RSS 1.0Electronic Dissertations and Theses - Business
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This collection contains theses and dissertations by students in the School of Business at Washington State University.
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DECISION SUPPORT FOR SUPPLIER SELECTION AND HOTEL REVENUE MANAGEMENT
(2019)This dissertation focuses on the general theme of decision support for the area of hotel revenue management (RM), as well as supply chain management. In the first essay, I explore two research questions: How should the ... -
The effect of CEO's general ability on company performance: Evidence from the takeover market and earnings management
(2019)I show that Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) that have accumulated general managerial skills through lifetime work experience demonstrate enhanced performance in the takeover market, as measured by market reactions to the ... -
THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA DISCLOSURE ON INVESTORS AND EMPLOYEES
(2019)The increased presence of companies and their top executives on social media has influences on a wide variety of stakeholders. My dissertation examines the effect of social media disclosure on investors’ decision-making ... -
ESSAYS ON SINGLE-STOCK FUTURES TRADING: THE EFFECTS ON STOCK AND OPTIONS MARKETS DURING THE 2008 SHORT SELLING BAN
(2019)This dissertation consists of two essays that study the effects of single-stock futures (SSFs) trading on financial markets during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. In September 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission ... -
INVESTIGATING U.S. HOSPITALS’ USE OF COMMUNITY HIE NETWORKS: EFFICIENCY- AND LEGITIMACY- ORIENTED PERSPECTIVES
(2019)Community Health Information Exchanges (HIE) have seen an increase in adoption just in the past five years, despite considerable state and federal funding since 2004. Prior research has shown, however, that merely adopting ... -
Essays on national culture and risk-taking behaviors in the insurance industry
(2019)This dissertation consists of two essays that study the effects of national culture on corporate risk-taking behaviors in the insurance industry. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in using national ... -
Dissecting the Relation between Insider and Institutional Trading
(2017)This dissertation consists of two essays. In the first essay, we examined the relation between insider trades and institution demand. The literature documents a strong inverse relation between insider trading and institutional ... -
MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR ON RISK TAKING AND RESERVE MANAGEMENT FOR INSURANCE COMPANIES
(2017)This dissertation consists of two essays on managerial behavior on risk taking and reserve management for insurance companies. In the first essay, we investigate the impact of CEOs who hold firm-specific risk on insurer’s ... -
Product Recalls Conceptualized as Social Dilemmas
(2016)This dissertation explores the product recall decision. I first posit that the product recall decision can be viewed as a social dilemma where short-term individual interests and long-term collective interests are at odds. ... -
NET SHARE ISSUANCE, INSTITUTIONAL TRADING, AND STOCK MARKET RETURNS
(2016)This dissertation contains two essays that study net share issuance, institutional trading and stock market returns. The first essay examines whether short-term institutions and short sellers exploit the net share issuance ... -
Exploring the role of team member personalities on Six Sigma project success, and modelling the analytic hierarchy process
(2016)This dissertation has two major components. First, it focuses on how the personalities of Six Sigma team members affect Six Sigma project success. Second it focuses on building a new way to simulate decision matrices from ... -
ESSAYS ON THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, COST OF EQUITY, CORPORATE OPACITY AND DEFAULT RISK
(2016)This dissertation contains three essays. The first essay examines the effects of the audit committee and insurer characteristics on the cost of equity in publicly traded property-liability insurance companies. We find that ... -
Advances in the Economic Modeling of Agriculture and Natural Resources
(2015)In the first chapter, I introduce a modification of the Fourier Flexible form. In terms of limiting function specification error, this form is preferable to functional forms based on second-order Taylor series expansions, ... -
Essays on International Agricultural Development
(2015)This dissertation comprises studies on three research topics related to international agricultural development. The first paper examines trades costs associated with Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) across a wide range of ... -
EXPLORING THE BUSINESS VALUE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY EXAMINING USERS' INFORMATION SHARING BEHAVIORS, EVALUATION OF BENEFITS, AND USAGE CONTINUANCE DECISION MAKING
(2015)Social media refers to a group of Internet-based applications that facilitate the creation and exchange of user-generated content. Social media platforms enable users to create, share, and exchange knowledge, and create ... -
Cultural and Institutional Context, Entrepreneurship, and International Venturing
(2015)This dissertation examines cultural and institutional context on entrepreneurial activities and international venturing through three essays. The first essay investigated the role of individualism-collectivism as a continuum ... -
Quantity Discounts, Capacity Decisions, and Channel Structure Choices in Supply Chains
(2015)This dissertation takes a two-pronged approach into exploring best practices to optimize supply chains through procurement and distribution. Specifically, I develop three models to help managers make better business decisions ... -
Rebranding: Two Essays
(2015)This dissertation extends the limited extant research on rebranding. Despite the high costs and influential marketplace implications associated with rebranding, brand research has largely ignored this brand strategy and ... -
NAVIGATING THE ELUSIVE INDUSTRY: A GROUNDED INVESTIGATION INTO HOTEL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN A DEVELOPING PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRY
(2015)In that most industries with the potential to advance increased economic self-reliance in developing Pacific Island countries (PICs) have proven ineffectual over time, tourism has emerged as one of the only economic ... -
Environmental Policy, Greenhouse Gas Polluting Inputs, and Lifecycle Analysis
(2015)This dissertation consists of three studies that investigate impact of environmental taxes on firms' technology and entry behaviors, substitution between greenhouse gas (GHG) polluting and nonpolluting inputs in agricultural ...