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Juan Cabrera
(Associate Professor, Finance)

My main area of research is currently related to the field of behavioral finance. I鈥檓 also venturing into data science tools applied to the field of finance. Research is a vital part of my development as a finance professional. I constantly strive to be on the front edge of the financial practice. My aim is to stay up to date with the pace of new financial technologies and to apply them in my teaching and professional career.

Recent Publication
Cabrera, J. and Gousgounis, E., 2020. The dynamics of short sales constraints and market quality: An experimental approach. Journal of Financial Markets, p.100549.

ABSTRACT
We test the effect of short sale constraints on market quality in an experimental setting. Short sale constrained securities trade at a premium, which is often higher than the difference between the view of the most optimistic investor and the fundamental value. Opinion dispersion contributes to overpricing; this result is more pronounced at the time opinion dispersion is induced. As time progresses, traders update their valuations with information from trading. Consequently, opinion dispersion narrows and its effect on overpricing dissipates. Under short sale constraints, the speed of price adjustment is slower, as prices never fully converge to their fundamental values.

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Tiffany Chiu
(Assistant Professor, Accounting)
Dr. Chiu鈥檚 research interests include the application of process mining to auditing, the impact of non-timely 10-Q filings on audit fees, applications of the new revenue recognition standard, and accounting pedagogy. Dr. Chiu鈥檚 research has been published in a number of accredited peer-reviewed journals, such as the Accounting Horizons, Managerial Auditing Journal, Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting, Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting, and The CPA Journal. She has presented at peer-reviewed academic conferences, including the American Accounting Association (AAA) Annual Meetings and the American Accounting Association (AAA) Midyear Meeting. Dr. Chiu has received the Faculty Development Funding (FDF) at Ramapo College of New Jersey for the academic year of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020.
Recent Publication
Process mining of event logs: a case study evaluating internal control effectiveness. Accounting Horizons, 33(3), pp.141-156.
ABSTRACT
This paper aims at adopting process mining to evaluate the effectiveness of internal control using a real-life event log. Specifically, the evaluation is based on the full population of an event log and it contains four analyses: (1) variant analysis that identifies standard and non-standard variants, (2) segregation of duties analysis that examines whether employees violate segregation of duties controls, (3) personnel analysis that investigates whether employees are involved in multiple potential control violations, and (4) timestamp analysis that detects time-related issues including weekend activities and lengthy process duration. Results from the case study indicate that process mining could assist auditors in identifying audit-relevant issues such as non-standard variants, weekend activities, and personnel who are involved in multiple violations. Process mining enables auditors to detect potential risks, ineffective internal controls, and inefficient processes. Therefore, process mining generates a new type of audit evidence and could revolutionize the current audit procedure.
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Susan Eisner
(Professor, Management)

Scholarly activity is a central focus, professional commitment, and personal love of mine as it is the route through which knowledge is created and shared and so through which currency, relevance, engagement, and impact are contributed to management education, theory, and practice. Accordingly, my research aligns with the areas in which I teach and optimal delivery of attendant learning: Leadership; innovation and creativity; interpersonal workplace skill management; diversity (gender and generational) management; entertainment, arts, and media management; and business school pedagogy. Often it is a question that a student raises, or a learning moment that surprisingly surfaces, that stimulates the inquiry which I find ignites a stream of actionable cutting-edge research. My hope, as an educator, is to explore and, as a result, help open and chart new pathways that for others too may make a difference.

Recent Publication
What If? Teaching Creativity to Business Undergraduates. SAM Advanced Management Journal (07497075), 82(3).

ABSTRACT
This study centers on teaching a 鈥淲hat If鈥� mindset and skill identified as central to contemporary business education today, reflecting its impact as a driver of management and organizational competitive advantage: Creativity. It reviews the extant literature, which establishes that creativity is an innate ability that can be developed in all and also reveals how to do so. Creativity and its attributes are defined. Best pedagogical practices are reported, as are multiple resources and exercises that can be adapted by instructors seeking to develop creativity in those at any level of past creativity development, or in any teaching or training context. Challenges for instructors and overcoming those, including fear of failure, are also explained.

 

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Tammi Redd
(Associate Professor, Management)

My research efforts have always examined minority people in business and eventually I narrowed my focus to examine minorities participating in venture start-up activities. I also explored the role of social networks in supplying the resources needed to transition across the stages of the venture creation process. The creation and use of social networks and the identification of organizational missions have marked differences particularly for ethnic minority and female entrepreneurs. Since venture start-up activity is resource-dependent, it is fascinating to explore how minority entrepreneurs overcome obstacles to recognize opportunities, launch new ventures, and most importantly achieve growth and stability. Each new research project seems to lead to another fruitful area where I can connect the areas of minority entrepreneurship, business mission and resource dependence. It is even more exciting when I am able to see these areas come together not only in research, but also in the classroom. It is exciting to share my research results in the Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Ethics courses that I teach and see students benefit from seeing course material through a different lens.
Recent Publication
Toward a typology of social entrepreneurs: the interplay between passionate activism and entrepreneurial expertise. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (2020- Online Currently).

ABSTRACT
This paper contributes to research in social entrepreneurship by introducing a typology that describes four distinct types of social entrepreneurs based on the nature of their lives and career experiences and the scope of their social engagement.