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Faculty Research - Chad Simon, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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During the era when the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed, audit committees were given heightened responsibility and faced more stringent requirements. However, according to new research by Huntsman accounting professor ChadSimon and his co-authors (see cite below), Congress and others may have overlooked one potentially important incentive with these updated requirements. The research team found an association between barely achieving or surpassing an analyst forecast benchmark and the stock options audit committee members hold or their annual stock option receipts.

The Huntsman Post, September 2015, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Advancing Theories Of Women And Leadership: Challenges And Opportunities, Susan R. Madsen, Jannine Williams

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

This caucus provides attendees a forum to discuss the challenges and opportunities for advancing theories of women and leadership. The session goal is to provide Academy members the opportunity to engage in an innovative discussion where they can meet others from across divisions to discuss this multidimensional and multifaceted topic.

The Huntsman Post, August 2015, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Assessing The Probability Of Bankruptcy, Jarom Heaps

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Knowing whether or not a company is financial stable has always been a top concern for analysts and money managers. This paper compares the effectiveness of default prediction using two different types of measures: accounting and market based. Accounting measures have been the most popular even though, according to theory, a market based measure reflects all available information. Theory goes as far to say that accounting measures can add no incremental value to a market based measure. In my research I found that accounting based measures can be effective in their predictive power; the market-based measure (BSM) results were much …

How Do Choice Of Major And Industrial Structure Influence College Graduates' Unemployment Rate In China, Xiuwen Shi

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Recently, the higher education market is developing very fast, and China’s universities and colleges are increasing their enrollment. More and more college graduates with higher education backgrounds enter the labor market and the college graduates have to face higher unemployment pressure when they find jobs. For the college graduates’ unemployment problem, many literatures and research are focusing on over-enrollment problem, the influence of the major differences, and the influence of the industrial structure development.

This thesis examines the consequence of the over-enrollment problem with a group of data set and linear regressive analysis model. The finding indicates that there is …

Why Do We Need More Women Leaders In Higher Education?, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

Research has shown that most managers and top leadership teams do not fully realize the value of having women in key positions, and this is the case across all sectors, including business, government, political, nonprofit, religious, community, and education (schools, colleges, and universities). Organizations will increasingly thrive when both men and women hold management and leadership roles. Gender inclusivity benefits not only businesses, but also entities such as churches, state legislatures, and city councils. This potential for greater thriving is also true for institutions of higher education in the U.S. and around the world. Understanding the value of inclusivity in …

Huntsman Students Travel To Three Continents, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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This summer 54 Huntsman undergraduate students traveled to London, Asia, South America and Eastern Europe on faculty-led study abroad visits.

Huntsman Pbl Receives Top Honors, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Huntsman students Josh Shelhamer, McKell Nelson, Glen Tonge, and Benjamin McCulloch traveled to Chicago this summer to showcase their business talents.

The Huntsman Post, July 2015, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Huntsman Scholar Program - Student Spotlights, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Fall 2014 Scholars in London at Big Ben.

Huntsman Scholar Program - Alumni Giving, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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We appreciate the generosity of Huntsman Scholar alumni and friends who help keep the program moving forward. This list is in recognition of individuals/companies and their cumulative giving to the Huntsman Scholar Program.

Huntsman Scholar Program - Alumni Achievements, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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We are excited to recognize the professional and personal achievements of Huntsman Scholar alumni. Please email Stephanie White any other updates [email protected].

Decision Sciences Journal Of Innovative Education, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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A journal on innovation in business education is coming to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.

Unselfish, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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The unofficial mantra of the Huntsman School of Business is "Dare Mighty Things" and USU Alumnus Paul Parkinson displays in his new book how daring mighty things requires people to look outside of themselves. Unselfish: Love Thy Neighbor As Thy Selfie, was released last month as a counterbalance to the current "selfie" culture prevalent in popular media.

The Huntsman Post, June 2015, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Exploring Finance Careers, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Data analytics and communications skills. That about sums up the advice given by employers to Huntsman School students on the 6th annual NYC Career Exploration Trip in early May. A group of 16 students, led by finance professors Ryan Whitby and Paul Fjeldsted, visited 10 firms over a span of two and a half days to find out firsthand about careers and life in New York City.

Go And Change The World, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Graduates were challenged to go and change the world at the Huntsman School graduation ceremonies on May 2, 2015. Following the general USU commencement in the morning, the Huntsman School graduated 721 students, including 162 through its China Cooperative Program and a further 207 graduate students. A total of 400 students walked during the ceremony and heard from valedictorian Tanner Boden, commencement speaker Crystal Maggelet, and Dean Douglas Anderson.

Student Videos Win National Competition, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Each year Utah State University students get the opportunity to stretch and challenge their business ethics through an event known as the Ethics Bowl. Sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Ethic Leadership (SAEL), this event is designed to help students understand how ethics are relevant in a variety of situations and encourages them to discuss and explore ethical questions. This year the ethics bowl took the form of a video competition where student teams made original videos on a business ethics topic.

