Business Acumen

Publications illuminate how financial information influences global market efficiency and regulatory policy. Research covers topics such as equity valuation, earnings expectations, auditing oversight, internal controls, corporate governance, debt market dynamics and strategic corporate disclosure choices.

Scholarly work focuses on asset pricing and investment, market microstructure and financial-market design, corporate governance, behavioral finance, real estate, and macro-finance. Research combines methodological innovation with real-world relevance to influence academic inquiry, investment practice, and financial policy.

Faculty conduct interdisciplinary scholarship, developing new methods and insights to understand how data, AI, information systems and operational decisions shape organizations, markets and society. Their research explores innovation from responsible AI, privacy and human-centered analytics to health care, supply chains and humanitarian operations.

Scholars look at organizational behavior, strategy, entrepreneurship and business ethics, researching how leaders and organizations make decisions, navigate relationships and institutions, and respond to challenges. Their scholarship spans topics from trust, justice, proactivity and ethical decision-making to strategic leadership, corporate governance, entrepreneurship, status and reputation.

Publications add new knowledge on consumer behavior, marketing strategy, digital markets and analytics, examining questions that range from how consumers experience brands and make decisions to how technology, marketing capabilities and interorganizational relationships shape firm performance. Research combines behavioral and quantitative approaches to address questions for consumers, organizations and society.