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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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PREDICTING GOODWILL IMPAIRMENT WITH FINANCIAL DATA AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS, Paul Bumchan Ahn

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PROJECT MANAGER RISK RESPONSE VIA THE SCHEDULE DURATION MECHANISM IN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, James S. Bryant

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INCENTIVES, PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND HEALTHCARE SUPPLY CHAIN WASTE, Sharon Ann Franzetta

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CUEING INTO THE CULTURE: AWE'S IMPACT ON BLACK WOMEN'S SUNSCREEN RITUALS & CONSUMER-TO-CONSUMER ADVOCACY, Courtney Janell Hixon

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THE PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY IN SOLAR POWER GENERATION, Leni John

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“SWAP WHAT NO LONGER SERVES”: AN EXPLORATION OF ZERO WASTE FASHION COMMUNITIES ONLINE AND IRL, Rosemary Leger

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HEURISTICS, BIASES, AND PREFERENCES OF AI: TIME AND RISK PREFERENCES AMONG GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS, Wangsuk Suh

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH DISCLOSURES, EMPLOYEE SENTIMENTS AND TURNOVER INTENTION IN THE WORKPLACE, Steve G. Winkel

Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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THE VALUE AND COST OF POLITICAL CONNECTIONS FOR FIRMS IN SAUDI ARABIA, Abdulmajeed Alqarni

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THE APPLICABILITY OF HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION SHARING AGREEMENT CONTRACT TERMS TO OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS, Helen Croskell

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VALUATION’S ROLE IN THE INVESTMENT DECISIONS PROCESS A MIXED METHOD STUDY, Joseph D. Foresi

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THE EFFECTS OF RETIREMENT EDUCATION, PRIMING AND PRESENTATION ORDER ON WEALTH MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES, Robert J. Glew

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MANAGING & DISCLOSING TECHNICAL DEBT IN FIRMS: A CASE OF THE P&C INDUSTRY, Peter Ijomah

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THE ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF AUDIT DATA ANALYTIC TOOLS IN SMALL AND MID-SIZED ACCOUNTING FIRMS, Bonnie Kennedy

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THE IMPACT OF MULTI-TIER SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY AND NETWORK CENTRALITY ON BUYING FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE, Li Liu

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FROM WOKE-WASHING TO AUTHENTIC BRAND ACTIVISM: ESSAYS ON ITS IMPACT ON CONSUMER IDENTITY, BRAND MORALITY AND BRAND RESPONSES, Priscilla Yamilet Peña

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AIRLINE SUPPLY CHAINS: A SUPPLY CHAIN FLOW APPROACH, Gervais Tchoutan Ngoudjou

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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RECONCEPTUALIZING SUPPLY CHAIN FLOWS, Muhammad Hasan Ashraf

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HOW DOES THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH? A CASE STUDY IN EAST GREENWICH, RHODE ISLAND, Steven Anthony Campo

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COMMUNITY BANK STRESS TESTING: WHY BANKS STRESS TEST AND THE IMPACT OF STRESS TESTING ON BANK CAPITAL AND PROFITABILITY, Kristin Carvalho

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DID GASB 67 AND 68 IMPACT PUBLIC PENSION RISK TAKING?, Michael B. Forte Jr.

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THE EFFECTS OF NUDGES IN ACQUIRING NEW CLIENTS IN A WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIRM, Howard J. Holmes

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FUN IN MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CHANGE, Tracy Amanda Khan

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HOW DOES PRACTICING MINDFULNESS RELATE TO CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO ATTEND EVENTS POST-PANDEMIC?, Gillian N. Palmer

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PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PRODUCT PERFORMANCE IN THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY, Michael Toomey

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: PERFORMANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, Leo Hong

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THREE ESSAYS IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS: CRISIS, CONTAGION, AND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, Christopher Michael Starkey

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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ESSAYS ON EMPIRICAL ASSET PRICING IN SAUDI ARABIA, Saad Alshammari

