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Fordham University Business Spring 2023

learning by doing: experiences outside the classroom enrich business education
SPRING 2023
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Lessons Learned by Doing—A Hands-on Approach to Business Education.

Practice makes perfect. Experience is the best teacher. These proverbs succinctly capture what we know to be true. The lessons we learn from doing often have the most profound impact. At its most basic level, the Gabelli School of Business exists to create applied knowledge—academic knowledge that is put into practice.

In the past, business schools largely focused on providing academic-only knowledge and relied upon companies to provide the real-world application. Today’s rapidly evolving business landscape has made that notion of business education obsolete. Companies demand that the future leaders they hire already have the critical thinking, creativity, cooperative mindset, and real-world knowledge that can only be honed through hands-on learning experiences.

At the Gabelli School, we provide our students with extensive opportunities to learn by doing—invaluable internships at top companies and organizations, unsurpassed networking opportunities with industry leaders, team-based projects and competitions that serve our communities and encourage the exchange of new ideas, and study abroad immersions that afford the global perspective needed to succeed in an increasingly interconnected world.

This issue of Fordham Business magazine offers insight into the breadth of these opportunities. Our focus on experiential learning, which prepares our students, increases our visibility and reputation, and defines the unique brand of education we deliver, shines through as an important and enduring factor in our success.

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Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D.
Dean and George N. Jean Ph.D. Chair
Gabelli School of Business

Contents

Fordham Business / Volume 24 / SPRING 2023

features

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Under Attack
In an age when we are increasingly plugged in, the threat of cybercrime looms larger than ever. Gabelli School experts explore the reality of data breaches, their financial impact, and ways to balance security and business to maximize protection and profits.
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Learning by Doing
Gabelli School students put learning into action in real consulting projects with leading worldwide companies and local organizations. From creating strategies to increase use of vital health and wellness resources in the Bronx to raising the bar for sustainable rubber harvesting for fashionable footwear, students are making a difference and seeing for themselves how doing business with purpose can change the world.
a group of Gabelli School students participate in a consultation exercise at a local company
Learning by Doing
Gabelli School students put learning into action in real consulting projects with leading worldwide companies and local organizations. From creating strategies to increase use of vital health and wellness resources in the Bronx to raising the bar for sustainable rubber harvesting for fashionable footwear, students are making a difference and seeing for themselves how doing business with purpose can change the world.

Quotables

#20
Poets&Quants nationwide ranking of the Gabelli School of Business for Best Undergraduate Business Schools in 2023
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$4.35 Million
Average cost of a data breach for a business, according to a 2022 IBM study
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70%
Number of respondents who would leave their current company for another that is more committed to environmental, social, and governance efforts
— 2022 ESG Global Study by Oracle
“Our class [Markets, Business, and Society] aims to help students develop a framework for decision-making not only to be consistent and walk the talk, but also to entertain a conversation about the values they serve and should be serving.”

— Miguel Alzola, PH.D., associate professor of law and ethics and Grose Family Endowed Chair in Business

“As the world economy rapidly evolves and becomes more globalized than ever before, it is critical for those who aspire to become the next leaders and innovators of business to benefit by learning about issues and opportunities from a variety of vantage points.”

— Andrea Mennillo, Chair of the Fordham London Advisory Board, on the London Speaker Series
“People want to believe that their whole self—who they are as an individual—is honored, recognized, embraced, and celebrated at work.”
— Sophia Town, Ph.D., assistant professor of organizational behavior in Leading People and Organizations

“Social media is about obtaining utility from consuming content, but also about obtaining utility from receiving attention.”

