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Research News
- October 1, 2025Meet the newest Costello researchers, and become acquainted with their scholarly profiles.
- September 29, 2025Illicit massage businesses (IMBs) run by human trafficking rings are rampant in the United States. A George Mason professor has helped build what may be the best AI-driven tool to root them out.
- September 11, 2025Pharmaceutical website design can determine whether patients grasp critical risks, recall benefits, and take meaningful next steps.
- September 3, 2025Taxing “book” income may result in worse information for shareholders and creditors.
- August 26, 2025Adding automation to manual labor changes the nature of the job, as well as the types of injuries workers routinely suffer.
- July 14, 2025Boards with higher social capital enjoy more market freedom to engage in potentially risky strategic alliances — to the ultimate benefit of their firms.
- July 7, 2025Auditors with less common first names are more likely to deviate from auditing norms. But is their individualism an asset or a liability?
- July 2, 2025It’s one thing to be a force for good behind the scenes. Having consumers reward you for it, however, depends upon a unique combination of elements.
- May 28, 2025Management professor Kevin Rockmann’s research shows how collegial, cooperative relationships are a feature, not a bug, of great organizations.
- May 23, 2025A new book co-authored by Lisa Gring-Pemble, associate professor of business foundations at Costello, reveals an overlooked strength of the early woman’s movement—“prophetic” rhetoric reconciling reform with religious faith.
- May 7, 2025To predict how a CEO’s compensation may change through the years, you first need to know how corporate boards monitor earnings histories for potential long-term risks.
- May 5, 2025Companies looking to bend reporting rules need to find accountants who will play ball. That’s why job postings can be a reliable indicator of intent.
Faculty Media Mentions
- December 19, 2025Siddharth Bhattacharya, assistant professor in the information systems and operations management area at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, takes an in-depth look at how advertisers can win attention.
- December 9, 2025The David Ellison-run company is promising Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders a deal it says is more lucrative and easier for the Trump administration to approve.
- December 5, 2025Stock-and-bond portfolios suffer when inflation spikes, but a commodities stake would cut risk and boost returns, research finds.
- November 16, 2025Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, writes for The Wall Street Journal exploring whether and how to do a Roth conversion, in an article titled, "The Best Way to Do a Roth IRA Conversion Before Retirement."
- November 13, 2025Instructional associate professor of management Victoria Grady co-authors an article giving advice on change management during M&A for INSIDE Public Accounting, in an article titled, "Perspectives from the Profession: When Firms Merge Change Management Determines the Outcome."
- November 12, 2025The Horizons Tracker summarizes accounting professor Han Stice's research on the economic effects of local newspaper closure, in an article titled, "Why Losing Local Newspapers Costs More Than We Think."
- November 11, 2025Pharma & Health Insider spotlights research by professors Siddharth Bhattacharya and Nirup Menon in the information systems and operations management area, focusing on the optimal design of pharmaceutical websites.
- November 6, 2025TIPS perform best if you get in when inflation is low, research finds.
- October 21, 2025Victoria Grady, instructional associate professor of management, spoke with TEDx Talks on how individuals can transform how they navigate personal and professional transitions.
- October 20, 2025Accounting professor Han Stice talks to Business Insider about his research on how H-1B visas affected wages for expatriates and U.S. citizens at Deloitte, in an article titled, "After the H-1B visa fee hike, global teams are looking like the future of work."
- October 17, 2025Patrick Soleymani, associate dean of outreach and strategic management, speaks to Spectrum News about the potential economic impact of new tariffs within the state of Texas, in an article titled, "North Texas business owners feeling impact of tariffs in tech and auto industry."
- October 10, 2025Brad Greenwood, Costello Distinguished Professor in the information systems and operations management area, is interviewed by Design World managing editor Mike Santora about his research on warehouse automation and worker safety, in a LinkedIn post titled, "How safe ARE the automated factories and warehouses of today?"