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THE GENESIS OF BIG IDEAS

Happy Accidents

Physicist Leó Szilárd stood in the drizzling cold at a London curb in 1933, uncomfortable and irritated. He was waiting for a traffic light. As he often did, Szilárd was walking so he could think … Read more

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?

Complexity: Friend Or Foe

Digital technologies promise to make life easier for customers. Yet behind every seamless digital service lies a web of interconnected systems …
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Ph.D. Student Spotlight: John-Patrick Akinyemi

John-Patrick Akinyemi is a Ph.D. candidate in management information systems, advised by professor Sirkka Jarvenpaa. 

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Ph.D. Student Spotlight: Nathan Herrmann

Nathan Herrmann is a fifth-year student finishing his Ph.D. in accounting at McCombs. 

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A Special Thank-You!

The 2025 Ph.D. Conference was an outstanding success, made possible by the invaluable participation and contributions of our faculty, students, and alumni.

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Upcoming Events

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

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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

Lisa De Simone (Accounting)
“How Do Multinational Companies Respond to Destination-Based Consumption Taxes?”
Review of Accounting Studies

Jacob T. Bradt (BGS)
“Hotelling Meets Wright: Spatial Sorting and Measurement Error in Recreation Demand Models”
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Cesare Fracassi (Finance)
“Adverse Selection in Corporate Loan Markets”
The Journal of Finance

John Hatfield (Finance)
“Strategy-Proofness, Providing Marginal Rewards, and Inducing Efficient Investment”
European Economic Review

Mindy Z. Xiaolan (Finance)
“Bond Convenience Yields in the Eurozone Currency Union”
The Review of Financial Studies

Junyu Cao (IROM)
“Collaborative Learning and Decision-Making on Pricing and Recommendation: A Simple Framework for Planning”
Management Science

Diwakar Gupta and Ioannis Stamatopoulos (IROM)
“Local Cost Synergies in Reverse Auctions: An Application to Road Salt Procurement”
Operations Research

Steven Gray (Management)
“Unpacking Our Differences: The Contrasting Effects of Surface-Level Versus Deep-Level Diversity in New Venture Teams”
Group & Organization Management

Christian M. Hutzler (Accounting)
“Does Antitrust Enforcement Against Interlocking Directorates Impair Corporate Governanc
Journal of Accounting and Economics

Kishore Gawande (BGS)
“An Economic Model of the French Revolutio
Journal of Public Economic Theory

Caitlin S. Gorback (Finance)
“Global Capital and Local Assets: House Prices, Quantities, and Elasticities”
Review of Financial Studies

Mindy Z. Xiaolan (Finance)
“Manufacturing Risk-Free Government Debt”
Journal of Financial Economics

Ashish Agarwal (IROM)
“General Behavioral Impact of Smart System Warnings: A Case of Advanced Driving Assistance Systems”
Production and Operations Management

Rui Gao (IROM)
“Sinkhorn Distributionally Robust Optimization”
Operations Research

Steven Gray and Ram Ranganathan (Management)
“An Alter-Centric Perspective on Status Disparity and Newcomer Additions in Multiparty Syndicates”
Strategic Organization

Doug J. Chung (Marketing)
“Time Dependence and Time Preference: Implications for Designing Compensation Structure”
Marketing Science