News Articles
Nov 21
Higher financial incentives for crowdsourced delivery workers can improve service
Yuqian Xu studied the online-to-offline crowdsourced platform, also known as the “Uber model” for package fulfillment, and found that a simple targeted incentive mechanism can increase service capacity without incurring additional costs.
Nov 20
What your preference for name-brand products says about you
Your preference for name-brand products over private-label versions may say a lot about your views on society and your personal values, according to a new study co-authored by Gies College of Business professor Carlos Torelli.
Nov 19
Deloitte Center's first course draws worldwide interest
The University of Illinois-Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Analytics has received overwhelming worldwide interest in its First Course in Foundations of Data Analytics, with more than 1,100 requests for download from 48 states and 36 countries.
Nov 15
Student-led startup tackling social issues for underrepresented girls in India
SwaTaleem Foundation, which is part of iVenture Accelerator, is a non-profit that works with teachers and vulnerable adolescent girls in India to improve educational outcomes and impact socio-emotional skills.
Nov 14
Anand, team receive FDA federal contract to study ways to improve pharmaceutical quality
The FDA has awarded more than $1.7 million to researchers from five universities, including the University of Illinois, for a study designed to help the agency better understand how pharmaceutical manufacturing processes can be improved.
Nov 11
Auditor commentary reveals high value investors place on high financial reporting quality
New research by three Gies College of Business professors provides evidence that high financial reporting quality (FRQ) significantly increases investors’ willingness to pay.
Nov 07
Chen invested as Lillian and Morrie Moss Distinguished Professor in Accountancy
To acknowledge her expertise and commitment to business education at the University of Illinois, Gies College of Business celebrated the investiture of Clara Chen as the Lillian and Morrie Moss Distinguished Professor in Accountancy on October 25, 2019.
Nov 06
Facebook rebrand "very risky move," says Gies expert
Global social media giant Facebook recently unveiled a rebrand - aimed at more clearly bringing its other services under the Facebook umbrella - a risky move according to a Gies expert on global brands.
Nov 01
Nekrasz teaches students that looks may be deceiving
Frank Nekrasz, Jr. teaches his students in fraud examination to think differently and challenge assumptions, which can be a valuable quality to have when sniffing out crime.