News Articles
Jan 09
Adapting the curriculum for the future of business
Business schools are facing pressure to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment marked by technological advancements, globalization, and emerging high-growth industries. This requires us to take a critical look at how and what we teach.
Jan 08
The Top 8 features of outstanding Online MBA programs
Online MBA programs have gained significant popularity as professionals seek opportunities to enhance their skills and advance their careers in a flexible format. But with so many choices out there, how do you know what to look for?
Jan 06
Gies researcher uses novel approach to uncover prevalence of earnings manipulation
Results of a list experiment suggest that executives from 12.4% of Russell 3000 companies may have committed financial statement fraud at least once in the last five years.
Dec 23
Alum Ryan Coon shares his entrepreneurship journey in the 2024 Cozad Lecture
For Coon, entrepreneurship is not something that can be learned in a classroom. He learned when he got to the University of Illinois: “I got the advice pretty early on that entrepreneurship is a mindset and to spend time on campus acquiring skill sets that will help later on.”
Dec 19
New model helps e-commerce platforms decide whether to dump underperforming products
Online retail platforms are increasingly becoming a dumping ground for low-quality products, but new research from a team of Gies scholars points to a new model that would allow e-commerce platforms to proactively identify potentially dubious products for removal.
Dec 16
Arkadiy Sakhartov wins 2024 ISOI Best Paper Award
Gies Professor Arkadiy Sakhartov was named the recipient of the 2024 Illinois Strategic Organizations Initiative (ISOI) Best Paper Award for his article “Corporate Diversification and Risk: Portfolio Effects and Resource Redeployability” that was published in Strategy Science in 2022.
Dec 13
Spotlight on Aaliyah Kissick: iMSM Student and Miss Illinois United States 2023
Aaliyah’s passion for financial literacy led her to pursue a master’s degree at Gies Business. Now, she’s using her expertise to equip people with the tools they need to manage their finances effectively.
Dec 09
Separating Home Life from Work – Maybe There’s a 'Vegas Rule' for That
Gies professor Oscar Ybarra uses “the Vegas Rule” to examine how well people separate their work life and home life. Could the ability to separate these two influences impact an individual’s ability to focus while at work?
Dec 06
PODCAST: Health Care Research Initiative Director David Molitor
Associate Professor of Finance and Director of Gies' Health Care Research Initiative David Molitor discusses how he and his team are studying the effects of health on business and, so far, the results are extremely surprising.