FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Recent insights from Mendoza faculty cover a range of topics, from the financial benefits of health information exchanges to the complexities of social dynamics in tailgating. Experts discuss Amazon's expansion strategies, the implications of the Equifax data breach, and the struggles of students tackling challenging classes. The collection also touches on corporate ethics in the tech industry, enhancing interactions with difficult colleagues, and shifts in global trade dynamics. Each piece provides a unique perspective on current issues impacting business and society.

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Politico

Health info exchanges made do after Harvey

September 18, 2017

The research shows that when HIEs appear in regional markets, there are massive cost savings. For that very reason, there is long-standing interest in implementing HIEs nationally.

Idris Adjerid and Corey Angst, IT, Analytics, & Operations professors

Associated Press

Amazon hunting for 2nd home, cities start lining up to apply

September 7, 2017

"This was like an open letter to city leaders saying, ‘Who wants Amazon and all our jobs?' This is Jeff Bezos doing what he does best: adding shareholder value and getting the most bang for the buck."

Brad Badertscher, Accountancy professor

Food & Wine

The History of Tailgating: From Ancient Greece to the Ivy League

September 1, 2017

"Tailgating is actually a very complex social, community-building exercise, not simply a wild party."

John Sherry Jr., Marketing professor

Entrepreneur

To Get Along With Difficult People, Try This Research-Backed Approach

August 31, 2017

"I think that sometimes people get along because they mistakenly assume everyone is on the same page. The more insight we have into the discrepancies and views of others makes our interactions legitimate. Ultimately, we don't want to live in a world where we are deluded."

Brittany Solomon, Management & Organization research assistant professor

CNBC

Why Amazon Whole Foods' launch gets a B+

August 30, 2017

"There will be two segments of shoppers at Whole Foods in the short run: the old faithful and the new switchers drawn in by the price cuts on items presumably most likely to attract them."

Joseph Cherian, Marketing teaching professor

Fortune

What Happened to Apple's Moral Backbone?

August 8, 2017

"Corporate civil disobedience is probably not the right way for Apple to go in China now, but it remains a viable option should the privacy situation worsen."

Joseph Holt, Management & Organization teaching professor

Reuters

Europe seeks to set global trade rules after Trump steps back

July 27, 2017

"But with Trump focused on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, the United States is out of the picture for the next three and a half years."

Jeffrey Bergstrand, Finance professor

ABC 57 News

Notre Dame biz professor discusses Equifax data breach

September 8, 2017

"It's not by volume the biggest breach. But it affects over half the country. And it's not just your credit card or username and password to a website that were stolen, it's people's entire credit history."

Timothy Carone, IT, Analytics, & Operations teaching professor

Poets & Quants

MBA Deans Share The Hardest Classes They Ever Took

July 14, 2017

"I am a finance and econ guy at heart. Those things make sense to me. But during my freshman year at Purdue University, I was required to take communications, which involved not just speaking up, but speaking up before all of my classmates."

Roger Huang, Martin J. Gillen Dean

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RECENT RESEARCH FROM MENDOZA FACULTY

"Investment Banking Relationships and Analyst Affiliation Bias: The Impact of Global Settlement on Sanctioned and Non-Sanctioned Banks"

Accountancy Professor Stephannie Larocque and Finance Professor Shane Corwin examined the impact of Global Analyst Research Settlement on analyst affiliation bias in stock recommendations. Their results suggest that the Global Settlement was successful in mitigating affiliation bias, but only for the investment banks named in the settlement.

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