Does Gender Play a Role in How Analysts Ask Questions of CEOs During Quarterly Earnings Conference Calls? Joe Comprix, professor of accounting and chair of the Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting, and two colleagues—Kerstin Lopatta, chair of accounting, auditing,…
Do New Technologies Such as Blockchain Offer a Win-win Solution for Tracing Foods Through Their Supply Chain During Food Contamination Outbreaks?
This claim by major food retailers is being put to the test by Fasheng Xu, assistant professor of supply chain management, and his colleagues—Lingxiu Dong, professor of supply chain, operations, and technology, and Ph.D. student Puping Jiang, both at the…
Does Bounded Rationality—the Predominant Theory of Human Decision-making in Economics—Ignore Gender?
Arielle Newman noticed something unexpected when she was working with entrepreneurs at a market in Ghana for her dissertation research. Women traders were more successful than men but did not pursue a place in the formal economy. “It was so…
The Effect of External Monitoring on Conservative Financial Reporting in the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry
The Effect of External Monitoring on Conservative Financial Reporting in the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers report more conservative loss reserves—estimates of what the company will pay in future claims—following state-mandated regulatory financial examinations (RFEs). Willie Reddic,…
Does Gender Play a Role in How Analysts Ask Questions of CEOs During Quarterly Earnings Conference Calls?
Does Gender Play a Role in How Analysts Ask Questions of CEOs During Quarterly Earnings Conference Calls? Joe Comprix, professor of accounting and chair of the Joseph I. Lubin School of Accounting, and two colleagues—Kerstin Lopatta, chair of accounting, auditing,…
New Ph.D. Students Show Strength in the Face of Adversity
New Ph.D. Students Show Strength in the Face of Adversity Moving to a new city and starting a Ph.D. program can be challenging under the best of circumstances. But for three international students, the COVID-19 pandemic turned the journey to…
In the News and Trending: The Shopping Mall Crisis: What Will It Take for Them to Recover? Is There any Hope?
In the News and Trending: The Shopping Mall Crisis: What Will It Take for Them to Recover? Is There any Hope? Ray Wimer is a professor of retail practice leading courses on retail, buying and planning, marketing, sales and business foundations.…
Whitman Professor Firmly Grounded in Syracuse University and the Community
Whitman Professor Firmly Grounded in Syracuse University and the Community John Petosa L’95 jokes that he is “a kind of Swiss army knife” of teaching at the Whitman School. Indeed, since 2003 the professor of practice has led classes in…
Supply Chain Disruptions Through a Marketing Lens
Supply Chain Disruptions Through a Marketing Lens During the pandemic, shoppers in many places have reached for a product, only to find an empty shelf. COVID-19, however, is only the latest among a number of factors contributing to growing supply…
The Case of Havana’s Paladares, Creating Legitimacy in the Eyes of Stakeholders
The Case of Havana’s Paladares, Creating Legitimacy in the Eyes of Stakeholders What if you start a business under one set of rules, and then the rules keep changing—sometimes drastically. This is the regulatory environment in which owners of paladares,…
The Dynamics of Maintaining a Reputation of Creativity
The Dynamics of Maintaining a Reputation of Creativity In the modern economy, creativity is in high demand as a key skill for delivering innovative ideas and thriving as a worker. But being labeled a workplace’s “creative” can have downsides—which is…
Evaluating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Holistically: How Businesses Grow, Develop, Exit or Survive
Evaluating an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Holistically: How Businesses Grow, Develop, Exit or Survive How does a diverse set of actors—such as investors, business incubators, governments and universities—interact to boost entrepreneurial activity and help new companies thrive? This entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) perspective,…
Research Profile: Cristiano Bellavitis
Research Profile: Cristiano Bellavitis Cristiano Bellavitis arrived at the Whitman School in the middle of a global pandemic to a sparsely populated campus. But over the past year, the assistant professor of entrepreneurship—a native of Rome, Italy, who has taught…
Ph.D. Alumni Profile: Almantas Palubinskas ’20
Ph.D. Alumni Profile: Almantas Palubinskas ’20 Almantas Palubinskas ’20 Ph.D. may have arrived at Emlyon Business School in France in the middle of a global pandemic, but he has greatly enjoyed his past months as a postdoctoral researcher. In fact, the…
Devin Stein ’22 Ph.D.
Devin Stein ’22 Ph.D. Hometown: Long Island, New York Degree: Ph.D. in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises When Devin Stein moved to Logan, Utah in 2011, he was taken aback by the haze that hung in eerily orange skies during the…
Whitman’s Diverse Academic Pipeline to Top B-Schools
Whitman’s Diverse Academic Pipeline to Top B-Schools When Willie Reddic G’12 (MAX), ’13 Ph.D. decided to join the doctoral program in accounting at the Whitman School, he was attracted not only by the School’s academic qualities but also by seeing…
Faculty Research on Economic Risks and Uncertainty
Faculty Research on Economic Risks and Uncertainty Are Banks Managing Risk Better as They Grow or Is Risk Growing, Too? Associate Professor of Finance Anna Chernobai, Ali Ozdagli (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) and Jianlin Wang (University of California at Berkeley)…
Loss Reduction During Wildfires and Other Disasters: Implications of Individuals and Organizations, Public and Private
Loss Reduction During Wildfires and Other Disasters: Implications of Individuals and Organizations This year’s wildfires in the western United States have been raging so severely that even East Coast residents felt the effects on air quality—compelling evidence for the timeliness…
Lihong Liang: Study on FASB Reporting Suggests Investors Have Different Perspective Than Standard-Setters
The United States differ significantly from the rest of the world in how investment properties are valued in financial statements. Investors, however, appear to favor the international standards, according to “Market Perceptions of Fair Value Reporting for Tangible Assets” by…