A message from our Associate Dean for Research

Welcome to research at the Tippie College of Business.

From its inception to today, Tippie places a high premium on the thought leadership provided by a dynamic, productive, and engaged faculty. Researchers in our six departments have a proven track record of creating new knowledge that moves their field forward, while also engaging constructively with businesses and other external partners to advance the state of business practice.

Here, you’ll encounter demonstrated research success such as:

  • world-class records of academic impact in areas like accounting and management;
  • timely results from young faculty in areas like risk management (finance) and human decision making (marketing);
  • contributions to large-scale interdisciplinary research in healthcare, climate change, and emergency management in business analytics and economics;
  • the world’s only real-money academic research market, the Iowa Electronic Markets;
  • impactful engagement with corporations, non-profits, regulatory agencies, etc. around the globe.

Tippie’s research mission drives the state of knowledge from Iowa to the world. Whether you’re a prospective student or faculty member, academic peer, or potential new partner, feel free to reach out to us if you have questions, or if you want to get involved.

Nick Street

Nick Street

Associate Dean for Research and PhD Programs
Henry B. Tippie Research Professor of Business Analytics
nick-street@uiowa.edu

12 %

More peer reviewed articles per faculty member in the last five years

# 11

Most productive management faculty

TAMUGA Rankings, Pubs/Faculty, 2021

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Countries represented by our PhD students

Research seminars and speaker series

Behavioral Research seminars

This series provides a forum for faculty and PhD students who conduct behavioral research to present and discuss their current projects in a low-pressure environment.

See upcoming seminars

Research Methods seminars

This series provides faculty and PhD students in Business Analytics, Economics, and Finance with opportunities to successfully introduce methods, while offering new insights for more experienced researchers.

See upcoming seminars

Departmental seminars

Each year, several of our academic departments invite influencers and scholars from around the nation to speak to faculty and students. Our current lineup includes:

Faculty research news

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Monday, December 1, 2025
Jeff Ohlmann studies whether crowdshipping— the use of individuals who are not store employees to deliver merchandise ordered online— would be an effective way for local businesses to compete with larger companies for same-day delivery.
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Small but mighty

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Microfinance plays a small but crucial role in the United States’ economy as the only financing option available for low-income entrepreneurs, according to a new study from the Tippie College of Business.
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Introducing the Iowa Business Analytics Ranking

Monday, October 27, 2025
The Tippie College of Business has unveiled a new ranking of academic business analytics departments based on publications in journals and other outlets by each department’s faculty, with MIT’s Sloan School of Management topping the inaugural list.
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Tippie faculty named among top scientific researchers in Stanford study

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
A number of Tippie College of Business faculty were recognized in a recent study published by Stanford University as among the top 100,000 most impactful scientific researchers in their fields.
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Fighting cancer with data

Thursday, September 25, 2025
Professor Patrick Fan and the analytics revolution in cancer care.