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Degrees of happiness? Formal education does not lead to greater job satisfaction, study shows

New research by management professors Brittany Solomon (Hall) and Dean Shepherd reveals that people who have invested in formal education are not more satisfied in their careers.

Shannon Roddel

Notre Dame consumer psychologist recognized as leader of ‘next generation of marketing academics’

Marketing professor Emily Garbinsky was chosen as a Marketing Science Institute (MSI) 2021 Young Scholar, a select honor intended to identify likely leaders of the next generation of marketing academics.

Carol Elliott

Internet access spending in public school districts increases test scores, but also disciplinary problems, study shows

Marketing professor Yixing Chen and his co-researchers quantified how school district connectivity increases test scores, but their study also underscores the dark side of technology — increased behavior problems.

Shannon Roddel

Research examining the practice of subscriber discounts wins ‘Best Paper’ award

Marketing professor Vamsi Kanuri’s paper on the topic "The Unintended Consequence of Price-Based Service Recovery Incentives" recently earned the American Marketing Association Retail & Pricing SIG's Best Paper Award.

Carol Elliott

Marketing has major benefits for entrepreneurs in emerging markets, study shows

Research by marketing professor Frank Germann shows marketers can help entrepreneurs in emerging markets grow their businesses, which in turn helps them to improve lives, sustain livelihoods, enhance overall living standards and strengthen societies.

Shannon Roddel

Automakers delay recalls to minimize stock penalties, avoid being the first safety issue in news cycle, study shows

Some automotive firms time their product recalls to minimize stock price penalties, resulting in unnecessary delays and clusters of subsequent recalls by other companies, according to new research from IT, Analytics and Operations professor Kaitlin Wowak.

Shannon Roddel

Saver or spender? People are not as financially responsible as they may think, study shows

Even when people consistently spend their money superfluously, they still believe that they manage their money in a responsible fashion, according to a new study by Emily Garbinsky, assistant professor of marketing at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

Shannon Roddel

Quality suffers for audit offices that emphasize non-audit services, study shows

Regulators have expressed concerns that audit firms’ emphasis on non-audit services (NAS) such as consulting could distract from an audit, and quality does suffer in certain cases, according to new research from Accountancy professors Erik Beardsley and Andrew Imdieke.

Shannon Roddel

‘We’re not there yet,’ expert says as MLB hires first female GM

Although more women are serving in sports management positions now, the competition is still unequal, according to Richard Sheehan, professor emeritus of finance at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business and author of “Keeping Score: The Economics of Big-Time Sports.”

Shannon Roddel

Shifting loyalty: Study examines customer behavior when retail rewards programs go mobile

As more and more rewards programs go mobile, what are the effects on consumer behavior? That’s the question University of Notre Dame researcher Yoonseock Son sought to answer in a recent paper published in the journal Information Systems Research.

Michael Hardy