— Apostolos Filippas, Ph.D., assistant professor of Information, Technology, and Operations
“Our class [Markets, Business, and Society] aims to help students develop a framework for decision-making not only to be consistent and walk the talk, but also to entertain a conversation about the values they serve and should be serving.”
— Miguel Alzola, PH.D., associate professor of law and ethics and Grose Family Endowed Chair in Business
“As the world economy rapidly evolves and becomes more globalized than ever before, it is critical for those who aspire to become the next leaders and innovators of business to benefit by learning about issues and opportunities from a variety of vantage points.”
— Andrea Mennillo, Chair of the Fordham London Advisory Board, on the London Speaker Series
“People want to believe that their whole self—who they are as an individual—is honored, recognized, embraced, and celebrated at work.”
— Sophia Town, Ph.D., assistant professor of organizational behavior in Leading People and Organizations
“Social media is about obtaining utility from consuming content, but also about obtaining utility from receiving attention.”
— Apostolos Filippas, Ph.D., assistant professor of Information, Technology, and Operations
#20
Poets&Quants nationwide ranking of the Gabelli School of Business for Best Undergraduate Business Schools in 2023
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$4.35 Million

Average cost of a data breach for a business, according to a 2022 IBM study

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70%
Number of respondents who would leave their current company for another that is more committed to environmental, social, and governance efforts
— 2022 ESG Global Study by Oracle
News
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Gabelli School of Business Ranked #20 Nationwide in Poets&Quants Best Undergraduate Business Schools for 2023

WHEN IT COMES TO RANKINGS, Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business undergraduate programs are on an upward trajectory to the top—a true testament to the School’s ability to compete at the uppermost levels of undergraduate business education and to provide an outstanding educational experience for students who seek to pursue a business career path in the U.S. or on a global scale.

The School was recently ranked #20 nationwide in Poets&Quants for Best Undergraduate Business Schools for 2023. It faced enormous competition from many of the top undergraduate business programs in the country but took its place in the top 20 for the first time in its history based upon its success in meeting criteria in three critical categories used to calculate rankings—admissions standards, alumni experience, and career outcomes. The School also placed #11 for academic experience and #15 for career outcomes.

Fordham Gabelli School of Business & the Deloitte Foundation to Fund Scholarships for Students Pursuing a Fifth-Year Master’s in Accounting

IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT A RACIALLY and ethnically diverse student population and help strengthen the pipeline of diverse CPA talent, the Gabelli School of Business has announced its collaboration with the Deloitte Foundation in the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholars Program (DFASP).

Launched in 2021, the DFASP works in parallel with Deloitte’s MADE (Making Accounting Diverse and Equitable), a $75 million commitment to fuel greater racial and ethnic diversity in accounting and tax and generate more opportunities and leadership pathways for the next generation of certified public accountants (CPAs). The Deloitte Foundation expects to fund $30 million in scholarships for students over the next several years, including students interested in pursuing a fifth-year master’s degree in accounting, master’s of tax, or master’s of accounting with a concentration in audit, advisory, or tax through the DFASP. The Deloitte Foundation is collaborating with nearly 20 participating colleges and universities across the U.S., including Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business, in an effort to increase representation of racially and ethnically diverse students in these programs. DFASP participating schools and the Deloitte Foundation will cover 100% of tuition (excluding books and living expenses) for selected students.

Tech Entrepreneur and Financial Advisor Earns Schwarzman Scholarship to Study in China

Ling “Cheryl” Yang, a 2019 graduate of Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business, recently earned a prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The one-year program, which Yang will begin in August, was established in 2013 by Blackstone Group CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman and modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship program.
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Photo courtesy of Ling “Cheryl” Yang

Ground Floor Course Provides Students with an Entry Point into the World of Business and Its Power to Move Society Forward

The Gabelli School of Business is focused on enlightening students—from their first semester on campus—about the ways in which businesses can positively impact communities and society at large. A prime example of this is the School’s Ground Floor course, which is required to be taken by all first-year students and focuses heavily on challenging and inspiring them to launch their journey of discovery into the business world and its power to do good.

