William V. Rapp, Martin Tuchman School of Management’s Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business, and director of the Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research, was one of 34 presenters invited to discuss the 2019 economic forecast at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s 32nd Annual Economic Outlook Symposium. The event, held Nov. 30, welcomed participants from manufacturing, banking, academia and other industries, and consulting and service firms.
Assistant Professor of Finance Stephen Taylor and Assistant Professor of Accounting Ming Fang co-authored the paper, “Unbiased weighted variance and skewness estimators for overlapping returns,” in the Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES).
Ming Fang Taylor, Martin Tuchman School of Management assistant professor of accounting, received the Vernon Zimmerman Best Paper Award for her paper, “External Social Networks and Earnings Management,” at the 30th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, held in November in San Francisco. The conference provides “an important forum for the interaction of different ideas and information between academicians and practitioners, in order to enhance the understanding of international accounting and business issues in various countries.”
Financial technology (FinTech) is a rapidly growing subsector of the financial services industry that applies software tools, networking, user experience, interface platforms, and modern modeling and analytical techniques to improve efficiency and deployment of traditional financial services.
Cynthia Hassler attributes her interest in biomedical engineering first to her father, whom she describes as “a very technical guy” who involved her in different hands-on projects at his office and their home. “I really was exposed to being able to fix things and troubleshoot from my dad,” said Hassler. “And then I always really enjoyed … being able to solve problems using science and math.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining ground in a broad spectrum of industries, with its potential in the financial services sector particularly at a tipping point. As part of the growing subsector known as FinTech (Financial Technology), which involves using algorithms and other technology tools to process data toward improved financial activity, AI holds great promise in enhancing risk estimation among investors and the markets.
In Washington D.C. in September, the U.S. Department of Education’s White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) held the 2018 National HBCU Week Conference, “HBCU Competitiveness: Aligning Institutional Missions with America’s Priorities.” Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) Associate Dean Cheickna Sylla was there as a panelist, discussing the partnership between MTSM and IBM that is providing a fast track to critical-skills development for success in today’s digitally driven global business world.
Salesforce recently hosted its 15th annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 24-28, 2018, aimed to provide students, business leaders and technology experts with an opportunity to come together and educate themselves through many exciting sessions, keynotes and expo centers. What started with 1,300 attendees at the first Dreamforce in 2003 now had over 160,000 attendees participating all-around San Francisco.
Eighty-two percent of participating businesses reported profitability, while overall they secured $776 million in government, institutional and corporate contracting. These are just two of the noteworthy results* of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation’s (CEDC) Mini MBA Program.
By Shravanthi Budhi
As a college student, it’s challenging to juggle the daily responsibilities of classes, jobs and extracurricular activities, not to mention the added pressure of answering the question every college student dreads, “What do you want to do for the rest of your life?”
