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October 22, 2024Under the supervision of Costello professor Derek Horstmeyer, student-driven research insights are raising eyebrows among employers—and readers of major newspapers.
October 8, 2024Not only are retailers failing to retain and redirect business from shuttered physical locations, but their performance elsewhere also suffers as a result.
October 1, 2024Not all organizations measure success in dollars and cents. There are also the purists, whose unswerving integrity may deliver outsized market benefits—if they aren’t fatally misunderstood first.
September 19, 2024Post-Covid complaints about “Zoom fatigue,” work-life imbalance, etc. belie a deeper longing for what was lost in the transition to remote work.
September 4, 2024Thanking someone in advance for something you’re asking them to do increases their motivation and commitment to the task. This savvy managerial technique also raises some tricky ethical questions.
August 27, 2024With the right operational strategy, transitioning from selling products to delivering services can be the right move for profits, people and the planet. Ioannis Bellos, associate professor of information systems and operations management (OM) and MBA Program Director at the Donald G. Costello College of Business, and Hang Ren, associate professor of OM at Costello, have published research exploring how servicization can live up to its massive potential.
August 22, 2024Artificial intelligence can perform peer firm selection—a key task for investors—at least as accurately as well-established alternative algorithms and human experts, according to research by Costello profs Long Chen and Yi Cao.
August 16, 2024Fake trades engineered to juice an exchange’s numbers have been a part of bitcoin exchanges since the beginning, finds a George Mason finance prof.
August 8, 2024In churchgoing counties, financial advisors are more likely to remember their ethical training and resist the temptation to misbehave.
August 6, 2024The economic data on climate and business outcomes paints a picture of profound disruption beneath a placid-seeming surface.
July 22, 2024You can tell a lot about a hedge fund’s quality—and long-term performance—from the market climate in which it was launched. Lin Sun, assistant professor of finance, recently published a paper in Review of Finance that compares hedge funds formed in high-demand, or “hot,” markets to those produced in a “cold” market climate.
July 16, 2024If you’re nervous about negotiating a starting salary, that’s because your mind is playing not one, but two tricks on you. A George Mason management prof explains how to undo the mental spell.
Faculty Media Mentions
June 25, 2025Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer contributed an op-ed piece titled "Is the Fed Ready for an AI Economy?" to The Wall Street Journal, urging the Federal Reserve to pay attention to AI's imminent involvement in money creation.-
June 17, 2025Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer is interviewed on the Wall Street Journal podcast Your Money Briefing in an episode titled "How the Strength of the U.S. Dollar Impacts Your Investment Portfolio."
June 13, 2025Spanish-language website Trendencias covers Long Chen and June Woo Park's research on the creative advantages of left-handed CEOs.
June 13, 2025Shun Ye, associate professor of information systems and operations management, describes his research on AI and consumer decision-making for The Academic Minute.
June 13, 2025Brad Greenwood, Dean's Distinguished Professor in the information systems and operations management area, writes for Columbia Journalism Review about his research on the collapse of local journalism in the U.S.-
June 6, 2025Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer writes for The Wall Street Journal about how the fate of the dollar may impact investment decisions.
May 27, 2025Sarah Wittman, assistant professor of management, speaks to Forbes about AI's potential impact upon the professional talent pipeline.
May 9, 2025The Times of India covers research by accounting professors Long Chen and June Woo Park, finding that left-handed CEOs achieve higher innovative output. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/study-finds-co… The paper has been covered elsewhere in the Indian media, including: Live India (https://liveindia.tv/lifestyle/the-left-handed-edge-why-steve-jobs-zuck…), NDTV (https://www.ndtv.com/feature/scientists-uncover-secret-to-success-of-st…) and The Economic Times (https://www.ndtv.com/feature/scientists-uncover-secret-to-success-of-st…).
May 6, 2025Patrick Soleymani, associate dean for outreach and strategic engagement, is quoted in U.S. News and World Report about companies' responses to changes in tariff policy.-
May 2, 2025Daily Mail Online covers research by accounting professors Long Chen and June Woo Park, suggesting that left-handed CEOs exhibit higher innovation performance.
April 30, 2025Mehmet Altug, associate professor in the information systems and operations management area, speaks to Modern Retail about the challenges involved in setting prices for consumer goods.-
April 29, 2025Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, recently published an article titled, "Should You Buy a Stock Targeted by an Activist Investor?" in The Wall Street Journal.