Freeman News

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…

New Orleans startups are making substantial gains in attracting investment funding while also adopting more flexible work options and scaling back their office expansion plans, according to the latest findings from Tulane University’s…

On the day the U.S. House of Representatives passed the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill he worked tirelessly to craft, Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy visited the Freeman School to talk to energy students about what the historic…

Dean Paulo Goes, who became the 14th dean of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business in August 2021, will deliver his first “State of the School” address on Nov. 12 as part of Wave ’21 – Homecoming, Reunion and Family…

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of four faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include three tenure-track assistant…

Osman Kazan’s paper “Twitter Use Among Orthopaedic Surgery Journals Correlates With Increased Citation Rates,” co-authored with Mohammed Asad Khalid of Oneida Health, Arjun Verma of Tulane School of Medicine and Jie Chen of the…

Assistant Professor of Finance Jason Sandvik was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for a story about workplace mentorship programs. In a recent study, Sandvik found that voluntary mentorship programs tend to miss out on…

Roz Butler, assistant director of the Tulane Family Business Center, is featured in the November issue of Biz New Orleans Magazine. Butler was interviewed for a Q&A about family business and the work of the Family Busines…

Anyi Ma recently had papers accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Psychology and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Tuhin Chaturvedi’s paper “Resource Reconfiguration during Technological Change,” co-authored with John E. Prescott of the University of Pittsburgh, has been accepted for publication in Strategy Science.

Yang Pan’s paper “Risk Disclosure in Crowdfunding,” co-authored with Keotaeng Kim of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Jooyoung Park of Peking University, Kunpeng Zhang of University of Maryland and Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang of Chinese…

Peter Ricchiuti, the William B. Burkenroad Jr. Clinical Professor and senior professor of practice, was interviewed by The Advocate for a story about the effect of rising oil and gas prices in Louisiana.

Claire Senot’s article “Manufacturing Process Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry,” co-authored with Dimitris Andritsos and Ivan Lugovoi of HEC Paris, has been accepted for publication in Manufacturing and Service Operations…

Rob Lalka, Lepage Professor of Business and executive director of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, was interviewed by the New Orleans Advocate/NOLA.com for a story about local tech startup Levelset’s acquisition…

Yang Pan’s paper “How Ride-Sharing Shaping Public Transit System: A Counterfactual Estimator Approach,” c-oauthored with Liangfei Qiu of University of Florida, was accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management…

Rob Lalka, Lepage Professor in Business and executive director of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, contributed an article to ImpactAlpha on the need for businesses to recognize the economic opportunity of…

Eric Smith, professor of practice in management science and associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was interviewed by E&E News for a story about weaknesses in the electricity grid brought into relief by Hurricane Ida.…

Paulo Goes, who took office as the 14th dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business on Aug. 23, says the school is well positioned to thrive in the rapidly changing business environment.

Amanda Heitz, assistant professor of finance, was interviewed by WVUE Fox8 News for a segment about the reintroduction of mask mandates in New Orleans in response to the delta variant of the coronavirus.