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Ever wonder why the patterns on a giraffe's hide are hexagonal? John Rumsey and his co-authors, in their paper titled "Logarithmic Expansions and the Stability of Periodic Patterns of Localized Spots for Reaction-Diffusion Systems in R^2" published in the Journal of Nonlinear Science, give very strong support for the conjecture that the regular hexagon is the most stable of cell shapes on a two-dimensional surface. This work was also presented at the SIAM PDE meeting in Orlando, Florida, in Dec. 2013.
 
Julia Sawicki's paper titled "Misvaluation and Insider Trading Incentives for Accrual-Based and Real Earnings Management", co-authored with K. Shrestha, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

Robert Blunden, Scott Comber and Leslie Crowell's work on “The Extent and Nature of Family Business in Atlantic Canada”, co-authored with Patricia Fitzgerald from Saint Mary’s University, was presented at the International Family Enterprise Research Academy 2014 Annual Conference (refereed contribution) in Lappeenranta, Finland, in June 2014.
 
Bob Blunden has another publication, “Analyzing Family Business Cases: Tools and Techniques”, in the Case Research Journal, 2013, 33(2): 1-20.
 
Sergio Carvalho's article “Corporate Social 'Irresponsibility': Are Consumers' Biases in Attribution of Blame Helping Companies in Product-Harm Crises Involving Hybrid Products?”,  co-authored with E. Muralidharan and H. Bapuji and funded by SSHRC, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Ethics.
 
Angelo Dossou-Yovo is the principal investigator on the just-signed research partnership agreement between Dalhousie and the Greater Halifax Partnership. Angelo will conduct research on Halifax small business innovation using GHP’s database.
 
Papers by Maria Pacurar and Keke Song have been accepted for presentation at the 2014 Northern Finance Association Conference in Ottawa in September.