News Articles
Oct 31
How leader personality impacts audit team dynamics
Lena Pieper, instructor of accountancy, joined Gies after completing a PhD from Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics in the Netherlands. Lena spent time at Gies as a visiting PhD student in Spring 2022, and she brings research experience in auditing, leadership, and more.
Oct 30
Two Gies Faculty Named MSI Young Scholars
Maria Rodas, assistant professor of business administration, and Rosanna Smith, associate professor of business administration, have been named MSI 2023 Young Scholars by The Marketing Science Institute (MSI).
Oct 25
Easy Does It — Using Simple Rules to Solve Complex Business Problems
Cagri Haksoz brings 20 years of faculty experience in the UK, Turkey, India, Germany, and the US. His PhD is in operations management from NYU, and he teaches business analytics and supply chain.
Oct 24
Gaming the Future: Exploring the Predictive Power of Math
Aram Bahrini joins Gies this fall after completing his PhD in systems engineering at the University of Virginia. His research interests include mathematical and statistical modeling, optimization, game theory, and business analytics.
Oct 23
Paper: Higher pay consistently trumps meaningful work as strongly valued job attribute
Although meaningful work is a strongly valued attribute, it may be less influential than salary when prospective employees evaluate hypothetical career opportunities and their current jobs.
Oct 20
Something ventured, nothing gained — The pitfalls of alumni investing
Can Huang joined Gies as an assistant professor in the Department of Finance after completing her PhD from the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley. Her research focuses on empirical corporate finance, entrepreneurship, and banking.
Oct 19
Three Gies Business siblings come ‘home’ to campus
Since 2016, Gies College of Business has served as a home away from home for one or more of the Mitchell siblings – all three of whom came to campus as Gies Scholars in the honors program.
Oct 18
Gies Business alum cofounds cybersecurity nonprofit to empower Latina women
Gies alum Samantha Bolet (MSTM ’18) cofounded Latinas in Cyber, a cybersecurity nonprofit that empowers Latina women. She was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Local Chicago list and the Hispanic Executive/NextGen Collective 30 Under 30 list for her efforts.
Oct 17
Richter exploring secret language of tax disclosures
Stefan Richter, instructor of accountancy, comes to Gies from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business where’s completing his PhD this fall. His research interests include examining firms' tax disclosures and assessing the effectiveness of tax policy.
Oct 16
Leveraging AI to improve business collaboration and make teams smarter
The way that business teams work together today is unsustainable. Fortunately, as assistant professor Pranav Gupta writes, emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can dramatically improve the efficiency of team collaboration and deliver better business outcomes.
Oct 11
Mongold excited to join “The Room Where It Happens”
Cassie Mongold, assistant professor of accountancy, joined Gies this fall after completing a postdoc at the Financial Accounting Standards Board. She earned her PhD from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on the role of financial reporting in decision-making.
Oct 10
The Power of Identity Cues in Text-Based Customer Service
Yang Gao, assistant professor of business administration, joins Gies after two years on the faculty at Singapore Management University. Yang earned his PhD in business administration at the University of Rochester (Simon). His research interests include social media and healthcare.
Oct 09
Somaya named the Diane and Steven N. Miller Professor in Business
In recognition of his decades of contributions to research and to education, Gies College of Business professor Deepak Somaya has been named the Diane and Steven N. Miller Professor in Business. The investiture ceremony was held October 6 in the Deloitte Auditorium of the Business Instructional Facility.
Oct 05
The Plain Truth – The Power of Visual Simplicity
Rosanna Smith has joined Gies as an associate professor of business administration after six years on the faculty at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Her research focuses on the topics of authenticity and beauty standards, examining how they intersect with branding and social media.
Oct 03
ESG transparency and the decline of investment efficiency
Yifei Lu joined Gies from the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School, where he earned his PhD and master’s degree. He is teaching a graduate course, ACCY 570: Data Analytics Foundations, this fall and will pursue interdisciplinary research with an interest in areas outside of traditional accounting, like environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives.