Moody Business News: July 2020

Each month, we will share news and accomplishments of Moody College of Business faculty, staff, and students.

July 2020

Awards and Accolades

• The Moody Business MBA in Health Care Administration was ranked #10 in the EduMed.org list of Best Accredited Online MBA's in Healthcare Management. 
• The Ivy and Edley (Kye) Fontenot Memorial Scholarship was created by their daughter, Dr. Gwen Fontenot, Moody Business marketing professor, Vidrine resident and alumna of the former Vidrine High School. Evangeline Parish Schools Superintendent Darwan Lazard recently announced the donation of the endowed University of Louisiana at Lafayette academic scholarship for Evangeline Parish public school graduates. Read more. 
• The Office of Distance Learning featured an alumnus of the management online program in their latest blog. Read more.

Research, Innovation, and Publications

• Mary Luquette had her article "The world is changing financially, and we must adapt" published by The Daily Advertiser.
• Josh Bendickson and coauthors had the following research published:
  • Barclay James, Rajeev Sawant, & Josh Bendickson (2020). “Emerging market multinationals' firm-specific advantages, institutional distance, and foreign acquisition location choice." International Business Review. 2018 Impact Factor of 3.639; ABDC A; ABS 3
  • Josh Bendickson, Jennifer Irwin, Birton Cowden, & William McDowell (2020). “Entrepreneurial ecosystem knowledge spillover in face of institutional voids: Groups, issues and actions.” Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 2018 Impact Factor of 1.485; ABDC A; ABS 1
• Stephen Barnes provided expert commentary for:
  • The NOLA.com article "New Orleans adds 9,300 jobs from April to May, but the region still had 98,600 fewer jobs than it did a year ago"
  • The Advocate article "Acadiana adds 6,600 jobs from April to May, still 20,600 jobs behind last year's total"
• Sarfraz Khan had his paper, "Repeated engagement in misconduct by executives involved with financial restatements", accepted at Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process (OBHDP). OBHDP is a Financial Times top 50 and ABJ-4 journal.
• Gary A. Wagner had his Louisiana Economic Activity Forecast cited by the Franklin Banner-Tribune in the article "Louisiana GDP Slumps 6.6% in First Quarter".
• Gary A. Wagner provided expert commentary for The Advocate article "Jobless workers worry about end of expanded unemployment benefits".
• Gary A. Wagner was a panelist for The Acadiana Advocate mid-year economic outlook virtual discussion "Bringing Back the Lafayette Economy," focusing on the impact and eventual recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Read more.