by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
Entergy Louisiana has been aggressively expanding its renewable portfolio to reduce the company’s carbon emissions and meet the demands of customers, but integrating solar into the power generation mix isn’t as easy as flipping a light switch. “There are a lot of...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
The A. B. Freeman School of Business has received a $5 million gift from Todd and Gina Schwartz to expand opportunities for students to “learn by doing.” The gift will fund programs and a renovation to create the Schwartz Family Center for Experiential Business...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
To prepare future leaders to take on the complex challenges of today’s rapidly changing business environment, the A. B. Freeman School of Business has launched a new full-time MBA curriculum. Designed to be data intensive, highly experiential and future focused, the...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
The Freeman School climbed 11 spots to No. 31 in the 2023 Poets&Quants for Undergrads ranking of the nation’s best undergraduate business schools. The ranking is Freeman’s highest since Poets&Quants began ranking undergraduate business programs in 2016. “This...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
To meet the growing demand for online graduate business education, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business announces the launch of its first fully online Master of Business Administration program. With a rigorous and relevant curriculum and innovative...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of 11 new faculty members for the 2023–24 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include the following: Yi-Jen “Ian” Ho, Associate Professor of Management Science...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
With student interest in entrepreneurship growing, the Freeman School has announced the launch of a new program to introduce undergraduates to the fundamentals of business creation. The Entrepreneurial Business minor is an 18-credit-hour program designed to provide...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
When Dean Paulo Goes asked Myke Yest to lead the Freeman School’s Office of Undergraduate Education, Yest had to think about it. In more than 20 years on the faculty, Yest, a senior professor of practice, had established himself as one of the school’s most popular and...
by mark | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, News
A student team representing the Freeman School took first place honors in the inaugural Arizona State University NBA Mock Trade Deadline Competition. The competition took place Nov. 2–3 in Phoenix. In winning first place, the Freeman team — Isaac Popper (BSM ’24), Max...
by freemanschool | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, Perspective
By Nishad Kapadia One of my MBA professors defined democracy as the “institutionalization of doubt.” Doubt is perhaps the one thing that is missing from the debate on ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing. Both sides appear convinced they are absolutely...
by freemanschool | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, Research
Social media marketers routinely share photos of consumers vacationing in exotic locales or attending events at exclusive venues, but new research from a professor at the A. B. Freeman School of Business suggests that those photos of prior customers may actually be...
by freemanschool | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, Research
Big retailers typically employ one of two primary pricing strategies. Stores like Walmart and H&M use what’s known as Everyday Low Price (EDLP), offering products at consistent prices with few temporary discounts, while retailers like Macy’s and Wayfair use...
by freemanschool | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, Research
Since 1996, 38 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of medical marijuana, a policy trend that health experts estimate has contributed to a nearly 70% increase in marijuana usage in the U.S. Research on marijuana laws has tended to focus on public...
by freemanschool | Jan 4, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2023 -, Research
Social competencies and social skills have become widely recognized as crucial factors influencing an individual’s success. These concepts can be traced back to the 1920s, when educational psychologists and psychometricians coined the term “social intelligence” to...
