Freeman News

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

Brian Bergman, assistant professor of management, recently had papers accepted for publication in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Journal of Business Venturing.

Mathias Kronlund’s paper “Out of Sight No More? The Effect of Fee Disclosures on 401(k) Investment Allocations” was published in the August 2021 issue of Journal of Financial Economics.

Mathias Kronlund’s paper “Sitting Bucks: Stale Pricing in Fixed Income Funds” has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Financial Economics.

Josh Herlands, adjunct lecturer and co-instructor of the course Renewable Energy Project Development and Finance, was interviewed by Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC for an article about the struggle taking place in Louisiana…

Paulo Goes, Dean and Halle Chair in Leadership at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, has been named dean of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, effective Aug. 23, 2021.

Jasmijn Bol’s book Operational Risk Management: Organizational Controls and Incentive System Design was recently published by Business Expert Press.

When Sam Childs, Maria Francque, Gabe Harris and Hunter Mathas signed up for Mara Force’s course on hedge funds in the fall of 2020, GameStop wasn’t high on their radar. In fact, it wasn’t anywhere on their radar.

John Healey’s paper “What if Your Owners Also Own Other Firms in Your Industry? The Relationship between Institutional Common Ownership, Marketing, and Firm Performance” has been accepted for publication in…

Amy Wu (BSM ’22), a Freeman School senior majoring in finance, has been awarded a prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for the fall 2021 semester.

Han Jiang’s paper “Cleaning House before Hosting New Guests: A Political Path Dependence Model of Political Connection Adaptation in the Aftermath of Anticorruption Shocks” has been accepted for…

Pierre Conner, professor of practice and executive director of the Tulane Energy Institute, was interviewed for a Mashable story on the Biden administration’s approval of the country’s first major offshore wind farm.

For Freeman alumni Steve Jarmel (BSM ’93) and John Findlay (BSM ’07), the decision to strike out on their own in private equity presented an opportunity to not only generate superior returns but also to build a company where…

Ira Solomon’s paper “Do Stronger Wise-Thinking Dispositions Enable Auditors to Evaluate Audit Evidence Objectively When Assessing and Addressing Fraud Risk?” has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting…

John M. Trapani, who served the Freeman School as senior associate dean, vice dean and founding director of the Goldring Institute of International Business, recently announced his intention to retire on June 30, bringing to…

A new company founded by Freeman students to create space for more diverse students to gain access to internships took home the grand prize of $5,000 as the winner of this year’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and…

Victoria Li's paper “COVID-19, Volatility Dynamics, and Sentiment Trading,” co-authored with Kose John of New York University, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Banking and Finance.

The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members on April 15, 2021.