Jul 22
Frequent performance reporting can have negative motivational and performance implications, according to new research co-authored by three Gies Business professors.
Jul 16
Jessen Hobson, professor of accounting at Gies College of Business, has been named the new director of the University of Illinois-Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Analytics, effective August 16, 2020.
Jun 23
The University of Illinois-Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Analytics is updating its leading-edge data analytics offerings by releasing two additional courses: Data Analytics Foundations for Accountancy I and Data Analytics Foundations for Accountancy II
Jun 17
Employees forced to create instant home offices when the pandemic hit find their employers considering a large remote workforce as a long-term solution. Yet only three out of four big businesses (77%) say they are fully prepared for this workplace shift
Jun 16
Gies Business professor Doug Laney offers six ways data can improve your business’ operations and value during challenging economic times. “Data is Your Best Defense in a Downturn” shares how business and IT leaders can anticipate and take advantage of the pandemic’s economic ramifications.
Jun 15
iVenture Accelerator – powered by Gies College of Business – has announced its new cohort of 11 promising student startups. iVenture’s sixth cohort welcomes 39 students representing 22 fields of study across eight colleges on the University of Illinois campus.
Jun 12
Gies College of Business Professor Fei Du found publicly traded companies are changing how they speak to stockholders and analysts in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Jun 09
Gies Business is continuing its commitment to creating life-changing access to business education by participating in an effort to help Illinois residents hurt by COVID-19 gain new digital skills.
May 26
When Gies Business alumnus Carter Cofield (ACCY '13, MAS '14) decided to begin donating five percent of all revenue from his business to various nonprofits supporting entrepreneurship, The Gray Matter Experience was first on his list.
May 13
Gies College of Business alumnus Sam Skinner (ACCY ’60) has been tapped to co-chair Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 Recovery Taskforce. Skinner leads the task force that advises city government on planning for economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic.
May 08
Gies College of Business is expanding its commitment to delivering life-changing access to business education by launching a new online option for the Master of Science in Management degree (iMSM), pending board of trustees approval.
May 06
Experiential learning forces interdisciplinary thinking and requires complex problem solving in a practical context, according to Professor Michael Bednar, academic director of the Magelli Office of Experiential Learning.