Freeman News

Elliot Davis, coordinator of research with AACSB International, highlighted the Freeman School's Burkenroad Reports program in a recent blog posting about experiential learning in finance programs. Davis praised the program…

Yinliang "Ricky" Tan’s paper "Strategic Analysis of the Agency Model for Digital Goods" has been accepted for publication in Production and Operations Management (POM). The paper was co-authored with Janice Carrillo…

The president and CEO of the Sazerac Co., the largest producer of distilled spirits in the United States, and the head of the GE Foundation highlight an impressive list of speakers lined up for the 37th annual Tulane…

U.S. Senate candidate Derrick Edwards, with "Today" show co-host Hoda Kotb, left, and his mother, Madeline Edwards, at Tulane University's 2016 Unified Commencement Ceremony.Winning a seat in Congress is a steep challenge…

For the sixth straight year, the Financial Times has ranked the Master of Finance program at Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business as one of the best in the world. The Freeman School’s MFIN program was ranked…

Sherif Ebrahim, director of entrepreneurship and innovation education at the Freeman School, said recent residential development along Upper Canal Street has led to the need for additional amenities like restaurants and…

Ira Solomon, center left, dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, welcomed former Dean Meyer Feldberg, center right, to the business school on Wednesday (June 8). Also greeting Feldberg were former Deans Angelo DeNisi…

Brian Burns is chef de cuisine at Pêche Seafood Grill, which in 2014 was named Best New Restaurant in American. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)After growing up in Darien, Illinois, and his first year of college at DePaul…

Freeman student Carlos Wilson (BSM/MACCT '16) delivers the student address at Tulane University's Unified Commencement Ceremony, which took place in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Saturday, May 14. (Photo by Paula Burch-…

Jennifer Merluzzi, assistant professor of management at Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business, is interviewed in the June 2016 issue of Harvard Business Review about her research on specialization among MBA…

Shuhua Sun’s paper “What Does It Take to Break the Silence in Teams: Authentic Leadership or Proactive Followership?” has been accepted for publication in Applied Psychology: An International Review. The paper was…

On Thursday (May 12), the Freeman School's David Lesmond, associate professor of finance, spoke with Garland Robinette, host of WWL-AM's Think Tank, about hedge fund manager salaries. There are 11,000 hedge funds and I would…

Angelo DeNisi has been named the 2016 recipient of the Herbert Heneman Jr. Award for Career Achievement from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management.Angelo DeNisi, the Albert Harry Cohen Chair of Business…

Robert Prilmeier’s paper “Why Do Loans Contain Covenants? Evidence from Lending Relationships” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics. In addition, his paper “Why Does Fast Loan Growth…

Freeman School student Carlos Wilson (BSM/MACCT '16) will represent the Class of 2016 at Tulane University's Unified Commencement Ceremony on May 14. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)Before Carlos Wilson (BSM/MACCT ’16)…

Hamilton Beard explains his group's billboard during a presentation before representatives of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and his fellow classmates in management communications (MCOM 3010). (Photo by Ryan Rivet…

Ira Solomon, the Debra and Rick Rees Professor of Business, has accepted reappointment for a second five-year term as dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Ira Solomon has been reappointed to a…

Chris Sloas, left, a 2015 graduate of the Tulane School of Science and Engineering, is congratulated by Stephanie Kleehammer, director of outreach and communications with the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation…

The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University honored real estate developers Chris Papamichael (BSM ’96) and Matt Schwartz (BSM ’99) as Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneurs of the Year and educator Caroline Roemer…

From the App Store and Airbnb to Uber, Xbox and eBay, platform businesses — firms that use technology-based platforms to connect buyers and sellers — are revolutionizing the way people live, work and play. A new book by…

An MBA team representing Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business earned second-place honors in the 20th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition.MBA teams from Washington University in St.…

Geoffrey Parker's article "Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy," co-authored with Marshall Van Alstyne and Sangeet Choudary, appears in the April 2016 issue of Harvard Business Review. Parker is the Norman…

Irwin D. Simon has some simple advice for students: Don’t listen to advice. Irwin D. Simon, president and CEO of the Hain Celestial Group, shared insights about his career and the natural foods industry as this year's R. W.…

A team of Master of Finance students from Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business won third-place honors at this year’s Texas Investment Portfolio Symposium (TIPS) Portfolio Managers Competition. Freeman's…

Nishad Kapadia's article "Davids, Goliaths, and Business Cycles," co-authored with Jefferson Duarte, associate professor of finance at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, has been accepted for publication in…