– Fall 2022 –

Experience for a Lifetime

- Fall 2022 -

Experiential learning is more than just a highly effective pedagogical method. It is also the perfect educational model for this moment in time.

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Energy students take on a new challenge – recycling

- Fall 2022 -

A new company hopes to help solve the problem of plastic waste, and to do that, they teamed up with a surprising partner: The Tulane Energy Institute.

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New program opens doors to investment banking

- Fall 2022 -

The Investment Banking Development Program, an application-only extracurricular offering that launched last spring, gives sophomores specialized training to prepare them for internships and jobs in the field.

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Tulane honors Jim Coulter and Daryn Dodson as 2022 Entrepreneurs of the Year

- Fall 2022 -

Jim Coulter, executive chairman and founding partner of global private equity firm TPG, and Daryn Dodson, managing director of social impact fund of funds Illumen Capital, were honored as Tulane Entrepreneurs of the Year at the 2022 Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards Gala.

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Freeman welcomes 5 to faculty

- Fall 2022 -

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of five faculty members for the 2022–23 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include four tenure-track assistant professors and one professor of practice.

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Ma and Yest named inaugural recipients of faculty award for EDI

- Fall 2022 -

Freeman School faculty members Anyi Ma and Myke Yest were named co-recipients of the inaugural Albert Lepage Faculty Award for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

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Nelson honored for service learning teaching

- Fall 2022 -

Tulane University honored Ashley Keller Nelson (MBA ’98), senior professor of practice in business and legal studies, with the 2022 Barbara E. Moely Service Learning Teaching Award.

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Beneath the noise, a simple tale of what corporate strategy should not be

- Fall 2022 -

What does an executive who leads a company that manufactures electric vehicles — and who is still struggling to address the challenges of that industry — know about managing a largely unprofitable social media company? Even in the best of circumstances, it would have been a questionable decision.

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How do you follow a flameout?

- Fall 2022 -

Airbnb, Uber and SiriusXM are each examples of what business scholars call beacons, companies that shine a light on a particular market space and confer legitimacy upon those that follow. But what happens to those followers when a beacon fails?

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Selected Faculty Presentations and Honors

- Fall 2022 -

Gans Narayanamoorthy, professor of accounting, was selected as a 2022–23 Duren Professor by Newcomb-Tulane College. Narayanamoorthy was selected for his new undergraduate Risk Analytics course.

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Selected Faculty Publications

- Fall 2022 -

Cameron Verhaal’s paper “Authenticity-Based Connections as Organizational Constraints and the Paradox of Authenticity in the Market for Cuban Cigars,” co-authored with Oliver Hahl and Kevin Fandl, was accepted for publication in Organization Science. Verhaal is an assistant professor of management.

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Researcher says investors respond to voluntary CEO pay ratio disclosures

- Fall 2022 -

For a forthcoming paper, Assistant Professor of Accounting Lisa LaViers studied the voluntary CEO pay ratio disclosures of every firm in the S&P 1500, documenting and categorizing each example and analyzing its effect on share prices.

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Business at the Speed of Change

- Fall 2022 -

The Freeman School’s new strategic plan leverages Freeman’s historic strengths and unique capabilities to deliver the knowledge, skills and experience that businesses need in a dynamic, fast-changing environment.

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A New Star in Chicago Dining

- Fall 2022 -

Zach Engel (BSM ’10) and Andres Clavero (BSM/MACCT ’10) and co-owners of Galit, the acclaimed modern Middle Eastern restaurant in Chicago that recently earned its first Michelin star.

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