Freeman News

Ted Fee’s paper “Playing Favorites? Industry Expert Directors in Diversified Firms,” co-authored with Jesse Ellis and Shawn Thomas, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Sid Pulitzer has a tradition. On the first day of his Entrepreneurial Management class, he asks his students how many would object to becoming wealthy in an honest way. If no hands go up, he tells them they’ve qualified to stay in the…

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.

Jasmijn Bol's paper “Subjectivity in Professionals’ Incentive Systems: Differences between Promotion- and Performance-Based Assessments,” co-authored with Justin Leiby, has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting…

College entrepreneurs are invited to enter the 17th annual Tulane Business Model Competition for a chance to win more than $40,000 in cash and prizes for promising startup ventures.

Tim West's paper “Lenzini Steel: The Impact of Transfer Pricing and Taxes on International Operations,” co-authored by Bradrick Cripe of Northern Illinois University and Anthony Harmon of Grant Thornton LLP, has been accepted for…

A team of Master of Finance students from Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business earned second-place honors in the 2016 ACG Louisiana Energy Case Competition.

The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members during a ceremony in the A. B. Freeman School of Business on Nov. 16, 2016.…

Can unethical behavior at the individual level predict wrongdoing at the corporate level? That’s a question William Grieser, assistant professor of finance at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business, sought to answer with…

Peggy Babin, a 1992 graduate of the A.B. Freeman School of Business, is CEO of Valmiki 504. She is also a former associate dean of the business school. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)Several alumni of the A. B. Freeman School of…

Barry K. Worthington, executive director of the United States Energy Association, speaks during a day-long forum examining relations between the U.S. and China. (Photo by Ryan Rivet) The Donald Trump administration is likely to seek…

Tulane University alumnus Evan Darnell and celebrity chef Carla Hall are the founders of Carla Hall's Southern Kitchen in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo provided by Evan Darnell)Bringing flavorful, Nashville-inspired fare to Brooklyn, New…

Growth. Growth. Growth. Paraphrasing the old quote about real estate, Dean Ira Solomon told a Freeman School homecoming audience that explosive growth continues to be the big story at the B-school.

More than 200 students traveled to New York in October to participate in Tulane Takeover: NYC, a networking and career development event co-sponsored by the Career Management Center. Photo by Michael Jurick. The university calendar…

This year's Freeman Graduate Reunion Weekend takes place Oct. 28-30.Celebrating a milestone graduation anniversary this year? Register now for the A. B. Freeman School of Business Graduate Reunion Weekend! Scheduled to coincide with…

William Donius (BSM '81)Business executive and author William A. Donius (BSM ’81) visits Tulane this week for a special lecture and workshop sponsored by the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Donius is the author of…

New research from a professor at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business offers the first hard data on the economic cost of political uncertainty.

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 accepted for…

Kelly Grant, professor of practice at the A.B. Freeman School of Business, has taken on the role of Newcomb-Tulane College associate dean of retention and strategic initiatives. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)Tulane University…

Jane Gasdaska, general manager, US Product Supply & Distribution, for Phillips 66 Commercial, delivered a morning keynote presentation on managing teams as part of this year's Freeman Energy Expo.Students from the Freeman School’s…

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 accounting,…

Beginning in January, users of S&P Capital IQ will be able to access Burkenroad Reports, the Freeman School's acclaimed equity research program.S&P Global Market Intelligence, a leading provider of research, data and analytics…

Zeigham Khokher’s paper “The Information Content of a Nonlinear Macro-Finance Model for Commodity Prices,” co-authored with Timothy Simin of Pennsylvania State University and Saqib Khan of the University of Regina, has been accepted…

Mark Brown (MBA '90), president and CEO of the Sazerac Co., discussed the company's growth into one of the top five spirits companies in the world as the Tulane Business Forum's luncheon keynote speaker.Mark Brown, president and CEO of…

Celebrating the start of the $35 million renovation and expansion of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business were, left to right, Board of Tulane Chair Darryl Berger, board member E. Pierce Marshall Jr., Tulane President…