Asper Research News Archive
![A worker cuts roses to be shipped to the U.S. and Europe at a flower farm in Madrid, Colombia, in August 2020. // AP Photo/Fernando Vergara](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Roses-umtoday-150x150.jpg)
Valentine’s Day: COVID-19 wilted the flower industry, but sustainability still a thorny issue
February 11, 2021 —
s Valentine’s Day approaches, and the chill of winter lingers, it leaves one wondering: Where do all these flowers come from?
![Picture of two smiling Asper professors.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Asper-Professors-Dr.-Dyck-and-Dr.-Manchanda-150x150.jpg)
Asper School of Business
Marketing for the greater good
January 26, 2021 —
Marketing is everywhere you look, whether you realize it or not. Every day you are exposed to dozens of ads from TV, flyers, podcasts, billboards, to social media.
![An airship in the sky](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Airship-150x150.jpeg)
Hydrogen gas-fuelled airships could spur development in remote communities
January 21, 2021 —
'Hydrogen gas is increasingly heralded as the mobile energy source of the green economy'
![The Drake Building from an aerial view.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Drake-aerial-lightened-2-150x150.jpg)
Asper School of Business
Celebrating Asper Research Success
January 13, 2021 —
From grants, awards, publications, to innovating the way we teach. Faculty at the Asper School of Business did not let the pandemic hinder their research.
![A photo collage of Asper School of Business students, professors, alumni, and community members.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Year-In-Review-150x150.png)
Asper School of Business
A year in review at the Asper School of Business
December 23, 2020 —
It is hard to believe that another year has passed at the Asper School of Business. To celebrate, we are sharing some of our most read stories in 2020.
![Six images of winners of the Associates Achievement Awards](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Associates-Achievement-Awards.png)
Asper School of Business
2020 Associates Achievement Awards
November 23, 2020 —
Asper faculty recognized for oustanding contributions in research, teaching and engagement.
![Dr Fang Wan](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Fang-6-e1605472287354-150x150.jpg)
Asper School of Business
Clarity Required in COVID-19 Communications
November 15, 2020 —
Asper School of Business Marketing Professor and F. Ross Johnson Fellow, Dr. Fang Wan had the opportunity to provide her insights and discuss the strategies and effectiveness of Manitoba's recent COVID related lock-down communications on CJOB last Thursday, November 12.
![Picture of University of Manitoba Professor, Dr. Zhenzhen](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Zhenzhen-Headshot-1-150x150.png)
Asper School of Business
Investigating risk and return
October 29, 2020 —
Dr. Zhenzhen Fan, an Assistant Professor at the Asper School of Business, recently had her paper Moment Risk Premia and Stock Return Predictability published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA). With a reputation as one of the top finance journals on the market, being placed in this publication is a significant academic achievement. According to Cambridge University Press, “the JFQA prints less than 9% of the more than 1,000 manuscripts submitted annually.”
![Asper Professor Dr. Victor Cui](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Asper_Portraits_2012_8-150x150.jpg)
Asper School of Business
Exploring the influence of star inventors
October 7, 2020 —
Dr. Victor Cui, Asper Associate Professor in Business Strategy, has been awarded a prestigious Social Services and Humanities Council Research (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant to support his research on the impact that star inventors have on exploratory innovation in technology firms.
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Financial Post: Forget the Hindenburg!
October 1, 2020 —
Our ban on hydrogen airships is misguided and needs to be revoked, prof argues