What happens to a company’s reputation when it fires its CEO?
Nov 12, 2026
CEO dismissals tend to hurt a company’s reputation, even after accounting for financial performance. The damage can be greater when the departing CEO is prominent or the company has recently performed well.
Behavioral and economic influences highlight Midwest Health Economics Conference
Nov 12, 2026
Gies Business hosted the 2026 Midwest Health Economics Conference, where researchers discussed how health policy, markets, and economic change affect care and health outcomes.
Study: Inherited family heirlooms shape heirs’ donation behaviors
Nov 11, 2026
As the households of the baby boom generation downsize, their adult children continue to face difficult decisions about what to do with the sometimes unwanted leftover goods bequeathed to them. A new paper indicates that heirs don’t simply donate family meaningful possessions and move on from them.
PODCAST: The double bind of beauty work
Nov 10, 2026
Rosanna Smith, associate professor of marketing, looks at the balance between looking one’s best and being authentic in this episode of Research Reverb.
Yang Gao earns INFORMS ISS Young Scholar Award
Nov 02, 2026
Yang Gao received the INFORMS ISS Gordon B. Davis Young Scholar Award for his early career research in information systems. His work studies how social bots, AI agents, and community fact-checking shape online engagement and misinformation.
PODCAST: The problem with treating your organization like a machine
Oct 27, 2026
Organizations work more like living systems than machines. Elizabeth Luckman’s research suggests leaders get better, more ethical problem-solving by building conditions where employees feel safe to speak up, contribute meaningfully, and learn through experimentation.
Why the bananas you love could be in a bunch of trouble
Oct 26, 2026
Gies Business professor Marcelo Bucheli, a leading expert on the banana industry, traces how the Cavendish became a global staple through United Fruit’s supply chain, marketing, and political influence in Latin America. Now Tropical Race 4 threatens the genetically uniform Cavendish worldwide.
US drinking water is getting cleaner, Gies Business research finds
Oct 15, 2026
A sweeping study of US drinking water finds pollution has fallen by half and federal infrastructure loans reduce pollution and improve health.
What flourishers do differently: Three habits for handling workplace stress
Oct 14, 2026
Flourishing employees manage stress through three learnable habits: Reframe setbacks by putting them in perspective, Reach Out for advice and emotional support, and Reset through movement, nature, mindfulness, or deliberate breaks. These habits can help keep stress from compounding.
PODCAST: Navigating AI in accounting firms
Oct 13, 2026
Research finds that experienced auditors may discount sound AI advice when they feel their expertise is being displaced and how organizations can help professionals embrace AI as a partner.
Drug shortages, social media, and nursing home care highlight healthcare conference topics
Oct 12, 2026
The Midwest Healthcare Management Conference hosted by Gies Business and Carle Illinois College of Medicine highlighted research on three healthcare challenges: mapping pharmaceutical supply chains to address rural drug shortages, using social media to support mental health, and tackling nursing home staffing shortages.
Artificial intelligence and its impact on creative content
Oct 09, 2026
Generative AI can help creative marketplaces deliver more personalized content and increase profits, potentially allowing platforms to charge a premium. These benefits rely on work contributed by human creators, who may receive little or no compensation when their content is used to train AI.
How Gies Business designs ultimate stage for Accountancy research
Oct 07, 2026
By bringing together diverse methodologies, connecting academia with practice, and opening doors for the next generation, Gies Business ensures that its top-ranked status is something proven and earned with every hosted event.
New research explores how AI changes what we think we know
Oct 05, 2026
AI assistance can improve accuracy as much as reading the material, yet even using AI once may make people feel less confident in their understanding. New research from Gies Business suggests polished output does not reveal whether someone can independently explain, defend, or apply the underlying knowledge.
Van Landuyt joins Gies Business to study human side of accountancy
Oct 01, 2026
Drawing on his experience as a professional auditor, Ben Van Landuyt uses experimental research to explore auditors’ decisions and teaches students how to navigate accounting’s real-world gray areas.
PODCAST: Why media attention on climate action can backfire
Sep 29, 2026
Media coverage of climate action can hurt already low-polluting companies by raising expectations, operational costs, expenses, and debt. The same attention can help high-polluting firms improve efficiency, reduce regulatory costs, and strengthen their reputations.
Specialization can speed scientists’ rise, then slow them in management, study finds
Sep 28, 2026
Research finds that scientists benefit from deep expertise, which can improve their effectiveness in specialized technical work. Managers must coordinate teams, communicate across fields, manage projects and budgets, and integrate different areas of expertise.
From Algorithms to AI: Lin An brings new approach to business decision-making
Sep 24, 2026
Lin An uses mathematics, optimization, and AI to improve business decision-making. His research combines algorithms with human expertise, an interplay he also explores through his passion for competitive poker.
Minefee wins 2026 ISOI Research Paper Award
Sep 23, 2026
The ISOI Research Paper Award is presented annually to honor a published journal article or book that embodies and furthers the mission of ISOI, which is to address unmet demand by academic communities and corporations for transdisciplinary research in strategic organizational design and management.
For Grant, the move to Gies Business becomes a reunion with Illinois
Sep 21, 2026
Grant’s research explores how technology and inclusive financial education shape investor behavior, including the effects of mobile interfaces, gamification, and ADHD.