Faculty Research Highlights

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Faculty

At the Strome College of Business, our faculty members are committed to rigorous academics, experiential learning, forward-focused research and impactful programming.

Scholarly Contributions

Strome faculty are global scholars -- internationally published and recognized as thought leaders in their community and respective fields. Explore their contributions below.

Faculty Expertise & Publications

Discover the rich intellectual contributions of distinguished faculty members across diverse fields through their scholarly research and articles. 

Recent Faculty Publications

November 2025

  • Simba, A., Thai, M. T. T., Ammari, A., Koch, J. V. and Jones, P. (2025). Unconventional philosophies and practices: Vietnamese family firm performance in multiple countries. Journal of Small Business Management, 63(6), 2485鈥2506. 
  • Keen, B. D. and Strong, C. O. (2025). Ethnic politics and fiscal dominance: Implications for currency union formation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of African Economies, 1鈥17, Article ejaf015. 
  • Zhou, H. (2025). Impact of geography on institutions in agricultural and nomadic societies. International Studies of Economics, 1鈥8. 
  • Zhou, H. (2025). Institutionalisation and institutional evolution: A model of selecting government officials in ancient china. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 1鈥9. 
  • Cebula, R. J., Fenili, R. N. and Koch, J. V. (2025). The economic impact of intercollegiate athletics on former students. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. 
  • Yang, L., Hou, Q., Zhu, X., Lu, Y. and Xu, L. D. (2025). Potential of large language models in blockchain-based supply chain finance. Enterprise Information Systems, 19(11), 1鈥24. 
  • Bennett, A. A., Epler, R. T., Thomas, V. L. and Jalil, D. (2025). Exploring coworker perceptions of and reactions to quiet quitting. Human Resource Management, 64(6), 1815鈥1831. 
  • Carter, K. M., Astrove, S. L., Firth, B. M., Stewart, G. L. and Solimeo, S. L. (2024). Working at the top of their capabilities: How teamwork support attenuates leader role conflict. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 28(4), 292鈥308. 
  • Garcia, R., Atkins, R. M. B., Bonillas, E., Brush, C., Gartner, W. B., Welter, F., Al-Dajani, H., Amor贸s, J. E., Berglund, K., de Bruin, A., Dey, P., Dodd, S., Galloway, L., Hechavarria, D. M., Jackson, D., Keim, J., Lewis, A., Lindbergh, J., Liu, C. Y., Lubinski, C., Nair, A., Newman, A., O'Toole, J., Price, G., 鈥, Xheneti, M. (2025). How should we study heterogeneity in entrepreneurship? Moving the field to an inclusive approach. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 1鈥43. 
  • Tripathi, S., Jain, V., Pandey, J., Ford, J. and Gupta, D. G. (2025). Construction, validation, and generalization of digital consumption value scale. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 24(6), 3043鈥3061. 
  • Rich, G. and Epler, R. (2025). Sales force management (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications. 