Students are exposed to presentations by discipline-specific Gabelli School faculty members and guest lecturers throughout the semester; are responsible for individual work deliverables, including four business-thinking essays based upon business-related current events; and are responsible for team-based deliverables including developing a new business idea and writing a business plan which, in the fall (when most students take the course), culminates in the PVH “Ground Floor Challenge” competition. The Challenge requires them to create a new product or service, concentrating on developing a business plan that incorporates one or more socially innovative or socially responsible approaches for conducting business.

Spring Break Global Immersions Connect Students to Businesses Driving Change around the World

Full-time MBA students from Fordham Gabelli School of Business visited agricultural leaders, fintech firms, and business startups in Portugal as they all gather together outside smiling and posing for a picture while a few individuals in the front hold a dark burgundy Fordham Gabelli School of Business banner flag.
Gabelli School of Business students traveled near and far over Spring Break, studying global business, touring a variety of companies, and experiencing different cultures.
Spring break is a time for Gabelli School of Business students to build their experiential learning by immersing themselves in the cultures and business environments of countries around the world. During the week of March 13, undergraduate and graduate students traveled to Europe, South America, and Asia to broaden their horizons and expand upon lessons learned in the classroom. Each experience included visits to companies and organizations that closely align with the School’s deep commitment to doing “business with purpose.” Students also participated in consulting projects that provided the opportunity to identify, analyze, and find solutions for real-world business challenges.

Professional MBA students traveled to Madrid, Spain, packing in visits to 14 companies across emerging business sectors—from artificial intelligence to transportation, and energy to sustainable fabrics. They also had the opportunity to tour historical sites in Madrid and Toledo, and enjoy social and cultural events, including a tapas cooking class.

Save the Dates

Summer Jubilee and Block Party

Fordham University’s 2023 Summer Jubilee will take place on the Rose Hill Campus June 2-4. A wide range of fun and engaging events are planned—from tours of WFUV to cocktail parties, a Jubilee Gala, and class photos. The annual Block Party will occur on June 9 at the Lincoln Center Campus. Don’t miss out on these wonderful opportunities to network and catch up with old friends! Learn more: bit.ly/3zOs3df

2023 PRME Global Forum

On June 13-14, the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the largest organized relationship between the United Nations and management-related higher education institutions, will host in partnership with the Gabelli School of Business the 11th edition of the PRME Global Forum. The event will take place at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus and will convene a group of world-class speakers who will focus on the ways in which business education can help to advance the sustainable development agenda worldwide. Learn more: bit.ly/3Gz2tws

Integrate23 Conference

On June 20-21, the Gabelli School of Business, in partnership with Integrate, will host the Integrate23 Conference. The event will focus on CFOs transforming business models to accelerate investment in ESG innovation, creating better businesses for a better future, and will demonstrate to CFOs and their teams how to adopt, operationalize, and execute ESG innovation at scale. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Michael Dougherty, chief operating officer, Deloitte; and Caroline Sullivan, chief accounting officer, Moody’s. Learn more and register: bit.ly/43q04Ow

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Gabelli School Faculty Members Bring Real-World Experience to the Classroom

Hundreds of students from Fordham University and other colleges and universities around the world study at Fordham London each year, and the Gabelli School of Business is leading the way in delivering course content to fulfill their core and major requirements. The School employs numerous instructors who deliver innovative academic content that ranges across the spectrum—from the Business of Fashion to Global Sustainability to International Political Economy.

“Our instructors offer students a ‘real-world’ approach to learning that is grounded in the experiential and goes way beyond the walls of the classroom,” said Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D., dean of the Gabelli School of Business. “In addition to their studies at Fordham’s London Campus, those enrolled in business-related courses are able to expand their education through interactions with senior-level business executives, as well as site visits to the headquarters of top companies and organizations, including Jaguar and Barclays.”

Two faculty members who are revered for their expertise in the areas of ethics and law, as well as their ability to translate complex concepts into meaningful lessons, are featured below.

London Speaker Series Provides Perspectives from Europe

Launched during the 2020-21 academic calendar year, the Gabelli School of Business London Speaker Series has been connecting students with industry and academic partners across the U.K. and the European Union, providing a unique global learning experience and the opportunity to hear from and network with international professionals. The London Speaker Series is open to the Gabelli School community, including its 40,000+ alumni, as well as the Fordham University community.