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THE LOUD IMPACT OF A QUIET EGO: HOW POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY INCREASES SALESPERSON PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING, Jonathan Ross Gilbert

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CARROT OR STICK: NUDGING CONSUMERS TOWARDS HEALTHIER CHOICES THROUGH CUSTOMIZED PRICE INCENTIVES, Xintong Guan

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ESSAYS ON FINANCIAL ANALYSTS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, AND CAPITAL MARKETS, Tianqi Jiang

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CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT WITH BRANDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: THE MODERATING ROLES OF SELF-QUANTIFICATION AND AWE, Petru Dorin Micu

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A MARKETER’S SYMPHONY: ESSAYS ON THE POWER OF MUSICAL STRUCTURE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON CONSUMERS WITH FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH IN AUDIO SENSORY MARKETING, Shawn P. Scott

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BLATANT BENEVOLENCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ATTAINMENT ON SOCIAL NETWORK SITES – A MULTI-METHOD APPROACH, Jiayuan Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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SUPPLY CHAIN AND SERVICE OPERATIONS DIGITIZATION: AN INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, Mehrnaz Khalaj Hedayati

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THE NEW AND THE OLD FOR ENGAGEMENT IN BUSINESS LEARNING: GAMIFIED COURSE DESIGN AND OP-ED WRITING PROJECT, Hee Yoon Kwon

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RIGHT-SHORING: OFFSHORING TO RESHORING FOR A SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING LOCATION DECISION IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY, Gawon Yun

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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ALEXA OR ALEX? GENDERED TECHNOLOGY’S INFLUENCE ON CONSUMER JUDGMENTS, Jiyoon An

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CHANGING CONSUMER EXPERIENCES AND BEHAVIORS & THE ROLE OF THE MARKETER WITHIN MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS, Jennifer Bonoff

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PRODUCT EVALUATIONS AS A FACTOR OF UNKNOWN ATTRIBUTE POSITIONING, BRAND TRUST, NEED FOR COGNITION AND MESSAGE DIAGNOSTICITY, Ahmet Hattat

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Essays on Corporate Disclosure, Governance, and Capital Markets, Zhao Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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ESSAYS ON PARTICIPATORY PRICING, BRANDING, AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR, James Blair

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THE VISUAL THESIS: THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION PRESENTATION FORMAT AND SCREEN SIZE ON CONSUMER DECISION OUTCOMES, Sereikhuoch Eng

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Three Essays on Corporate Asset Growth, Bond Pricing, and Implicit Government Guarantees, Yifei Li

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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The Blame Game: The Effect of Recommendation Context on Product Outcome Attributions, Stephanie L. Jacobsen

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Producers' Perspectives on What Makes (and Keeps) Brands Cool, Geraldo Matos

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Three Essays on Corporate Bonds Yield Spreads, Credit Ratings and Liquidity, Elmira Shekari Namin

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Supply Chain Ambidexterity (SCX), Mehmet G. Yalcin

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Three Essays on Mobile Application Developers’ Product Offering Strategies, Degan Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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The Antecedents and Consequences of Consumption-Related Posting Behavior on Social Media, Jingyi Duan

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Price Reframing: Role of Price Familiarity in Consumer Choice, Miri Chung

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BOND COVENANTS, BOND ISSUE SIZE, AND CREDIT DEFAULT SPERED PREMIUMS, Jiang Du

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Virtuality, Virtual Consumption, and the China Market, Man Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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INSTITUTIONAL TRADING OF SHARES OF DISTRESSED FIRMS AND ACQUISITION OF DISTRESSED FIRMS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INDEPENDENT REORGANIZATION, Elana Precourt

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ESSAYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BRANDING, Gema Vinuales

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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PRODUCT MARKET THREAT AND STOCK PRICE INFORMATIVENESS, Boubker Drissi

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Yours, mine & ours: The use of social networks in co-creation, Adriana M. Boveda

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The social capital of decision-making groups, John J. Schibler

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Three essays on institutional investors' holding and trading activities, Zhenzhen Sun

