Douglas T. Breeden - Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

y Laura Brinn & Mita Mallick ’07
the research
Advantage
The creation of new knowledge through original research is at
the heart of Duke’s mission. During Doug Breeden’s term as
Dean, Fuqua’s faculty has grown enormously in size and in
scope of research. In fact, Fuqua’s faculty members are among
the most active and creative business researchers in the
world, with Fuqua currently ranked fifth worldwide in research Fuqua students benefit
productivity according to the University of Texas at Dallas from faculty expertise
and research every day, as
School of Management’s annual ranking of business schools.
professors bring new
findings and insights into the classroom and use classroom discussions as a
source of ideas and inspiration for new research projects.
This issue of Exchange features the research programs of four Fuqua faculty
members: Mary Frances Luce, Leslie Marx, David Robinson, and Ashleigh
Rosette. In the spirit of celebration of Breeden’s tenure as Dean, the faculty
members profiled here were chosen from the cohort of faculty hired during his
Deanship.
Future issues of Exchange will include profiles of the research agendas and
accomplishments of Fuqua’s eight academic areas.
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