Sep 23
Donohoe: ‘Investigator DNA’ key to evolution of accountancy
Professor Michael Donohoe believes the next generation of accountants will have “investigator DNA” and a strategic mindset. “With the growing emphasis on business analytics, our students are becoming investigators who ask big questions, use data, and state of the art statistical methods to investigate those questions in a meaningful way."
Sep 22
Examining the role of trust in negotiations
Mingshuang Ji joined Gies this fall as an instructor of business administration. In addition to researching team dynamics, trust, and negotiation, Mingshuang is teaching Business Dynamics (B201) and Business in Action (B301).
Sep 21
Conquering the last mile — Turning data into better delivery systems
Mohammad Moshref-Javadi joined Gies this fall as a teaching assistant professor of business administration. His research focuses on the modeling and evaluations of multi-channel and omni-channel distribution systems. He teaches courses in operations strategy, supply chain and business analytics, and decision making.
Sep 16
Finding motivation in a material world
Sarah Lim joined Gies this fall as an assistant professor of business administration after completing her PhD in marketing from Cornell University. Her research focuses on consumer well-being, experiential consumption, social connection, and technology.
Sep 14
Should I stay or should I go? How multinational firms respond to socio-political violence.
Ishva Minefee joined Gies this fall is an assistant professor of business administration. Ishva is a 2017 Gies alumnus with a PhD in business administration. His research focuses on corporate responses to social movement activism as well as the (non)-financial consequences of those responses.
Sep 10
Multicultural marketing and power of paradox brands
Maria Rodas is an assistant professor of business administration at Gies. Her research focuses on the marketing preferences of bicultural consumers, and she’ll be teaching consumer behavior and brand management at Gies.
Sep 07
Sharing is caring — How “bragging” impacts interpersonal relationships
Gies professor Oscar Ybarra studies the science of personal achievement and how social interaction and relationships influence the brain and mind. He teaches 300-level classes in management and organizations, where he hopes to help students understand organizational behavior.
Aug 02
Four Gies faculty win $1.6 million research award from NIH
Four faculty members in the Gies Department of Finance have been awarded more than $1.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to support their project “The Long-Run Impacts of Natural Disasters on Mortality and Disease Burden Among US Elderly and Disabled Adults.”
May 27
Gies research identifies auditors with wise-thinking dispositions
Some auditors are better than others at sniffing out when a higher risk of fraud exists and at taking steps to address it, new research coauthored by Gies College of Business Professor Mark Peecher shows.