Huntsman Students Win Top Honors At Pbl National Leadership Conference, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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Huntsman students Josh Shelhamer, McKell Nelson, Glen Tonge, and Benjamin McCulloch traveled to Chicago this summer to showcase their business talents.

Huntsman Alumni Magazine, Spring 2015, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Huntsman Business Magazine

Alumni magazine for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

The Huntsman Post, May 2015, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Huntsman Post Issues Collection

Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Inverse Etfs And Market Quality, Darren J. Woodward

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Is financial innovation good or bad? Finance research analyzes data in an attempt to answer this and many other questions. This paper seeks to determine at least a partial answer to this question for one particular financial innovation, the inverse ETF. We look at how the introduction of the first inverse ETF affects the market quality of the component stocks. We find that volatility and illiquidity of the component stocks decreases relative to the rest of the market, on average, after the introduction of the first inverse ETF. We also find that short selling increases in the component stocks relative …

Human Capital, Capital Structure, And Employee Pay: An Empirical Analysis A Replicated Confirmation, Yiling Ke

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This paper replicates the paper named Human capital, capital structure, and employee pay: An empirical analysis written by Thomas J. Chemmanur, Yingmei Cheng, and Tianming Zhang in 2013. In this paper, I examine the effect of market leverage on labor expenses to prove the predictions of Titman (1984) and Berk, Stanton, and Zechner (2010). Through the OLS regression analysis, I find that market leverage has a significantly positive effect on total, cash, equity-based compensation of chief executive officers (CEOs). So an increase market leverage will always lead to an incremental labor cost, and in fact labor costs will limit the …

Efficient Parallel Approaches To Financial Derivatives And Rapid Stochastic Convergence, Mario Harper

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This Thesis explores the use of different programming paradigms, platforms and languages to maximize the speed of convergence in Financial Derivatives Models. The study focuses on the strengths and drawbacks of various libraries and their associated languages as well as the difficulty of importing code into massively parallel processes. Key languages utilized in this project are C++, Python, Java, C, and Matlab. Along with these languages, several multiprocessing libraries such as C++ AMP, Python NumbaPro, Numpy, Anaconda, Finance Toolkit and such were compared. The results of the development and implementation of code suggests that once we massively parallelize the operations, …

Frictions, The Flow Of Information, And The Distribution Of Liquidity, Spencer A. Montgomery

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This paper examines the effects of short sale deregulation on market quality by examining the implementation of regulation SHO, which removed the uptick rule for a subset of pilot securities. This created an exogenous event, allowing a direct examination of the effect of short sale constraints on the markets. This study builds on Roll and Subrahmanyam (2010) in examining the skewness of bid-ask spreads as they represent information asymmetry and market maker competition. We find that the price tests conducted in regulation SHO evenly effected both pilot and non-pilot securities, including a widening of bid-ask spreads and a decrease in …

Cultural Influences On Women In Leadership: An Extension Of The Hofstede And Globe Dimensions, Wendy Bosshardt

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Technology has forever changed the face of business. Although in the past business markets have been limited to local geographic areas, the concept of outsourcing has opened a diverse spectrum of international markets. An increase in suppliers and consumers can improve business effectiveness and efficiency, but entering international markets can be detrimental if the business is unaware of the subtle differences the new market has in regard to leadership styles and cultural values. Hofstede's cultural dimension analysis has been the primary research study for many industry and academic professionals (Bond 2002; Hofstede 1997). However, many scholars are questioning whether Hofstede's …

The Affordable Care Act: Five Years Later, Andrew Dana Izatt

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The challenges facing the American health care system are well known and manifold. The United States pays substantially more for its health care than any other developed, industrialized nation. Per capita health care spending in 2012 was $8,745, up from $356 in 1970 without marked improvements in life expectancy, quality of life, or outcomes. But despite all of our health spending, large portions of our population go without health insurance. Being uninsured carries real consequences. A report published in the American Journal of Public Health, by researchers at Harvard Medical School, using statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and …

Price Slides Within Cattle Markets Over Time And Space, Justin Edward Dickamore

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The production of cattle in the United State is a very large business. Production begins at the cow-calf level, where a calf is born and raised to a specific weight. This weight is the weaning weight and averages between 300-600 pounds. The calf is then typically shipped to a feedlot, where it is fed a high corn ration which increases the weight of animal quickly and cost effectively to reach a sufficient slaughter weight. Cattle production takes place primarily in 5 different geographical locations which include the North Central, Southeast, Northern Plains, Southern Plains, and West regions. Due to the …

Usu's Bap Chapter Wins Regional Deloitte Best Practices Competition - April 2015, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

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USU’s Delta Omega chapter of Beta Alpha Psi is famous for being the longest concurrent running “Superior” chapter in the entire organization which includes nearly 300 chapters throughout the United States and recently expanded into Asia and Oceania. The chapter has achieved Superior status every year since 1977 which involves meeting a high standard of at least 32 hours of professional and service activities per member, along with a number of other requirements.