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AI AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS SOCIAL IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INNOVATION, ENTREPREURSHP AND LEADERSHIP
Fortune featured an article
co-authored by Feng Gu,
professor of accounting and
law, to mark the launch of his
book, The M&A Failure Trap,
which explores why a majority
of M&A deals fail based on an
analysis of 40,000 deals over
40 years. "The consequences
of corporate acquisitions affect
peoples' lives, the state of the
economy and investors' wealth.
The current state of 70–75%
acquisition failure is intolerable,"
he said. "Executives must be
more steadfast in their diligence
and research before signing
a deal to start reversing the
widespread M&A failure across
essentially every industry vertical
and sector."
The New York Times cited
research by Daniela Goya-
Tocchetto, assistant professor
of organization and human
resources, in an article about
assumptions on human nature.
Goya-Tocchetto's research found
that Democrats and Republicans
perceived their opponents'
policies — on such issues as
taxation, gun control and
environmental regulation —
as driven by malicious intent.
NPR's Marketplace interviewed
Dominic Sellitto, clinical assistant
professor of management
science and systems, for a
story about DeepSeek, the
Chinese AI startup that upended
the technology and financial
sectors. Sellitto said people can
download DeepSeek's models
without paying a license fee,
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which he thinks will encourage
more organizations to build AI
tools. And if more people use
DeepSeek's open source model,
they'll still need some graphics
processing units to train those
tools, which would help maintain
demand — even if major tech
companies don't need as many
GPUs as they may have thought.
The Wall Street Journal quoted
Charles Lindsey, associate
professor of marketing, in an
article about splurging on
bedding. "Clothing is a very
public product, and you get
social status from it. There's
the emotional satisfaction
when someone says, 'I love
your sweater,'" he said. "But
bedding is very private. You
may be thinking, 'Oh, that's just
something I sleep on.'"
MSN featured research by
Kyle Hunt, assistant professor
of management science and
systems, in an article about how
announcing the deployment
of new technologies — such as
enhanced baggage scanners
at airports — may inadvertently
help malicious actors identify
which locations are defended
and how. "Security and defense
agencies often notify the
public when they deploy new
technologies and resources,
which may lead to strategic
responses by adversaries."
MSN also reported on a study
by Wreetabrata Kar, assistant
professor of marketing,
which shows that in states
where medical marijuana
is legal, payments from
opioid manufacturers to
physicians have decreased
significantly. "Our findings
indicate that medical marijuana
is increasingly viewed as
a substitute for opioids in
chronic pain treatment, with
the potential to transform pain
management practices and
help mitigate the opioid crisis
that has profoundly affected
communities across the U.S.,"
he said.
Yahoo News referenced
research by Emily Grijalva,
associate professor of
organization and human
resources, about why men
are thought to be more fit for
leadership roles in an article
about what Vice President
Kamala Harris' loss means for
American and Canadian women
in politics. Grijalva's study found
that although the gender gap
has narrowed in recent decades,
it still persists.
Psychology Today also cited
research by Grijalva about the
damage that narcissists bring to
teams and leadership.
Newsweek quoted Cristian Tiu,
chair and associate professor
of finance, in an article about
a potential American recession
and its timeline. "In the best case
scenario, we expect overseas
businesses to move production
to the U.S., hire workers and
invest in the American economy.
But manufacturing in the U.S.
is more expensive — so higher
prices, thus inflation," he said.
The Washington Post quoted
Natalie Simpson, professor of
operations management and
strategy, in an article about the
Trump administration's lack
of support for FEMA. Simpson
said she was shocked that
North Carolina did not appoint
a disaster response czar and
said this could help explain
the uneven response following
Hurricane Helene. "If there were
genuine problems with FEMA's
response, like not penetrating
fast enough into the affected
areas, somebody that the state
appointed as czar would have
been sounding the alarm earlier,"
she said. "If FEMA was guilty
of anything, the state of North
Carolina is equally guilty of it,"
Simpson added.
Buffalo Business First quoted
Jennifer Flagg, director of
the Center for Supply Chain
Analytics, in a story about how
the NY SMART I-Corridor Tech
Hub is progressing, including
$9 million in funding awarded
for the Supply Chain Activation
Network, led by UB, which will
focus on building a regional
supply chain for semiconductors.
The School of Management's
recently established Center
for Supply Chain Analytics will
connect faculty with industry
leaders to tackle supply chain
projects like SCAN. "Our goal is
to help companies understand
what the opportunity is and
facilitate those conversations by
hosting events that bring together
the suppliers and the buyers to
make those connections and
draw up contracts."
