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CEOs Get Big Pay Raises For Being In The Right Place At The Right Time

A study by assistant professor of management and organization Tim Hubbard, along with researchers from University of Georgia and Lehigh University, found that a significant percentage of companies whose CEOs are about to get a block of stock options somehow release optional press releases with a negative tone. That pushes down the price just long enough for the CEO to get a cheaper option price and make more money.

Forbes

AI and the future of humans: Experts express concerns and suggest solutions

Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will. Management & Organization professor James O'Rourke is quoted in the article, saying, “Technology has, throughout recorded history, been a largely neutral concept. The question of its value has always been dependent on its application. For what purpose will AI and other technological advances be used? Assuming we can contain or control AI (and not the other way around), the answer to whether we’ll be better off depends entirely on us (or our progeny)."

Impact Lab

Poets & Quants list of best and brightest business majors Of 2019

Niko Stjepan Martinovic (FIN '19) and Emma Wernecke (ITM '19) were named to Poets & Quants list of the best and brightest undergraduate business majors in the class of 2019.

Poets & Quants

Finance Prof Wins Notre Dame Mendoza Deanship

The University of Notre Dame has a new business school dean — and he’s the same as the current dean. University President Rev. John I. Jenkins has named Cremers the Martin J. Gillen Dean of Mendoza, effective July 1, exactly one calendar year since Cremers assumed the office in the wake of the departure of Dean Roger Huang.

Poets & Quants

Business on the Frontlines: Justin Jones

Justin Jones (MBA ’16) always strove to be a force for good in the world, but was never sure how that would look. It all came together for him during his MBA at Notre Dame — in particular, while helping humanitarian aid organization World Vision address child sex trafficking in the Philippines, as part of innovative Notre Dame MBA course Business on the Frontlines (BOTFL).

Katie Rose Quandt

College of Business introduces Mendoza SMART to assist students in discernment process

The app presents students with challenges such as attending lectures, meeting with professors, updating LinkedIn profiles and engaging with student organizations. Upon completing these challenges, students receive points, which can later be redeemed for prizes. Alison Levey, Mendoza’s associate director for advising services, said she hopes Mendoza SMART will encourage students to explore other disciplines within the college so that they enter fulfilling work after graduation.

The Observer

New leader For Mendoza College of Business

University of Notre Dame President John Jenkins has appointed K.J. Martijn Cremers dean of the Mendoza College of Business. Cremers has served in the role on an interim basis since last summer.

Inside INdiana Business

Signing Mike Trout: The most expensive contract in sports history is a bargain, expert says

Finance professor Richard Sheehan says Mike Trout's 12-year contract extension, said to be worth a record $426.5 million, is a bargain for the Angels if how long Trout can perform at his current level is taken into account.

Shannon Roddel

Cremers named dean of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business

As dean, Cremers will lead Mendoza’s nearly 160 faculty members, who oversee undergraduate education and a variety of professional education programs.

South Bend Tribune

Martijn Cremers appointed dean of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business

Cremers, the Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance and interim dean of the college since July, was selected from among a number of eminently qualified candidates who were considered during a six-month national search.

Patrick Gibbons, executive director of academic communications