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Research News
November 26, 2024New research suggests there’s at least one group of people applauding the collapse of local journalism in the United States: corrupt politicians.
November 25, 2024A George Mason marketing professor is using AI to help organizations gain deeper insights into consumers based on very little information
November 21, 2024We know from prior research that savvy investors respond to ESG data. But a pair of finance professors have discovered perhaps the most lucrative wrinkle in this strategy.
November 19, 2024The 2008 financial crisis cast a pall of pessimism over veteran CEOs that took three years to lift. David Koo, assistant professor of accounting, has found that memories of past recessions, triggered by recent ones, can weigh on chief executives’ decisions, literally for years.
October 22, 2024Under the supervision of Costello professor Derek Horstmeyer, student-driven research insights are raising eyebrows among employers—and readers of major newspapers.
October 8, 2024Not only are retailers failing to retain and redirect business from shuttered physical locations, but their performance elsewhere also suffers as a result.
October 1, 2024Not all organizations measure success in dollars and cents. There are also the purists, whose unswerving integrity may deliver outsized market benefits—if they aren’t fatally misunderstood first.
September 19, 2024Post-Covid complaints about “Zoom fatigue,” work-life imbalance, etc. belie a deeper longing for what was lost in the transition to remote work.
September 4, 2024Thanking someone in advance for something you’re asking them to do increases their motivation and commitment to the task. This savvy managerial technique also raises some tricky ethical questions.
August 27, 2024With the right operational strategy, transitioning from selling products to delivering services can be the right move for profits, people and the planet. Ioannis Bellos, associate professor of information systems and operations management (OM) and MBA Program Director at the Donald G. Costello College of Business, and Hang Ren, associate professor of OM at Costello, have published research exploring how servicization can live up to its massive potential.
August 22, 2024Artificial intelligence can perform peer firm selection—a key task for investors—at least as accurately as well-established alternative algorithms and human experts, according to research by Costello profs Long Chen and Yi Cao.
August 16, 2024Fake trades engineered to juice an exchange’s numbers have been a part of bitcoin exchanges since the beginning, finds a George Mason finance prof.
Faculty Media Mentions
February 7, 2026Steve Pilloff, instructional professor of finance, shares advice for households grappling with the affordability crisis in a Moneywise article titled, "Many US households feel like they can’t get ahead financially. Here’s why the math behind wages, rising costs and long-term savings keep falling short."-
February 4, 2026Management professor Kevin Rockmann talks to HR Executive about how leadership in 2026 will differ from the past, in an article titled, "What will define ‘strong’ managers in 2026?"
February 3, 2026Mariia Petryk, assistant professor in the information systems and operations management area, speaks with Retail Customer Experience about Walmart's growing partnership with ChatGPT, in an article titled, "The potential impact of Walmart's ChatGPT shopping strategy."
February 2, 2026David Koo, assistant professor of accounting, comments on proposed changes to quarterly reporting rules for Accounting Today, in an article titled, "Should public companies report twice a year?"
January 26, 2026Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer explores the validity and rationality of a potential AI-driven stock market bubble, in an article titled, "Magnificent 7 Companies Buoyed by Circular Investing Phenomenon."-
January 4, 2026Research shows these funds can help in a downturn, but alternatives might be cheaper.
December 19, 2025Siddharth Bhattacharya, assistant professor in the information systems and operations management area at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, takes an in-depth look at how advertisers can win attention.-
December 9, 2025The David Ellison-run company is promising Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders a deal it says is more lucrative and easier for the Trump administration to approve.
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December 5, 2025Stock-and-bond portfolios suffer when inflation spikes, but a commodities stake would cut risk and boost returns, research finds.
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November 16, 2025Derek Horstmeyer, finance professor at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, writes for The Wall Street Journal exploring whether and how to do a Roth conversion, in an article titled, "The Best Way to Do a Roth IRA Conversion Before Retirement."
November 13, 2025Instructional associate professor of management Victoria Grady co-authors an article giving advice on change management during M&A for INSIDE Public Accounting, in an article titled, "Perspectives from the Profession: When Firms Merge Change Management Determines the Outcome."
November 12, 2025The Horizons Tracker summarizes accounting professor Han Stice's research on the economic effects of local newspaper closure, in an article titled, "Why Losing Local Newspapers Costs More Than We Think."