Browsing 2019 Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Department "Business administration (MU)"

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  • The effects of exercise on organizational and personal outcomes : a work-home resources perspective 

    Patel, Amanda S. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    In the organizational sciences, daily exercise research has largely centered on how exercise replenishes resources depleted by work and thus facilitates recovery during off-work time. However, we know little about whether ...

  • Essays on behavioral finance 

    Obaid, Khaled (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation consists of three essays on behavioral finance. In the first essay, we proposes a new daily market-level investor sentiment index ...

  • Essays on return predictability and active management 

    Kothari, Patrik (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    In this dissertation, I consider two topics in return predictability and performance evaluation in active management. In the first essay, I propose a production based asset pricing model with labor inputs. In this model, ...

  • Three essays on mergers and acquisitions 

    Morillon, Thibaut Guillaume (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this dissertation, I investigate two segments of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) literature: serial acquirers and cross-border M&As. In the first ...

  • Two essays in real estate 

    Chacon, Ryan G. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this dissertation, I investigate two segments of the real estate literature: real estate portfolio management and analyst net asset value (NAV) ...

  • Two essays on new B2B sales incentive mechanisms for enhancing selling effectiveness and coordinating inside and outside sales forces 

    Lim, Yeji (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    Essay 1: Motivating Salespeople to Enhance Selling Effectiveness: The Role and Optimal Design of Activity-Based Incentive Plans This paper provides a rationale and model for the use and optimal design of salesplus ...

  • The value of crowdsourcing in apparel and fashion retail buying 

    Kamran-Disfani, Omid (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Apparel and fashion retail buyers are responsible for selecting and ordering products, on behalf of the retailer, to be sold to retailers' end-consumers. ...