RSS 1.0Business Administration electronic theses and dissertations (MU)
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Consumer sovereignty and entrepreneurship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)In this dissertation I explore the role of the consumer in the entrepreneurship process. Whereas so far entrepreneurship theory has paid cursory attention to consumers, recent research has begun to uncover an increasing ... -
Essays on CEO compensation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The two essays of my dissertation examine issues concerning CEO compensation. First, I examine the use of relative performance evaluation (RPE), asymmetry in pay for skill/luck, and compensation benchmarking for a sample ... -
Empirically identified industry classification
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This study examines return based correlations between industry returns and firm returns to create more objective and comparable industry classifications. In my first essay I model a market with firms that invest in one or ... -
Three essays on inside debt
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation is composed of three essays examining inside debt. The first essay tests the impact of inside debt on security issuance decisions. I ... -
Friends in High Places : Two Essays on the Importance of Corporate Political Connections
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study is an examination of the relationship between political connections and the undertaking of major firm events. In our first essay, presented ... -
Insidious role of complacency in business-to-business relationships
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This research draws on resource-based theory and heuristic versus systematic processing model and examines the effects of intentional and unintentional ... -
Four essays in empirical corporate finance and financial markets : social captial, corporate risk-taking, external financing, and financial market development
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Coping with work-family conflict: an examination of work-family help-seeking behavior in both organizational and relational contexts
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Indirect bonding :
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] I propose that firms have incentives to respond to their rivals' cross-listings, thereby generating a spillover effect from the cross-listing. The ... -
Competitive learning and joint learning in international joint venture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)As is the case in most normal independent organizations, international joint ventures (IJVs) are expected to be influenced by both stabilizing and destabilizing forces. This research emphasizes that inter-partner learning ... -
Perceived progress, affect, and intensity : the role of approach-avoidance temperament and optimism in job search
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Job search is a self-regulated process during which job seekers evaluate the extent to which they are making progress toward finding a job. The purpose of this study was to better understand whether and how job seekers ... -
The interplay of legitimacy gains and technical gains in the adoption of social media
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The benefits of adopting new practices vary: some provide technical efficiency and some are institutions and bestow legitimacy to adopting firms. These distinct benefits have been treated in isolation in the literature, ... -
Social insecurity and the role of possessions: buying friends or replacing them?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation extends the literatures on coping and social anxiety by suggesting that people cope with social threats not just by directly trying ... -
Illiquidity spillover: the cross-market impact of firm level illiquidity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study is an examination of the cross-market relations of illiquidity at the firm level. In the first part of the study I explore the cross-market ... -
Do role models matter?: exploring the correlates of motivational and imitative role modeling by professionals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This study was an initial attempt at precisely conceptualizing and measuring role modeling, and exploring the correlates, direct benefits, and career outcomes of role modeling for professionals. As such these results begin ... -
Two essays on mutual fund performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)In these two essays, I examine the relation between mutual fund characteristics and fund performance. In the first essay, I test the impact of liquidity and liquidity risk on mutual fund returns. I find that equity funds ... -
Entrepreneur negotiation schema
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The purpose of this dissertation is to discover how entrepreneurs think about negotiation. Examining cognition has increased our understanding of many entrepreneurship phenomena. However, much research to date focuses on ... -
Two essays on investor overconfidence and asset prices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation contains two essays about the impact of investor overconfidence on asset prices. The first essay examines the role of investor ...