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October 2026 Issue

THE GENESIS OF BIG IDEAS

Genesis

Forgetting Helps Creating

Forgetting is frustrating — often maddening. What was the passcode I made once and never used until I had to use it, just to unlock my phone? Off to the Apple Not-So-Genius Bar I trudge … Read more

 

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?

Big Idea

The ‘Ostrich Effect’

Organizations routinely encourage employees to aim higher. Salespeople are given ambitious quotas, athletes are urged to beat their personal bests, and students are challenged to reach beyond their past performance … Read more

 

 THE I IN AI

I in AI

 

Teaching AI To Work With Us

Businesses have swiftly brought AI into everyday work. But the value of an AI depends on its entire exchange with a user: how well it understands an employee’s needs, how much correction it requires, and whether, together, they eventually get the job done … Read more

PhD

Ph.D. Student Spotlight: Ankur Jaiswal

Ankur Jaiswal is a Ph.D. candidate in information systems whose research examines how information systems shape the performance of knowledge workers. 

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PhD

Ph.D. Student Spotlight: Fangchen Song

Fangchen Song is a Ph.D. candidate in information systems whose research examines how emerging technologies, particularly generative AI, reshape professional knowledge work and organizations.

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URA

URA Student Spotlight: 
Katy Rangarajan

Katy Rangarajan is a junior studying finance and Business Honors Program with minors in MIS and Spanish. 

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Thank You

A Special Thank-You!

Thank you to all the faculty and Ph.D. students who participated in the Research Lunch on Sept. 11.

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Events

Upcoming Events

Join us throughout the month of October 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 and Volker Laux (Accounting)
“Macroeconomic Implications of Accounting Standards”
Journal of Accounting and Economics

Matt Kubic (Accounting)
“Measurement Error When Estimating Covenant Slack and Violations”
Journal of Accounting and Economics

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

Jaime Schmidt (Accounting)
“The Benefits of Auditors and Partner Experience in SEC Comment Letter Resolution”
Current Issues in Auditing

Sara Toynbee (Accounting)
“Navigating Related SEC and FASB Disclosure Requirements: Evidence From Remaining Performance Obligations and Order Backlog”
Journal of Financial Reporting

Jacob T. Bradt (BGS)
“The Incidence of Fuel-Price Shocks and Tax Holidays: Evidence From the 2026 Oil Shock”
Working Papers Series (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)

Amiyatosh Purnanandam (Finance)
“United They Fall: Bank Risk After the Financial Crisis”
Review of Financial Studies

Indranil Bardhan (IROM)
“Impact of Patient Navigation Programs on Emergency Department Utilization”
Production and Operations Management

Indranil Bardhan (IROM)
“Beyond Codes of Conduct: Shared Values for Digitalization”
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems

Guoming Lai (IROM)
“Managing the Two-Tier Healthcare System: Referral Discounts and Artificial Intelligence-Based Diagnosis”
International Journal of Production Research

 

Maytal Saar-Tsechansky (IROM)
“Engaging With Practice for Impactful Research”
MIS Quarterly

Wen Wen (IROM)
“Improving Competitiveness: A Freelancer-Centric Approach for Recommending Reskilling Strategies”
Information Systems Research

Thaleia Zariphopoulou (IROM)
“Representation of Forward Performance Criteria With Random Endowment via FBSDE and Its Application to Forward Optimized Certainty Equivalent”
Mathematical Finance

Jay Park (Management)
“Information Processing, Mutual Understanding, and Organization Design in Healthcare”
Strategic Management Journal

James L. Ritchie-Dunham (Management)
“A Comparative 'Report Card' Wellbeing Assessment of 22 Countries in the Global Flourishing Study”
Discover Global Society

Doug J. Chung (Marketing)
“AI Is Blurring the Line Between Sales and Marketing”
Harvard Business Review (Online)

Vijay Mahajan (Marketing)
“To Swear or Not To Swear: Exploring the Role of Profanity in Influencer Marketing”
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

Raghunath S. Rao (Marketing)
“Market Effects of Inattention: Theory and Evidence From Left-Digit Bias”
Journal of Marketing Research

Jared Murray (IROM)
“Forest Kernel Balancing Weights: Outcome-Guided Features for Causal Inference”
Statistics in Medicine

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