In a 2011 interview, Robert Hannum shared that he always liked playing games and it was natural for him to want to understand the mathematics behind the games. He pursued his undergraduate degree in math from the University of Dayton, and earned both an MS and a PhD...
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Who Reacts to News?
I had the pleasure of presenting findings from “Who Reacts to News,” a recent paper I co-authored, to Daniels faculty during the Winter Quarter Research Colloquium on Jan. 19. The paper builds on the well-accepted idea that investors react to unexpected...
The Link Between Audit Quality and Cybersecurity Breaches
Data breaches have reached unprecedented levels and a mounting chorus is calling for new regulation to curb this phenomenon. The list of companies that have suffered data breaches includes many of the world’s largest players: companies like Yahoo, Sony, Equifax and JP...
Adding Value in Student Managed Funds
It’s not often that faculty research is published and used in the classroom to improve student learning while also helping to enhance a university’s endowment fund. But faculty from the Reiman School of Finance at the Daniels College of Business can lay claim to this...
Assistant Professor Wins “Best Paper” from Management Science
It’s difficult to get published in Management Science, let alone to win the peer-reviewed journal’s coveted Best Paper Award in Information Systems. But Business Information and Analytics Assistant Professor Young Jin Lee did both with “Do I Follow My Friends or the...
Does Corporate Political and Social Activism Pay Off?
Two decades ago, it was rare to see corporations take a public stance on political and social issues. Today, however, companies such as Target, Apple, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, Hobby Lobby—even 84 Lumber—are weighing in on everything from transgender rights to U.S....
Management professor wins organizational research methodology award
Aimee Hamilton, assistant professor of management, was awarded the Academy of Management Research Method Division's 2017 SAGE Publications/Robert McDonald Advancement of Organizational Research Methodology Award. Hamilton, Dennis Gioia, professor of management at Penn...
School of Accountancy Professor Dworkis Talks Narcissism at AFAANZ
Assistant Professor Kelsey Dworkis, PhD, recently attended the Accounting Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) conference in Adelaide, South Australia. This conference combines all the accounting and finance professors and professionals from...
Service quality declines if Airbnb hosts manage too many listings
New research from the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business finds that Airbnb hosts’ service quality significantly declines as the number of listings they manage increases. The research was published in a special issue of the International Journal of...









