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November 22, 2021 by Heidi Huntington

I’m Thankful for … Strategies to Communicate Gratitude

Nobel Prize medal. The 2021 Prize in Economics was awarded for work to prove causal relationships in economics research.

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November 15, 2021 by Anne Barthel

The Quest for Causality

Instagram shopping may include ghost stores

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November 8, 2021 by Nick Gerlich

Ghost In The Machine

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I’m Thankful for … Strategies to Communicate Gratitude

November 22, 2021 by Heidi Huntington

Nobel Prize medal. The 2021 Prize in Economics was awarded for work to prove causal relationships in economics research.

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The Quest for Causality

November 15, 2021 by Anne Barthel

Instagram shopping may include ghost stores

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Ghost In The Machine

November 8, 2021 by Nick Gerlich

Credit card in a reader. The credit card industry has not been immune to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Pandemic’s Toll on the Credit Card Industry

November 1, 2021 by Oscar Solis

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Anne Barthel

Assistant Professor of Economics and Decision Management

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Anne Macy

Edwards Professor of Finance

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David Clark

Instructor of Accounting and Healthcare Management

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Eric Hoffmann

Associate & Pickens Professor of Economics

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Heidi Huntington

Assistant Professor of Business Communication

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Jeffry Babb

Gensler Professor of Computer Information Systems

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Lee Stitzel

Assistant Professor of Economics

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Leslie Ramos Salazar

Associate & Abdullat Professor of Business Communication and Decision Management

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Nick Gerlich

Hickman Professor of Marketing

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Oscar Solis

Associate Professor of Finance

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Robin Clark

Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Law

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Robert King

Associate Dean of Graduate Business Programs, Associate Professor of Marketing, and Wilder Professor of Business

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Trevor Watkins

Assistant Professor of Management & Foust Professor of Business

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Xiaolin Lin

Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems