Faculty in the Media

Business ethics professor Joseph Holt, a former Jesuit priest, wrote a commentary piece for Fortune on Attorney General Jeff Sessions' use of scripture to defend the Trump administration's immigration policies. 

In the ancient command, “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deuteronomy 16:20), the Hebrew word that is translated as “justice” is tzedek. I found when studying biblical languages that most of the time the English translation of the underlying Hebrew or Greek words accurately conveys the meaning of the original text. But there is no word in English that captures the rich and full meaning of tzedek.

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Forbes ran a story citing research co-authored by finance professor Paul Gao, "Financing Dies in Darkness? The Impact of Newspaper Closures on Public Finance." Read the full story here…

Finance professor Robert Battalio was interviewed for a Wall Street Journal story about an SEC economist's study indicating that brief delays in stock trading such as those offered by IEX’s exchange help protect ordinary investors from ultrafast traders. Read the full story here.…

Finance professor Jason Reed was interviewed for a CNN Money piece on the Federal Reserve's decision to hike interest rates. Read the full story here.

Business ethics and negotiations professor Joseph Holt wrote an opinion piece about what President Trump needs to do to be successful when he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Read the full op-ed here.…

Timothy Carone, an associate teaching professor in the Department of Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations, was interviewed for a story on continuing efforts to develop a self-driving cars despite recent deaths involving test vehicles. …

In a commentary piece for Fox News, business ethics professor Joseph Holt reflects on the deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef and CNN storyteller Anthony Bourdain. Read his article here.…

Management professor Tim Hubbard was interviewed for an OZY piece about the potential for outgoing Starbucks' executive chairman Howard Schultz to make a presidential run. Read the full story here.…

Business ethics professor Joseph Holt, who teaches in the Department of Management & Organization, wrote an opinion piece for the Chicago Tribune on the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Read the full piece here.…

Martijn Cremers, whose 2009 paper introduced Active Share as a new measure of active portfolio management, has co-authored a new paper, "Benchmark Discrepancies and Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation"…

Kaitlin Wowak's research on the competition to produce cheaper generic drugs was featured in a Business Insider article.  Wowak, an assistant professor in the Department of Information, Analytics, & Operations, coauthored the paper “Product competition, managerial discretion and manufacturing recalls in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry…

An energy forum, co-hosted by the University of Notre Dame, will bring together investors, oil executives and Church officials June 8-9 at the Vatican. Read more here.

While most details about the encounter are being kept secret in hopes of facilitating frank dialogue among the participants, a weekly Vatican media planning calendar indicates the discussion will likely center on the need to transition the global energy market away from dependence on fossil fuels.

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Finance professor Paul Gao's research on the relationship between local newspaper closures and the cost of municipal bonds was featured in Bloomberg Businessweek. Read the full story here…

A new study examining health care data breaches and the effectiveness of IT security investments by Corey Angst, professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations in …

Tim Hubbard, an assistant professor in the Department of Management & Organization at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, was quoted in a CNBC story about the decision by Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz to step down. 

Business ethics professor Joseph Holt, who teaches in the Department  wrote an opinion piece for Fox News about talk show host Samantha Bee's vulgar reference to Ivanka Trump. Read the full commentary here.

The Time Warner 2016 corporate social responsibility report includes the aspiration that the company’s original content “helps to deepen the conversation on issues that matter in society.” Bee had the opportunity to do that with respect to the pressing immigration issue. Criticizing President Trump or Ivanka Trump is fine, if Bee believes such criticism is needed, but why do it with a sexist slur? 

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In a commentary piece for Fast Company, Notre Dame business ethics professor Joseph Holt, who teaches in the Department of Management and Organization in the Mendoza College of Business, examines the corporate leadership model in light of Rex Tillerson's tenure as U.S. Secretary of State. …

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Noah Smith wrote a piece about finance professor Paul Gao's paper detailing what happens to government borrowing costs when a city's newspaper closes.

A Los Angeles Times editorial writer wrote about a working paper "Financing dies in darkness? The impact of newspaper closures on public finance" coauthored by finance professor Paul Gao, the Viola D. Hank Associate Professor of Finance at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. 

A segment of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” inspired Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business finance professor Paul Gao to research what happens to cities when their local newspapers shut down. His research was featured in a recent CityLab article. Read the full story here…

Scott Nestler was a guest on a sports analytics podcast hosted by the Great Lakes Analytics in Sports Conference. Nestler, an associate teaching professor in the Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations Department…

In a commentary piece for CNBC, Jason Reed, an assistant teaching professor in the finance department, looks at the latest in U.S. trade talks with China in light of tariff negotiations with the European Union. Read the full piece here…

Poets & Quants wrote an article about the decision by Roger D. Huang, the Martin J. Gillen Dean of the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, to step down on June 30. He will take a year-long sabbatical before returning to his endowed professorship in finance. K.J. Martijn Cremers…

Timothy Carone was interviewed for an Associated Press story on Facebook's self-assessment of its ability to police offensive content and fake accounts.

Management professor James S. O'Rourke IV, a teaching professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, was interviewed by NPR senior correspondent Amy Scott for a Marketplace piece on Sears as it considers selling off assets…

In a CNBC commentary piece, Mike Chapple weighs in on the possibility of cyber attacks in light of the announcement that the U.S. will withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal.

Chapple is an associate teaching professor in the Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations…

After 13 fund companies agreed to voluntarily disclose the active share metrics for their funds following an investigation by the New York attorney general, Investment News interviewed Martijn Cremers, the Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance at Mendoza College of Business whose 2009 paper (co-authored with Antti Petajisto) introduced the measure of active portfolio management. …

Timothy Carone wrote a commentary piece for CNBC on why consumers don't seem to have a problem giving Amazon a high level of access to our lives despite events of recent months. Carone is an associate teaching professor in the Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations at Mendoza College of Business. Read his full commentary here…

Analytics Magazine ran a news item about Scott Nestler, an associate teaching professor in the Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations, receiving the Mission Award from the Office of the Dean at the Mendoza College of Business. Nestler was recognized for his article "Using INFORMS ethics guidelines in the classroom"…

Christopher Adkins, the Rex and Alice Martin Director of the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership, was interviewed for a story on changing corporate culture and the importance of empathy that appeared in Chief Executive magazine. Adkins is also an associate teaching professor in the Management & Organization Department at Mendoza College of Business. Read the full story here…