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The B Corporation: Economic Thought on 'Doing Good' and the Profit Motive
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-10-1)In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, David Brooks stated, "B corporations are a way to transcend the contradictions between the ineffective parts of the social sector and myopic capitalism." Since "myopic capitalism" ... -
Backdated Stock Options: Crosscurrents from GAAP to the Capital Markets
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2007-08-1)Stock options are a major component of executive pay in America today. With this popularity comes opportunities for individuals to improperly enrich themselves through manipulation of key dates related to the stock options ... -
The Bankruptcy Option: Does the United Airlines Model Work for General Motors?
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2008-04-1)This case analyzes the actions taken (or potentially taken) by two financially distressed American corporate icons. The first company, United Airlines (UAL), awash in debt, filed for bankruptcy in 2002. . . . General ... -
Beauty as Capital
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-02-1)The aim of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding how beauty may operate as, and generate, various forms of capital. Research has repeatedly demonstrated that beauty is positively related to social and ... -
"Big Three" of the Auto Industry: Analyzing and Predicting Performance
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-09-1)We analyze the financial performance of three leading automobile manufacturers (referred to as the "Big Three"). The analysis incorporates the use of leading finance web sites with traditional and newer financial ratio ... -
Blockchain in Accounting: An Overview and AIS Research Directions
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-03-1)Blockchain and its most famous implementation, Bitcoin (Nakamoto 2008) has recently received much attention among financial companies, technologists and investors. The blockchain approach which underlies Bitcoin and other ... -
Body Mass Index and Women's Work Behavior in the United States: Much Ado About (Practically) Nothing
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2008-11-1)Most research in the area of economics and obesity attempts to identify the cause(s) of the increase in the average body mass index (BMI) in developed countries. Common themes include lower relative food prices, technological ... -
The Boundary Problem in Critical Accounting Discourse: Revisiting the 1912 Bread and Roses Textile Strike
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-08-1)The paper begins by reviewing literature that explains why movements labelled as 'socialist' have historically gained little traction in the U.S. This is followed by a consideration of institutional processes that create ... -
The Boundary Problem in Management Accounting: Moving Beyond Individual Ethics and Compliance
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2018-12-1)This paper looks at the problematic nature of intertwined boundaries as they have evolved over time. Traditional accounting literature takes firm boundaries as self-evident and is reluctant to question current institutional ... -
Building Symbiotic Sustainable Business Model :The ADCAM, Massai Commmunity and Pikolino
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2017-04-1)The case focuses on how the Pikolinos Group Inc., Multinational Corporation created a viable business collaboration with an indigenous community, Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania. The case details the pivotal role of ADCAM, ... -
Business Case for Commitment to Diversity
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2006-08-1)Does an organization's commitment to diversity--as reflected by CEO commitment, human capital, corporate communication (internal and external), and supplier diversity--result in competitive advantage and superior financial ... -
Business Wealth and Tax Policy
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-03-1)We extend capital structure model (CSM) research by presenting equations to determine the maximum firm value for all for-profit organizations (FPOs) where FPOs contain the two major ownership forms of C corps and pass-throughs. ... -
Calculated Intangible Value and Brand Recognition
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-10-1)How can a company value its various intangible assets? By definition, intangible is "a good, service, or effect that has no monetary value." One example of an intangible asset is employee knowledge. For instance, an ... -
Capital City Corporation: A Case Study in Financial Analysis and Forecasting for Shareholder Value Creation
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2006-01-1)A firm's senior management team must reach a consensus regarding key strategic decisions available to the company. A comprehensive financial analysis of the firm's past performance and future prospects is necessary to ... -
Capital Structure Decision-Making with Growth: An Instructional Class Exercise
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-10-1)This paper offers an instructional class exercise of the capital structure decision-making process. The exercise applies four gain to leverage (GL) equations including a recent GL equation that ties together the plowback-payout ... -
A Capital Structure Model
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2006-08-1)This paper develops a capital structure model (CSM) that offers perpetuity gain to leverage (GL) equations for debt-to-equity and equity-for debt exchanges. The perpetuity CSM equations presented in this paper have two ... -
A Capital Structure Model (CSM) with Tax Rate Changes
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-08-1)Perpetuity gain to leverage (GL) research originates in Modigliani and Miller (1963) and was extended by Miller (1977) to incorporate personal taxes. This research analyzes GL when issuing debt to retire unlevered equity. ... -
A Capital Structure Model (CSM) with Wealth Transfers
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-09-1)Perpetuity gain to leverage (GL) research originating in Modigliani and Miller (1963) and Miller (1977) analyzes the change in value from issuing debt to retire unleveraged equity. Hull (2007, 2010) extends this research ... -
Capital Structure Model (CSM): Correction, Constraints, and Applications
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2017-12-1)We extend the Capital Structure Model (CSM) research by performing the following tasks. First, we offer a correction on the corporate tax rate adjustment found in the break-through concept of the levered equity growth rate ... -
A Capital Structure Model with Growth
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-02-1)This paper broadens perpetuity gain to level (GL) research by analyzing the role of growth within the capital structure model (CSM) formalized by Hull (2007). We contrast the cost of using internal equity versus external ...