The Friday Research Presentations series showcases ongoing academic research projects conducted by faculty, graduate students, and alumni of Illinois Tech’s Stuart School of Business, as well as guest presentations by Illinois Tech colleagues, business professionals, and faculty from other leading business schools.
All Illinois Tech faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend these presentations.
Every year, research collaborations that begin as presentations in this series go on to produce research papers accepted for publication in leading journals.
The series, begun in 2008, sponsors presentations throughout the academic year. Use the page navigation to view lists of Friday Research Presentations in previous academic years.
Presentations in 2022-23
Spring 2023
All sessions in spring 2023 will be presented in person in Room 490 at the Conviser Law Center (downtown campus), 565 West Adams Street, Chicago.
For more information about Stuart’s Friday Research Presentations, contact Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian.
Unless otherwise noted, all presenters are faculty, students, or alumni of Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech.
February 24 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Defi for the Poor [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
March 10 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Incentive Redesign and Network Evolution: Performance Implications of Bridging and Bonding Strategies [abstract]
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Management Xiaoyun “Aarn” Cao
March 24 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Effectiveness of Resilience-Thinking Training on College Students: Evidence from a Randomized Trial [abstract]
- Industry Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration Alan Secor
March 24 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Commodity Futures and the Limits to Arbitrage [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper
March 31 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Understanding AI Abilities and Human Intelligence Abilities: Implications for Collaborative Intelligence, Automation, and Augmentation
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Daniele Scarpi, University of Bologna, Italy
- Zheng Zhou, Stuart Ph.D. Management Science ’20, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
April 14 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Information Efficiency and the Effect of High Frequency Trading in the U.S. Futures Markets
- Industry Assistant Professor of Management Science Seung Youn Cha
April 21 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Managing Online Product Reviews: Analysis of Review, Reviewer, and Platform Characteristics and How They Influence Purchase Intention
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Zheng Zhou, Stuart Ph.D. Management Science ’20, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
April 28 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Influence of Consumers’ Characteristics on Nutrition Perceptions, BMI, and Health Outcomes: New Insights from a 2023 Survey of U.S. Adults
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Zheng Zhou, Stuart Ph.D. Management Science ’20, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
- Mark Fishbein, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Fall 2022
September 16 at 9:45–10:30 a.m.
Financialization of Structured Products [abstract]
- Lizi Zhu, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
September 16 at 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Mini Workshop on Storytelling with Data, Part I [abstract]
- M. Zia Hassan Endowed Professor Elizabeth J. Durango-Cohen
September 23 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Marriage Equality for Everyone? The Business Case for Same-sex Marriage Legislation [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Management Smriti Anand
- Hui Li, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
September 23 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
A Study on the Idiosyncratic Volatility of Low-priced and Lottery Type Stocks [abstract]
- David Lee, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
October 7 at 10–10:45 a.m.
How to Build and Predict Clustered Industry Index Return on Continuous Time Series Data with Non-Continuous Values [abstract]
- Tian Tian, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
October 7 at 10:45–11:305 a.m.
Shareholder Litigation Rights and Bond At-Issue Yield Spreads: Evidence from the Adoption of Universal Demand Laws [abstract]
- Hao Shen, Stuart Management Science Ph.D. student
- Professor of Finance Haizhi Wang
October 14 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Increased (Platform) Competition Reduces (Seller) Competition [abstract]
- Shana Cui, University of Florida
October 14 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Mini Workshop on Storytelling with Data, Part II [abstract]
Attendees are requested to bring their laptop computer.
- M. Zia Hassan Endowed Professor Elizabeth J. Durango-Cohen
October 21 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Green Bonds Pay When Trustworthy [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Sang Baum “Solomon” Kang
This is co-authored research with Jiyong Eom, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
October 21 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Mini Workshop on Storytelling with Data, Part III [abstract]
Attendees are requested to bring their laptop computer.
- M. Zia Hassan Endowed Professor Elizabeth J. Durango-Cohen
October 28 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Multifactor Model Reverse Optimization [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Ricky Cooper
- Industry Assistant Professor of Management Science Seung Youn Cha
October 28 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Managing Change Under Threat: How and When Leader Threat Perception Relates to Employee Change Adaptivity [abstract]
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Management Xiaoyun “Aarn” Cao
November 4 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Advertising through Influencers and Disclosure Regulation [abstract]
- Aastha Gupta, Western Illinois University
November 4 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Evolution of Advertising Theories: A Study of Citation Growth with Growth Curve Models [abstract]
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Zheng Zhou (Ph.D. Management Science ’20)
December 2 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Socio-Techno-Economics of VGI-EV Charging Infrastructure Outlook [abstract]
- Kaveh Aflaki, Executive Board Member, IEMS Ltd.; Director Customer Solutions-North America, Smart Wires Inc.; Stuart M.B.A. student
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Operations and Energy Management Ghazale Haddadian
December 2 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Blockchain Decentralized Clearing of Environmental Credits [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
- Deborah Cernauskas, Ph.D.
- Steven Josephs, P.E., Renewable Energy Consultant