Feb 26
Two experiments show that brief self-affirmation exercises—having auditors reflect on their strengths—significantly increase their willingness to rely on AI-generated information, suggesting a simple way firms can improve AI adoption.
Feb 18
Gies Business study finds that the SEC’s 2007 expansion of regional enforcement offices, while improving oversight and reducing accounting manipulation, also made firms more risk-averse.
Feb 16
The award is conferred annually by the Technology Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association to an early-career researcher whose work has made significant contributions to the theory and practice of technology-focused marketing.
Feb 11
Study shows one Flashfood store reduces a county-level food insecurity rate by 0.090 percentage points, translating into approximately 860 people per county or 146,000 people across all the counties where Flashfood operates.
Feb 10
Is erasing medical debt from credit reports just a placebo? In this episode of Research Reverb, Gies Business economist Julia Fonseca discusses research in which she and her coauthors found that withholding small medical debts from reporting had no impact on credit scores or decisions.
Feb 04
Study adds new insights into how flourishing employees cope with workplace stressors and how work and ethical environments impact employee well-being.
Feb 03
Study finds placing patients with roommates who have Alzheimer’s or Alzheimer’s-related diseases (AD/ADRD) leads to a 14% higher 90-day mortality rate overall compared with placing them in private rooms.
Feb 02
The Dimensional Fund Advisors Prizes are among the most prestigious in the field of finance. Winners are selected by the associate editors of the Journal of Finance, and the Distinguished Paper Prize carries with it a $10,000 award.
Jan 27
In studying 355 elite national soccer teams from around the globe, Gies Business Professor Mike Szymanski finds that teams led by multicultural managers enjoy an advantage in a sport where nations from every corner of the world collide.
Jan 23
The Walter H. Stellner Professorship is a prestigious honor at the University of Illinois that recognizes excellence in the study of marketing.
Jan 21
The Brattle Group Prizes in Corporate Finance recognize outstanding research published in The Journal of Finance, which is widely recognized as one of the foremost journals in its field.
Jan 19
A follow-up study testing ChatGPT-4.0 found it shows improved organization, fewer math errors, and slightly better risk awareness than version 3.5, but still gives flawed, poorly prioritized financial advice and sometimes misleading “false empathy.”