The Friday Research Presentations series showcases ongoing academic research projects conducted by faculty, graduate students, and alumni of Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business, as well as guest presentations by Illinois Tech colleagues, business professionals, and faculty from other leading business schools.
All Illinois Tech faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend. These in-person presentations are held in Room 470 at the Conviser Law Center, 565 West Adams Street, Chicago.
Every year, research collaborations that begin as presentations in this series go on to produce research papers accepted for publication in leading journals. The series, begun in 2008, sponsors presentations throughout the academic year. Use the page navigation to view lists of Friday Research Presentations in previous academic years.
For more information about Stuart’s Friday Research Presentations, contact Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian.
Unless otherwise noted, all presenters are faculty, students, or alumni of Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech.
Spring 2024
March 22 at 10–10:45 a.m.
CEO Language and Stakeholder Attention: The Impact of Ambiguity [abstract]
- Ningzi Li, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Organizations and Strategy, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
March 29 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Unveiling the Nexus in Harnessing Structure Holes: The Guanxi Dynamics in Cross-Functional Teams [abstract]
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Xiaoyun Cao
March 29 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
The Driving Forces Behind Higher Moments in Equity Options Trading [abstract]
- Pascal Letourneau, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
April 5 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Transforming Local Food Supply Chains through Values-Based Institutional Procurement [abstract]
- Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton
- M. Zia Hassan Endowed Professor Elizabeth J. Durango-Cohen
- Gaudy S. Morera, Stuart Ph.D. in Management Science and Analytics student
April 19 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Attribution and Analytics: Better Together [abstract]
- Industry Assistant Professor of Management Science Seung Youn Cha
April 26 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Covid and Volatility
- Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
April 26 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Mitigating Healthcare Supply Chain Challenges Under Disaster Conditions: A Holistic AI-Based Analysis of Social Media Data, published in International Journal of Production Research
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Vishwa Kumar, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Avimanyu Sahoo, University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Sampson Gholston, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Read more about this research in Illinois Tech news.
Fall 2023
October 13 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Interpreting Investor Sentiment with Regional Variation [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper
- Associate Professor of Finance Benjamin E. Van Vliet
- Gabriel Baranes
October 27 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Who Am I at Work? An Examination of Employee Caste Status, Peer Influence Centrality, and Work Performance [abstract]
- Professor of Management Smriti Anand
October 27 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
CSR Miami: Effect of Class Size Reduction in Florida [abstract]
- Industry Assistant Professor of Public Administration Alan Secor
November 3 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Do Tax Rates Affect CSR? A Natural Experiment from Corporate Tax Reforms [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Yiwei Fang
November 3 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Attribution and Analytics: An Integrated Approach [abstract]
- Industry Assistant Professor of Management Science Seung Youn Cha
- Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper
December 1 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Has Genius Faded? [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
- Eric Willis, CFA, Park River Advisors
December 1 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Consumers’ Characteristics, Nutrition Perceptions, BMI, and Health Outcomes: New Insights [abstract]
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Zheng Zhou (Ph.D. Management Science ’20), Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
- Mark Fishbein, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine