Mendoza Business Spring 2023 Issue
Editor's Letter
“I had heard of Andrew Daigneau weeks before I met him. And what I heard was a horrific story about a terrible motorcycle accident that occurred earlier in the summer that very nearly cost the honors student his life ... and ultimately, his right leg.
“I wasn’t prepared for the person who wheeled himself into my office suite in September, a mere three months since the accident. He looked...healthy. Upbeat. Cheerful.”
Features
Features
Groundbreakers
Mendoza College of Business is launching its first-ever Ph.D. programs in Management and Analytics, designed to cultivate a distinct Notre Dame business research culture.
Faculty Research
The First Ph.D. Cohort
Introducing the first Ph.D. Cohort.
Features
Honorable Business
Launched in 2021, the Business Honors Program set out to attract Mendoza sophomores who viewed business as an honorable vocation, even as a calling.
Features
Game On!
As Mendoza developed as a hub for the study of the business of video gaming, faculty created a virtual research lab to foster collaboration.
Family
Remarkable Recovery
Junior Andrew Daigneau bounces back from traumatic motorcycle accident.
When You Provide Opportunity
Tracy Graham on the importance of supporting diverse and inclusive perspectives, essential for creating equity.
Hallow Be The Name
Notre Dame grads create top Catholic app to facilitate prayer.
Delivering Digital Equity
Along with her husband and business partner David, ND alumna Nicole Brown is leveraging their IT firm to serve Indigenous communities across Canada.
Through The Lens: St. Bakhita
Angst’s Innovation and Design Thinking class first started working with St. Bakhita in 2020. The school, located in the impoverished northern region of Uganda, opened in 2007 to help women rebuild their lives in the wake of tragic abductions by the LRA.
As part of its vocational offerings, St. Bakhita trains students in the finer skills of sewing and tailoring as an eventual career path. In the handmade clothes, bags and backpacks swirling with traditional African colors and patterns, Angst and her students saw an opportunity to raise funds and awareness for the school.
Research
Single-Sourcing is Better Patient Care
Study shows patient care improves when hospitals choose a single supplier versus multiple suppliers for medical records software.
When the GAAP Falls Short
Acquiring non-audit-related consultancies can take away from an accounting firm’s core mission.
Follow the Science
Consumers aren’t always impressed with scientifically developed products, study shows.
The Matches Measure
Researchers develop a new visual scale that offers a simple measure to help identify job burnout.
Chronicle
Notable Speakers, Events and Program News
Innovation and Impact Beyond the Classroom
Activities Inside and Outside the Classroom
Snapshot: Name that Professor!
The Gorilla Suit is a Classic
“The Great Gorilla/Banana Chase” has been the stuff of Mendoza College legend for 20 years, along with the professor behind the stunt. The basic script involves a gorilla walking into a room where 500 students are taking their first exam in an introductory finance course. A few minutes later, a gigantic banana saunters in.
What happens next? A merry chase around the classroom — and 500 amused students who at least momentarily can put aside their first-exam jitters.