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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.”
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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.
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Unique access: Doctors, nurses in COVID-19 epicenter aided by proactive personality
A new study from management professor Michael Crant offers the first examination of proactive personality in times of immediate response to a crisis — the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic at a hospital in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak.
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You drive like a girl: Study uncovers gender bias in perceptions of ride-sharing performance
Research by postdoctoral research associate Nathan Meikle and IT, analytics and operations professor Corey Angst revealed participants’ perceptions of drivers can be affected by gender stereotypes.
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