ISOM Faculty Media Mentions

The economy has gotten a bad taste of supply chain disruptions caused by the end of the pandemic lockdowns and cannot afford another one that a rail strike would cause. Cheryl Druehl, associate dean and professor of information systems and operations management, also sees the strike as having a broad impact. Read her interview in International Business Times.

Brad Greenwood, associate professor of Information Systems and Operations Management looked into how peer-to-peer funding programs like Lending Tree may help people pay for abortion care. This article discusses his paper.

In an interview with the Washington Business Journal, Dean Ajay Vinzé outlines five priorities for Mason's School of Business. Tops on his list is broadening the education experience for students so that they are prepared for a range of careers.

As online sales increase, the return rate has also increased significantly, and I don’t think it’s a secondary problem anymore," says Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, an interview with IndianRetailer on D2C brands.

“I was not looking to leave Missouri, but the Mason opportunity grabbed my attention in a big way,” says incoming School of Business dean Ajay Vinzé. “It is an outstanding institution, a young institution and one with a tremendous trajectory upwards."

“The majority of returns are just regular good customers. But then there are these purchasers that buy something knowing that they’re going to return it,” Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, says an interview with MarketPlace on Zara's announcement of charging for returns. 

Charging consumers for a return isn’t new, you’ll often see it attributed to electronic purchases. However, Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, notes in an interview with Retail Dive that “From a profitability perspective if you’re the only retailer doing that in your sector, in your industry, then you might start to face some demand issues. Customers may start to go to another retailer.”

After the tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas, firearm stock prices have increased says Brad Greenwood, associate professor of ISOM, in an op-ed for The Conversation. “As of the close of trading on May 31, 2022, the stock price of weapons-maker Sturm Ruger was up more than 6.6% since May 23, the day before the shooting.”

Sometimes businesses will hijack a competitor’s ad keywords to gain new customers. Siddharth Bhattacharya, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, has written an article for Harvard Business Review on a study he has done, along with coauthors Jing Gong and Sunil Wattal, on competitive poaching.

“As online sales increase, the return rate has also increased significantly, and I don’t think it’s a secondary problem anymore,” says Mehmet Altug, associate professor of ISOM, in an interview with CNBC.