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At the College of Business, faculty research drives innovation, shapes industries and creates meaningful impact in our community and beyond. Our scholars are thought leaders whose work advances knowledge in entrepreneurship, economics, finance, marketing, management and more.

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Spring 2026 Publications

January – April
Believe who you trust: auditor source credibility, PCAOB inspection outcomes, and non-professional investor judgments.

Believe who you trust: auditor source credibility, PCAOB inspection outcomes, and non-professional investor judgments.

Dereck Barr-Pulliam; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
The Urban Equilibrium Effects of Electric Vehicle Tax Credit.

The Urban Equilibrium Effects of Electric Vehicle Tax Credit.

Weihua Zhao; Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
CAM Reporting for Material M&A Transactions: Evidence from the First Year of AS 3101.

CAM Reporting for Material M&A Transactions: Evidence from the First Year of AS 3101.

Xi Ai & Hilda Carrillo; Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy.
Unpacking the Relationship between Sales Growth and Profitability.

Unpacking the Relationship between Sales Growth and Profitability.

Sergey Anokhin; Strategic Business Research.
), “Safe” Annuity Retirement Products and Possible Future U.S. Retirement Risks, Threats, and Shortfalls

), “Safe” Annuity Retirement Products and Possible Future U.S. Retirement Risks, Threats, and Shortfalls

Tom Lambert; Journal of Economic Issues.
) Predicting Stock Returns of Past-winner Stocks and Bond Returns of Past-loser Stocks with a Stock’s 52-week Price Anchor

) Predicting Stock Returns of Past-winner Stocks and Bond Returns of Past-loser Stocks with a Stock’s 52-week Price Anchor

Chris Stivers; Journal of Banking & Finance. Volume 186.
Equivalence between tying and vertical integration with Pareto-improving foreclosure

Equivalence between tying and vertical integration with Pareto-improving foreclosure

Yong Chao & Babu Nahata; Economic Inquiry.
Practically relevant: Re-evaluating the "relevance problem" through a review of practical turnover recommendations

Practically relevant: Re-evaluating the "relevance problem" through a review of practical turnover recommendations

Carl Maertz; Journal of Management.
Trust and momentum: International evidence

Trust and momentum: International evidence

Ming Shou; Journal of Empirical Evidence.
Aligning Incentives for Social Responsibility: Evidence from Performance-Contingent Equity Awards

Aligning Incentives for Social Responsibility: Evidence from Performance-Contingent Equity Awards

Xudong Fu & Lori Tang; The Financial Review.
The Intersection of Knowledge Graphs, Large Language Models, and Mass Spectrometry: Data: Progress and Applications

The Intersection of Knowledge Graphs, Large Language Models, and Mass Spectrometry: Data: Progress and Applications

Jozef Zurada; Wires: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.
HG-RAG: Hierarchical Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Metabolomics

HG-RAG: Hierarchical Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Metabolomics

Jozef Zurada; KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems.

Spring 2025 Publications

January - April
Alternative Work Arrangements and Organizational Actions: Internal Auditor Behavioral Responses and Organizational Outcomes

Alternative Work Arrangements and Organizational Actions: Internal Auditor Behavioral Responses and Organizational Outcomes

Dereck Barr-Pulliam; American Accounting Association, Current Issue in Auditing
Contracting with Strangers: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective on Gregory, Beck, Henfridsson, and Yaraghi’s “Cooperation among Strangers”

Contracting with Strangers: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective on Gregory, Beck, Henfridsson, and Yaraghi’s “Cooperation among Strangers”

Fabian Diaz; Academy of Management Review
Adapting to Win: Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New Era of Entertainment and Betting

Adapting to Win: Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New Era of Entertainment and Betting

Mahesh Gupta, William Ferko and Thomas Lambert; The Sport Journal
Different Strokes for Different Folks: A Configural Analysis of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Different Strokes for Different Folks: A Configural Analysis of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Daniel Bennett; Small Business Economics
Petfluencers, the Fur-Mula for Sincere Endorsements: Examining How and When Pets Exhibit Greater Persuasion as Influencers

Petfluencers, the Fur-Mula for Sincere Endorsements: Examining How and When Pets Exhibit Greater Persuasion as Influencers

Katina Kulow; Journal of Advertising Research
Replicating Davidsson and Honig (2003): Updates on Human Capital, Social Capital, and Replications in Entrepreneurship

Replicating Davidsson and Honig (2003): Updates on Human Capital, Social Capital, and Replications in Entrepreneurship

Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy; Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Analytic induction: A novel approach in entrepreneurship

Analytic induction: A novel approach in entrepreneurship

Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy; Journal of Business Venturing Insights
Did Investments in LGBTQ Diversity Help Improve Relative Corporate Performance During the COVID-19 Crisis?

Did Investments in LGBTQ Diversity Help Improve Relative Corporate Performance During the COVID-19 Crisis?

Ben Foster, Xudong Fu and Andrew Manikas; Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy
Paradox of Family Firms: Comment on Fang, Singh, Kim, Marler and Chrisman

Paradox of Family Firms: Comment on Fang, Singh, Kim, Marler and Chrisman

Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy; Management and Organization Review.
Principles of Institutional and Evolutionary Political Economy: Applied to Current World Problems

Principles of Institutional and Evolutionary Political Economy: Applied to Current World Problems

Tom Lambert; Review of Political Economy