Uber Gives a Lift to Laid-Off Workers: New Research by Finance Profs on the Gig Economy

Uber might be a good thing, at least in the short term, for laid-off workers. That’s the conclusion of a research team including Associate Professor of Finance and Hillenbrand Family Faculty Fellow Vyacheslav Fos and Assistant Professor of Finance Jordan Nickerson.

In Business Ethics, Spinello Points to Natural Rights

Richard Spinello's new textbook Business Ethics explores quandaries in corporate purpose and decision-making

Does the Stock Market Listen to Academic Researchers?

A January 2016 Journal of Finance article by Jeffrey Pontiff, holder of the James F. Cleary Chair in Finance, has been hovering at the top of the journal’s prominent list of its 25 articles most cited over the past five years.

Communication for Consultants

IBM’s New Battle in the Cloud

With its recent acquisition of Red Hat, IBM expects to gain competitive advantage in the cloud computing industry, says a new article from associate professor of management and organization Mohan Subramaniam.

What TSA Agents Can Teach Us

’Tis the season to be not so jolly about stressful waits at airport checkpoints. But before lashing out at TSA agents, travelers might want to hear some of what Professor Curtis Chan has learned about the work woes of these agents.

Joy Field Garners Top Award from Decision Sciences Institute

Associate Professor Joy Field has received the highest honor bestowed by the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), a global society of more than 1800 scholars dedicated to fostering knowledge that improves managerial decisions.

Carroll School Hosts Third Annual “Judgment” Day

Financial infidelity in marriages. Negative online reviews that consumers see as a threat to their identity. Luxury consumption that makes people feel inauthentic. These were among topics aired at the third annual Boston Judgment and Decision Making Day, hosted by the Carroll School of Management.

The Voters Have Spoken

And the winner is … Ralph Lauren. Or is it Urban Outfitters? Nailya Ordabayeva (Marketing) explains how liberals and conservatives make choices that reveal their ideologies—not at the ballot box, but while shopping.

A Dean for Others

Sullivan steps into new role as senior associate dean for undergraduate programs

A Celebration of the Life of Jim Gips

Remembering James Gips, who died in August 2018 after pancreatic surgery. The John R. and Pamela Egan Professor of Computer Science, Gips was perhaps best known as the co-inventor of EagleEyes and Camera Mouse, technologies that have given voice to the voiceless.

On AI, Sorting Out the “Pioneers” from the “Passives”

In an annual survey for the MIT Sloan Management Review, Sam Ransbotham (Information Systems) and co-authors identify the Pioneers—the one-fifth of companies polled that are scoring big with artificial intelligence.

How We Play Politics in the Store Aisles

A new study by Nailya Ordabayeva shows how consumers vote with their wallets, without even realizing it.

Legacies Catching On

A Carroll School professor’s report finds that established companies are finally making digital progress.

Bringing It to the Carroll School

Newest Tenure-Track Faculty Show What They Have

Jim Gips, 1946–2018

Carroll School professor leaves an inspiring legacy for students, colleagues, and many who used his assistive technologies.

Cognitive Commodes?

Do Americans want smart toilets? U.S. News & World Report sought the expertise of Associate Professor of Management and Organization Mary Tripsas to flush out the answer.

When It Comes to Ethical Decision-Making, Two Heads Might Not Be Better than One

In clinical experiments, two people working together were more likely than individuals to act unethically. Why? Professor Hristina Nikolova, who led the experiments, has answers.

The Wealth Divide

How does growing up rich or poor affect what kind of leader a person might become?

21st Century Corporate Citizenship

More and more, people at all levels of corporate life realize they can “create not only more economic value but more social and environmental value” too, says the Center for Corporate Citizenship’s Katherine Smith, in a video introducing her recent book.

Trump's 401k Line Misfires, Says Munnell

President Trump has taken to asking crowds, “How’s your 401(k) doing?” The responses from his most enthusiastic supporters have been mixed, and Alicia Munnell of the Center for Retirement Research explains why, in a Bloomberg News story.

Five Ways that Top Firms Stay Nimble

Devising a digital strategy is one of the key practices of companies—small and large—that outpace their rivals in adapting to an evolving digital landscape, wrote Professor of Information Systems Gerald Kane in Entrepreneur.

Life Expectancy for Women in U.S.

A report by the Center for Retirement Research says life expectancy for women in the U.S. has stalled, leaving American females at the bottom of the list of the wealthiest nations.

The Dividend Disconnect

Investors tend to see dividends as extra money they receive on top of their capital gains. This is a fiction, says the Carroll School’s David Solomon.

Planning for the Future of Work

Rather than focus on finding jobs in the gaps left by machines, individuals and organizations would be smart to prepare themselves to adapt to a changing digital business environment, writes Professor Jerry Kane for Sloan Management Review.

