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A Three Essay Dissertation on Social Movements and Social Media
(2014-05)
Users of social media are now empowered to self-organize in new ways. In particular, participants of social movements have used social media to spread their message, organize their activities, and recruit others. For ...
Essays in Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation
(2015-05)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the issues related to corporate governance and executive compensation. In Chapter 1 I employ a sample of U.S. public firms to investigate the effect of ...
ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCE ACQUISITION AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOCIAL INVESTING AND CROWDFUNDING
(2016)
Crowdfunding – an open call on an internet platform for money – is becoming an important source of financial capital for entrepreneurs. Compared to traditional sources of financial capital, the phenomenon of crowdfunding ...
THE RHETORIC OF CROWDFUNDING: A SOCIAL MOVEMENT FRAMING PERSPECTIVE
(2014-05-09)
Crowdfunding has emerged as a popular funding option for entrepreneurs who cannot or choose not to raise funds through traditional venture funding channels. Drawing from research on social movements, this dissertation ...
THE ROLE OF IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT IN A RESOURCE DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP
(2014)
Venture capitalists (VCs) perform valuable services to entrepreneurs and to the economy as a whole by accelerating innovation through the funding of high potential, nascent ventures. The operational duties of a VC are ...
CRAFTING AN EFFECTIVE STORY: A NARRATIVE THEORY APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURIAL FUNDRAISING IN CROWDFUNDING
(2017-05-12)
The stories told by organizations have long played a critical role in furthering our understanding of organizational culture, the implementation of firm strategies, and the creation of new venture legitimacy. Recently, ...