Search
Now showing items 81-90 of 497
Effect of time on revisions to earnings per share forecasts by financial analysts
(1992-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study develops a model that tests the decision making theory that as the time for actual corporate earnings approaches, financial analysts will make more downward adjustments to their earnings ...
Algorithmic process for corporate human resource planning
(1981-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The existing literature on human resource planning is voluminous and seemingly without direction. This lack of direction and organization has made it difficult for human resource planners to ...
Two essays on stock repurchases
(2020-05)
My dissertation comprises two chapters. The first chapter examines the information content of actual share repurchase within the context of informed options trading, while the second chapter examines the impact of EPS-motivated ...
Intersection of entrepreneurial processes: The effect of integrating causation and effectuation processes on venture performance
(2017-12)
Entrepreneurs rely on a variety of decision-making heuristics when implementing entrepreneurial processes in small ventures. Researchers have suggested that entrepreneurs use effectual logic to utilize their available means ...
Application of linear regression and correlation analysis to the poultry processing industry
(1970-05)
Scope and Method of Study: Within the last decade, poultry processing plants have become much larger. Consequently, investment in such plants is increasing. However, most plant managers still do not possess an adequate, ...
Government Incentives and Defined Benefit Pension Investment
(2019-05-01)
This study investigates the association between government incentives and defined benefit pension funding. The government provides tax incentives to defined benefit plans to buoy pension funding. In addition, sponsors of ...
Financial characteristics of acquiring and acquired firms
(1984-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study considers the financial characteristics of the firms involved in a merger to determine if the acquiring firm purchases a firm with financial characteristics that are complementary to ...