Freeman News

Hubly Surgical, founded by Johns Hopkins University graduate student Casey Grage, earned this year’s grand prize for developing an integrated electric drill system designed to improve the outcomes of bedside intracranial surgeries.

Pierre Conner, professor of practice and executive director of the Tulane Energy Institute, contributed an article to the spring 2022 Louisiana Oil & Gas Association (LOGA) Industry Report about opportunities for industry as the…

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has announced the six semifinalist teams that will face off in the 2022 Tulane Business Model Competition.

Eric Smith, professor of practice in management science and associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was quoted in a New York Times story about a power outage that became fodder for jokes when Entergy New Orleans said it…

Pierre Conner, professor of practice and executive director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was interviewed by WGNO-TV for a story about the effect of President Biden’s ban on Russian oil imports on local gas prices.

Eric Smith, professor of practice and associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was interviewed by WVUE Fox 8 about the impact of hostilities with Russia on gas prices.

Stephanie Cheng’s paper “Disclosure and Competition for Capital,” co-authored with Christine Cuny and Xue Hao, has been accepted for publication in Management Science.

Freeman School alums Tomas Crowe (BSM ’18) and Tim Demirjian (BSM ’18) are co-creators of Dezo, a ready-to-go cocktail that combines vodka with health-focused flavors like coconut water, acai and Himalayan sea salt.

Senior Professor of Practice Peter Ricchiuti will discuss his new book, Being Your Own Boss Is Terrific, at the inaugural New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University, which takes place March 10-12 on the uptown campus.

Josh Asarnow (BSM ’22) turned a guest lecture by U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy into an internship in Cassidy’s state headquarters office in Baton Rouge.

Rajat Khanna’s paper “Degree Assortativity in Collaboration Networks and Invention Performance,” co-authored with Isin Guler from UNC Chapel Hill, has been accepted for publication in Strategic Management Journal.

Rob Lalka, Albert R. Lepage Professor of Business and executive director of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, contributed a guest column to the New Orleans Advocate on Web3 and why New Orleans can play a leading…

Peter Ricchiuti, William B. Burkenroad Jr. Clinical Professor and senior professor of practice, was quoted in a Biz New Orleans feature on what schools in the region are doing to keep with new trends and the changing economy.

Saeede Eftekhari’s paper “Impact of Health Information Exchange Adoption on Referral Patterns” has been accepted for publication in Management Science.

Scott Kuban’s paper “When Not One of the Crowd: The Effects of CEO Ideological Divergence on Lobbying Strategy” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Management.

Oleg Gredil’s paper “On the information content of credit ratings and market-based measures of default risk” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial Economics.

Cameron Verhaal’s paper “Authenticity-Based Connections as Organizational Constraints and the Paradox of Authenticity in the Market for Cuban Cigars” has been accepted for publication in Organization Science.

Shuhua Sun’s paper “Perceived Social Undermining Keeps Entrepreneurs Up at Night and Disengaged the Next Day: The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality and the Buffering Role of Trait Resilience” has been accepted for publication in …

Robert Prilmeier’s paper “Why Do Firms Borrow Directly from Nonbanks?” has been accepted for publication in Review of Financial Studies.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and founder of the Burkenroad Reports program, was interviewed by Biz New Orleans for a story about his new book Being Your Own Boss Is Terrific.

Rize, a Freeman-based startup founded to expand access to professional development and internship opportunities for students, took home first place and the grand prize of $15,000 in seed funding at the 2021 Impact Challenge, an annual…

The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members on Nov. 17, 2021.

In a forthcoming paper, a researcher from Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business takes a new approach to the study of ride-hailing services, using data and computational modeling to establish a clearer picture of Uber’s…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and founder of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by NBC News for a segment on the impact of the Biden administration’s auction of oil drilling rights to 80 million acres in the U.S. Gulf…

On Saturday, Oct. 16, hundreds of Tulane students, including members of Global Guides and the Krewe Du Monde Buddy Program, volunteered at locations across New Orleans for Outreach Tulane, a campus-wide day of service and the oldest…