Thought Leadership

Conference showcases the cross-disciplinary cooperation needed to steer people toward better financial choices. Consumer finance is not just about finance. The annual Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making brings together thought leaders and practitioners in far-flung disciplines like behavioral science, anthropology, risk, law and family studies—a recognition that...

Leeds professor earns Kahle award for algorithm aimed at improved targeting. A paper aimed at helping businesses better target consumers through personalized advertising of curated products is this year’s winner of the Kahle Family Research Award at Leeds. Rico Bumbaca , an assistant professor of marketing at Leeds, is the...

Harvard Business Review by Daitian Li, Tony W. Tong, and Yangao Xiao Tony W. Tong, a professor of strategy & entrepreneurship in the Leeds School of Business, co-authored an article discussing China’s stunning progress in the AI industry. However, according to Tong and his co-authors, the conditions that helped China...

A conversation at a conference prompts an ethos for using research to help during the pandemic. At a consumer psychology conference in southern California early last March, Dr. Margaret (Meg) Campbell and her fellow colleagues noticed a distinct shift happening in academia and the rest of the world. As universities...

A strong sense of self is a positive indicator in the future growth, success and sustainability of entrepreneurial ventures, new research shows. A recent study by Leeds Associate Professor of strategy and entrepreneurship, Jeff York and co-authors Isobel O'Neila, associate professor in entrepreneurship and innovation from the Nottingham University Business...

Instructional methods for conveying concepts virtually may not be as limited as we think. In the third annual Teaching Excellence Distinguished Speaker presentation this month, Leeds welcomed University of Colorado Boulder Professor of Computer Science Dr. Clayton Lewis to discuss new representations in education as they relate to remote learning...

Five Leeds accounting students receive COCPA scholarships Of the academic scholarships the Educational Foundation of the Colorado Society of CPAs (COCPA) awards to highly qualified Colorado students annually, five were received by Leeds students this year. The COCPA is currently the only not-for-profit professional association dedicated to supporting CPAs in...

Garcia’s study was chosen for its significant contribution to the study of finance. Burridge Endowed Chair in Finance Dr. Diego Garcia’s Asymmetric Information and the Pecking (Dis)Order will be featured as Editor’s Choice in The Review in Finance, a leading academic journal recognized for publishing cutting-edge research on financial economics...

Assistant Professor Joe Gladstone and co-authors Dr. Heather Kappes of the London School of Economics and Dr. Hal Hershfield of UCLA’s Anderson School of Business recently had their new paper " Beliefs About Whether Spending Implies Wealth, " accepted by the Journal of Consumer Research . According to the authors,...

Leading scholar of management theory and innovation set to lead prestigious organization after selection from peers. Dr. Jeffrey J. Reuer, Guggenheim Endowed Chair and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship was elected to serve as the next Deputy Dean of the Fellows of the Strategic Management Society (SMS) during the SMS’...