Watch highlights from D'Amore-McKim's first DMSB Day, an innovative event that features some of our best research ideas presented in “Shark Tank-style” pitches to esteemed alumni and corporate partner community members. It's a unique opportunity to showcase thought leadership as the school explores ways to increase its impact on the business world.
The D'Amore-McKim School of Business hosted its first-annual DMSB Day – an innovative event featuring some of our faculty's best research ideas, presenting them in short, dynamic “Shark Tank-style” pitches to esteemed alumni and corporate partner community members. It was a unique opportunity to showcase thought leadership as the school explores ways to increase its impact on the business world.
“This is really, for me, a dream. It's something I envisioned when I first started in the summer of 2023. That dream was to really make our business school and Northeastern University a gateway to business, a gateway to what is happening out there in the corporate world,” says Dunton Family Dean David De Cremer. “As an established business school and university that emphasizes experiential learning, our students go out there, work hard, are motivated, and (our thought leaders) need to go out there as well. That's the philosophy behind DMSB Day: bringing two communities together.”
Presenting faculty represented a range of departments, areas of expertise, and industry experience, and our esteemed volunteer judges have years of various industry experience and a commitment to seeing D'Amore-McKim succeed. A complete list of all presenters, their abstracts, and the judges and their bios can be found on our DMSB Day program webpage.
Congratulations to the top three pitchers selected by our 17 esteemed judges: John Bai, Nicole Boyson, and Udi Hoitash.
Our 2024 faculty presenters
- Zeynep Aksehirli: But I don't wanna! Return-to-office mandates and employee retention explored through Organizational Network Analysis
- John Bai: Unlocking market insights: How human-AI differences in earnings calls drive better decisions
- Nicole Boyson: Contagious labor activism: Evidence from litigation against employer-sponsored retirement plans
- Amir Grinstein: Corporate activism: Is it good for your business?
- Stine Grodal: AI and the high-tech trap
- Udi Hoitash: Introducing a large language model for accounting
- Laura Huang: Shaping perceptions: Turning attributions into strategic advantage
- Karthik Krishnan: My ChatGPT bill is what?” Understanding corporate AI usage economics
- Hristina Nikolova: From solo to social: Embracing the social customer journey
- Christoph Riedl: AI for Collective Intelligence
- Mary Steffel: Enhancing work-life balance through smarter use of project management technologies
Our 2024 esteemed judges
- David G. Behenna, DMSB '81, Entrepreneur; Vice Chair, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston Executive Leadership Council
- Nancy Brown, MBA '86, General Partner, Oak HC/FT; Member, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Dean's Executive Committee
- Ron Caplan, DMSB '72, President, PMC Property Group; Member, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Dean's Executive Committee
- Gerard “Gerry” Cox, MS '86, Vice Chair, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Executive Leadership Council
- Michelle DeStefano, MS '98, Former Senior Director of Human Resources, Clean Harbors; D'Amore-McKim School of Business Board of Visitors
- Joseph N. Gibbons, DMSB '82, Managing Director, Hastings Executive Consulting; D'Amore-McKim School of Business Board of Visitors
- John Hartz, MBA '09, President, Sloane & Company; D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston and NYC Executive Leadership Councils
- Craig Heisner, MBA '94, Senior Director, Global Wellness and Vertical Markets, New Balance; Vice Chair, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston Executive Leadership Council
- Richard Jerbi, MBA '99, SVP, Equities and Alternative Investments, White Mountains Advisors; D'Amore-McKim School of Business Board of Visitors
- Steve Klebe, DMSB '78, Vice Chair, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Northern California Executive Leadership Council
- Richard “Rich” A. Montoni, MS '75, Co-Vice Chair and Director, Maximus, Inc.; Chair, Dean's Executive Committee
- Gurpreet Oberoi, DMSB '11, Managing Partner, R Squared Holdings; Vice Chair, D'Amore-McKim School of Business New York Executive Leadership Council
- Vivek Sharma, Parent '28, Executive Chairman, Suven Pharma; Vice Chair, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Boston Executive Leadership Council
- Tom Stanford, MBA'89, CEO, Nuvolo Technologies
- Alfston Thomas, DMSB '22, Co-Founder & General Partner, Huntington Avenue Ventures; Senior Analyst, TREO Asset Management; Member, D'Amore-McKim School of Business New York Executive Leadership Council
- Mark Vachon, DMSB '82, Chairman of the Board, bluebird bio; Member, D'Amore-McKim School of Business Dean's Executive Committee
- Mark Walsh, COE '90, Global Sales Leader, Deloitte
Some thoughts from our judges about the experience
DMSB Day should be must-see TV for the Northeastern community, and corporate and non-profit leaders near and far.
David Behenna
(It was an) amazing concept (with) extraordinarily talented professors. (The) pitches were practical in nature and were solving real-life situations.
Vivek Sharma
DMSB day bridged the gap between the classroom and the boardroom. (It's) important for students to understand the difference. DMSB Day helped us learn some of what we do not know, and the day introduced us… to the extraordinary group of DMSB instructors the students have access to on a daily basis.
Ron Caplan
(It was a) great mechanism to build connections between academics and business leaders – a solid start to what can be a powerful ongoing mechanism. Love the idea of exposing academics to what makes sense in the real world.
Mark Vachon
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