Research

  • May 1, 2026

    In-process work by Jingyuan Yang, a professor of information systems and operations management at George Mason University, suggests that downward redistribution of high-value opportunities can increase performance outcomes as well as fairness.

  • April 16, 2026

    Bridging the information gap between HQ and the local level is one of the main challenges for consolidated companies. In a forthcoming paper in Management Science, Barbara Su, assistant professor of accounting at Costello, explores how multi-bank holding companies rely on internal accounting information as a complement to financial performance, to help them make intramural investment decisions.

  • March 20, 2026

    Technological advancements and the dynamics of the platform economy make rooting out fraud more complicated than it may seem.

  • March 2, 2026

    Powered by nSpire AI, Career AI is the new agentic AI tool offered this semester by the Office of Career Services within the Costello College of Business at George Mason University.

  • March 16, 2026

    Tens of trillions invested in social responsibility arguably hasn’t translated into large-scale benefits for people and the planet. A new book by a George Mason University adjunct professor attempts to explain why.

  • February 12, 2026

    Whether ordering a pizza to split with friends or planning a family excursion, better communication can help reduce the anxiety that surrounds joint-consumption situations. Sharaya Jones, assistant professor of marketing at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University, recently published research targeting this understudied area of consumer psychology.

  • February 11, 2026

    Balancing and combining different kinds of intelligence may be even more important than how much you know, or how you think. In a recently published piece, Matthew A. Cronin, professor of management at Costello College of Business at George Mason University, deconstruct intelligence into three modalities, which they label the Scientist, the Artist and the Judge (or “SAJ,” pronounced “sage”).

  • January 7, 2026

    How employees respond to being under surveillance depends on a number of factors, including how good they are at their jobs.

  • December 4, 2025

    To please both the planet and shareholders at the same time, firms must travel a triangular path.

  • November 7, 2025

    A pair of George Mason University marketing professors have unpacked the surprisingly intense and complicated emotional consequences of brand inauthenticity.