Faculty Media Mentions

Finance students Yiming Xie and Zihan Chen, along with Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for The Wall Street Journal on which industries do best over inflationary spikes, surprisingly it is not real estate, and in fact energy/materials that outperform by a long shot.

Katherine Vargas Medina, a senior finance and management information systems student, and Lincoln Berkson, a 2022 graduate of finance and management information systems, along with Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, wrote an article for the CFA Institute on an in-depth analysis of the Sharpe Ratio.

Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, was officially presented with his 2022 Wash100 Award.

Laurie A. Meamber, associate professor of marketing, was interviewed by WalletHub on Geico’s success as a company.

 Brad Swanson, adjunct faculty member of finance, wrote an op-ed for Impact Alpha on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing.

After the tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas, firearm stock prices have increased says Brad Greenwood, associate professor of ISOM, in an op-ed for The Conversation. “As of the close of trading on May 31, 2022, the stock price of weapons-maker Sturm Ruger was up more than 6.6% since May 23, the day before the shooting.”

Dean Maury Peiperl discusses the seven principles for making responsible business leadership effective in EFMD GlobalFocus. “Looking forward – and indeed, looking at history – the best societal business leaders will be masters of coalition-building and the contradictions of “coopetition” (i.e. cooperation with rivals),” says Peiperl.

The Washington Commanders maybe moving to Virginia, and George Perry, instructor of business foundations, notes, in an interview with The Washington Times, that fans could switch to rooting for the Baltimore Ravens as many may not want to commute all the way to Virginia. 

Lisa Gring-Pemble, co-executive director of the Business for a Better World Center, was interviewed by Connection on The Honey Bee Initiative adding a new apiary to Laurel Hill Park. 

Defense News Commentary authors Daniel Fata and Jerry McGinn detail how "maintaining robust foreign suppliers through a 'Buy Allied' approach is essential for the American economy to remain strong and will help reduce dependencies on Chinese sources."

Having a team where more than one gender is represented is always something that companies should strive for. “In business, you need diverse points of view, you need the benefit of different ways of looking at the world, and I will say I have had better learnings,” Dean Maury Peiperl says an interview with SHESKILLZGLOBAL.

Sometimes businesses will hijack a competitor’s ad keywords to gain new customers. Siddharth Bhattacharya, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, has written an article for Harvard Business Review on a study he has done, along with coauthors Jing Gong and Sunil Wattal, on competitive poaching.