Faculty Media Mentions

“Implementing remote work is really about re-imagining what it means for each and every person to be at work,” says Kevin Rockmann, professor of management, in an interview with BBC on remote work and wellbeing. "Employers need to balance flexibility, giving people the tools they need to remain productive and the social needs of employees."

"Inflation affects our stock market for a multitude of reasons. First, as the cost of input goods for companies go up, this compresses margins and leads to lower profits for companies where they cannot pass along these costs to the customers," says Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. 

Derek Horstmeyer was interviewed by Zacks.com on which stocks & ETFs do best when inflation spikes. 

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, says that regarding the stock market you might want to sell off 30 percent before the recession starts in an interview with Go Banking Rates. “Given we are already down 20% to 25%, I would expect not too much more of a sell-off if we are indeed going into a recession.”

Defense News Commentary by Bill Greenwalt, Jerry McGinn, and Christopher Zember see the Defense Production Act "as a strategic asset for shared American values and national interests."

“I don’t think the business of guns is changing at all. In fact, I think people are doubling down,” says Brad Greenwood, associate professor of information systems and operations management, in an interview with TIME. 

Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, was interviewed by GlobeSt.com on upcoming CRE pricing trends.

Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, discusses the pros of real estate degrees in an interview with GlobeSt.com.

“The majority of returns are just regular good customers. But then there are these purchasers that buy something knowing that they’re going to return it,” Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, says an interview with MarketPlace on Zara's announcement of charging for returns. 

Charging consumers for a return isn’t new, you’ll often see it attributed to electronic purchases. However, Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, notes in an interview with Retail Dive that “From a profitability perspective if you’re the only retailer doing that in your sector, in your industry, then you might start to face some demand issues. Customers may start to go to another retailer.”

Jerry McGinn quoted in article by Alex Gangitano and Morgan Chalfant with the Hill on use of the Defense Production Act.

Did you know that between April 2019 to 2020, nearly 44 percent of all U.S. honey bee colonies were lost? Lisa Gring-Pemble, co-executive director of the Business for a Better World Center, has written an article for Global Focus on how our Honey Bee Initiative is fighting to protect our bee population.