By the time Diego Bufquin was 5, he was fluent in three languages. By age 18, he had lived on three continents.It’s no surprise, then, that he found his calling in international hospitality.“The fact that I had stayed at…
Rob Lalka, Albert R. Lepage Professor in Business and professor of practice in management, was interviewed by Quartz for a story about corporate America's response to the election of Donald Trump.
Cameron Verhaal’s paper “Organizational Authenticity: How Craft-based Ventures Manage Authentic Identities and Audience Appeal,” co-authored with Stanislav Dobrev, was accepted for publication in Strategic…
Shuhua Sun, Peter W. and Paul A. Callais Professor of Entrepreneurship and associate professor of management, recently had two research papers accepted for publication.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University is pleased to announce the appointment of five new faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year.
Adrienne Colella and Natalie Longmire's paper "Relational Incongruence in Neurodiverse Workgroups: Practices for Cultivating Autistic Employee Authenticity and Belonging,” co-authored with Timothy Vogus (Vanderbilt…
Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business has named Mara Baumgarten Force as inaugural director of the Schwartz Family Center for Experiential Business Learning, the school’s new center of excellence dedicated to high-…
Diego Bufquin, professor of practice in management and director of the undergraduate hospitality certificate program, participated in a MarketScale "Experts Talk" roundtable discussion on the impact of customer reviews on…
Rob Lalka, Lepage Professor in Business and executive director of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, was interviewed by Forbes for a story about misinformation and the 2024 presidential campaign…
Melissa Lightell, assistant dean of graduate admissions, was interviewed by the education news website Best Colleges for a story about Freeman's new MBA curriculum.
Ashley Langford (BSM ’09) was named head coach of the Tulane women’s basketball team in April, making history as the first African American to lead the program.
Alissa Bilfield's paper "Exploring the Implications of the Fair Trade USA Certification for Farmworker Health and Well-being at the First Certified Farm in the U.S.," co-authored with Edmundo Hernandez, was published in the…
At the May meeting of the A. B. Freeman School of Business faculty, Dean Paulo Goes announced the following faculty members as recipients of 2024 research awards.
Freeman School accounting professors Jasmijn Bol and Lisa LaViers co-authored an article for MIT Sloan Management Review about innovation contests, in which organizations award prizes to employees who submit the…
Assistant Professor of Management Scott Kuban's paper "Peer Response to Regulatory Enforcement: Lobbying by Non-Sanctioned Firms," co-authored with Jason Ridge, Dan Worrell, Sergei Kolomeitsev and Kristie Moergen, has been…
Freeman School professors Michael Burke and Claire Senot were honored for their outstanding research achievements at the 2023 Tulane University Research, Scholarship & Artistic Achievement Awards, which took place on Nov…
The A. B. Freeman School of Business has received a $5 million gift from Todd and Gina Schwartz to expand opportunities for students to “learn by doing.”
Assistant Professor of Management Ben King's paper "Reconciling Theories on Why Employees of Small Firms Are More Likely to Become Entrepreneurs," co-authored with Evan Starr and Martin Ganco, has been accepted for…
The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University is pleased to announce the appointment of 11 new faculty members for the 2023-24 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include four tenure-…
In May, Louis David (MBA ’11) was named interim president and CEO of the New Orleans Business Alliance, the public-private partnership that serves as the City of New Orleans’ official economic development organization.
In a study published in Organization Science, Associate Professor of Management Shuhua Sun finds that politically skilled employees in competitive workplace environments can often become targets of social…
Ben King's paper "Gender and Competitiveness when Earning for Others: Experimental Evidence and Implications for Sponsorship," co-authored with Nathan Barrymore and Cristian Dezso, was accepted for publication in …
Freeman School researchers Stephanie Cheng and Yuchen Zhang analyzed 17 years of patent activity in states with medical marijuana laws to determine that the legalization of marijuana has an adverse effect on regional…