Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions

Laurie A. Meamber, associate professor of marketing, was interviewed by WalletHub on Geico’s success as a company.

Did you know that between April 2019 to 2020, nearly 44 percent of all U.S. honey bee colonies were lost? Lisa Gring-Pemble, co-executive director of the Business for a Better World Center, has written an article for Global Focus on how our Honey Bee Initiative is fighting to protect our bee population.

Finance students Yiming Xie and Zihan Chen, along with Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on which industries do best over inflationary spikes, surprisingly it is not real estate, and in fact energy/materials that outperform by a long shot.

Katherine Vargas Medina, a senior finance and management information systems student, and Lincoln Berkson, a 2022 graduate of finance and management information systems, along with Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for the CFA Institute on an in-depth analysis of the Sharpe Ratio.

The Washington Commanders maybe moving to Virginia, and George Perry, instructor of business foundations, notes, in an interview with The Washington Times, that fans could switch to rooting for the Baltimore Ravens as many may not want to commute all the way to Virginia. 

 Brad Swanson, adjunct faculty member of finance, wrote an op-ed for Impact Alpha on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing.

Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was officially presented with his 2022 Wash100 Award.

Gautham Vadakkepatt, executive director of the Center for Retail Transformation, was interviewed by Rethink Retail to share his 4 essential approaches to sustainability demands.

After the tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas, firearm stock prices have increased says Brad Greenwood, associate professor of ISOM, in an op-ed for The Conversation. “As of the close of trading on May 31, 2022, the stock price of weapons-maker Sturm Ruger was up more than 6.6% since May 23, the day before the shooting.”

Dean Maury Peiperl discusses the seven principles for making responsible business leadership effective in EFMD GlobalFocus. “Looking forward – and indeed, looking at history – the best societal business leaders will be masters of coalition-building and the contradictions of “coopetition” (i.e. cooperation with rivals),” says Peiperl.