How do you build a sustainable ecosystem for entrepreneurs? In a talk hosted by the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, venture capital giant Chuck Newhall invoked an analogy tailor-made for his Louisiana audience.
Downtown New Orleans is a vibrant hub of hospitality, entrepreneurship and innovation. Beginning next year, the Freeman School will have a physical presence in the heart of it.
Two new studies from professors at the A. B. Freeman School of Business offer fresh insights for entrepreneurs on what it takes to launch and run a successful crowdfunding campaign.
New research from a Freeman School professor shows that firms increasingly value hard-to-teach skills such as teamwork, communication, self-management and the ability to prioritize tasks — referred to by scholars as tacit knowledge — in entry-level employees as well as managers.
Lynn Hannan delivered the address “Why Diversity in the Workplace Is Important” at the American Accounting Association’s 2017 Diversity Section Midyear Meeting, which took place Nov. 3–5 in New Orleans.
Daniel Mochon’s paper “If You Are Going to Pay Within the Next 24 Hours, Press 1: Automatic Planning Prompt Reduces Credit Card Delinquency,” co-authored with Nina Mazar and Dan Ariely, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Psychology.
With its facade of undulating glass, three-story central commons and futuristic classroom towers, the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex — the long-awaited expansion of the A. B. Freeman School of Business– is a spectacular architectural achievement, but the building’s greatest accomplishment may be in how it fosters innovation in teaching and learning.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, families, corporations and foundations whose generous support made the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex possible.
The 39th annual Tulane Business Forum will take place on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. TABA’s signature event has grown to become the largest half-day general business conference of its kind in the Greater New Orleans area, attracting more than 750 business professionals representing over 200 companies.
Members of the MBA class of 1967 presented the combined gifts from 2017’s reunion
classes to Freeman School Dean Ira Solomon at the Graduate Alumni Reunion Party.
On May 18, 2018 — nearly 100 years to the day after its inaugural graduation ceremony — the A. B. Freeman School of Business awarded diplomas to the largest graduating class in school history.
Pamela Whitten (BSM ’85) has been named president of Kennesaw State University, the third-largest university in Georgia and one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country.
Phyllis Derbes Eagan (BBA ’41)
William E. Kellner Sr. (’43)
C.J. Grayson Jr. (BBA ’44)
Arnold L. Levy (’44)
John F. Savage (’44)
Film producer Scott Niemeyer (BSM ’87) helped create some of the biggest hits in Hollywood. Now the Louisiana native is hoping to bring more of that business back home with a new project that could cement the state’s reputation as Hollywood South.
