Whether you’re starting your own company or a new job, building trust with people is an important step. Robert Hurley, a professor in the leading people and organizations area, focuses on the value of trust in business in his research. …

If you’ve been in a college classroom lately, you may have noticed some professors shifting from the traditional lecture-style classroom to interactive methods. This shift is in part due to instructors’ concerns about engaging students and promoting social interaction. But …

As part of the Gabelli School’s commitment to conducting research with impact, endowed chairs were recently bestowed on four faculty members in recognition of their excellence in scholarship. These two-year appointments were decided through a competitive process in which a …

We use rankings every day to help us make decisions—from which restaurant to visit, to which political candidate to choose, to which business school to attend. And studies have shown that the order of choices on a list, even if …

How do you turn a PhD student into a successful academic? At the inaugural PhD colloquium held at the Gabelli School of Business, students and professors from Fordham University and institutions around the world took part in one step of …

Students in the Global Business Honors Program (GBHP) knew since the first week of freshman year that they eventually would have to complete a senior thesis. Four years later, after three semesters of research, the day for showcasing their findings finally came. At the sixth …

If you’ve ever used a Zipcar or taken a Citi Bike for a spin, you’ve been a participant in what is known as the sharing economy. Before you decided to take that car trip or bike ride, did you think …

Is it better to keep your current customers loyal or to grow your customer base? Gabelli School marketing professors Alexander Buoye, Yuliya Komarova, Sertan Kabadayi, Mohammad G. Nejad, and Lerzan Aksoy, along with Timothy Keiningham of St. John’s University and …

Suppose you’d like to get a new phone, but you can’t decide between an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 7 Plus. You won’t buy the phone’s case before you figure out which type of phone you’re purchasing, because one size …

The business world doesn’t operate in silos.  The Gabelli School’s Center for Professional Accounting Practices drives that point home. Newly launched this month, it is designed to bring accounting, auditing, and tax professionals together with business and legal scholars from Fordham and other …