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Feb 24

PODCAST: How Gig Work Fuels Entrepreneurship

In this episode of Research Reverb, Professor Spyros Lagaras digs into his research exploring how common it is for gig economy workers to use that experience as a pathway to entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship Faculty Finance Podcasts Research

Feb 18

Study: SEC reorganization, scrutiny may reduce corporate risk-taking

Gies Business study finds that the SEC’s 2007 expansion of regional enforcement offices, while improving oversight and reducing accounting manipulation, also made firms more risk-averse.

Accountancy Faculty Research

Feb 16

Unnati Narang Wins 2026 AMA TechSIG Young Scholar Award

The award is conferred annually by the Technology Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association to an early-career researcher whose work has made significant contributions to the theory and practice of technology-focused marketing.

Business Administration Faculty Research

Feb 11

Can discount grocery apps help fight hunger? New research shows promise

Study shows one Flashfood store reduces a county-level food insecurity rate by 0.090 percentage points, translating into approximately 860 people per county or 146,000 people across all the counties where Flashfood operates.

Business Administration Faculty Research

Feb 10

PODCAST: Why erasing small medical debts didn't improve financial health

Is erasing medical debt from credit reports just a placebo? In this episode of Research Reverb, Gies Business economist Julia Fonseca discusses research in which she and her coauthors found that withholding small medical debts from reporting had no impact on credit scores or decisions.

Faculty Finance Podcasts Research

Feb 04

Annual Workplace Wellbeing Report 2026 finds majority of US workers still languishing

Study adds new insights into how flourishing employees cope with workplace stressors and how work and ethical environments impact employee well-being.

Business Administration Faculty Research

Feb 03

Study: Roommate assignment can play important role in improving patient outcomes

Study finds placing patients with roommates who have Alzheimer’s or Alzheimer’s-related diseases (AD/ADRD) leads to a 14% higher 90-day mortality rate overall compared with placing them in private rooms.

Faculty Finance Research

Feb 02

Qiping Xu Wins Dimensional Fund Advisors Prize for greenwashing research

The Dimensional Fund Advisors Prizes are among the most prestigious in the field of finance. Winners are selected by the associate editors of the Journal of Finance, and the Distinguished Paper Prize carries with it a $10,000 award.

Faculty Finance Research

Jan 27

PODCAST: From the Pitch to the Boardroom: Lessons in Global Leadership

In studying 355 elite national soccer teams from around the globe, Gies Business Professor Mike Szymanski finds that teams led by multicultural managers enjoy an advantage in a sport where nations from every corner of the world collide.

Business Administration Faculty Podcasts Research

Jan 23

Ravi Mehta honored with the Walter H. Stellner Distinguished Professor in Marketing

The Walter H. Stellner Professorship is a prestigious honor at the University of Illinois that recognizes excellence in the study of marketing.

Business Administration Faculty Research

Jan 21

Julia Fonseca wins 2025 Brattle Group First Prize for mortgage lock-in research

The Brattle Group Prizes in Corporate Finance recognize outstanding research published in The Journal of Finance, which is widely recognized as one of the foremost journals in its field.

Faculty Finance Research

Jan 19

From ChatGPT-3.5 to 4.0: Follow-up study finds better math, same financial risks

A follow-up study testing ChatGPT-4.0 found it shows improved organization, fewer math errors, and slightly better risk awareness than version 3.5, but still gives flawed, poorly prioritized financial advice and sometimes misleading “false empathy.”

Faculty Finance Research

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