Faculty Media Mentions

How does skewness in returns relate to other factors in asset pricing? Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer and finance student Jordan Doyle explore this topic in CFA Institute's Enterprising Investor Blog.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer told Insider that Twitter employees might have "a rough go of it" if Elon Musk takes over. 

"The gender wage gap often starts at the salary negotiations table. By teaching our students the right skills, we can help make that gap disappear—for good," writes Management Professor Suzanne de Janasz for AACSB Insights.

An article written by Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer for The Wall Street Journal was quoted in this piece for International Banker.

Prioritization, not capacity, is the real issue facing allies as they continue to supply Ukraine but also to ensure NATO members have enough defense items, writes Center for Government Contracting Executive Director Jerry McGinn in a commentary for DefenseNews

Want to make the best possible impression on someone to boost your career prospects? Share the credit for your accomplishments. That’s the conclusion a team of professors, including Einav Hart, assistant professor of management, reached in research they wrote up for a paper currently under review for publication.

Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, joined Arlington Board Chair Katie Cristol and other housing researchers on Arlington TV for a wide-ranging discussion on housing, development, and zoning reform as part of Arlington County's missing middle housing information series.

How are some brands able to ride the wave of macroeconomic expansions while others are better able to successfully weather contractions? In an interview with Phys.org, Marketing Professor Tarun Kushwaha talks about his new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines how six brand attributes affect how well a brand performs during economic expansions and contractions.

"Ripping the band-aid off now and getting inflation in line will probably set us up for a better end-of-year result," says Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor, in an interview with the International Business Times.

Gautham Vadakkepatt, director of the Center for Retail Transformation and marketing professor, provided some expert advice on mitigating retail crime in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. 

The IRS has come under fire in recent weeks following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes $80 billion in funding for the agency over the next 10 years, leading to claims the IRS will use these funds to pursue middle-class taxpayers. Not so, according to JK Aier, senior associate dean of academic affairs and global engagement, in an interview with Accounting Today.

In this episode of the RETHINK Retail podcast, Center for Retail Transformation Director Gautham Vadakkepatt discusses the center's recent panel discussions on a myriad of key trends impacting the retail landscape, such as sustainability, the metaverse, frictionless retail, and more.