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Information Systems and Operations Management Professor Brad Greenwood's forthcoming paper is by far the most extensive analysis of body-worn cameras' impact in a major American city.

Lin Sun, an assistant professor of finance at the George Mason University School of Business, has uncovered that even top investors share a very human weakness– their professional acumen can be thrown off by inclement weather.

Women who join tech companies must find a way to navigate a toxic workplace. Mandy O’Neill's forthcoming paper in Organization Science, written with Natalya M. Alonso of Haskayne School of Business, documents the “sexist culture of joviality” among trainees at a Latin American site run by a major U.S. tech company.

Forming relationships with other accelerator participants and mentors from CAR and beyond, George Mason University is fostering a culture of entrepreneurship in the small African country.

The call to prioritize social responsibility alongside profits can often create “an institutional contradiction” with “increased potential for conflict.” Bridging the areas of management, innovation and entrepreneurship, Professor Toyah Miller’s research illuminates the issues that will determine whether companies succeed or fail in their newly broadened mission.

Amit Dutta, information systems and operations management professor, and LeRoy Eakin endowed chair at the School of Business, together with international colleagues Biju Paul Abraham, Rahul Roy, and Priya Seetharaman from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India, conducted research that identified structural mechanisms underlying these performance problems and suggested constructive managerial interventions to alleviate them.

Jenelle K. Conaway, assistant professor of accounting, has conducted research to determine the impact of female directors on boards’ commitment to socially responsible business practices.

The concept of establishing development state models in Africa is not new, but it has seen great discussion since the 1980s. The idea is to have the government become involved in businesses and production to enhance all its people’s development.

New research by Serdar Aldatmaz, assistant professor of finance, benefits organizations that are seeking to move operations overseas.

Management Department faculty Victoria Grady and MBA Candidate Tyece Wilkins research paper that examines the role of psychological contracts and the way they can hinder organizational change.

Using statistics, econometrics, and data mining techniques, School of Business faculty member Nirup Menon is hard at work trying to understand how unequal access to health care technology might be linked to unequal outcomes in health care.

Years spent engaging with consumers in the business world made School of Business Marketing faculty Niki Vlastara realize that how sustainability concepts and proposals were marketed significantly influenced how successful they became.