Angela M. Smith, associate professor of Economics, is this year's Madison Scholar. Angela describes her work as falling almost exclusively within the realm of experimental economics -- a field of inquiry that nevertheless affords her great flexibility in terms of the topics and situations which can be explored. She says that one of the most common themes of her experimentation consists of efforts to identify situations in which behavior deviates from theoretical predictions and to develop explanations for the observed deviations.

Tim Ozcan, associate professor of Marketing, recently had a paper published by the Journal of Business Research. In it he reported that consumers who achieve numerically round subgoals perceive a higher chance of accomplishing their superordinate goals compared to those who achieve numerically non-round subgoals.

Several different methods were employed to demonstrate this effect, including the presentation of preliminary evidence from a large secondary dataset, as well as a field experiment, a simulated game task and numerous controlled experiments. Read more here. 

Professor of Business Management Fariss Mousa and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Scott Gallagher had their paper, “Managing conflicting agendas: serial entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the IPO process,” published in the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal.

Through their research they found that despite seasoned entrepreneurs having more experience, it takes them longer to reach the IPO stage. Research suggests that serial entrepreneurs hinder the efforts of venture capitalists to increase the value of the firm’s IPO. 

Find a free, downloadable version of their paper here.

Associate Professor of Economics and co-author of “An Experimental Analysis of Risk Effects in Attacker-Defender Games,” Angela M. Smith, had her paper selected as the runner-up for the 2023 Georgescu-Roegen Prize.

The paper was published in the July 2022 issue of the Southern Economic Journal. The Georgescu-Roegen Prize is awarded annually to the best academic article published in the journal. Smith was recognized at the November 19^th Southern Economic Association's annual meeting in New Orleans.

Amy Connolly, associate professor of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics, and Leigh Mutchler, an assistant professor in the same academic unit, received an honorable mention for "Best Paper of 2022” from the Journal of Information Systems Education for their paper, "Teaching Tip: Socio-Cultural Learning to Increase Student Engagement in Introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS)." Recognition of the paper came in early November at the Information Systems & Computing Academic Professionals conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In the paper, they present a system of class activities which they developed using the principles of socio-cultural learning. It is intended for use by faculty who teach the dynamic concepts commonly found in an "Introduction to MIS" course.

Margaret Sloan, director, professor and advisor of community and nonprofit leadership in the School for Strategic Leadership Studies, had “Financial Leadership for the Arts,” a new textbook of which she is the co-author with Cleopatra Charles of Rutgers University, accepted for pre-publication.

Subtitled "Sustainable Strategies for Creative Organizations," the book's purpose is to "prepare leaders in the arts to make the best possible decisions" for the financial viability of the organizations they represent.