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Essays on board of director compensation.
(2002)
This dissertation consists of three essays that explore topics on the board of directors of profit-making corporations. Special emphasis is given to the evolution and determinants of outside director compensation. Essay 1 ...
The impact of accounting conservatism on the differential information content of cash flows and accruals.
(2001)
The objective of this study is to examine the relation between the differential information content of operating accruals and accounting conservatism. Feltham and Ohlson's (1995) framework suggests that as conservatism ...
Factors influencing working backwards among auditors in the application of nonstatistical decision aids.
(2001)
For more than a decade, research has demonstrated decision makers' unwillingness to rely on decision aids. However, extant research has most often studied the use of unfamiliar decision aids. For example, Kachelmeier and ...
Electric utility deregulation: The case of stranded costs.
(2002)
My dissertation focuses on electric utility deregulation and certain costs that may become unrecoverable (stranded) in a deregulated market. Recent federal and state deregulation has increased competition in the electricity ...
VOLATILITY IN THE CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS MARKETS
(2009)
This dissertation consists of three essays which explore the determinants and properties of actual and implied volatilities in the crude oil and natural gas markets. The first two essays examine the causes and behavior of ...
The person-organization fit of warehouse operations employees.
(2001)
Warehouse operations employees from seven firms were surveyed regarding their person-organization fit perceptions, status traits, job attitudes, and coping behaviors. Regression results indicate that person-organization ...
Technological readiness and strategic interactive fit: Dynamic capabilities impacting logistics service competency and performance.
(2003)
In today's business environment, retailers and manufacturers face increasing complexity when it comes to managing the supply chain. As complexity increases, these retailers and manufacturers often look to technology as a ...
The joint-effects of conservatism and market inefficiency on the returns-earnings relation.
(2005)
I investigate the implication of the joint effects of accounting conservatism, growth, and market inefficiency for earnings response coefficients (ERCs). Penman and Zhang (2002) earn positive future returns using a strategy ...
Aligning stakeholders' expectations: The roles of IT governance and an organizing vision.
(2007)
Key Words: IT Governance, Organizing Vision, Cognition Alignment, IT Coopertive
Inter-firn Contracts Governing Cooperative Business Relationships
(2009)
Contracts are vital components of the governance mechanism between firms organizing to conduct transactions over a longer-term time horizon. The business management literature has advocated the importance of trust to ...