Browsing 2014 MU dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Business administration (MU)"
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Bridging the cultural divide : the role of foreign directors in cross-border mergers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)This study examines the influence of foreign directors on the advising role of corporate boards. I use cross-border mergers as a test of the ability of foreign directors to provide effective strategic advising. Social ... -
Coping with work-family conflict: an examination of work-family help-seeking behavior in both organizational and relational contexts
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Four essays in empirical corporate finance and financial markets : social captial, corporate risk-taking, external financing, and financial market development
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Two essays in analyzing delegated portfolio management relationships through relative portfolio measures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)In my first essay, I demonstrate how the Cremers and Petajisto (2009) Active Share measure can be re-parameterized into the standard portfolio parameters we typically see in other portfolio management studies, namely betas ...