“As the world economy rapidly evolves and becomes more globalized than ever before, it is critical for those who aspire to become the next leaders and innovators of business to benefit by learning about issues and opportunities from a variety of vantage points,” noted Andrea Mennillo, chair of the London Advisory Board. “The London Speaker Series provides a deep and invaluable understanding of the European business perspective and its influence on the economy now and in the future.”

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“The London Speaker Series gave us the valuable opportunity to develop our professional connections by meeting and hearing from London-based industry professionals who are affiliated with the University’s broad professional network.”

Matthew Quijano, BS in Marketing
Avery Tritz, BS in Business Administration

Class of ’23

Michelle Kogolo, MBA ’23

Marketing Associate, Morgan Stanley

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Photo by DeShaun Kennie

Michelle Kogolo, MBA ’23, got her first taste of marketing when she was working in finance administration at an ophthalmology insurance firm in New York City. She was invited to participate on a team to brainstorm ideas for a philanthropic marketing campaign for hearing aids.

“I was blown away about the psychology of it, the science of it, knowing what target you’re going for, and what you want the brand narrative to be,” Kogolo said. “I thought it was super interesting and tied back to my undergraduate minor in psychology. And then I just couldn’t get it off of my mind.”

After doing some research, Kogolo, who earned her bachelor’s degree at Rutgers University, decided to pursue an MBA in marketing. She chose Fordham partly because her older brother graduated from Fordham College at Rose Hill, and also because the Gabelli School most closely aligned with her values. “It checked all the boxes,” she said. “I resonate with the culture, the community, and the Jesuit values, and how [the School] is a change maker at the forefront of ESG. All of that meshed with what I want to do.”

Now, with graduation around the corner, Kogolo will soon take what she’s learned in the full-time MBA program to her position as a marketing associate at Morgan Stanley. The opportunity materialized after she completed a summer internship in the firm’s global brand marketing division.

Lois van Weringh, BS ’23

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Lois van Weringh, BS ’23, got her first job at 12 when she started her own babysitting business in Amsterdam. First, the young entrepreneur made up flyers and posted them around her neighborhood. After a week with no leads, she started knocking on doors.

“I rang every single doorbell and said, ‘It’s me!’ I ended up getting five babysitting jobs,” van Weringh said. “I always wanted to work and pay for my own things.”

Through high school, she ran her own digital marketing business and worked as a grocery store cashier. Then she landed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as an au pair for an American family with two young boys and homes in New York, Massachusetts, and California. The position led her from the Netherlands to the states and, ultimately, to Fordham.

Despite her struggles with the English language, van Weringh managed her way through the college application process, including the written essay—the first she ever wrote in English. She committed to Fordham without stepping foot on campus, moved into her dorm herself with two suitcases in tow, and paid her way through her freshman year with her earnings.

From day one, van Weringh immersed herself in campus life. She’s been a resident assistant, freshman advising mentor, and teaching assistant for the Gabelli School’s Ground Floor class.

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Under

Under Attack

Attack
Gabelli School Experts Weigh In on Rising Cybersecurity Threats to Business
By Chris Quirk
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he U.S. Marshals Service is a federal law enforcement agency with a wide range of responsibilities, including running the Witness Security Program, commonly called the “witness protection program.” On February 17, 2023, officials at the Service learned their computers had been hacked. While a government representative was quick to tell NBC News that no one in the program was in danger as a result of the hack, this incident is a prime example of the potential dangers of cybercrime.
Attack
As we rely more and more on social media, online databases, and even the connectivity of appliances in our homes, the potential vulnerabilities that consumers and businesses face are increasing sharply. From annoying spam to the global scale of the Yahoo hack—where the personal information of 3 billion accounts was stolen—cybersecurity breaches will likely affect almost every individual at some point. If you are one of the 183 million credit card holders in the U.S., chances are you’ve received a security alert from your financial institution flagging a suspicious transaction.
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Learning By Doing

