Faculty Archives - The David Eccles School of Business

Starbucks to Skynet: Demystifying AI with Professor Chong Oh

Recently, Business Scholars gathered to attend a lecture by Chong Oh, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Information Systems at the David Eccles School of Business. The topic? Artificial Intelligence for Business. Professor Oh provided an insightful overview of artificial intelligence (AI), covering its history, breakdown, and various applications. He also delved into the distinctions between AI, machine learning, and deep learning, offering explanations [...]

Lisa Collins2023-12-22T11:38:01-07:00December 22nd, 2023|

School of Accounting Faculty Publishes New Research

School of Accounting Faculty Publishes New Research Atif Ellahie, Associate Professor in the School of Accounting, recently had a paper accepted for publication in Management Science, a leading academic journal. The paper titled “Measuring the Quality of Mergers and Acquisitions” is co-authored with Shenje Hshieh at City University of Hong Kong and Feng Zhang at Southern Methodist University and develops a novel accounting-based measure [...]

Micquelle Corry2023-11-14T15:17:19-07:00November 14th, 2023|

School of Accounting Announces the Creation of an Endowed Scholarship in the Name of Dr. Robert Allen

Brian Cadman, Chair of the School of Accounting, announces the creation of the Dr. Bob Allen Endowed Scholarship. For more than 30 years, Dr. Robert D. Allen, a dedicated pillar of the School of Accounting at the David Eccles School of Business, has been a guiding light for both students and colleagues. His influence has been profound, shaping lives and fostering a vibrant academic [...]

Micquelle Corry2023-10-06T16:14:00-06:00October 6th, 2023|

Professor Bigelow wins best paper award for innovation research

A professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, Lyda Bigelow recently won the Best Paper Award at the Competitive Dynamics Conference at Imperial College London. Her research paper is titled “Stuck in the Middle (of Time): Innovation Shocks and Strategic Repositioning in a Growing Market.” It explores how we live in a world where innovations [...]

Thad Kelling2023-08-15T14:28:38-06:00August 15th, 2023|

Professor Sue Sundar receives award from Utah’s 40 Over 40 program

Sue Sundar, director of the Operations & Supply Chain Program at the David Eccles School of Business, is a recipient of the 2023 Utah’s 40 Over 40 award. Robyn Cohen, Diane Acevedo and Julia Deaver founded the 40 Over 40 program to celebrate women who are taking chances, changing lives and making an impact in their 40s and beyond. This is the second year [...]

Lisa Collins2023-06-20T11:13:17-06:00June 20th, 2023|

New U study provides insights into consumption envy

Imagine browsing through your social media feed and finding out about two purchases made by your friends. One friend went on a vacation to a tropical island. Another friend bought a new, top-of-the-line TV. Which friend — the one who purchased an experience or the one who purchased a material product — are you more likely to envy? The answer to this question wasn’t [...]

Lisa Collins2023-06-14T17:02:43-06:00June 14th, 2023|

New Podcast Launched by Eccles School of Accounting

Listen or watch this new podcast from the School of Accounting hosted by Dr. Brian Cadman. A...count Me In is an interview series in video and podcast formats that focuses on the role of accounting in our communities. Stories range from healthcare to breweries. Cyber risk to government budgets. Banking to entrepreneurs. Prepare to be amazed to learn how accountants save the world! Listen [...]

Jerry Norton2023-04-19T19:43:56-06:00April 5th, 2023|

School of Accounting announces spring research seminars

Speakers for the School of Accounting, 2023 Spring Seminar Series announced. Friday, March 17, 2023 Matthias Breuer, Associate Professor of Business Columbia Business School 12:45 p.m. MT, Spencer Fox Eccles Building, Room 3160 Friday, March 31, 2023 Nemit Shroff, Distinguished Professor, School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology 12:45 p.m. MT, Spencer Fox Eccles Building, Room 3160 Friday, April 14, 2023 Austin Moss, Asst. [...]

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T17:31:51-06:00March 7th, 2023|

Professor Ed Owens publishes in “The Accounting Review”

Associate Professor and Director of the Accounting Ph.D. Program, Ed Owens, was recently accepted for publication by The Accounting Review. His paper is titled, “Lender Capital Management and Financial Covenant Strictness”. The study provides evidence that lenders with lower regulatory capital issue loans with lower financial covenant strictness, consistent with such lenders viewing borrower covenant violations as costlier. This is because a borrower covenant [...]

Jerry Norton2023-03-16T17:42:13-06:00March 6th, 2023|

Should Utah eliminate the sales tax on food?

Utah legislators are once again debating whether to eliminate the sales tax on food, in hopes of giving a break to lower-income households. But Eccles School professor Adam Looney argues in a new op-ed that while the proposal is laudable in its aims, it is based on a misinterpretation of economic data. Most of the benefit from eliminating the 1.75% state sales tax would [...]

Jerry Norton2023-04-19T19:02:36-06:00February 22nd, 2023|