October 2025

  • Strong, C. O. (2025). What role do finance ministers play in political business cycles? Evidence鈥恇ased on a new African dataset. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 1鈥24. 
  • Zhang, L. and Zhang, S. (2025). The avian influence: Examining the impact of birds on house prices. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 27 pp. 
  • Chen, Y. H., El-Adle, A. M., O'Brien, K. J., Wentworth, T. and Richter, H. G. (2025). Drone-based medication delivery for rural, flood-prone coastal communities. PLoS One, 20(10), 1鈥24, Article e0333696. 
  • Hu, J., Andrad贸ttir, S. and Ayhan, H. (2025). Optimal control of queueing systems with error-prone servers. Stochastic Systems, 15(3), 220鈥251. 
  • Kataev, M. Y. and Bulysheva, L. A. (2025). Computer vision鈥恇ased automated defect detection in ceramic bricks. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 42(4), 1131鈥1141. 
  • Kataev, M., Bulysheva, L. and Krupskiy, A. (2025). Blockchain鈥恉riven IoT solutions in agriculture. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 42(4), 1085鈥1097. 
  • Sun, Y., Li, L., Yu, Z., Yu, H. and Wang, H. (2025). Exploring AI models and applications within a system framework. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 42(4), 1163鈥1180. 
  • Wang, Z., Yang, H. and Wu, H. (2025). Does peer鈥恡o鈥恜eer lending have resilience during the COVID鈥19 pandemic? Evidence from China. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 30(4), 3901鈥3917. 
  • Zhang, R., Park, E. H., Kim, Y., and Kim, J. (2025). Landscape of information security research in high-impact is journals: Uncovering the associations of research paradigms and methods with theoretical contribution types. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 57, 1189鈥1216, Article 52. 
  • Zhu, W., Yao, F., Zhan, X., Lu, Y. and Xu, L. D. (2025). Data-driven corporate health assessment: An analytical framework for strategic management information systems. Enterprise Information Systems, 19(10), 1鈥22. 
  • Kim, J., Park, K. and Ma, Y. (2025). Data mining scheme for globally distributed big data. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 1鈥16. 
  • Li, Y., Wang, N., Wu, H., Hu, F. and He, S. (2025). A stable service composition and optimal selection considering uncertain quality in cloud remanufacturing. Annals of Operations Research, 45 pp. 
  • Wei, B., Wang, N., He, Z. and Wu, H. (2025). Optimizing capacity investment and production planning in the presence of protective tariffs and market competition. European Journal of Operational Research, 1鈥14. 
  • Neff, K. J., Hayman, M. G., Cummings, M. E. and Pidduck, R. J. (2025). Founders' social class origin, risk-taking, and venture performance: A Bourdieusian lens. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 1鈥44. 
  • Pidduck, R. J. (2025). Co-constructive start-up illusions: An extension of Bort鈥檚 鈥淎 theory of the start-up workforce鈥. Academy of Management Review, 1鈥3. 
  • Michael, A., Ferry, L., McDonald, B. and Midgley, H. (2025). Performance auditing trends at a supreme audit institution: UK National Audit Office, 1999 to 2021. Financial Accountability & Management, 41(4), 693鈥703. 

  • Dong, F. and Doukas, J. (2025). The role of intangible assets in shaping firm value. European Financial Management, 31(4), 1325鈥1353.
  • Root, A. and Yung, K. (2025). Religiosity, religious typology and firm investment efficiency. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 22(4), 414鈥440.
  • Chowdhury, R. and Doukas, J. A. (2025). CEO鈥恊mployee pay ratio disclosure and dividend policy. Journal of Financial Research, 1鈥39.
  • Irwin, K., Li, S. and Vandecar-Burdin, T. (2025). Layers of marginalisation: The transition from hardship to entrepreneurial success. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 1鈥31.
  • Soto-Ferrari, M. (2025). Integrating Google mobility indices for forecasting infectious diseases incidence: A multi-country study on COVID-19 with LightGBM. Journal of Forecasting, 1鈥20.
  • Farrell, M., Willis, Chris H., Siangchokyoo, N., Klinger, Ryan L., Kreugel, J., Usta, H., Tian, Timiry R., Thaviphoke, Y. and Wilson, S. (2025). Board attributes, firm performance, and the moderating role of national culture: A meta鈥恆nalysis. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1鈥28.
  • Brick, D. J. and Thomas, V. L. (2025). (In)attention to attractive brand alternatives. Marketing Letters, 36(3), 313鈥325.
  • Zhang, J., Tang, C., Park, K. and Zhang, Q. (2025). The association between food benefit online ordering and redemptions: Evidence from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Public Health Nutrition, 28, 1鈥7, Article e147.
  • Mortazavi, A., Taheran, F. and Amiri, D. (2025). Behind chatbot dialogues: The power of message length similarity and its effect on attitudes toward chatbot. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1鈥21.
  • Tripathi, S., Jain, V., Pandey, J., Ford, J. and Gupta, D. G. (2025). Construction, validation, and generalization of digital consumption value scale. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 1鈥19.