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February 2026 Issue

THE GENESIS OF BIG IDEAS

Genesis

Time Is The Apex Predator

Tug McGraw was a left-handed reliever for the Mets and Phillies from 1965 to 1984. When facing the opposing team’s most fearsome hitters he invoked the “Frozen Snowball” theory … Read more

 

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?

Sara Toynbee

Sharpen Or Soften Oversight

Regulatory agencies often draw scrutiny for the “revolving door” — when people rotate between public and private sector jobs. This phenomenon creates a trade-off …
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Student Spotlight

Awards

This month we are honoring Urooj Khan and Yifan Yu. 

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Student Spotlight

Ph.D. Student Spotlight: Terrence Neumann

Terrence Neumann is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in information systems and is being advised by Maria De-Arteaga and Yan Leng. 

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Thank You

A Special Thank-You!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the research luncheon on Jan. 23 and to the Dean's office for the soiree. 

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Events

Upcoming Events

Join us throughout the month of February for research events, lunches, and seminars.

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Funding

Research Funding Opportunities

We are pleased to announce the continued success of the McCombs Undergraduate Research Assistant Program.

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Just Accepted Journal Publications

Hyun Hwang (Accounting)
“Internal Capital Allocation, Voluntary Disclosure, and Investment Efficiency”
Management Science

Volker Laux (Accounting)
“Financial Climate-Risk Measurement, Impact Funds, and Green Transitions”
Journal of Accounting Research

Jaime Schmidt (Accounting)
“Can Combining Judgment Decomposition and Notetaking Improve Group Auditors’ Sensitivity to Qualitative Risk?”
Contemporary Accounting Research

Sara Toynbee (Accounting)
“Using GPT to Measure Business Complexity”
The Accounting Review

Laura T. Starks (Finance)
“Corporate ESG Profiles and Investor Horizons”
The Journal of Finance

Mindy Z. Xiaolan (Finance)
“Exorbitant Privilege Gained and Lost: Fiscal Implications”
Journal of Political Economy

Junyu Cao (IROM)
“Speed Up the Cold-Start Learning in Two-Sided Bandits With Many Arms”
Management Science

Yifan Yu (IROM)
“When Emotion AI Meets Strategic Users”
Management Science

Hüseyin Tanriverdi and John-Patrick Olatunji Akinyemi [Ph.D. student] (IROM)
“Algorithmic Social Injustices: Antecedents and Mitigations”
MIS Quarterly

Ram Ranganathan (Management)
“Knowledge Behind Firewalls: How Rivalry Among Partners Constrains Innovation Inside Firms”
Organization Science

Raj Raghunathan (Marketing)
“Saving Face While Earning Rewards: Reward-Both Referral Programs More Effectively Elicit Referrals for Experiential Purchases Than Reward-Me Programs”
Asia Marketing Journal

Wayne Hoyer (Marketing)
“The Phenomenon of Creepiness in a Digital Marketing World”
Psychology & Marketing

Urooj Khan (Accounting)
“Mandatory Disclosure and Takeovers: Evidence From Private Banks”
The Accounting Review

John McInnis (Accounting)
“Interest in the Short Interest: The Rise of Private-Sector Data”
Contemporary Accounting Research

Matthew Kubic and Sara Toynbee (Accounting)
“Conflicted Regulators: Indirect Revolving-Door Connections in SEC Filing Reviews”
The Accounting Review

Aaron Pancost (Finance)
“The Benchmark Greenium”
Journal of Financial Economics

Sheridan Titman (Finance)
“Swimming Upstream: Struggling Firms in Corrupt Cities”
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Minghong Yuan [Ph.D. Student], Indranil Bardhan, and Wen Wen (IROM)
“Can Information Sharing Reduce Diagnostic Disparate Impact? Evidence From a Health Information Exchange”
Management Science

Junyu Cao (IROM)
“Online Facility Location: Running Stores on Wheels With Spatial Demand Learning”
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Ram Ranganathan (Management)
“Shaping Ecosystem Rules: Complementarities, Interdependencies, and Firms’ Success in Coordinating Ecosystems via Standard-Setting”
Organization Science

Rex Du (Marketing)
“Leveraging Large-Scale Granular Single-Source Data for TV Advertising”
Marketing Science

James L. Ritchie-Dunham (Marketing)
“Sociodemographic Variation and Childhood Predictors of Showing Love and Care for Others in 22 Countries”
Scientific Reports

Adrian Ward (Marketing)
“The Liveness Lift: Viewing Live Streams Creates Connection and Enhances Engagement in Amateur Music Performances”
Journal of Marketing

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