Freeman News

Harry Gestetner (BSM ’22) graduated in May, with four successful years at Tulane University behind him, which included launching Fanfix, the tech startup he created less than a year earlier. Last month, he sold it for eight…

Zack Bhan’s paper “Multiyear Impact of Backorder Delays: A Quasi-Experimental Approach,” co-authored with Eric Anderson of Northwestern University, has been accepted for publication in Marketing Science.

Mohammed Sharief faced a choice: should he become a doctor or study business? The rigor of a medical degree was daunting, as was the experience he’d need to be successful in business, but he had a goal: one day, he wanted to…

Amin Sabzehzar’s paper “Putting Religious Bias in Context: How Offline and Online Context Shape Religious Bias in Online Pro-social Lending,” co-authored with Gordon Burtch of Boston University, Yili Hong of the University…

Eugina Leung’s paper “Consumer Preference for Formal Address and Informal Address from Warm Brands and Competent Brands,” co-authored with Anne-Sophie Lenoir of Branding Science, Stefano Puntoni of Erasmus University and…

Claire Senot’s paper “Novelty and Scope of Process Innovation: The Role of Related and Unrelated Manufacturing Experience,” co-authored with Ivan Lugovoi of Kühne Logistics University and Dimitrios Andritsos of HEC Paris,…

Alba Cordover, Kate Gleason and Ray Howze are pursuing MBA summer internships in fields from analytics to fashion. Kate Gleason needed an MBA summer internship. She persisted through four rounds of interviews at FGS Global…

Ted Fee’s paper “Hidden Gems: Do Market Participants Respond to Performance Expectations Revealed in Compensation Disclosures?” co-authored with Zhi Li of Chapman University and Qiyuan (Rachel) Peng of the University of…

Yumei He’s paper “Managing Congestion in a Matching Market via Demand Information Disclosure,” co-authored with Ni Huang and Yili Hong of the University of Miami and Gordon Burtch of Boston University, has been accepted for…

Jasmijn Bol, Francis Martin Chair in Business and PwC Professor in Accounting, contributed the article “Are You Promotable?” to the July 2022 issue of Strategic Finance, the monthly magazine of the Institute of Management…

Eric Smith, professor of practice in management science and associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was interviewed by WVUE-TV Fox 8 for a story about the impact of soaring summer temperatures on Louisiana’s power…

Natalie Longmire’s paper “Rekindling the Fire and Stoking the Flames: How and When Workplace Interpersonal Capitalization Facilitates Pride and Knowledge Sharing at Work” has been accepted for publication in Academy of…

In a new paper, Assistant Professor of Accounting Lisa LaViers finds that the SEC’s decision to require firms to report their CEO pay ratios led to a proliferation of voluntary disclosures that went above and beyond the rule…

It is a common stereotype: accounting degrees are for math-loving introverts who spend their lives doing taxes and pouring over numbers and calculations. Accounting is a profession that many outside the field have often…

Master of Management in Energy students have long had success in landing jobs with leading energy companies, but this year’s graduates are among the most successful yet. Ninety-three percent of this year’s class had job…

Gus De Franco and Vivi Zhu’s paper “Fixed Income Conference Calls,” co-authored with Da Xu (PhD ’22) and Thomas Shohfi from the SEC, has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Accounting & Economics. …

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business recognized more than 700 degree candidates at its spring 2022 undergraduate and graduate diploma ceremonies. The ceremonies took place on Friday, May 20, at Avron B.…

Gus De Franco and Stephanie Cheng’s paper “Marijuana Liberalization and Public Finance: A Capital Market Perspective on the Passage of Medical Use Laws,” co-authored with Pengkai Lin of Singapore…

Four Freeman School graduates are among the 14 Tulanians to be named as 2022-23 Fulbright award winners. The graduates will receive grants through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the U.S. Department of State’s flagship…

Ashley Nelson, senior professor of practice, was featured in a KNOE-TV story about the effects of the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting on Louisiana’s already rising number of extremist and anti-semitic incidents. Nelson…

Kwasi Agyeman (L ’22) was browsing clothes in the Tulane bookstore in 2019 and not seeing anything he particularly liked when he got a funny idea: Tulane Daddy.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of the Burkenroad Reports equity research program, was interviewed for an Acadiana Advocate story on UnitedHealth Group’s agreement to acquire Lafayette-…

Yuchen Zhang’s paper “Breakthrough Invention and Problem Complexity: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment,” co-authored with Wei Yang of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), has been…

Gans Narayanamoorthy’s paper “Are All Types of Real Transaction Management Equal in the Eyes of Bank Lenders?” has been conditionally accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.…

Tulane University honored Freeman School Senior Professor of Practice Ashley Keller Nelson (MBA ’98) with the 2022 Barbara E. Moely Service Learning Teaching Award. The award recognizes Tulane faculty members who embrace…