Faculty and Research | Research Highlights

In a February 2012 article in the Journal of Product Innovation Management, Dr. Morgan Swink, Professor of Supply Chain and Executive Director of the Supply and Value Chain Center, is ranked No. 19 out of 1,718 innovation management scholars for number of articles published in 10 leading journals for the past 20 years, and No. 13 for articles he coauthored. The article states that research in innovation, described as “the overall process whereby an invention is transformed into a commercial product that can be sold profitably,” yields critical economic insights. Articles published in top academic journals are one of the most important measures for high-quality intellectual research.  Read more

 On the political front and in the media, much is being made about whether the issuer-paid credit rating model encourages a conflict of interest between the issuers and the rating agencies. "When Moody changed from the investor-pay to the issuer-pay model in the 1970s, Moody’s rating was higher than S&P’s rating for the same bond,” said Dr. Mary Stanford, Professor of Accounting at the Neeley School of Business at TCU. “After S&P adopted the issuer-pay model in July 1974, S&P’s ratings increased to match Moody’s ratings for the same bond.”  Read more