Dec 09
Luxury brands are struggling to successfully incorporate corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their brand platform. Now for the first time, Gies professor Carlos Torelli is proposing a solution that could help the world’s most luxurious brands join the CSR movement.
Dec 03
iVenture Accelerator Director Manu Edakara and leaders from iVenture-supported startups MakerGirl, Cast21, and Optivolt Labs received this year’s coveted honor, which recognizes innovators under the age of 30 across 20 industries who are “changing the world forever.”
Dec 02
A new study coauthored by Gies College of Business scholar Kevin Jackson suggests "connectors" can help improve the work experience and ultimately reduce turnover when strategically hired and placed in certain group settings.
Nov 25
In attempting to predict financial misreporting, what firms are saying may be more important than how they’re saying it, according to new research from three Gies College of Business scholars.
Nov 21
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
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
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 14
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
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
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
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
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.