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Alaina Kleinbeck: The dangers of workism, especially for pastors

Our 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.

Faith & Leadership

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.”

Washington Post

ND MBA’s innovative Business on the Frontlines course receives two research grants

Business on the Frontlines (BOTFL) recently received two grants to support the economic impact research associated with projects in Brazil and Colombia. BOTFL launched in 2008 with a unique and audacious vision: to harness the dynamism of business to rebuild war-torn societies and help bring about economic stability and peace.

Carol Elliott

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.

Wall Street Journal

Notre Dame finance professor wins research award

University of Notre Dame assistant finance professor Huaizhi Chen’s research paper took first place in the 17th annual Dr. Richard A. Crowell Prize, which recognizes new and cutting-edge academic research that connects theory and practice in the field of quantitative investing.

Carol Elliott

Student Perspective: Emily Clark

I had never seen the movie Rudy before attending Notre Dame. After watching the film on the football field inside Notre Dame Stadium with my classmates last August, I understood […]

Emily Clark

Following the crowd: New study shows how to improve group consensus

The growing number of crowd-sourcing sites shows the extent to which consumers rely on popular opinion. New research by professor of finance Zhi Da and Xing Huang of Washington University in St. Louis has found a way to improve their accuracy.

Shannon Roddel

The top EMBA programs in the US midwest revealed in annual study

Notre Dame, Ohio State and Northern Illinois selected as top programs in the Midwest, with Mendoza's Executive MBA (South Bend) at number four and the Executive MBA (Chicago) at number five. The Executive MBA programs were evaluated based on five key factors identified by the responded pool of accomplished professionals to determine the best EMBA programs in the U.S. Midwest region.

Newswire

Communities lose when newspapers die or slide into decline

Last 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.

New York Times

Mendoza creates undergraduate advising app

Picking a major isn’t easy. Neither is helping a 19-year-old discern what course of study to pursue, as Alison Levey, associate director for advising services at Mendoza College of Business, can attest. But now there’s an app for that, thanks to a collaboration between Levey and the Mendoza IT Operations Group’s Diego Wang, operations project manager, and Mark Kimmet, senior systems engineer.

Melissa Jackson