By Pradeep Muthukrishnan More than 50 years ago, Milton Friedman published his seminal essay “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” At the core of this manifesto, Friedman asserts that as long as a firm operates within the existing legal...
A new Freeman School of Business study explains why politically charged content gets more engagement from those who disagree with it. Researchers found a “confrontation effect,” where people are more likely to interact with content that challenges their views than...
I had just arrived in New York when it happened. It was May 8, and I had flown in for an alumni reception the next evening in the Bank of America Tower. After dropping my bags off at the hotel, I headed down to get a bite to eat. As I walked up Sixth Avenue, admiring...
Entergy Louisiana has been aggressively expanding its renewable portfolio to reduce the company’s carbon emissions and meet the demands of customers, but integrating solar into the power generation mix isn’t as easy as flipping a light switch. “There are a lot of...
The A. B. Freeman School of Business has received a $5 million gift from Todd and Gina Schwartz to expand opportunities for students to “learn by doing.” The gift will fund programs and a renovation to create the Schwartz Family Center for Experiential Business...
To prepare future leaders to take on the complex challenges of today’s rapidly changing business environment, the A. B. Freeman School of Business has launched a new full-time MBA curriculum. Designed to be data intensive, highly experiential and future focused, the...
The Freeman School climbed 11 spots to No. 31 in the 2023 Poets&Quants for Undergrads ranking of the nation’s best undergraduate business schools. The ranking is Freeman’s highest since Poets&Quants began ranking undergraduate business programs in 2016. “This...
African American students make up nearly 10% of Tulane University’s total enrollment but just 4% of enrollments at the Freeman School. That disparity troubles Erick Valentine. “The business school has the largest undergraduate enrollment at Tulane, but one of the...
To meet the growing demand for online graduate business education, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business announces the launch of its first fully online Master of Business Administration program. With a rigorous and relevant curriculum and innovative...
The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of 11 new faculty members for the 2023–24 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include the following: Yi-Jen “Ian” Ho, Associate Professor of Management Science...
With student interest in entrepreneurship growing, the Freeman School has announced the launch of a new program to introduce undergraduates to the fundamentals of business creation. The Entrepreneurial Business minor is an 18-credit-hour program designed to provide...
When Dean Paulo Goes asked Myke Yest to lead the Freeman School’s Office of Undergraduate Education, Yest had to think about it. In more than 20 years on the faculty, Yest, a senior professor of practice, had established himself as one of the school’s most popular and...
A student team representing the Freeman School took first place honors in the inaugural Arizona State University NBA Mock Trade Deadline Competition. The competition took place Nov. 2–3 in Phoenix. In winning first place, the Freeman team — Isaac Popper (BSM ’24), Max...
By Nishad Kapadia One of my MBA professors defined democracy as the “institutionalization of doubt.” Doubt is perhaps the one thing that is missing from the debate on ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing. Both sides appear convinced they are absolutely...