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Gabelli School Students Gain Real-World Experience by Solving Business Challenges for Industry Partners
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More than 100 online MBA students convened at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus for an intensive weekend residency during which they developed campaigns to reach new generations of donors for the American Red Cross. A team of Gabelli School volunteers toured the new SBH Health and Wellness Center in the Bronx as part of their work on a student task force charged with creating an outreach campaign to attract new members. In other student consulting assignments, students researched sustainable rubber harvesting and developed an internal sustainability model for a global veterinary pharmaceutical company.
By Claire Curry and Gabrielle Simonson
The British poet John Keats famously said, “Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.” The Gabelli School’s approach to educating future business leaders embraces that notion with its deep commitment to providing students with opportunities to apply what they’re learning in the classroom out in the real world.

From undergraduates to MBAs, Gabelli School students have taken on many professional-level consulting projects, most recently working directly with the leadership teams of a New York City-based healthcare group, a national nonprofit, a global footwear company, an international veterinary pharmaceutical organization, and even the School’s own marketing division. They are solving actual business challenges with their creative ideas and research capabilities, learning to work effectively individually and in teams, and honing presentation skills they will use in their future careers.

Experiential learning projects such as these not only provide a platform for students to build their skill sets and résumés but also make it possible for them to establish and expand their professional networks, showcase their knowledge and talents, and pave the way for future job opportunities.

Ideas

Faculty Research

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Michael Pirson, Ph.D., Sophia Town, Ph.D., and Ayse Yemiscigil, Ph.D.
Leading People and Organizations
For decades, the state of the modern workplace has been complicated and in flux. In fact, Michael Pirson, Ph.D., the James A.F. Stoner Chair for Global Sustainability and the Leading People and Organizations area chair at the Gabelli School, has spent much of his career observing lower levels of individual happiness and increasing levels of anxiety in the workplace. His research indicates that the global workforce has become largely disengaged.

One aspect of Pirson’s work has focused on the area of human flourishing, which involves the continual development of human potential and living well as a human being by being engaged in relationships and activities that are meaningful. “Human flourishing is the ultimate purpose of life,” Pirson said. “And from all the evidence we have, there’s not much human flourishing happening in organizations. We have a systemic, an organizational, and an individual symptom assembly, and ultimately it’s deeply rooted in one thing—how we lead.”

Apostolos Filippas, Ph.D.

Information, Technology, and Operations
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In television and film, a small number of people produce content, and most people only consume it. However, on social media, everyone is both a producer and consumer, and we can even use each other to increase how much our content is seen. Recent research by Apostolos Filippas, Ph.D., assistant professor of Information, Technology, and Operations at the Gabelli School, explained how this “attention bartering” is shaping the social media landscape.

In the paper, “The Production and Consumption of Social Media,” Filippas and his coauthors studied user engagement to better understand how attention bartering shapes content production and consumption.

“It’s different from traditional media,” he said. “Not only can we consume [others’] content, now we receive some attention, stay on there more, see more ads, and [the platform] makes money,” Filippas said, adding that, for the purposes of this study, the researchers looked at user engagement on #EconTwitter, a Twitter community of professional and amateur users who tweet about economics.

People

Fireside Chat

FIRESIDE CHAT on the recently published book, The Enduring Value of Roger Murray, features insights from his students, Mario J. Gabelli, BS ’65, and Leon Cooperman

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Left to right: Paul D. Sonkin (author), Mario J. Gabelli, BS ’65, Paul Johnson (author), and James Russell Kelly discuss the impact of Roger Murray as an economist and as an educator. They were joined by Leon Cooperman via Zoom.
On January 31, the Gabelli School of Business, students, faculty members, alumni, and industry partners were treated to a fascinating discussion that centered around the newly released book titled The Enduring Value of Roger Murray, written by Paul Johnson, founding partner of Nicusa Investment Advisors and an adjunct professor at the Gabelli School of Business, and Paul D. Sonkin, former co-portfolio manager at GAMCO Investors, TETON Westwood Mighty Mites Fund.