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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To obtain or to provide? Antecedents of knowledge intentions in virtual knowledge communities: Self-efficacy, individual motivations, and social capital, Kyung Woo Kang

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Three essays on corporate pension underfunding, securities valuation and market efficiency, Ting Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Consumer ubiquity or anytime anywhere consumption: Scale development and validation, Syagnik Banerjee

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Three essays on success factors for information systems, Roger Holland Blake

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Monetizing mobile factors involved in development of mobile commerce: Korea, China, Japan, Mark Michael Lennon

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Involuntary switching behavior in restricted decision environments: Consumer responses to stockouts, Timucin Ozcan

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Data mining in the health care industry, Illya Mowerman

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Increasing the adoption of environmentally friendly products: Who are the non-adopters, and what will get them to buy green, Jason D. Oliver

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Personal energy management styles and their influence on work performance, Catherine L. Pastille

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Information processing in consumer relationships: The effect of emotional commitment, Christy Ashley

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An information criterion for use in predictive data mining, Eric Kyper

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Understanding customer relationship management from managers' and customers' perspective: Exploring the implications of CRM fit, market orientation, and market knowledge competence, Jounghae Bang

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Three essays on stock selection ability and agency problem of mutual funds, Xuanjuan Chen

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The development and validation of a fuzzy logic method for time-series extrapolation, Jeffrey Stewart Plouffe

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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A multi-level approach to individual readiness to adopt entreprise resource planning software, David Edouard Desplaces

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The birth of bizdames: A rupture in the conversation, engaging the body in decision-making, Kathleen Mallon

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The effects of the risk arbitrage process on the trading in securities involved in takeovers, Keith M. Moore

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Individual, organizational, and contextual determinants of realized strategy in not-for-profit organizations, Henry T. Ulrich

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Globalization of innovations: A multilevel-multimethod framework to explain diffusion and adoption of the Internet, Nir B. Kshetri

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Managed profiles: The value of personal information in commercial exchange, Patricia A. Norberg

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Self-organization, hierarchy, and task structure in workgroups: An empirical study of complexity theory, Matthew G. Paldy

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SPC for quality and risk: Monitoring processes with cross-sectional and serial interdependence, and higher moments, Xia Pan

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Essays on United States-based global government bond funds, Sirapat Polwitoon

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Factors influencing the adoption of electronic business in the purchasing activities within a business organization using an extended technology acceptance model, Kenneth J. Sousa

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Attribute-level interactivity, satisfaction, and loyalty in the online environment, Miao Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Why all clicks are not created equal: Consumer information search in the Web-based marketspace, Kuan-Pin Chiang

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The short-run and long-run performance of Singapore initial public offerings, Chih-Jou Hsieh

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Non-normality of asset returns in the assessment of risk-adjusted performance: Three empirical tests of the Leland alternative asset pricing model, Sean Frederick Reid

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An empirical investigation of the critical linkages among best practice factors and their impact on business results, Ismail Sila

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Information content of open-market stock repurchase and dividend policy, Zhiyi Song

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Death and identity: Consumer behavior in Asante death rituals, Samuel Kwaku Bonsu

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The electronic fishbowl as a community of inquiry: Management passion in the XXIst century, Matthew Eriksen

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Essay on foreign and domestic investors, Mamduh M. Hanafi

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Efficiency Issues in the Financial Services Industry Worldwide, Shih-Ching Jeng

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Embedded impediments to joint venture success: A new institutional theory perspective on negotiating with Russian principals, Valentin H. Pashtenko

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The effects of the intensity of conflict and commitment on marketing channel partnership survival, Elizabeth F. Purinton

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The speed of money: Investment as consumption in age of computer-mediated communication, Detlev Zwick

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Three papers that evaluate stock portfolio rebalancing and delisting influences on empirical asset pricing tests, Wentworth Boynton

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The effects of ISO 9000 registration efforts on Total Quality Management practices and business performance, S. Bruce Han

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The new global worker in organizations: Implications for international management, Peruvemba S. Jaya

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On agency costs and firms' decisions, Gary Kayakachoian