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Research Recap: Is the agricultural economy changing how farm owners obtain debt capital?
In a series of articles with farmdoc Daily, Jennifer Ifft, assistant professor, and colleagues report on changes to financing in agribusiness.

How disclosing sponsored content affects consumer trust in bloggers
In our recently published research paper, my colleagues and I examine how disclosing sponsored content affects consumers of fashion blog content.

CIOs Move to Center Stage
Today, IT is essential to the success of practically every organization — and so is the CIO.

Sustainability: More than a buzzword when it comes to business
We all want to be successful and that looks different for everyone. Something that touches us across industries is sustainable business practices.

A spa-tacular learning experience with Inns of Aurora
The Inns of Aurora is moving ahead with plans to develop a destination spa. And they’re involving students from the Hotel School in the process.

Research Recap: How are evolving technologies transforming the future of banking?
Eswar Prasad, Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of International Trade Policy at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, on how technology could impact the future of banking.

Reflections at the close of another outstanding academic year
As I reflect back on the spring semester, there is so much to share and even more to be proud of. There’s no doubt our students continue to amaze us all.

Maureen O’Hara earns Bernstein Award for contributions to finance industry
Johnson professor Maureen O’Hara receives prestigious Bernstein Award for a paper she co-authored titled “Footprints on a Blockchain: Trading and Information Leakage in Distributed Ledgers.”

Research Recap: Legal analysis proposes new standards in the age of “Me Too”
David Sherwyn and Paul Wagner discuss what constitutes sexual harassment, identify the problems, and propose a solution that could eradicate, or at least mitigate, the reason for the Me Too movement.