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Faculty in the Media
Associate teaching professor of information technology, analytics, and operations Mike Chapple wrote an opinion piece for CNN Business Perspectives about the loss of confidence consumers have in Big Tech. A YouGov survey revealed more than 80% of Americans don't trust Facebook, Google, or Dropbox.
Faculty in the Media
Associate professional specialist of management & organization Joseph Holt wrote an op-ed for CNN Business Perspectives. Says Holt, "Despite the successes of a select few, women remain underrepresented at the highest levels of leadership. The share of female CEOs of Fortune 500 companies has dropped from 6.4% in 2017 to 4.8% in 2018."
Faculty in the Media
Mendoza College of Business Dean and the Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance Martijn Cremers' research was used in a Fortune Magazine piece about the benefits of staggered boards at publicly held companies. Cremers and his co-researchers found that "firm values" increased under a staggered structure for companies that changed their boards from unstaggered to staggered.
Alumni Impact
Mendoza student Charlotte Pekoske is among 100 gifted graduates from the Class of 2019 chosen to be on Poets & Quants Best and Brightest list. Now in its fifth year, the Best & Brightest celebrates MBAs whose academic prowess, extracurricular achievements, innate potential, and inspirational life journeys make them standouts in their graduate business schools.
Faculty in the Media
Assistant Professor of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations (ITAO) Kaitlin Wowak's research was referenced in an article about the steady increase of medical device and drug recalls in the last decade. Wowak's research reveals competition in the generic drug market promotes contamination in the production process, often with severely hazardous materials, leading to recalls.
Mendoza
Jim Leady, associate teaching professor of finance, was named to the to the position as of July 1, 2019. The associate dean for undergraduate studies will oversee all aspects of the undergraduate curriculum and he will work collaboratively with Mendoza’s five academic departments and with the University’s other colleges and schools to develop integrative opportunities for undergraduates.
Faculty in the Media
Poets & Quants interviewed newly named Dean Martijn Cremers. Dean Cremers laid out his vision going forward and reflects on drew him to Mendoza as a finance professor.
Faculty in the Media
Finance professor Timothy Loughran was quoted in a Business Insider article about the struggles small investors have when investing in pre-IPOs for tech companies diving into the market. "Historically if my broker called me up and tried to sell me on an IPO, I would say, 'This is not a good idea,' and take a pass," Loughran told US News & World Report. "The only time they were going to go down to someone like me is if the IPO is having trouble and they're having trouble placing the shares."
Features
Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest — reached by a flight into the jungle, a two-hour boat trip, a pickup truck transporting 31 people in the bed despite a downpour, and a half-hour walk — five Notre Dame MBA students and two faculty advisers are learning how to turn mandioca root into a local starch product called farinha. They're part of the semester-long Business on the Frontlines (BOTFL) course, which examines the impact of business in societies suffering from deep poverty or conflict.
Features
Kelly Chase (MBA ’16) and her four Business on the Frontlines teammates traveled to Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital city, in March. They had spent weeks prior to the trip extensively studying the country, but it wasn't until they arrived that the true challenge of what they faced hit home for Chase. Charged with identifying sustainable solutions to improve the livelihoods of farmers, the team faced language barriers, cultural differences and harsh physical conditions.