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Immunization, stochastic process risk, and optimal objective functions: Reexamination of the duration vector model with Monte Carlo sampling.
(1998)
In Part One of this dissertation, the Chambers, Carleton, and McEnally (CCM) model is reexamined by two separate empirical designs. In the first, the CCM quarterly data test is replicated with a larger sample and with the ...
Measurement alternatives for earnings, total assets, and total liabilities: The value-relevance of adjusting financial statement summary measures by a comprehensive financial reporting analysis.
(1997)
A secondary research question of interest to this thesis is that of differential valuation by investors between recognized versus alternatively disclosed financial data. These results offer inconsistent evidence on this ...
An Analysis of economic determinants and the related effects on the price elasticity of enrollment demand in four year public institutions of higher education in North Carolina /
(1998)
In the current research, logarithm transformations were utilized for several measures since they produce constant elasticities for the related factors. There are alternative methodologies that can be utilized. Some of these ...
An investigation of latitude models of service-encounter evaluation.
(1997)
Recently, Zeithaml, Berry, and Parasuraman (1993) (ZBP) have proposed a "zone of tolerance" model of perceived service quality. Its fundamental propositions are that (1) the standard of comparison is a zone which is bounded ...
The effects of functional fixation on relative performance evaluations.
(1997)
The direction of a change in performance measure outcomes (increase versus decrease) and ambiguity (high versus low) were manipulated in a 2 X 2 between-participants experiment. Participants were business students in ...
Internal marketing relationships in entrepreneurial direct selling organizations.
(1997)
The model is tested in an entrepreneurial direct selling organization. Support is found for all of the quality of relationship paths in the model. Surprisingly, the traditional sales management relationship links were not ...
An analysis of trading in options on Eurodollar futures: Trade types, risks, and profits.
(1999)
Turning to profit distributions, I find most are not normal. Specifically, puts and calls are leptokurtotic, while straddle distributions are mesokurtotic. I find bullish trades have significantly positive profits and ...
Information technology use and employee empowerment: An historical event analysis approach to testing a theoretical model.
(1998)
This dissertation addresses the following research questions: (1) How does increased interaction with computerized information technology affect user empowerment; (2) How can historical data be used to test theoretical ...
The formation of collective efficacy and its relationship to self-efficacy, goals, effort and group performance: A longitudinal perspective.
(1997)
Subjects were students from five undergraduate Principles of Management classes. They were assigned to groups early in the semester and these groups remained intact for the entire semester. Performance, efficacy, goal ...
Stakeholder and industry effects on the level of segment reporting.
(1997)
Current segment reporting requirements allow management a large degree of latitude in determining the segments reported. This flexibility may allow firms to underreport the results of operations.