Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Business Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2015

Discipline
Institution
Keyword
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 2161 - 2190 of 4981

Full-Text Articles in Business

Essays In Modeling The Consumer Choice Process, Taylor Bentley May 2015

Essays In Modeling The Consumer Choice Process, Taylor Bentley

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, I utilize and develop empirical tools to help academics and practitioners model the consumer's choice process. This collection of three essays strives to answer three main research questions in this theme.In the first paper, I ask: how is the consumer's purchase decision impacted by the search for general product-category information prior to search for their match with a retailer or manufacturer ("sellers")? This paper studies the impact of informational organic keyword search results on the performance of sponsored search advertising. We show that, even though advertisers can target consumers who have specific needs and preferences, for many …


Essays In Financial Economics, Suying Liu May 2015

Essays In Financial Economics, Suying Liu

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

In Chapter 1, we generalize the concept of "systematic risk" to a broad class of risk measures potentially accounting for high distribution moments, downside risk, rare disasters, as well as other risk attributes. We offer two different approaches. First is an equilibrium framework generalizing the Capital Asset Pricing Model, two-fund separation, and the security market line. Second is an axiomatic approach resulting in a systematic risk measure as the unique solution to a risk allocation problem. Both approaches lead to similar results extending the traditional beta to capture multiple dimensions of risk. The results lend themselves naturally to empirical investigation.For …


Essays On Executive Turnover, Johan Maharjan May 2015

Essays On Executive Turnover, Johan Maharjan

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Chapter 1 deviates from the conventional practice by highlighting an alternative to forced CEO turnover. An interesting puzzle in corporate finance is the week sensitivity of disciplinary action against CEO to poor firm performance. I show that this weak relation is in part driven by an overlooked alternative to firing, which in practice takes the form of splitting the CEO-Chairman role or demoting the incumbent CEO to the executive Chairman position. I first document that such demotions are a frequently used alternative disciplinary mechanism, accounting for nearly 40% of all involuntary CEO transitions. I further show that the use of …


Essays On Risk Measurement And Fund Separation, Fang Liu May 2015

Essays On Risk Measurement And Fund Separation, Fang Liu

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Chapter 1 extends Cass and Stiglitz's analysis of preference-based mutual fund separation. We show that high degrees of fund separation can be constructed by adding inverse marginal utility functions exhibiting lower degrees of separation. However, this method does not allow us to find all utility functions satisfying fund separation. In general, we do not know how to write the primal utility functions in these models in closed form, but we can do so in the special case of SAHARA utility defined by Chen et al. and for a new class of GOBI preferences introduced here. We show that there is …


Three Essays In Accounting Regulation And Debt Contract Characteristics, Bryan Graden May 2015

Three Essays In Accounting Regulation And Debt Contract Characteristics, Bryan Graden

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is comprised of three essays relating to accounting regulation and debt contracting. The first essay is designed to draw inferences about lenders' demand for lease accounting rules in light of proposed lease accounting standard changes. I study changes in lease-related debt covenants surrounding the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 13: Accounting for Leases in 1976. I find that lenders are significantly less likely to inhibit leasing activity via lease restrictions after SFAS 13 adoption and that lenders are significantly more likely to modify debt covenants to capitalize operating leases across time in the post-SFAS 13-adoption period. …


Capacity Planning And Resource Acquisition Decisions Using Robust Optimization, Aldis Jakubovskis May 2015

Capacity Planning And Resource Acquisition Decisions Using Robust Optimization, Aldis Jakubovskis

Dissertations

This dissertation studies strategic capacity planning and resource acquisition decisions, including the facility location problem and the technology choice problem. These decisions are modeled in an integrative manner, and the main purpose of the proposed models and numerical experiments is to examine the effects of economies of scale, economies of scope, and the combined effects of scale and scope under uncertain demand realizations using robust optimization. The type of capacities, or technology alternatives, that a firm can acquire can be classified on two basic dimensions. The first dimension relates to the effects of scale via distinction between labor-intensive (less automated) …


2015-May-14-Giving To Etsu And Foundation Increases 46 Percent, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2015

2015-May-14-Giving To Etsu And Foundation Increases 46 Percent, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2015-May-14-Dental Hygiene Student Takes Third Place At National Conference, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2015

2015-May-14-Dental Hygiene Student Takes Third Place At National Conference, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2015-May-14-Monique Vachon, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2015

2015-May-14-Monique Vachon, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2015-May-14-Etsu Foundation Elects Officers, Recognizes New Members, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2015

2015-May-14-Etsu Foundation Elects Officers, Recognizes New Members, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Combining Systems Methodologies To Reduce Allergen-Related Food Recalls, Jill Marie Sweney May 2015

Combining Systems Methodologies To Reduce Allergen-Related Food Recalls, Jill Marie Sweney

Dissertations and Theses

The risk of poor food safety is a major focus for managers in the food manufacturing industry. Despite industry-led and regulatory efforts to improve the overall food safety of US packaged consumer foods, product recalls and market withdrawals are increasing. This is especially true for the most frequent cause for food recall: the undeclared allergen. With industry trends leaning toward adoption of third-party food safety management certifications, a popular food safety code from the Safe Quality Foods Institute is evaluated using Systems Analysis. Three changes to the food safety code are proposed to address three of the top causes for …


Groundbreaking For New Library Building Scheduled For May 21, Lindenwood University May 2015

