América Economía - June 24, 2014 - The leading Latin American business magazine published an article about research by Claudia Townsend, assistant professor marketing, which found that people are more likely to take financial risks when they are exposed to attractive objects, compared to when they are not. Article
WLRN Radio - June 16, 2014 - Jeffrey Weinstock, a marketing lecturer, was quoted in a segment about free cash being hidden by a couple in South Florida then retrieved by strangers, and the impact it is having on social media.Listen
Universia Knowledge@Wharton - June 10, 2014 - An article about Miami's vital role in the economies of Latin America, published by the Spanish and Portuguese language research portal, included insight from Joseph Ganitsky, a research professor and director of UM's Center for International Business Education and Research. Article
Miami Herald - June 9, 2014 - An article about financial hurdles faced by those pursuing careers as physicians included insight from Steve Ullmann, director of the School's Center for Health Sector Management and Policy, who noted that those who set up their own practices are running their own businesses which "can be overwhelming for physicians." Article
The Wall Street Journal - June 6, 2014 - In the newspaper's "The Experts" report, Robert Plant, associate professor of computer information systems, analyzed industry robotics and how current technologies "are being replaced by more intelligent, agile and adaptive robotic systems." Article
The Wall Street Journal - June 4, 2014 - In the newspaper's "The Experts" report, Robert Plant, associate professor of computer information systems, wrote that U.S. companies are considering keeping their manufacturing at home as an alternative sourcing model to sending work overseas, a model "that is increasingly becoming a viable and attractive option for many firms." Article
Latin Trade - June 2014 - An article in the business magazine about executive education and MBA programs for Latin Americans included insight from Anuj Mehrotra, vice dean for graduate business programs and executive education, who discussed the School's launch of The Miami MBA for the Americas program. Article
China People's Daily - May 26, 2014 - The Chinese daily newspaper published an article authored by Robert Plant, associate professor of computer information systems, who wrote that the nearly-a-decade old notion among management theorists that "the world is flat" is wrong. Article
CNN - May 8, 2014 - An article about new trends in food packaging cited Milica Mormann, a research assistant professor, and her research that explains how product packaging attracts a shopper's attention and how it influences the shopper's decision to buy a certain product or brand. The article quoted Morman who noted that "the big idea is that perceptual processes happen in the brain in parallel with economic value computations and thus influence how economic decisions are made." Article