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Using Big Data Analytics and Statistical Methods for Improving Drug Safety
(2019-05-01)
This dissertation includes three studies, all focusing on utilizing Big Data and statistical methods for improving one of the most important aspects of health care, namely drug safety. In these studies we develop data ...
Essay on unexpected mandatory pension contributions in defined benefit pension plans
(2015-12)
Corporate sponsors of defined benefit (DB) pension plans in the US are legally required (if underfunded) to make mandatory pension contribution (MPC) as a non-linear function of the funding status of the pension plan. Prior ...
Effect of audit committee deliberations on financial reporting quality: Evidence from audit committee minutes
(2018-05)
My dissertation examines whether audit committee deliberations are associated with financial reporting quality. This is important because audit committees are responsible for overseeing the integrity of the firm's internal ...
Excessive entitlement, psychological contract fulfillment, and employee outcomes: The moderating effect of accountability
(2014-12)
Excessive entitlement attitudes of employees are an increasing problem for organizations. However, there has been little research regarding a clear framework related to the construct of excessive entitlement, and articles ...
Predicting firm performance by integrating funding climate and CEO-COO dyad
(2014-12)
This research starts to unravel the nomological network of a funding climate and defines the regulatory state and efficacy level of the CEO - COO dyad needed to increase firm performance. Funding climate is further validated ...
Indirect Effect of Entrepreneurs' Motives and Self-Set Goals on New Venture Performance
(2019-07)
There are numerous reasons why individuals choose to start their own company; and these motives vary in strength depending on the entrepreneur. These entrepreneurial motives influence the decision making and behavior of ...
Top Management Team Diversity and Acquisition Quality
(2019-07)
This research study investigates the impact of top management team diversity (TMT) on the quality of acquisition decisions as reflected in announcement returns to acquirer shareholders. Firms pursue acquisitions with the ...
Evaluation of RFID for information visibility based job-shop scheduling in Lean manufacturing environments
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This dissertation investigates the impact of radio frequency identification (RFID) in manufacturing. Two simulation studies of an organization that is considering implementing RFID on a production ...
Assets of foreignness: Colonial mentality and Western private equity managers in the ex-Western colonies
(2016-12)
This dissertation provides the first exploration of the effects of colonial mentality within a business field by examining how indigenous entrepreneurs and business managers interact with Western private equity managers ...
Another missing link to burnout and job performance: The mediator role of work self compassion
(2016-12)
This study presented and tested a model of the impact of work self-compassion (WSC) on burnout and role based performance while controlling for stable personality traits. WSC is a new construct first developed and validated ...