GE Meets in Boston to Rethink Its Future, Announces Job Cuts

Professor Michael Barry recently spoke to NECN regarding the impact of GE's decision to cut jobs in the area.

Research: Men Get Credit for Voicing Ideas, but Not Problems. Women Don’t Get Credit for Either.

Men get credit for voicing ideas, but not problems—and women don't get credit for either, according to research published in Academy of Management Journal.

Portico: Journal Article Throws Light on a Unique Experiment in Business Ethics

“Be attentive. Be reflective. Be loving.” Those words of advice are not what you’d expect to hear in a typical management class, but they sum up the aims of the Carroll School’s signature Portico course, according to an article published in the latest edition of the Journal of Jesuit Business Education.

Slideshow: Teachers and Scholars

Portico: Journal Article Throws Light on a Unique Experiment in Business Ethics

Portico: Journal Article Throws Light on a Unique Experiment in Business Ethics

How the Business News Gets Political

Will a media outlet slant its coverage of a company because it doesn’t like the political leanings of the firm’s top executives? Vishal P. Baloria and a coauthor explore how Democratic-leaning firms use different strategies to avoid negative coverage by Fox News.

Enterprise Risk Management and Financial Reporting

New research by Professor Jeffrey Cohen finds that there is a critical link between enterprise risk management—a company’s integrated approach to evaluating and controlling risk—and financial reporting.

Ransbotham Helms MIT Report on AI

Sam Ransbotham co-authored the Sloan Management Review’s report on artificial intelligence and business strategy. The report included a broad survey of business executives around the globe along with context provided by some of Ransbotham’s own articles on the topic.

Size and Color Saturation, a Perceptual Connection?

New research from Boston College is showing that color saturation—how pure a color is—affects how we perceive an objects’ size. The more saturated a color is, the bigger something looks, the researchers say, with attendant implications for marketing and design.

Where Digitally Maturing Companies Need to Catch Up

Few companies would dispute that they should adapt to increasingly digital markets and take advantage of digital technologies to improve operations. However, Professor Jerry Kane found that few companies are actually making the changes necessary to achieve these goals.

Why Consumers Keep Supersizing

It’s no secret that restaurant food portions have grown tremendously over the years, but what accounts for the super-sizing trend? Nailya Ordabayeva (Marketing) and a coauthor have come up with a novel explanation—with new findings published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology

Lessons From the Collapse of Banco Popular

The New York Times tapped the expertise of Professor of Finance Edward Kane for an article about the collapse of Banco Popular.

No Hosannas: IS Professor Tamps Down the Hype on Big Data

When Scholars Meet Marketers: Professor Kay Lemon’s Marketing Journey

Award-winning Pontiff Paper Shows Investors Care about Academic Research

Woo, Wow, and Win: Excerpts

Scholars—and Teachers

THREE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS GO TO WORK

Carroll School Professor Tapped as Vice Provost

After 26 years of helping to invigorate the academic life of the Carroll School, Professor Billy Soo will now be well situated to do the same for the broader University—as Boston College’s new vice provost for faculties.

Pete Wilson on the Art of Teaching, and the “Journey from Me to We”

G. Peter Wilson—holder of the Joseph L. Sweeney Chair in Accounting at the Carroll School—has been honored in many ways as a master teacher.

Supersized Popcorn, Men Behaving Extremely, and the Color of Gym Bags

Research overflows at the Marketing Department's first annual "Judgment" Conference

IS Profs Team Up with Sloan Management Review to Spotlight “Big Ideas”

“The Big Ideas programs are research initiatives that look at large-scale phenomena that are influencing management practice,” says David Kiron, Sloan Management Review's executive editor. “We wanted people with intellectual heft as guest editors, and Sam and Jerry brought that.”

Make That 11 New Professors

New faculty members join the Carroll School of Management with the departments of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Management and Organization, and Operations Management.

Encouraging home ownership

Does tax reform help or hurt homeowners? Accounting Professor Gil Manzon shares his thoughts in an op-ed for The Conversation US.

In Long Run, There’s No Such Thing as an Einstein Investor

Research by Professor Jeffrey Pontiff was cited in a New York Times op-ed on the risks of trying to emulate an “Einstein” investor such as Warren Buffett.

Everything Worth Knowing About ... How We Decide

When we’re presented with a choice, we carefully weigh the alternatives and choose the option that makes the most sense—or do we? Only recently has science begun to unravel how we really make decisions.

On Markdowns, Know the Steps of a Tricky Dance

New research by Tingliang Huang examines posterior price-matching, where a firm sells a product before marking it down, but with a promise to reimburse the price difference, and present a model that isolates the role of customer bounded rationality in this interaction.