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I Just Want to Play: Women Negotiating Gender in Golf
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2003-11-1)Golf does not inherently privilege men or women (physically), yet men are much more likely to participate in golf. What are the institutional and interactional barriers to women's gold participation? What strategies do ... -
Identity Theft: A Tutorial
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-07-1)This tutorial will provide the reader with sufficient information to understand what is identity theft, how it occurs, what is the effect, and how to recover when it has occurred. In addition, information will be provided ... -
Impact of Culture on the Purchase of Life Insurance in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-10-1)In this paper, we test a number of factors as predictors for life insurance penetration rate (LIPR), but we are first and foremost interested in cultural issues. -
The Impact of Hedge Funds on Equity Offerings
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2009-12-1)Hedge funds are a small proportion of the overall investment market, but do they have a significant impact on the market? We hypothesize that hedge funds have reduced the volatility in the seasoned equity offering (SEO) ... -
Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Municipal Employment Growth
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-03-1)Increasingly, municipal leaders justify their use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) by touting its role in improving municipal employment growth. However, empirical studies on TIF have limited themselves to examining the ... -
Import Demand Elasticity and Exporter Response to Anti-Dumping Duties
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-01-1)When an anti-dumping duty is imposed on a foreign firm, it can either pay the duty or stop dumping by increasing the import price. Importing country's welfare depends on the foreign firm's decision. This paper presents a ... -
Improving Transparency of Expected Losses from Pending Litigation
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-04-1)The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 has added a new dimension to transparency in financial reporting of publicly help companies. As a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, CEO's and CFO's are required to personally ... -
Income Tax Winners and Losers: The Recession in Focus
(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 ... -
Individual and Environmental Factors Contributing to Women's Venture Success in Developing Countries: An Exploratory Analysis
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2010-02-1)Although the body of literature on women entrepreneurs is relatively small when compared to that of men, the majority of articles that have focused on women entrepreneurs and issues surrounding them have focused on women ... -
Individual Differences in Feedback Seeking: Counterintuitive Results Concerning Tolerance of Ambiguity
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-09-1)Contrary to expectations, this study found that higher tolerance of ambiguity, using Budner's (1962) Intolerance of Ambiguity measure, was associated with increased performance feedback seeking. Possible explanations are ... -
Influence of Higher-Level Contextual Factors on Work Design
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2017-03-1)This paper reviews the impact of markets, hierarchies, social interactions, and relationships on work design in organizations. To consider their individual and combined effects on work design, this review draws on relevant ... -
Influence of Tax Rates on Ownership Type : Debt Choice, Valuation, and Leverage Gain
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2018-06-1)After assigning the same before-tax cash flows and costs of borrowing, we examine the influence of tax rates on ownership type by computing valuation and leverage gain outcomes for debt choices. After determining the optimal ... -
Information Content of Dividend Resumptions
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2005-07-1)We investigate the empirical characteristics of firms resuming cash dividends to determine if dividend resumption is most like dividend initiation, a large dividend increase, or a completely unique event. Firms that resume ... -
Insider Ownership and Other Explanations for the Market Response to Seasoned Equity Offerings
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2009-12-1)Recent univariate seasoned equity offering (SEO) research investigates the valuation impact from the change in inside ownership levels that occurs when insiders use SEOs to lower their ownership levels. We extend this ... -
Insider R&D Manipulation Around IPOs
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2011-10-1)We examine 447 IPOs from 1997-2005. While our regression model builds on prior research, it uses a more inclusive dependent R&D variable, a wider range of insider variables ("net" selling, changes in ownership proportions, ... -
Intangible Resources and Growth Intent: Are Family Businesses Performing Better?
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-02-1)Drawing upon the theoretical framework of the Resource-Based View (RBV) of the firm, this study seeks to examine the relationship between two dimensions of intangible resources in family versus non -family businesses. The ... -
An International Analysis of Factors Affecting Ex-Dividend Day Stock Prices
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2007-10-1)We investigate stock price changes on the ex-dividend day in 37 countries. We hypothesize that, in addition to taxes, other market frictions should also affect ex-dividend day stock prices in world markets. Empirical results ... -
Investigating Accountants' Resistance to the Adoption of Data Analytics Technology
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2019-09-1)Some time ago, a call to action in the accounting profession was sounded: become a profession founded on data analytics or become a profession bound for the history books. Accounting firms and corporations are investing ... -
An Investigation of Highly Identified Fans and Their Marketplace Support of Official Team Sponsors
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2015-08-1)Across nine product categories, this study investigated the reported purchases of fans of a professional football team. Results indicate that highly identified fans possessing a favorable disposition toward sponsorship ... -
IPO Bubble Collusion: A Classroom Exercise
(Washburn University. School of Business, 2007-02-1)During the Internet IPO bubble at the turn of the century, underwriters and their preferred customers reaped record profits. it is alleged that collusion between these two groups of investors helped fueled these huge IPO ...