tulane’s uptown campus last week to pitch ideas to solve a host of environmental and social problems, but in the end, it was a program to help the formerly incarcerated transition…