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 in-person presentations are held in Room 470 at the Conviser Law Center, 565 West Adams Street, Chicago.
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.
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.
Presentations in 2024-25
Spring 2025
February 28 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Granting Idiosyncratic Deals in a Changing Workplace: How Managers Navigate Fairness and Flexibility [abstract]
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Xiaoyun Cao
February 28 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Explainable AI-Driven Decision Support for Robust Fraud Detection and Risk Mitigation [abstract]
- Ruiqing Xu, Stuart Ph.D. student
April 11 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Misspecifying Experimentation [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and Strategy Stanton Hudja
April 11 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Causal Structure of International Stock Markets [abstract]
- Associate Professor of Finance Li Cai
- Jiachen Liu, Stuart Ph.D. student
April 18 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Bubbles Up: Cybernetics and Business Governance to Manage Generative AI [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Analytics Andrew Kumiega
April 18 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Employment Quality Unpacked: Dimension and Determinants [abstract]
- Industry Assistant Professor of Business Economics Wenchen Wang
- Hyeri Choi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Lonnie Golden, Professor of Economics and Labor-Human Resources, Penn State Abington
April 25 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Impact of Online Reviews in E-tailer Platforms: The Influence of Platform, Reviewer, and Review Characteristics on Overall Product Ratings and Purchase Intentions
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Zheng Zhou (Ph.D. Management Science ’20), Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
Fall 2024
October 4 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Robust Fraud Detection in E-Commerce with Explainable AI Techniques [abstract]
- Ruiqing Xu, Stuart Ph.D. student
October 18 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Occupational Licensing in the Public Sector [abstract]
- Industry Assistant Professor of Business Economics Wenchen Wang
November 1 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Knowledge Management in the Structured Products Industry: Capability Theory and Generalizable Principles [abstract]
- Assistant Professor of Management Science Seung Youn Cha
November 15 at 10–10:45 a.m.
AI Abilities: Scale Development, Validation and Application to Business Context [abstract]
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Daniele Scarpi, University of Bologna, Italy
- Zheng Zhou (Ph.D. Management Science ’20), Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
November 15 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Impact of Online Reviews in E-tailer Platforms: The Influence of Platform, Reviewer, and Review Characteristics on Overall Product Ratings and Purchase Intentions [abstract]
- Harold L. Stuart Endowed Chair in Business Siva K. Balasubramanian
- Zheng Zhou (Ph.D. Management Science ’20), Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Lewis University
November 22 at 10–10:45 a.m.
Dynamic Evolution of Formal and Informal Leadership in Cross-Functional Teams [abstract]
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Xiaoyun Cao
November 22 at 10:45–11:30 a.m.
Enduring Influence in Social Media
- Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and Strategy Bruno Castelo-Branco