Management

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Fortune about Meta's $17.1 billion settlement with state attorneys general over harms to children caused by the company's Facebook and Instagram…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by MarketWatch about Meta's $18 billion settlement with a coalition of more than 50 state attorneys general that accused the tech giant of designing Facebook…

As chief people officer of Shake Shack, Jamie Griffin (MBA '11) is bringing southern hospitality to the New York-based fine casual restaurant chain.

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Yahoo! Finance about the start of the Meta trial, in which the tech giant is defending itself against allegations that it purposely developed its apps to…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by BBC News about the trend of tech leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman issuing lengthy declarations about AI.

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Inc. for a story about the legal troubles surrounding Wondermind, the mental health startup founded by actress and singer Selena Gomez.Robert T. Lalka,…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Business Insider for a story about Nvidia's meteoric rise from graphics card maker for video games to the world's most valuable company and linchpin…

Nothing says summer like an ice cream cone, and thanks to a Freeman School of Business alumnus, New Orleanians now have another way to celebrate the season. Briggs Barrios (BSM ’14) is the founder of Super Witch, an ice…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by WVUE Fox 8 about the Orleans Parish Communications District's introduction of an AI-based system to sort and prioritize 911 calls about motor vehicle…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Fortune for a story about Washington's response to President Trump's shocking rise in income since taking office in January 2025, much of it fueled…

New Orleans foodies know Café Reconcile for its soul food staples like gumbo and fried chicken. The young people enrolled in its workforce readiness program, however, know the café for the opportunities it serves up. Since…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Wired for a story about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's ethos of “extreme ownership” in the wake of the company's record-breaking $85 billion IPO.

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Business Insider for a story about Big Tech's efforts to train the workers needed to build data centers.

Larisa Cioaca's paper "The Effect of University Science on Corporate Innovation,” co-authored with Ashish Arora, Sharon Belenzon, Hansen Zhang and Lia Sheer, has been accepted for publication in Management Science.…

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by CNET for a story about Anthropic's planned IPO, which will enable the company to raise significantly more capital than it's been able to raise on the private…

Head to the checkout counter of a New Orleans grocery store and you just might see them: Perched by the register and enveloped in crinkly wax paper emblazoned with the famous red and yellow Savory Simon logo, Hubig’s Pies…

Abe Friedland  (BSM '26) will be an incoming Investment Banking Analyst at Gordian Group.

Bin “Jason” Wang (BSM '26) will begin a Master’s in Management at Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by The Seattle Times about Microsoft's decision to offer voluntary retirement to thousands of its employees in the United States for the first time in…

Natalie Longmire, assistant professor of management, was interviewed by the Associated Press for a story about how to make workplaces more accommodating for people on the autism spectrum.

Rob Lalka, Albert Lepage Professor in Business, was interviewed by Business Insider for a story about how tech firms are using AI to justify layoffs and then rehiring many of those formerly full-time employees as…

Shuhua Sun, Peter W. and Paul A. Callais Professor of Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management, was interviewed by The AI Innovator for a story about his research on AI and employee creativity.

Diego Bufquin, professor of practice and director of Freeman's hospitality management and entrepreneurship certificate program, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times about the impact of rising jet fuel prices on…

Shuhua Sun, Peter W. and Paul A. Callais Professor of Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management, was interviewed by Reworked for a story about how managers should evaluate the effective use of AI in the…

Millie Blumka (SSE ’16) and Taylor Borenstein (BSM ’16) are the founders of the wellness brand, STAKT.