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How Information Technology Investment Influences Firm Financial Vulnerability, Andrew S. Miller
How Information Technology Investment Influences Firm Financial Vulnerability, Andrew S. Miller
Theses and Dissertations
Information technology (IT) investments have increased over the last half-century without clear justification in academic or practice-based literatures. One area that has not been adequately addressed in the past literature is the role of IT investments in mitigating firm financial vulnerability. This dissertation specifically attempts to understand the marginal effects of IT investments on financial vulnerability as defined by firm risk and R&D depreciation. Two research questions are pursued to help explain the role IT investments play in firm financial vulnerability: 1) What is the relationship between IT investments and R&D depreciation? and 2) What is the relationship between IT …
An Investigation Of The Impact Of Corporate Governance On Decision To Expense Employee Stock Options, Ling Jiang
An Investigation Of The Impact Of Corporate Governance On Decision To Expense Employee Stock Options, Ling Jiang
Theses and Dissertations
Corporations have the choice of expensing (using the fair value method), or non-expensing (using the intrinsic value method and provide pro forma disclosure in financial statement footnotes) of employee stock options. The current study examines how corporate governance factors affect such choices. Prior studies (Xie et al. 2003; Klein 2002; Peasnell et al. 2000) have indicated that certain corporate governance factors have an impact on corporate accounting behavior, including earnings management. Based on the assumption that expensing employee stock options is a good practice of accounting that improves earnings quality, it is hypothesized that these corporate governance factors would affect …