Management

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    VC pioneer offers insights on building entrepreneurial ecosystem

    How do you build a sustainable ecosystem for entrepreneurs? In a talk hosted by the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, venture capital giant Chuck Newhall invoked an analogy tailor-…

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    The challenge of bringing health care to the developing world

    In a presentation at the Freeman School in June, Frank Molloy, clinical nurse specialist and educator with the Novick Cardiac Alliance, told MD/MBA students that the organization’s biggest challenges aren’t necessarily…

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    Research Notes: Shuhua Sun

    Shuhua Sun’s paper “Is political behavior a viable coping strategy to perceived organizational politics? Unveiling the underlying resource dynamics” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Psychology…

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    New course explores the process behind new products

    What does it take to create a successful product? According to John Clarke, it’s probably not what you think.

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    Downtown expansion on the menu as Freeman joins planned hospitality hub

    Freeman is planning a new hospitality entrepreneurship initiative at NOCHI unlike traditional hospitality management programs. Instead it will use the hospitality industry to gain new insights and solve problem across…

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    Research Notes: Shuhua Sun

    Shuhua Sun’s paper “Affect Spin, Entrepreneurs' Wellbeing, and Venture Goal Progress: The Moderating Role of Goal Orientation,” co-authored with Marilyn Uy and Maw-Der Foo, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of…

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    MBA team wins first place in The Economist's MBA Investment Case Competition

    A team of three MBA students from Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business won first place and the top prize of $10,000 in the second annual Economist Investment Case Competition.

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    Research Notes: Mazhar Islam

    Mazhar Islam's paper “Cross-regional R&D Collaboration and Local Knowledge Spillover,” co-authored with Minyuan Zhao, associate professor of management at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, has been…

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    Freeman welcomes six to faculty for 2016-17 academic year

    Dean Ira Solomon is pleased to announce the following appointments to the faculty of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University for the 2016-17 academic year. Gus De Franco, professor of…

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    The Advocate: Upper Canal Street showing signs of revival

    Sherif Ebrahim, director of entrepreneurship and innovation education at the Freeman School, said recent residential development along Upper Canal Street has led to the need for additional amenities like restaurants and…

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    Freeman welcomes former Dean Meyer Feldberg

    Ira Solomon, center left, dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, welcomed former Dean Meyer Feldberg, center right, to the business school on Wednesday (June 8). Also greeting Feldberg were former Deans Angelo DeNisi…

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    Harvard Business Review: Generalists get better job offers than specialists

    Jennifer Merluzzi, assistant professor of management at Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business, is interviewed in the June 2016 issue of Harvard Business Review about her research on specialization among MBA…

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    Research Notes: Shuhua Sun

    Shuhua Sun’s paper “What Does It Take to Break the Silence in Teams: Authentic Leadership or Proactive Followership?” has been accepted for publication in Applied Psychology: An International Review. The paper was…

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    DeNisi honored with career achievement award

    Angelo DeNisi has been named the 2016 recipient of the Herbert Heneman Jr. Award for Career Achievement from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management.Angelo DeNisi, the Albert Harry Cohen Chair of Business…

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    Research Notes: Geoffrey Parker

    Geoffrey Parker's article "Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy," co-authored with Marshall Van Alstyne and Sangeet Choudary, appears in the April 2016 issue of Harvard Business Review. Parker is the Norman…

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    Natural foods CEO tells students to follow their gut

    Irwin D. Simon has some simple advice for students: Don’t listen to advice. Irwin D. Simon, president and CEO of the Hain Celestial Group, shared insights about his career and the natural foods industry as this year's R. W.…

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    Hain Celestial CEO to deliver 2016 R. W. Freeman Lecture

    Irwin D. SimonIrwin D. Simon, president and chief executive officer of Hain Celestial Group, will deliver the 2016 R. W. Freeman Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, March 16, at 5 p.m. in the Lavin-Bernick Center’s Qatar…

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    Research Notes: Jennifer Merluzzi

    Jennifer Merluzzi's paper “Network Oscillation,” co-authored with Ronald S. Burt, the Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Management, has been accepted for…

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    Research Notes: Jennifer Merluzzi

    Jennifer Merluzzi's paper “Lasting Effects? Referrals and Career Mobility of Demographic Groups in Organizations,“ co-authored with Adina Sterling of Stanford University, has been accepted for publication in a special issue…

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    New York Times: Tech’s ‘Frightful 5’ Will Dominate Digital Life

    From The New York Times, Jan. 20, 2015: The New York Times' Farhad Manjoo interviewed Geoff Parker, professor of management science, about the continuing dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. “The…

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    Research Notes: Burcu Tan

    Burcu Tan’s paper “Dual Sourcing under Random Supply Capacities: The Role of the Slow Supplier,” co-authored with Qi Feng of Purdue University and Wen Chen of Providence College, has been accepted for publication in…

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    It pays to be well rounded

    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…

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    2016 Business Model Competition accepting applications

    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…

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    WWL.com: Going back to a 40 hour work week?

    From WWL.com, Oct. 19, 2015:WWL-AM interviewed Angelo DeNisi, professor of organizational behavior and Albert Cohen Chair in Business, about the "firm 40," a policy being adopted by some companies across the country that…

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    Faculty member launches campaign for math education site

    Iris Mack, adjunct lecturer in management science and faculty member of the Tulane Energy Institute, has kicked off a two-month Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for MathQED, a website dedicated to assisting math students at…