Freeman News

  • Junchao Li
    Research Notes: Jason Li

    Junchao “Jason” Li’s paper “Exploring the Affective Impact, Boundary Conditions, and Antecedents of Leader Humility” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Psychology.

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    Business school expansion reflects growing demand

    On Friday, March 2, hundreds of guests turned out to take part in the dedication ceremony for the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex, which features more than 80,000 square feet of new and renovated space to accommodate…

  • 2021 TBMC Announcement
    Tulane Business Model Competition names semifinalists for $25K top prize

    Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has named the six student teams that will face off in the qualifying round of the 2018 Tulane Business Model Competition during the 10th annual New Orleans Entrepreneur…

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    De Franco invested as inaugural KPMG Professor

    On Jan. 29, the Freeman community came together to recognize Gus De Franco’s investiture as KPMG Professor of Business with a ceremony in the Marshall Family Commons of the new Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex.

  • Real estate in real time

    Louis Baugier had a 360-degree view of the dizzying, fast-paced business of New York real estate. By day, Baugier (BSM '13) was part of J.P. Morgan’s global real estate group, where he worked on big Manhattan development…

  • New courses connect students with alumni experts

    For the students who took part in January’s intersession courses, some of the most exciting learning took place out of the classroom and far from campus.

  • Junchao Li
    Passion pays in crowdfunding

    Assistant Professor of Management Junchao “Jason” Li says the enthusiasm displayed by an entrepreneur in their campaign plays a key role in their venture’s success.

  • Daniel Mochon
    Research Notes: Daniel Mochon

    Daniel Mochon’s paper “If you are going to pay within the next 24 hours, press 1: Automatic planning prompt reduces credit card delinquency” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Psychology.

  • Deen Kemsley
    Research Notes: Kemsley, Sivadasan and Subramaniam

    Deen Kemsley, Paddy Sivadasan and Venkat Subramaniam’s paper “The Composite Dividend Tax Rate” has been accepted for publication in Accounting and Business Research.

  • GWBS Opening Day
    Open for Business

    The Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex is open for business. On Tuesday, the Freeman School officially unveiled its long-awaited expansion with a New Orleans-style celebration in honor of the building’s inaugural day of…

  • Nishad Kapadia
    Research Notes: Nishad Kapadia and Morad Zekhnini

    Nishad Kapadia and Morad Zekhnini’s paper “Do Idiosyncratic Jumps Matter?” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics.

  • Freeman to expand into New Orleans CBD with new offerings in hospitality entrepreneurship

    With a new facility in the New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute building, the Freeman School plans to offer degree and non-degree programs aimed at students, working professionals and executives from around the…

  • Hanna Gamble
    Alumna named 2017 Tree Farmer of the Year

    Hanna Gamble (BSM '12), manager of St. Lucia Plantation, a family-owned pine-tree farm in Logansport, Louisiana, was named 2017 Tree Farmer of the Year by the Louisiana Forestry Association.

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    Researcher says use less jargon when crowdfunding

    Today’s innovators turn to platforms like Kickstarter to crowdfund their imaginative products. Now, a new study conducted by the Freeman School's Yuchen Zhang suggests that a Kickstarter campaign’s worst enemy is the overuse…

  • Gyl Grinberg
    The long and winding journey of a family business

    Gyl Grinberg (BSM ’95), former president of Val-Fit Inc., a leading master distributor of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF) for the oil and gas industry, shared the family-owned company’s long and winding journey in a special…

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    Research Notes: Ricky Tan

    Yinliang "Ricky" Tan's paper “Captivate: Building Blocks for Implementing Active Learning," co-authored with Brent Kitchens of the University of Virginia and Tawnya Means of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been…

  • Good2Go
    Anatomy of a startup

    Entrepreneur Fran Heller (NC '88) discussed the evolution of her startup Good2Go in November as part of a new speaker series hosted by the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

  • Paddy Sivadasan
    Teaching award winners share commitment to students

    Paddy Sivadasan and Xuhui "Nick" Pan are the 2017 recipients of the Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award, the Freeman School's highest honor for classroom teaching.

  • Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
    Hundreds turn out for Homecoming/Reunions 2017

    With clear skies and unseasonably mild temperatures, Homecoming/Reunion Weekend 2017 attracted hundreds of Freeman alumni, parents and friends to Tulane’s uptown campus for a Wave-themed weekend of fun.

  • Lynn Hannan
    Research Notes: Lynn Hannan

    Lynn Hannan's paper “Team Member Subjective Communication in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Teams,” co-authored with Markus Arnold of the University of Bern and Ivo Tafkov of Georgia State University, has been accepted for…

  • Beta Gamma Sigma inducts newest members

    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. 1, 2017.

  • 2021 TBMC Announcement
    Applications now open for 18th annual Tulane Business Model Competition

    College entrepreneurs are invited to enter the 18th annual Tulane Business Model Competition for a chance to win more than $40,000 in cash and prizes for promising startup ventures.

  • Timothy West
    Live! From New Orleans! It’s accounting class!

    Comedy isn’t something people typically associate with accounting, but Tim West -- a graduate of the Second City, the famed improvisational theater in Chicago -- isn’t a typical accounting professor.

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    Former Fed vice chair delivers 2017 R.W. Freeman Lecture

    The 2016 presidential election exposed deep fissures within U.S. society, but in an appearance at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business on Nov. 8, economist Roger W. Ferguson Jr. said the current economic and…

  • Freeman hosts lunch for Shanghai alums

    During a trip to Shanghai last week, the Freeman School's Anu Varadharajan, lecturer and assistant director of the Master of Accounting program, met with alumni to catch up on their careers, share the latest news from…