– Winter 2013 –

Selected Faculty Research

- Winter 2013 -

Kris Hoang’s paper “How Do Regulatory Reforms to Enhance Auditor Independence Work in Practice?” has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting Research.

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The high cost of high-frequency trading

- Winter 2013 -

The origin of the so-called Flash Crash remains a mystery, but David Lesmond, associate professor of finance, has a strong suspicion of the underlying cause: high-frequency trading.

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Perspective: Stocks Under (Latin American) Rocks

- Winter 2013 -

For most U.S. investors, Latin America tends to fly under the radar, but here at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, we’ve been paying close attention to Latin American equity markets for more than a decade.

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Consumers judge risk of illness by the cost of the cure

- Winter 2013 -

When it comes to calculating their odds of catching the flu, consumers look to an unlikely gauge—the price of the flu shot—to measure their risk, according to a new study co-authored by an A. B. Freeman School of Business researcher.

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Selected Faculty Presentations, Honors, Etc.

- Winter 2013 -

Jasmijn Bol, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Faculty Fellow in Accounting and associate professor of accounting, presented her research at three recent conferences.

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Cover Story: Capitalism with a Conscience

- Winter 2013 -

At a time when many cast a jaundiced eye on business and business people, John Elstrott embodies an idealistic, almost heroic vision of free-enterprise capitalism. From Celestial Seasonings to Whole Foods Market to Sambazon, Elstrott’s guiding investment principle is not potential profit but potential impact.

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Feature: Educating the Entrepreneur

- Winter 2013 -

Ralph Maurer has proposed an ambitious new entrepreneurship curriculum designed to enhance the program’s classroom component while providing greater integration and supervision for extracurricular experiential learning projects.

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News from TABA: A Year of Growth

- Winter 2013 -

As we begin a new year, I’d like to take this opportunity to look back on what was clearly a very productive year for TABA.

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TABA launches chapters in five cities

- Winter 2013 -

The Tulane Association of Business Alumni (TABA) has announced the establishment of chapters in five U.S. cities. The five TABA chapters are Houston, Nashville, Washington D.C., New York and Miami.

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Class Notes: Winter 2013

- Winter 2013 -

Seth Hamstead (MBA ’12) and Simone Reggie (MBA ’12) are the founders of Cleaver & Co., a new locally sourced, whole animal butcher shop that sells a variety of meat and poultry products cut from whole cows, pigs, chickens and ducks sourced from South Louisiana farms.

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In Memoriam: Winter 2013

- Winter 2013 -

Adam G. Voiron (’41) Douglas C. Augustin (BBA ’42) C. B. Campbell Jr. (BBA ’43) Warren L. Garfunkel (BBA ’43, L ’49) James Y. Carroll (’44) Russell R. Mayben (’44) Yvonne Keefer Settle (BBA ’44) Paul T. Boston (BBA ’45) Edward A. Buckner Jr. (BBA ’45) John L. Strauss (BBA ’45) Edward C. Carlson Sr. […]

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My Brilliant Career: Cinematic Success

- Winter 2013 -

When David M. Brain (A&S ’78, MBA ’79) was about to graduate from Tulane, the placement office asked him to fill out a form stating his career objective. Brain thought for a minute and then wrote, “To never wear socks again.”

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Freeman School of Business Upcoming Events

- Winter 2013 -

A list of upcoming events at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

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