A full-tuition fellowship to the Freeman School has been life-changing for first-year MBA student Charishma Bhavani Koneru (MBA ’21). In turn, her experience at Freeman will help her transform more lives around the globe.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business is recognized today as a leader in international business, but it was a conference in 1967 that first put Freeman on the international map.
If you’ve purchased an airline ticket in the last 20 years, chances are you’ve discovered that your ticket is merely the first item the airline hopes to charge you for. Why weren’t the airlines upselling us 20 years ago? And is it wise for them to do it now? These are the kinds of questions Xianjun Geng is trying to answer.
Assistant Professor of Management Science Ricky Tan was honored with the 2019 Irving H. LaValle Research Award. The award, which was announced at the spring 2019 faculty meeting, recognizes Freeman professors for excellence and advancement of the highest standards of research.
Scott Kuban’s paper “Too Hot to Handle and Too Valuable to Drop: An Expanded Conceptualization of Firm’s Reactions to Exchange Partner Misconduct,” co-authored with Michael Nalick, Aaron D. Hill and Jason W. Ridge, was accepted for publication in the Academy of Management Journal.
in June 2019, Jasmijn Bol delivered a keynote speech at the XV International Accounting Research Symposium in Madrid. The keynote was entitled “Synthesizing Research on Management Control Systems: A Modern Approach.”
Tulane trustee, parent and donor Irwin Simon built Hain Celestial Group into a leading global natural and organic products conglomerate before stepping down in 2018. Now, with a host of new business ventures — including serving as chair and CEO of Canadian cannabis company Aphria — Simon is ready for his second act.
Under the leadership of Dale Klamfoth, the Freeman School’s Career Management Center is changing to meet the changing needs of students, alumni and employers.
When Constanta Lungu (MFIN ’19) interviewed for an internship with Merrill Lynch last summer, she went in prepared to talk about all her academic experience, but one subject in particular dominated the conversation.
Hundreds of Freeman School alumni, parents and friends returned to campus in November for a weekend of food, fun, friendship and football. The occasion was Wave ’19, Tulane’s annual celebration that combines homecoming, class reunions and family weekend.
Freshly armed with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Newcomb College and an MBA from the A. B. Freeman School of Business, Lisa (Kelloway) Madden (NC ’88, MBA ’89) started her first job as a tax associate at KPMG in 1989.
Jerry DiColo (MBA ’15) got his first taste of journalism as a copy boy in the sports department of the Boston Globe and was instantly hooked.
The Freeman School awarded diplomas to nearly 1,000 degree candidates at its spring 2019 graduation ceremonies, which took place on May 17 in the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse on Tulane’s uptown campus.
Brian Weiss (BSM ’93) has been appointed chief strategy officer of the Risk Management Association. In the newly created role, Weiss will help guide product development and the association’s overall vision as it addresses the challenges and opportunities presented by a shifting financial services and risk management landscape.
