Browsing Washburn Faculty Research by Title
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Gamma-ray Bursts and Terrestrial Planetary Atmospheres
We describe results of modelling the effects on Earth-like planets of long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) within a few kiloparsecs. A primary effect is generation of nitrogen oxide compounds which deplete ozone. Ozone ... -
Gamma-Ray Bursts And The Earth Exploration Of Atmospheric Biological Climatic And Biogeochemical Effects
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are likely to have made a number of significant impacts on the Earth during the last billion years. The gamma radiation from a burst within a few kpc would quickly deplete much of the Earth's ... -
Gamma-Ray Bursts As A Threat To Life On Earth
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are likely to have made a number of significant impacts on the Earth during the last billion years. The gamma radiation from a burst within a few kiloparsecs would quickly deplete much of the Earth's ... -
Gap Attack: Eight Steps to Get That New Hire
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2015-08-1)Recent statements published in several quality practitioner targeted accounting publications succinctly addressed issues surrounding the talent pool of entry level managerial accountants along with industry employer ability ... -
Gender Gap in Undergraduate Business Programs
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-11-1)In the last several years there has been much scholarship in the area of the "reverse gender gap" in colleges and universities, as there have been more women than men attending and graduating from colleges and universities ... -
General Education Course-Embedded University Student Learning Outcomes
Results of the assessment of all five University Student Learning Outcomes in General Education courses (Critical & creative thinking, Communication, Global Citizenship, Ethics & Diversity, Information Literacy and Technology, ... -
Global E-Courses Presented Using Off the Shelf Hardware and Software: Experience from Teaching Courses Overseas
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-02-1)The traditional "lecture to a classroom of students" paradigm is constrained by geography and is outdated in the age of globalization. Globalization creates the need to provide access to educational resources to anyone, ... -
The Global Green New Deal and the Financial Statements
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-09-1)The Green New deal has suddenly been in public consciousness due to recently proposed legislation in the US congress. As far back as 2007 influential journalist Thomas Friedman used the phrase in his aiiicle, "The Power ... -
Globalizing Statistical Process Control and Restoring Shewhart's Methodology
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-09-1)Many of the operations management texts present statistical process control (SPC) in a similar manner. Control charts occur in three separate formats: xbar-charts and r-charts for variables, p-charts for attributes, and ... -
De Gustibus (Non) est Disputandum: From First Impression to Selection in Employment Interview
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-10-1)This paper empirically analyzes the interviewer-interviewee interaction during semi-structured employment interviews. It searches to identify the manner in which selection decisions are influenced by interviewers' first ... -
The Hand in Hand's Story of Making Microfinance Work for the Bottom of the Pyramid
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-10-1)The case is about Hand in Hand (HiH) International, a global group of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) co-founded by Percy Barnevik, a renowned Swedish business executive and Dr. Kalpana Sankar, a nuclear physicist. ... -
Has Excel Become a 'Golden Hammer': The Paradox of Data Analytics in SME Clusters
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2020-11-1)Demand for data analysis skills in the accounting profession is well documented and necessarily informs accounting curriculum and pedagogy. In this studyl, we find small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) use Excel spreadsheets ... -
Have Analyst Forecast Properties Improved After Regulations?
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-10-1)Violation of securities laws and corporate scandals led to the passage of Regulation Fair Disclosure and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and to the Global Analyst Research Settlement, in early 2000. These regulations were designed ... -
Have Post-Kelo Restrictions on Eminent Domain Influenced State Economic Development?
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-09-1)The use of eminent domain for economic development purposes has long raised the ire of free-market advocates who object to its infringement on private property rights. Advocates for strong property rights are joined in ... -
Have the Dogs of the Dow Lost Their Bite?
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-03-1)Investors are always trying to "beat the market." One theory, which purports to beat the market, is the "Dow Dog" theory. The theory states that an investor should pick a day, a birthday, some anniversary, or the end of ... -
Hedge Fund Attributes, Insider Behavior, and IPO Volatility
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2017-01-1)In this paper, we explore the influence of hedge fund attributes and insider ownership on volatility in the excess stock returns for 707 initial public offerings (IPOs) occurring from 2004-2010. Our sample period covers ... -
Hedge Fund Returns, Risk and Fees and Systematic Equity Factors
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-09-1)We investigate the extent to which hedge funds earn alpha - the component of returns that can be attributed to manager skill - in excess of a set of systematic equity factors. We find that a 4-factor performance attribution ... -
Hedge Fund Stratagems and Long-Run SEO Firm Performance
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2018-08-1)Purpose - To explore if hedge fund variables (HFVs) are associated with long-run compounded abnormal returns (CARs) for a six-year window around the offering month for firms undergoing seasoned equity offerings ... -
Hedge Fund Variables and Short-Run SEO Returns
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2017-10-1)This paper's purpose is to determine if hedge fund variables (HFVs) are related to short-run daily buy and hold abnormal returns (BHARs) for a 30-day window around announcement dates for seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). -
Hedge Funds versus SEOs: A Comparative Analysis
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2015-07-1)Recent research has claimed that hedge fund performance has been deteriorating over time. In this paper, we study this claim by comparing hedge fund returns with those of firms undergoing a positive corporate event. The ...