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 2020-21 academic year are listed below.
Unless otherwise noted, all presenters are faculty or students at Stuart School of Business.
Fall 2020
Wednesday, October 14 at 10–11 a.m.
The Term Structure of Futures Premiums [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper
- Marat Molyboga, Ph.D., Chief Research Officer, Efficient Capital Management
Friday, October 23 at 10–11 a.m.
Operational Hedging vs. Financial Hedging: Evidence from Oil Producers [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Yiwei Fang
- Associate Professor of Finance Sang Baum Kang
- You Lu (Stuart Ph.D. Management Science ’20), Assistant Professor of Finance, Suzhou University
Friday, October 30 at 10–11 a.m.
A Comparison of Pricing Models for Negative Oil Futures [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
- Greg Sterijevski, Ph.D., founder of CommodityVol.com
Spring 2021
Friday, March 5 at 10–11 a.m.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Economic Development in China [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Environmental Management Nasrin R. Khalili
- Weiquan Cheng, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
Friday, March 5 at 11 a.m.–noon
Opportunities for the Stuart School in Entrepreneurship [abstract]
- Coleman Foundation Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Nik Rokop
Friday, March 12 at 10–11 a.m.
Innovation Diffusion Modeling Using Time-Series Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Survival Analysis, and Machine Learning [abstract]
- Amir Onallah, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
Friday, March 12 at 11 a.m.–noon
Advances in Machine Learning: Applications in Time Series Prediction [abstract]
- Justin London, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
Friday, March 26 at 10–11 a.m.
Expanding and Combining Attribution and Analytics Systems [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper
Friday, March 26 at 11 a.m.–noon
AI-Focused Teaching and Research [abstract]
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
Friday, April 2 at 10–11 a.m.
Blockchain’s Promise Across Various Industries [abstract]
- Chetan Desai, Information Architect
- Tony Giroti, Energy Blockchain Consortium
Friday, April 2 at 11 a.m.–noon
Tax Benefits as an Important Determinant of Leveraged Buyouts: Empirical Evidence [abstract]
- Professor of Finance Haizhi Wang
- Hao Shen, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
Friday, April 9 at 10–11 a.m.
You Stay Home, But We Can’t: Invisible “Dirty” Work as Calling Amid COVID-19 Pandemic [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Management Smriti Anand
- Koustab Ghosh, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
Friday, April 9 at 11 a.m.–noon
Exploring the Influence of Consumers’ Characteristics on Obesity-related Health Outcomes [abstract]
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Zheng Zhou (Stuart Ph.D. Management Science ’20)
- Mark Fishbein, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Friday, April 16 at 10–11 a.m.
Changing the Power Equation: A Structural Analysis of Used Car Markets on the Automobile Retail Channel [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Marketing Dinakar Jayarajan
Friday, April 16 at 11 a.m.–noon
Priming Movie Product Placements: New Insights from a Cross-National Case Study [abstract]
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K Balasubramanian
- Giacomo Gistri, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Macerata, Italy
Friday, April 23 at 10–11 a.m.
Analyzing Online Reviews in E-retailer Platforms: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach [abstract]
- Zheng Zhou (Stuart Ph.D. Management Science ’20)
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
Friday, April 23 at 11 a.m.–noon
Platform as a Rule Maker: Evidence from Airbnb’s Cancellation Policies [abstract]
- Professor of Economics Liad Wagman
- Jian Jia (Stuart Ph.D. Management Science ’20), Economist, Amazon
Friday, April 30 at 10–11 a.m.
Real-Time Audits Utilizing Blockchain for Environmental Attributes Credits [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
- Adjunct Professor Daniel Waterloo, Industrial Technology and Management and Stuart School of Business
- Steven Josephs, P.E., Renewable Energy Consultant
Friday, April 30 at 11 a.m.–noon
Applying the Rational Actor Model to I-deals-Team Effectiveness Relationship [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Management Smriti Anand
- Assistant Professor of Economics Priyanka Sharma