Fordham University President Tania Tetlow and Gabelli School of Business Dean Lerzan Aksoy delivered opening remarks. The event, which took the form of a fireside chat, highlighted the tremendous influence Roger Murray (1911-1998)—a crucial figure in the history of value investing and a renowned economist and advisor to Congress—had on the students he taught at Columbia Business School over the many decades he was there. He was the successor to the legendary Benjamin Graham, who is regarded as the father of value investing, and who taught the securities analysis course at Columbia prior to Murray taking on this all-important task.

Books

The Enduring Value of Roger Murray

By Paul Johnson and Paul D. Sonkin
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Appealing to new practitioners and seasoned professionals alike, The Enduring Value of Roger Murray sheds light on the evolution of the investment management industry over the last century.
Roger Murray (1911–1998) was a dynamic successor to Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, investment luminaries known for their contributions to security analysis and their disciplined approach to long-term investing. The Enduring Value of Roger Murray (Columbia Business School Publishing, Dec. 2022) offers a compelling account of this leading investment personality of the last century. Authors Paul Johnson and Paul D. Sonkin, investment professionals and educators themselves, chronicle Murray’s life and accomplishments, capturing his professional triumphs, theoretical insights, and lasting legacy.

The book combines a biographical account of Murray’s life—including background on his close-knit, hardworking family through his undergraduate years at Yale—and details his multifaceted career as a financial professional, educator, and economist. The authors highlight Murray’s strong work ethic, educational philosophy, and mentorship, including personal recollections from his students about his teaching and influence.

Murray was the successor to the legendary Benjamin Graham as professor of the securities analysis course at Columbia Business School. There, he mentored generations of students, including Mario Gabelli, BS ’65, Charles Royce, Leon G. Cooperman, and Art Samberg. The Enduring Value of Roger Murray includes the transcripts of four pivotal lectures Murray delivered in 1993, hosted by Gabelli, which became legendary in the investing community. These lectures inspired Bruce Greenwald to ask Murray to co-teach a security analysis course, leading to the resurrection of value investing education at Columbia Business School, which had waned after Murray’s retirement in 1977.

Profile

Bringing Business Law from the Courtroom to the Classroom

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Spotify’s recent decision to go straight to the market to sell shares, rather than go through the more traditional IPO process, raised some eyebrows, as well as a few questions.

“In a shareholder direct listing, companies don’t raise funds; instead, the listing simply provides an outlet for existing shareholders to sell their shares,” explained Brent Horton, associate professor and area chair of Law and Ethics at the Gabelli School of Business. The problem, he said, is that “there is no underwriter for these transactions, an important oversight feature of IPOs.” That means companies opting for direct listings may not be vetted as carefully.

Shareholder protections are one of the main focuses of Horton’s research. He has published prolifically in law journals, and his recent paper on Spotify’s direct listing was cited in an amicus brief in Slack v. Pirani, a case involving Slack’s direct offering, which was heard by the Supreme Court in April. “My target audience is attorneys and judges,” Horton said. “When the disputes arise, they are going to have to interpret statutes and regulations that were not drafted with these new factual scenarios in mind.”

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Fordham Business Spring 2023
Editor-in-Chief
Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D.
Dean, Gabelli School of Business

Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
Paola Curcio-Kleinman

Executive Editor
Michael Benigno

Managing Editor
Claire Curry

Creative Director
Ruth Feldman

Contributing Writers/Reporters
Michael Benigno
Paola Curcio-Kleinman
Claire Curry
Adam Kaufman, FCLC ‘08
Chris Quirk
Gabrielle Simonson

Social Media Contributor
Fran Jankowski

Fordham University President
Tania Tetlow

Provost
Dennis C. Jacobs, PhD

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