– Summer 2012 –

Selected Faculty Research

- Summer 2012 -

Carmen Weigelt, assistant professor of management, recently had her paper “Implications of Internal Organization Structure for Firm Boundaries,” co-authored with Doug Miller, accepted for publication in Strategic Management Journal.

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Selected Faculty Presentations, Honors, Etc.

- Summer 2012 -

Michael T. Yest, professor of practice in finance, received the James T. Murphy Teaching Excellence Award in May at the Freeman School’s Graduate Diploma Ceremony.

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Study shows “downsizing” options beat calorie warnings in convincing diners to eat less

- Summer 2012 -

Studies have shown fast-food calorie postings do little to deter diners from overeating. A better approach may be for restaurants to simply ask consumers if they’d like smaller portions, according to new research by Janet Schwartz, assistant professor of marketing at the Freeman School.

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The Science Behind Consumer Behavior

- Summer 2012 -

On a recent Friday morning, about a dozen undergraduate students gathered in a computer lab in the business school where they were directed to a website and asked to make various choices—everything from what to order for dessert to whether to go to a restaurant advertising a special to which NFL replica jersey to buy. It may sound like an online shopping session, but in fact the students were participating in behavioral experiments designed to help researchers at the Freeman School better understand the complexities of consumer decision-making processes.

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2012 A. B. Freeman School of Business Honor Roll of Donors

- Summer 2012 -

The A. B. Freeman School of Business gratefully acknowledges in the following pages those individuals and corporations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations that made gifts to the school in fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011–June 30, 2012).

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Freeman Appoints Five Assistant Professors, One Associate Professor

- Summer 2012 -

The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University has added six new tenured and tenuretrack professors to its faculty for 2012-13. Of the six appointments, three are for newly created positions, representing the first phase of an ambitious three-year faculty hiring plan initiated last year that will increase the size of the Freeman School’s research-active faculty by almost 40 percent.

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Cover Story: Scaling Up

- Summer 2012 -

The Freeman School’s current faculty recruiting initiative seeks not only to bring the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty back to where it was prior to Hurricane Katrina but to boldly reposition the Freeman School to compete in a rapidly changing educational environment.

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News from TABA: New Directions

- Summer 2012 -

As we begin a new academic year, our second under the leadership of Dean Ira Solomon, I think it’s important for TABA to become more inclusive of all Freeman alumni, especially those who live and work outside of New Orleans. To that end, we are working to establish TABA chapters in major cities where alumni can meet and participate in our programs and initiatives on a local level.

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Class Notes: Summer 2012

- Summer 2012 -

Lorna Donatone (BSM ’80), chief operating officer of Sodexo Inc. and president of the company’s Education Market, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the industry’s premier leadership development organization.

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In Memoriam: Summer 2012

- Summer 2012 -

Maunsel W. Hickey (BBA ’39, L ’42) David Monroe (BBA ’43) Herbert J. Fischer (’44) F. Lee Beets (BBA ’45) Marshall Kalen (BBA ’45) Joseph F. Richardson (’46) James H. Wetzel (BBA ’46) Emmett C. Wroten (BBA ’46) Stanley M. Bressler (BBA ’47) Penny Darling Foster (BBA ’48) David Glover (BBA ’48) Harold S. Grehan […]

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Motta Delivers Heartfelt Charge to Graduates

- Summer 2012 -

When Stanley Motta (BBA ’67) was asked to deliver the charge to graduates at this year’s diploma ceremony, he realized he had a special insight into the role: Fortyfive years ago, as a Tulane senior, he himself had sat in McAlister Auditorium impatiently waiting for the speaker to finish his speech so he could receive his diploma.

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Graduate Alumni Celebrate Reunion in City Park

- Summer 2012 -

More than 150 alums spanning 45 years of the Freeman School turned out on May 4 for Freeman’s second annual Graduate Alumni Reunion Party.

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Freeman’s 2012 graduate diploma ceremony spans traditions

- Summer 2012 -

The Freeman School’s 2012 graduate diploma ceremony was Ira Solomon’s first as dean of the business school, but in a number of ways it marked a return to traditions of the past. For the first time in three years, a brass band was on hand to lead students in and out of McAlister Auditorium, lending […]

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My Brilliant Career: A Healthy Change

- Summer 2012 -

After graduating from Tulane and earning a law degree from Stetson University, Beth Houghton (N ’77, MBA ’78) worked on the staff of Arthur Andersen & Co. for seven years, rising through the ranks to become a tax manager in the firm’s Tampa, Fla., office, but she eventually realized something was missing.

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