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The Friday Research Presentations series showcases ongoing academic research projects conducted by Stuart School of Business faculty and graduate students, as well as guest research presentations made by faculty from other leading business schools.

Friday Research presentations during the 2023-24 academic year are listed below.

Unless otherwise noted, all presenters are faculty or students at ������̳.

Fall 2023

October 13 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Interpreting Investor Sentiment with Regional Variation [abstract]

• Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper
• Associate Professor of Finance Benjamin E. Van Vliet
• Gabriel Baranes

October 27 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Who Am I at Work? An Examination of Employee Caste Status, Peer Influence Centrality, and Work Performance [abstract]

• Professor of Management Smriti Anand

October 27 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
CSR Miami: Effect of Class Size Reduction in Florida [abstract]

• Industry Assistant Professor of Public Administration Alan Secor

November 3 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Do Tax Rates Affect CSR? A Natural Experiment from Corporate Tax Reforms [abstract]

• Associate Professor of Finance Yiwei Fang

November 3 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Attribution and Analytics: An Integrated Approach [abstract]

• Industry Assistant Professor of Management Science Seung Youn Cha
• Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper

December 1 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Has Genius Faded? [abstract]

• Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
• Eric Willis, CFA, Park River Advisors

December 1 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Consumers’ Characteristics, Nutrition Perceptions, BMI, and Health Outcomes: New Insights [abstract]

• Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
• Zheng Zhou (Ph.D. Management Science ’20), Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
• Mark Fishbein, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Spring 2024

March 22 at 10–10:45 a.m.
CEO Language and Stakeholder Attention: The Impact of Ambiguity [abstract]

• Ningzi Li, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

March 29 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Unveiling the Nexus in Harnessing Structure Holes: The Guanxi Dynamics in Cross-Functional Teams [abstract]

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Xiaoyun Cao

March 29 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
The Driving Forces Behind Higher Moments in Equity Options Trading [abstract]

• Pascal Letourneau, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

April 5 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Transforming Local Food Supply Chains through Values-Based Institutional Procurement [abstract]

• Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton
• M. Zia Hassan Endowed Professor Elizabeth J. Durango-Cohen
• Gaudy S. Morera, Stuart Ph.D. in Management Science and Analytics student

April 19 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Attribution and Analytics: Better Together [abstract]

• Industry Assistant Professor of Management Science Seung Youn Cha

April 26 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Covid and Volatility

• Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega

April 26 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Mitigating Healthcare Supply Chain Challenges Under Disaster Conditions: A Holistic AI-Based Analysis of Social Media Data [abstract], published in International Journal of Production Research

• Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
• Vishwa Kumar, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Avimanyu Sahoo, University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Sampson Gholston, University of Alabama in Huntsville

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