Research Articles
At Gies College of Business, research is more than theory. From entrepreneurship and auditing to healthcare economics and supply chain logistics, Gies Business professors and scholars are shaping the future through innovative business research. Explore how their work informs industry practice, public policy, and the education of the next generation of business leaders.
Southern California grapples with economic fallout from historic wildfires
Feb 05, 2025
Experts from Gies College of Business warn that the road to recovery will be long, with significant challenges to the local economy, housing market, and insurance industry.
Wildfires affecting lives even a thousand miles away
Feb 03, 2025
A study out of the University of Illinois Gies College of Business details the health risks posed by smoke plumes that have traveled across the country in the days following wildfires.
AI regulations and their mixed impact on business
Jan 28, 2025
Gies accounting faculty William Ciconte, Andrea M. Rozario, and Oktay Urcan recently completed studies on the mixed impact that AI regulation has had on the business sector.
New report from Gies College of Business reveals more employees are languishing than flourishing at work
Jan 21, 2025
Data from new study reveal that many employees are not thriving: 57% of respondents report languishing at work, while 43% report flourishing.
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Gies researchers cited in latest CBO Climate Change Report
Jan 16, 2025
The CBO estimates that the under the likely scenario (a three-degree warming trend), the GDP will decrease by four percent, wildfires would be five times greater, and damage from routine flooding would total $250 billion.
Board gender diversity improves investment efficiency for companies
Jan 13, 2025
Researchers collected data on nearly 36,000 companies between 1999 and 2021, and their study shows that investment efficiency improved in firms where the country is implementing board gender diversity interventions.
Gies researcher uses novel approach to uncover prevalence of earnings manipulation
Jan 06, 2025
Results of a list experiment suggest that executives from 12.4% of Russell 3000 companies may have committed financial statement fraud at least once in the last five years.
New model helps e-commerce platforms decide whether to dump underperforming products
Dec 19, 2024
Online retail platforms are increasingly becoming a dumping ground for low-quality products, but new research from a team of Gies scholars points to a new model that would allow e-commerce platforms to proactively identify potentially dubious products for removal.
Arkadiy Sakhartov wins 2024 ISOI Best Paper Award
Dec 16, 2024
Gies Professor Arkadiy Sakhartov was named the recipient of the 2024 Illinois Strategic Organizations Initiative (ISOI) Best Paper Award for his article “Corporate Diversification and Risk: Portfolio Effects and Resource Redeployability” that was published in Strategy Science in 2022.