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    Alumni host Chinese students in New York

    Alumni and professionals from companies including Moody’s Investor Services, EY, J.P. Morgan, Barclay’s and Deutsche Bank hosted a group of Chinese students at a special networking reception in New York on Saturday night (…

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    The stock market's good humor man

    When Peter Ricchiuti speaks at conventions and corporate meetings, event organizers bill him as “the financial professor you wish you’d had in college.” Peter Ricchiuti took alumni and parents on a whirlwind and…

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    WWL.com: Going back to a 40 hour work week?

    From WWL.com, Oct. 19, 2015:WWL-AM interviewed Angelo DeNisi, professor of organizational behavior and Albert Cohen Chair in Business, about the "firm 40," a policy being adopted by some companies across the country that…

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    Freeman welcomes nine to faculty for 2015-16

    Dean Ira Solomon is pleased to announce the following appointments to the faculty of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Assistant Professor of Accounting Hila Fogel-Yaari joins the…

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    Faculty member launches campaign for math education site

    Iris Mack, adjunct lecturer in management science and faculty member of the Tulane Energy Institute, has kicked off a two-month Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for MathQED, a website dedicated to assisting math students at…

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    Oil & Gas Financial Journal: A Texas-based Oil Cartel?

    From Oil & Gas Financial Journal, Oct. 14, 2015: Eric Smith, professor of practice and associate director of the Tulane Energy Institute, contributed a opinion piece to the October 2015 issue of Oil & Gas Journal. "…

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    Research Notes: John Page

    John Page’s paper “Seasonal Affective Disorder and Seasoned Art Auction Prices: New Evidence from Old Masters” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. The paper was co-…

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    Houston Energy Insider: Insiders of the Month

    Iris Mack, adjunct lecturer in management science and faculty member of the Tulane Energy Institute, was selected as an "Insider of the Month" by Houston Energy Insider, a website dedicated to the national and global energy…

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    Register for Homecoming 2015

    Tulane University will host its massive 2015 Homecoming/Reunion/Family Weekend on Nov. 6-8, and as part of those festivities, the A. B. Freeman School of Business has a number of exciting activities planned especially for…

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    Research Notes: Claire Senot

    Claire Senot's article What Has the Biggest Impact on Hospital Readmission Rates, co-authored with Aravind Chandrasekaran, was recently published in Harvard Business Review. The article, based on a recent paper of her…

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    Donatone named region chair of North America for Sodexo

    Lorna Donatone (BSM ’80), CEO of Schools Worldwide for Sodexo, has been tapped to head up Sodexo North America. As region chair of North America, Donatone will assume the duties currently held by Sodexo North America…

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    Goldring honored as inaugural AACSB Influential Leader

    AACSB International, the global accrediting body and membership association for business schools, has named Tulane University business alumnus Bill Goldring (BBA ’64), chairman of the Sazerac Co. and Crescent Crown…

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    Creating a culture of innovation

    Many people tend to think of email as an indispensable tool for organizations to communicate, collaborate and innovate, but not Adam Bryant. New York Times "Corner Office" columnist Adam Bryant said the first step in…

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    Research Notes: John Healey

    John Healey’s paper “The Effects of Installed Base Innovativeness and Recency on Content Sales in a Platform-Mediated Market” has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Research in Marketing. Healey is…

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    Research Notes: Jaideep Shenoy

    Jaideep Shenoy’s paper “Trade Credit Decisions of U.S. Public Firms: The Joint Effects of Supplier and Customer Financial Characteristics” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial Intermediation. The paper…

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    Tulane Business Forum surveys changing business landscape

    With technology and shifting demographics changing the way companies do business, what can executives do to ensure that their organizations stay on top? Warner L. ThomasThomas L. RyanFor its 36th annual program, the Tulane…

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    Research Notes: Carmen Weigelt

    Carmen Weigelt's paper “Competition, regulatory policy, and firms’ resource investments: The case of renewable energy technologies” has been accepted for publication in the Academy of Management Journal. The paper is…

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    Research Notes: Robert Hansen

    Robert Hansen’s discussion “What is the value of sell-side analysts? Evidence from coverage changes,” originally presented at the 2014 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference in Philadelphia, is now forthcoming in…

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    The next economic hurdle? Achieving critical mass

    In the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has staged a remarkable economic comeback, adding thousands of jobs, attracting billions of dollars in investment and topping a host of “best-of” lists — everything from…

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    Research Notes: Daniel Mochon and Janet Schwartz

    Daniel MochonJanet SchwartzDaniel Mochon and Janet Schwartz's paper “Gain without pain: The extended effects of a behavioral health intervention” has been accepted for publication in Management Science. Financial incentive…

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    Four alums named to DiversityMBA Top 100 Under 50 list

    Four alumni of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business are among the honorees in the 2015 DiversityMBA Magazine Top 100 Under 50. The list, compiled by DiversityMBA Magazine, recognizes exceptional minority and…

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    Research Notes: Geoffrey Parker

    Geoffrey Parker’s paper “Envelope Modeling of Renewable Resource Variability and Capacity,” co-authored with Xiaoyue Jiang of Tulane University’s Computer Science Department and Ekundayo Shittu of George Washington…

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    Research Notes: Jennifer Merluzzi

    Jennifer Merluzzi's paper “The Specialist Discount: Negative Returns for MBAs with Focused Profiles in Investment Banking,” co-authored with Damon Phillips of Columbia University, has been accepted for publication in…

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    Selling consumers on healthy eating

    Tulane University School of Medicine has opened up a new front in the battle against obesity and diet-related disease: the kitchen. The Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine is a groundbreaking program of the medical school…

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    EMBA classes take studies to Paris and Beijing

    In a classroom on the campus of historic business school ESCP Europe in Paris, adjunct lecturer Alain Dumont leads a discussion with Executive MBA students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. (…