Gies College of Business

A different kind of MBA, built for a different kind of career

Jul 14, 2026

Traditional MBA programs are facing growing pressure as AI reshapes hiring, salaries soften, and graduates take longer to find jobs. The Gies Business iMBA was built for this environment by focusing on experienced professionals who apply AI, analytics, and leadership skills directly at work while earning the degree.

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Gies Business faculty embrace AI as active learning partner

Jul 13, 2026

Gies Business faculty use AI-powered discussion analysis, course chatbots, and strategy simulations to strengthen critical thinking and student engagement.

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Bridging the divide: 20 years of leading technology management at Gies Business

Jul 09, 2026

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Master of Science in Technology Management (MSTM) program at Gies Business continues to prepare professionals to bridge technology and business strategy.

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The problem with treating your organization like a machine

Jul 08, 2026

Stop implementing culture and start designing conditions

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When overthinking strategy can cost you

Jul 06, 2026

A new paper from Gies Business professor Nathan Yang asks when strategic thinking helps firms – and when it makes them spend too much chasing the wrong threat.

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From semester to seven Days: How Agentic AI is changing the pace of finance education

Jul 01, 2026

Gies Business students use agentic AI and multi-agent systems to build trading platforms, analyze markets, and gain finance skills for an AI-driven future.

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The benefits of being an outsider in trade wars

Jun 22, 2026

When two giants fight a trade war, the real winners might be playing from the sidelines.

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PODCAST: Business leader and Gies Business namesake Larry Gies

Jun 17, 2026

Larry Gies discusses leadership, philanthropy, innovation, and the future of business education.

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Fonseca named Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research

Jun 15, 2026

Fonseca is an economist focused on household, development, and labor finance. Her research examines how finance shapes our labor, jobs, and mobility.

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Gies Business announces first class of AI Faculty Fellows

Jun 11, 2026

The program supports our world-class faculty in developing discipline-specific AI curriculum content, and in designing and testing new models for teaching, learning, assessment, and research.

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Why sharing failures can make you better at your job

Jun 08, 2026

Gies Business scholars Clara Chen and Laura Wang find that employees who are encouraged to openly share their failures are more willing to take creative risks and often perform better on challenging tasks.

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Do FTC affiliate disclosures activate persuasion knowledge and build credibility on YouTube?

Jun 03, 2026

Study finds disclosure policy resulted in an overall decline in user engagement. But, paradoxically, affiliated content with disclosures had higher engagement than affiliated content without it.

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Beardsley, Gao, Lagaras named Gies Advanced Study Scholars

Jun 01, 2026

The Gies Business Advanced Study Scholars program recognizes promising assistant professors whose research track record to date has proven to be outstanding.

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What the MBA "Fire Sale" conversation is missing – and what we've learned from doing this differently

May 26, 2026

What we hope is that affordability becomes a permanent feature of more programs, not a temporary response to enrollment pressure.

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Fonseca named to Poets&Quants 2026 Best 40-Under-40 Business Professors

May 21, 2026

Fonseca is an economist focused on household, development, and labor finance. Much of her research examines how finance shapes labor, jobs, and mobility – where and how we work.

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From AI tutors to simulations, Gies Business faculty reimagining how business skills are taught

May 20, 2026

Gies College of Business is using AI tutors and simulations to personalize learning, improve teaching, and shift focus from technical skills to communication and decision-making.

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Why review images help reduce online shopping returns

May 18, 2026

Customer review photos that show products in real-world use help shoppers make better decisions, significantly reducing return rates. Retailers can lower costs and improve customer satisfaction by encouraging more authentic, visual reviews instead of focusing only on ratings.

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The future of business education with Dean Brooke Elliott & Poets&Quants Founder John Byrne

May 13, 2026

What’s next for business education in the age of AI? In this unique conversation, Gies College of Business Dean Brooke Elliott sits down with Poets&Quants Founder John Byrne to discuss affordability and innovation in higher education, the future of MBA programs, online learning, artificial intelligence, global talent.

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Do AI replies help influencers engage with their audience? New study says yes

May 07, 2026

Do AI-generated replies help influencers grow engagement? New research from Gies Business shows when and why AI responses actually increase audience interaction.

Business Administration Faculty Research

PODCAST: Give or Get? The Science of Workplace Recognition

May 05, 2026

A study by Professor Alex Vandenberg shows that workplace leaderboards shape peer recognition behavior in different ways. In this episode of Research Reverb, he shows that ranking employees by recognition received reduces proactive compliments, while ranking by recognition given increases them compared to having no leaderboard.

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