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Can Shaq save the Papa John’s brand?Management and Organization professor Joe Holt was quoted in a Knowledge@Wharton article about whether Shaq can save Papa John's.
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Trump’s Fed nominee faces broad backlashAssistant teaching professor of finance Jason Reed was quoted in a Financial Times story about Federal Reserve board nominee Stephen Moore. Economists say the choice of Stephen Moore is an attack on the independence of the central bank.
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CEOs Get Big Pay Raises For Being In The Right Place At The Right TimeA study by assistant professor of management and organization Tim Hubbard, along with researchers from University of Georgia and Lehigh University, found that a significant percentage of companies whose CEOs are about to get a block of stock options somehow release optional press releases with a negative tone. That pushes down the price just long enough for the CEO to get a cheaper option price and make more money.
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AI and the future of humans: Experts express concerns and suggest solutionsExperts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will. Management & Organization professor James O'Rourke is quoted in the article, saying, “Technology has, throughout recorded history, been a largely neutral concept. The question of its value has always been dependent on its application. For what purpose will AI and other technological advances be used? Assuming we can contain or control AI (and not the other way around), the answer to whether we’ll be better off depends entirely on us (or our progeny)."
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Is there a case for actively managed funds?Finance professor and interim dean Martijn Cremers is quoted in a Barron's article on whether actively managed funds are still useful. Passive investing has gained popularity over the years thanks to lower fees than active funds.
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Alaina Kleinbeck: The dangers of workism, especially for pastorsOur culture prizes meaningful work, and a lot of it. What does that mean for pastors whose desks are actually altars? The Flourishing in Ministry research directed by Matt Bloom, associate professor of management & organization, has revealed that while pastors believe their work matters and report high levels of job satisfaction, they also are vulnerable to high levels of burnout.
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Censorship or social responsibility? Amazon removes some books peddling vaccine misinformation.Management & Organization professor Joe Holt is quoted in the Washington Times over Amazon's announcement that it pulled several anti-vaccine books from its shelves. According to Holt the problem with businesses being forced to play a censorship role is that most of them, if not all of them, probably never intended to do that. But now, he said, “there’s more and more external pressure for them to do more censoring.”
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Is now the time for active investing to make a comeback?Lower fees and rising volatility are making active management more competitive, supporters say. But critics say the odds are on the side of passive investing. Martijn Cremers, interim dean and professor of finance at Mendoza and a consultant to investment management firms, argues in favor of active management.
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Communities lose when newspapers die or slide into declineLast May, finance professor Paul Gao and fellow researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago found government waste and corruption, and other community issues grew when local newspapers closed.
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Guest column: Communities lose when newspapers die or slide into declineFinance professor Paul Gao's research was referenced in an article about the demise of local newspapers and what that loss means to the communities who no longer have the oversight the newspapers provide.
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