While most retailers counted on deep discounts to navigate the holiday shopping season, new research by Gies Assistant Professor Unnati Narang shows that focusing on inspirational content instead of promotions in 2023 can enhance overall sales by 13% to 31%.
Taek Pae joined Gies this fall as a lecturer and as the director of the Margolis Market Information Lab. Taek comes to Gies from Meeder Investment Management, where he was a director of research. He teaches courses in investment & portfolio management and in data science and python for finance.
Ismail Kirci joined Gies in January as a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Business Administration. Ismail earned his PhD in operations management at the University of Texas at Dallas. At Gies, he is teaching courses in operations management and project management.
Zilong Liu comes to Gies this fall as a clinical assistant professor. Zilong earned a PhD in business administration from Kent State University, and he most recently worked in principal model validation and model risk management at Discover.
Pranav Gupta's research investigates the emergence of collective intelligence in global, virtual, and self-organized teams — what makes them work adaptively and how technology can augment their capacity for dynamic coordination — using lab experiments, archival data, and agent-based simulation models.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has selected four faculty scholars for the 2022-2023 academic year to advance academic research on risk management and preparedness.
Yusaku Takeda comes to Gies this fall from Harvard University, where he completed his Ph.D. in Business Administration. Yusaku’s research interests include firms’ strategic evolution and adaptation to changing social norms, socio-political climates, and technology.
Danielle Green joined Gies this fall as a teaching associate professor in the Department of Accountancy. Danielle holds a PhD in accounting from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree in higher education administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Shagun Pant joins Gies as a teaching associate professor in the Department of Business Administration. Shagun spent the last 11 years at the University of Iowa, and her research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, innovation, and more.
Gautam Pant comes to Gies as a professor in the Department of Business Administration. Gautam spent the past 11 years at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business where he was a professor and Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow as well as the director of graduate studies in business analytics.
Andrea Rozario joins Gies this fall as an assistant professor in the Department of Accountancy. Andrea’s research focuses on the effects of technology on accounting and auditing outcomes, and the application of technologies to accounting and auditing to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Mackenzie Alston joined Gies this fall as an assistant professor in the Department of Finance after three years at Florida State University. Her research focuses on experimental and behavioral economics as well as labor and education.