Gies accounting faculty William Ciconte, Andrea M. Rozario, and Oktay Urcan recently completed studies on the mixed impact that AI regulation has had on the business sector.
Over the past four decades, Tony Petullo has given back to the University of Illinois in many impactful ways. And, despite being in his 80's, Tony still mentors Gies Business students each and every semester.
Researchers collected data on nearly 36,000 companies between 1999 and 2021, and their study shows that investment efficiency improved in firms where the country is implementing board gender diversity interventions.
Business schools are facing pressure to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment marked by technological advancements, globalization, and emerging high-growth industries. This requires us to take a critical look at how and what we teach.
Results of a list experiment suggest that executives from 12.4% of Russell 3000 companies may have committed financial statement fraud at least once in the last five years.
For Coon, entrepreneurship is not something that can be learned in a classroom. He learned when he got to the University of Illinois: “I got the advice pretty early on that entrepreneurship is a mindset and to spend time on campus acquiring skill sets that will help later on.”
Associate Professor of Finance and Director of Gies' Health Care Research Initiative David Molitor discusses how he and his team are studying the effects of health on business and, so far, the results are extremely surprising.
Even if an audit firm follows all the standards for a high-quality audit, they can be sued if their client believes the firm made a mistake. This can include errors, fraud, or miscommunication. And that can be a big financial risk for audit firms.
In the last five years, Gies has masterfully designed a suite of stackable educational degrees, where students can take a course and then apply that credit to the College's highly regarded iMBA or other certificate programs.
To acknowledge his leadership and expertise in business taxation and financial reporting, Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois celebrated the investiture of Michael Donohoe as the Irwin Jecha Distinguished Professor in Accountancy.
Just as building sets are designed to encourage open-ended exploration and problem- solving, stackable courses provide the flexibility for students to learn at their own pace. They foster the exploration of new ideas and subjects that lead to problem-solving.
