Browsing by Author "Ockree, Kanalis"

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    • The Computer-Based CPA Exam: Ten Years in the Rear View Mirror 

      Martin, James; Ockree, Kanalis (Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-12-1)
      As we approach the 100th anniversary of the administration of the Uniform CPA exam and pass the 10 year mark following the introduction of a computerized examination format, it seems appropriate to briefly visit the exam's ...

    • Exploring Strategic Change: A Case Analysis of the ConocoPhillips Merger 

      Moellenberndt, Richard; Martin, James; Ockree, Kanalis (Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-12-1)
      Americans today face energy costs which are spiraling upward every time they fill their cars with gas. Fingers point at large oil companies as people seek the real culprit for increased prices at the pump. On the other ...

    • Income Tax Winners and Losers: The Recession in Focus 

      Martin, James; Ockree, Kanalis (Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-01-1)
      From the first predictions of a recession to the end of the recovery period, economists furrow their brows and pour over reams of recession-related statistics. Reports on employment, GDP, retail sales, inflation and more ...

    • Just-In-Time Production Systems: Financial Results of Adopting Firms 

      Ockree, Kanalis (Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-08-1)
      Despite the popular and business press coverage given JIT, only minimal empirical evidence is available that provides support for the existence of the financial benefits attributed to a JIT production system. This paper ...

    • May Company, Inc.: Examining the Outcomes of Corporate Strategic Change Applying an Expanded DuPont Model 

      Hull, Robert M.; Ockree, Kanalis (Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-12-1)
      This case employs a model for conceptualizing and analyzing the financial statement impact resulting from major corporate structural changes in the form of divestiture of an operating segment. The corporate case included ...

    • A Model for Review of Ethics Instruction 

      Sollars, David; Ockree, Kanalis; Haines, James (Washburn University. School of Business, 2008-12-1)
      "Assessment of Learning" is a key phrase well known to all quality business schools. This paper presents a detailed description of the processes undertaken by one university's school of business to assess its ethics ...

    • Paying for Undergraduate Education: Recent Trends in Tuition, Income, Institution Choice, and Debt 

      Ockree, Kanalis; Ball, Jennifer (Washburn University. School of Business, 2016-08-1)
      In 1999-00, business students borrowed substantially less to pay for their educations than non-business students. By 2011-12 this difference had disappeared. We describe changes in tuition, incomes, and choice of institution ...

    • Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act: An Analysis of External and Internal Responses 

      Martin, James; Ockree, Kanalis (Washburn University. School of Business, 2008-10-1)
      Exhaustive research has been done on the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) since its passage in July 2002. Researchers such as Rittenberg and Miller (Rittenberg, 2005) found improvements in information technology ...

    • Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Did the Stock Market Anticipate It? 

      Martin, James; Ockree, Kanalis (Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-08-1)
      With the 2002 passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), substantial new internal control disclosures are required of publicly traded companies. This paper examines the relationship between internal control and SOX and ...