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Race to develop self-driving cars unabated by string of fatal crashes
Timothy Carone, an associate teaching professor in the Department of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations, was interviewed for a story on continuing efforts to develop a self-driving cars despite recent deaths involving test vehicles. …
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Suicides of Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade – and my brother – can teach us important life lessons
In a commentary piece for Fox News, business ethics professor Joseph Holt reflects on the deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef and CNN storyteller Anthony Bourdain. Read his article here.…
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Is Starbucks’ barista in chief brewing a presidential run?
Management professor Tim Hubbard was interviewed for an OZY piece about the potential for outgoing Starbucks' executive chairman Howard Schultz to make a presidential run. Read the full story here.…
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Commentary: With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?
Business ethics professor Joseph Holt, who teaches in the Department of Management & Organization, wrote an opinion piece for the Chicago Tribune on the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Read the full piece here.…
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Benchmark bandits! How some funds game active share
Martijn Cremers, whose 2009 paper introduced Active Share as a new measure of active portfolio management, has co-authored a new paper, "Benchmark Discrepancies and Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation"…
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Generic drugs are competing against one another to get cheaper — but it’s having an unintended consequence on the health of Americans
Kaitlin Wowak's research on the competition to produce cheaper generic drugs was featured in a Business Insider article. Wowak, an assistant professor in the Department of Information, Analytics, & Operations, coauthored the paper “Product competition, managerial discretion and manufacturing recalls in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry…
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Big oil to meet with Vatican officials, Pope Francis
An energy forum, co-hosted by the University of Notre Dame, will bring together investors, oil executives and Church officials June 8-9 at the Vatican. Read more here. While most details about the encounter are being kept secret in hopes of facilitating frank dialogue among the participants, a weekly Vatican media planning calendar indicates the discussion will likely center on the need to transition the global energy market away from dependence on fossil fuels.…
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Taxpayers lose in the bond market when local newspapers close
Finance professor Paul Gao's research on the relationship between local newspaper closures and the cost of municipal bonds was featured in Bloomberg Businessweek. Read the full story here…
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Better hospital IT security doesn’t mean fewer cyberattacks
A new study examining health care data breaches and the effectiveness of IT security investments by Corey Angst, professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations in …
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Howard Schultz, architect of modern Starbucks, to step down as executive chairman
Tim Hubbard, an assistant professor in the Department of Management & Organization at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, was quoted in a CNBC story about the decision by Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz to step down.
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