Selected Faculty Research
Lingling Wang’s paper “Culture and R2,” co-authored with Cheol Eun and Steven Xiao, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics.
– Summer 2014 –
Can “Smart Mail” help solve USPS woes?
The U.S. Postal Service has lost $20 billion in the last two years as it struggles to adapt to a fast-changing, increasingly digital business environment. Could the agency help right itself by taking a page from its online competitors? The Freeman School’s Geoff Parker thinks so. Parker, professor of management […]
Hannan appointed editor of top accounting journal
Professor of Accounting R. Lynn Hannan has been named to a three-year term as an editor of Contemporary Accounting Research. The appointment, which began May 1, is a prestigious one. Published since 1984 by the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, CAR is recognized as one of the top five journals in […]
Selected Faculty Presentations, Honors, Etc.
Jasmijn Bol, above right, gave a keynote address at the XIV Congresso USP de Controladoria e Contabilidade, XI Congresso USP de Iniciação Científica em Contabilidade at the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil.
Party of the Century
It was advertised as the “Party of the Century,” and for the more than 650 alumni, faculty and staff members, and guests who turned out, the Freeman School’s Centennial Celebration just might have lived up to that billing.
“A Temple to Trade”
The A. B. Freeman School of Business was founded in 1914, but its roots can be traced back to 1847. Louisiana had been a state for just 35 years when J.D.B. DeBow — the founder of New Orleans commercial journal DeBow’s Review — was appointed professor of commerce at the University of Louisiana, the forerunner to Tulane University. DeBow’s appointment made him the first professor of business in Louisiana and, some say, in the entire nation.
A Day with the Cocktail Chick
On this day in April, a longtime dream of Martin’s will become a reality. By five o’clock, if negotiations go according to plan, the New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute (NOCHI), a new educational venture spearheaded by Martin, will close on a $6.2 million deal to purchase the Louisiana ArtWorks building. NOCHI will at last have a home.
2014 A. B. Freeman School of Business Honor Roll of Donors
The A. B. Freeman School of Business gratefully acknowledges in the following pages those individuals, corporations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations that made gifts to the school in fiscal year 2014 (July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014).
Shaping New Legacies
Along McAlister Place, there’s a palpable feeling that something exciting is happening. Part of the reason is the wave of outstanding new students that just washed upon the quad, but this feeling is about something more than just the start of a new school year.
Ethics focus inspires job search
Before graduating this spring, Kelly Doucette (MACCT ’14) had a few ideas about the kind of company she wanted to work for. Doucette’s time at the Freeman School taught her that when ethical challenges arise in the workplace, culture greatly influences how a company confronts those challenges. Finding her fit […]
Networking leads to real estate start up
For Cullan Maumus (MBA ’13), networking is serious business. And it has delivered his best ROI to date: the opportunity to be project manager and executive team member of the New Orleans Redevelopment Fund (NORF), a startup that tackles blight and renovates properties to answer the city’s growing demand for […]
My Brilliant Career: Back To School
When Wall y Boston (MBA ’78 ) became president and CEO of American Public University System in 2004, he realized it was time to go back to school.
In Memoriam: Summer 2014
Arnold J. Levy (BBA ’41) Lewis C. Bryan (BBA ’42) Earl B. Philips (’42) Randolph B. Robert (BBA ’42) Charles S. Bell (BBA ’43) Helen Pool Chalstrom (BBA ’43) Ashton S. Junker (BBA ’43) Wilmore P. Cox Jr. (’44) Dorothy J. Darby (BBA ’44) Floyd W. Lewis (BBA ’45, L […]
Freeman School of Business Upcoming Events
OCTOBER 2014 Oct. 8 Tulane Executive MBA Webinar, Visit http://emba.tulane.edu/infosessions for more information. Oct. 16 Tulane Houston Information Session, 1700 West Loop South, Houston Oct. 22 Tulane Executive MBA Webinar, Visit http://emba.tulane.edu/infosessions for more information. Oct. 23 Freeman Days Chicago Alumni Networking Reception, Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers NOVEMBER 2014 […]
