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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.
April 30, 2025Sure, laid-off journalists can “learn to code”, but that won’t undo the damage done to local economies when their hometown newspaper folds.
April 29, 2025Two Costello College of Business accounting professors are exploring how inherent personal traits may influence business success—and their early findings will gratify the left-handed among us.
April 3, 2025Organizational coherence and trust begin with the stories that individual employees tell themselves about their complex identities.
March 18, 2025A pair of George Mason University professors are helping needy nonprofits refine their messaging strategies with the help of customized chatbots.
March 14, 2025While book bans are not new to the American electorate, the rise in these bans since 2021 has sparked contentious media debates. Paradoxically, this has increased the readership of banned books and given politicians on both sides a platform to exploit controversy.
March 11, 2025Information systems professor Nirup Menon has been researching IT and health care for decades. Now, with the help of the newest tech, he’s helping hospitals translate digital transformation into better outcomes for patients.
March 4, 2025China’s complicated and colorful e-commerce landscape gives us a sense of how livestream shopping is transforming retail. Si Xie, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, researches this new trend.
February 27, 2025Since 2008, the meteoric rise of index funds has produced extreme consolidation of corporate ownership. So far, the outcomes for firms are a mixed bag.
January 14, 2025In her off hours, Mariia Petryk, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, is using her data science expertise to help bring decentralized medicine to conflict zones—starting with her birth country, Ukraine.
January 7, 2025One accounting standard to rule them all might be a less desirable state of affairs than the ‘managed divergence’ that currently exists between U.S.-GAAP and IFRS.
Faculty Media Mentions
August 21, 2025Lisa Gring-Pemble, associate professor in the Business Foundations area, is interviewed in Authority Magazine on her ideas about bridging the leadership gender gap.
August 6, 2025Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer writes for The Wall Street Journal about how the maturity timeline of bonds affects investment risk.
August 2, 2025Forbes interviews management professor Kevin Rockmann about his latest research on using near-death experiences as fodder for workplace storytelling.-
July 23, 2025Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer, together with Costello alumni Stephano Sanahuja and Yuge Pang, recently published the piece titled, "Volatility Signals: Do Equities Forecast Bonds?" in Enterprising Investor.
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July 14, 2025Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer writes about the possible downsides of the Genius Act, the first-ever piece of stablecoin legislation, for Barron's.
July 10, 2025Accounting Today covers a research paper by Young Hoon Kim, assistant professor of accounting, about the surprising connections between auditor names and comparability in financial reporting.-
July 9, 2025Accounting professor Young Hoon Kim's paper on the individualistic work habits of accountants with uncommon names is covered at the Going Concern blog.
July 9, 2025Russell Abratt, instructional professor of marketing, garners international coverage (Germany and South Africa) for his recent academic paper about socially responsible branding.
July 9, 2025Cheryl Druehl, senior associate dean for faculty affairs and research, speaks to Virginia Business about the probability of a manufacturing renaissance in the U.S.-
July 3, 2025Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer recently published a piece titled, "The Best Way to Take RMDs From Your Retirement Accounts" in the Wall Street Journal.
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June 29, 2025If the central bank takes its baseline interest rate down to 0% again, regional banks will be competing more directly with the digital token.
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June 26, 2025Not that American investors need a guide—a booming industry is doing the job for them