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Executive Spotlight: Adam Chase, Kylan Rutherford Aug 2018

Executive Spotlight: Adam Chase, Kylan Rutherford

Marriott Student Review

Adam Chase, CEO of Chase Marketing, has branded his company "the accountability agency." He works to establish north star goals with clients, then works with his team to follow through with them until their achieved. He focuses all he does on people and developing their personal brands. Family and God are his north stars.


The Effect Of Ceo Gender On Real Earnings Management, Candice Luciano, Shan Wang May 2018

The Effect Of Ceo Gender On Real Earnings Management, Candice Luciano, Shan Wang

Honors Thesis

Real Earnings Management involves the deviation from normal business practices to manipulate financial statements. Previous research has shown how higher gender diversity in senior management has led to higher earnings quality, and how firms with female CFOs have less earnings management than male CFOs. This paper will build off previous research and further examine whether CEO gender affects real earnings management and if so, its effects on real earnings management. The main hypothesis of the paper is that the gender of the CEO will affect the extent of real earnings management of a firm; firms with male CEOs will see …


Fortune 500 Ceo Profiles, Lauren Noel Apr 2018

Fortune 500 Ceo Profiles, Lauren Noel

Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day (2018-)

This research project analyzes data about the Fortune 500 CEOs and presents differences among the male and female CEOs.


Relationship Between Chief Executive Officer Compensation, Duality, And Return On Equity, Elizabeth Rescigno Jan 2018

Relationship Between Chief Executive Officer Compensation, Duality, And Return On Equity, Elizabeth Rescigno

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Poor decisions and conflicts of interest by members of company boards of directors have been a factor in the dramatic rise in chief executive officer (CEO) compensation, resulting in a lower return on equity (ROE) for shareholders. The purpose of this correlational study was to examine the relationship between CEO compensation, CEO duality, and ROE after controlling for CEO age, CEO tenure, and firm size, as measured by total assets. Agency theory was the theoretical framework for this study. The study examined whether a statistically significant relationship existed between CEO compensation, CEO duality, and ROE, after controlling for CEO age, …