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July 6, 2020Family matters: How internal incentives shape outcomes for fund firmsFinance Professor Rafael Zambrana researched the significance and ramifications of different incentive strategies for mutual fund families and their clients and found the incentive mechanism used has an impact on fund performance and risk and is associated with different clientele of these asset managers.
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July 1, 2020The Technology 202: IBM and Notre Dame team up on new tech ethics labThe University of Notre Dame unveiled a new Tech Ethics Lab with the backing of IBM, which will conduct research on some of the most pressing dilemmas confronting the field.
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July 1, 2020Whiskey business
Notre Dame Magazine wrote a story about Charles Florance (MBA '13), founder of the Indiana Whiskey Company. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Florance pivoted his business model from producing spirits to hand sanitizer to help during the national shortage.
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July 1, 2020Morning Tech: Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics LabPolitico's online Morning Tech newsletter mentioned the Notre Dame-IBM Tech Ethics Lab, “a collaboration that will address the myriad ethical concerns raised by the use of advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum computing, to address society’s most pressing problems.”
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June 28, 2020JIFFI, started by Notre Dame student to combat predatory lending, offers short-term microloansThe South Bend Tribune covered JIFFI, a student startup that offers short-term loans with low interest and flexible payments. Board member and management professor Jessica McManus Warnell said it is about a connection with the community. “The students are doing great work to help people.”
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June 26, 2020The Friday pitch-in: Interview with Vamsi KanuriWFYI interviewed marketing professor Vamsi Kanuri on his research into whether political leanings influence views on government laws and restrictions. Kanuri's interview starts around the 30 minute mark in the podcast.
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June 26, 2020ND marketing prof wins award for influencer marketing researchUniversity of Notre Dame marketing professor Christian Hughes won the American Marketing Association’s 2020 Don Lehmann Award for a research paper examining influencer marketing.
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June 25, 2020Why asset managers step up as ‘buyers of last resort’ for their brokersFund managers help brokerage firms in times of distress to uphold their part of a “quid pro quo” relationship, according to research by University of Notre Dame finance professors Benjamin Golez and Rafael Zambrana.
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June 25, 2020The limits of resilienceEntrepreneurship professor Dean Shepherd's latest research reveals domestic abuse has an inhibiting effect on entrepreneurship.
Brendan O'Shaughnessy