Groundbreaking For New Library Building Scheduled For May 21, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


2015-May-13-Sgt. Elsa Severijn Now Helping Veterans Attending Etsu, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2015

2015-May-13-Sgt. Elsa Severijn Now Helping Veterans Attending Etsu, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Viken Securities Limited, Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion For Summary Judgment On All Defendants' Counterclaims, Melvin K. Westmoreland May 2015

Viken Securities Limited, Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion For Summary Judgment On All Defendants' Counterclaims, Melvin K. Westmoreland

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Viken Securities Limited, Order Granting Defendants' Motion For Summary Judgment And Denying Plaintiffs' Motion For Partial Summary Judgement As To Counts I & Ii, Melvin K. Westmoreland May 2015

Viken Securities Limited, Order Granting Defendants' Motion For Summary Judgment And Denying Plaintiffs' Motion For Partial Summary Judgement As To Counts I & Ii, Melvin K. Westmoreland

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Grant Shostak Named Dean Of School Of Human Services, Lindenwood University May 2015

Grant Shostak Named Dean Of School Of Human Services, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


2015-May-13-Conference To Focus On Communication Skills Related To Cancer, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2015

2015-May-13-Conference To Focus On Communication Skills Related To Cancer, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2015-May-13-Stephanie Stephens Named "Emerging Leader", University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2015

2015-May-13-Stephanie Stephens Named "Emerging Leader", University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


The Intangible Factors Of Design And New Product Development, David L. Driskill May 2015

The Intangible Factors Of Design And New Product Development, David L. Driskill

Student Research Symposium

When thinking about product value it is important to realize that there are two main value classifications to take into account, tangible and intangible value. Although it may not seem obvious at first, all values that the consumer receives through using a product, whether tangible or intangible, do not happen by accident. All aspects of a product are built in by design. This is possible because of the intangible factors of the design process and implementation itself that a design team can utilize. The intangible design process is defined by three major layers: the knowledge layer, the emotion layer, and …


Exploring Finance Careers, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business May 2015

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

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

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 May 2015

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

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

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.


We Know You Want It: Perspectives On Predictive Shopping, Jessica Polaski May 2015

We Know You Want It: Perspectives On Predictive Shopping, Jessica Polaski

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Predictive shopping is a branch of predictive analytics that has surfaced over the past year. It is a concept whereby companies use predictions to enroll the consumer in special programs in which they receive goods and services, and are asked to pay for them, before they have actually chosen them. This is a revolutionary concept that could potentially change the face of online shopping. Through research and analysis I explored how a sample of 125 college students at Bridgewater State University felt about predictive shopping and what place it has in society today or in the near future. Through the …


Ua80/4 Treasurer's Report, W Club May 2015

Ua80/4 Treasurer's Report, W Club

University Organizations

Treasurer's Report for the May 2015 meeting of the W Club Board of Directors.


Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting Highlights May 12-15, 2015 Baltimore, Md, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board May 2015

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting Highlights May 12-15, 2015 Baltimore, Md, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


Auditing Standards Board (Asb), May 12-15, Meeting Agenda, Baltimore, Md, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board May 2015

Auditing Standards Board (Asb), May 12-15, Meeting Agenda, Baltimore, Md, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.


China Cuts Interest Rates, Steven D. Dolvin May 2015

China Cuts Interest Rates, Steven D. Dolvin

All Chapters

In an attempt to spur growth, the People's Bank of China (i.e., the Chinese central bank) recently cut interest rates. As a result, the Chinese stock market rose another 3 percent. See article here, Yahoo.


Baby Names As A Determinant Of Cultural Assimilation In The Continental And Non-Continental United States, Paige M. Harrison May 2015

Baby Names As A Determinant Of Cultural Assimilation In The Continental And Non-Continental United States, Paige M. Harrison

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Using baby names a signal for cultural attitudes has been studied before several times. This paper looks at trends in baby names across the United States over five decades, and then uses these trends to look at the quasi-natural experiment of Alaska and Hawaii becoming states and accepting the dominant United States culture as their own. Both Alaska and Hawaii have their own indigenous cultures which could influence their cultural assimilation to the United States, this paper uses baby names to measure this assimilation. By using vector auto-regressions and the time period between 1960 and 2013 this paper determines the …


New Building Design Features Dedicated Working Area For Adjunct Instructors, Lindenwood University May 2015

New Building Design Features Dedicated Working Area For Adjunct Instructors, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Freshman Bice Elected Deca Vice President, Lindenwood University May 2015

Freshman Bice Elected Deca Vice President, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


What Happens When A Stock Is Added To The Nasdaq-100 Index? What Doesn’T Happen?, Susana Yu, Gwendolyn Webb, Kishore Tandon May 2015

What Happens When A Stock Is Added To The Nasdaq-100 Index? What Doesn’T Happen?, Susana Yu, Gwendolyn Webb, Kishore Tandon

Department of Accounting and Finance Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Purpose – Prior research on additions to the S&P 500 and the smaller MidCap 400 and SmallCap 600 indexes reach different conclusions regarding the key variables that explain the cross-section of announcement period abnormal returns. Most notable in this regard is that liquidity measures, long thought to be of importance, do not appear to explain abnormal returns of the S&P 500 when other factors are controlled for. By contrast, they do appear to matter for additions to the smaller stock indexes. To explore this difference, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the abnormal returns upon announcement that a …