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REGIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND BACKER SENTIMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS
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REGIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND BACKER SENTIMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS.
Creator
Grimes, Joseph, Pennathur, Anita, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description
Local social capital, defined as the level of community interaction and social participation of a region, has been theorized to positively affect economic outcomes and discourage opportunistic behaviors in various settings. I examine whether local social capital is related to positive outcomes for entrepreneurs and their financial backers in the settings of reward crowdfunding and small business lending. In my first study, I look at how local social capital influences the creators of...
Show moreLocal social capital, defined as the level of community interaction and social participation of a region, has been theorized to positively affect economic outcomes and discourage opportunistic behaviors in various settings. I examine whether local social capital is related to positive outcomes for entrepreneurs and their financial backers in the settings of reward crowdfunding and small business lending. In my first study, I look at how local social capital influences the creators of successful reward crowdfunding campaigns. These creators, in turn, may influence the sentiment of their investors, or backers, towards their projects through missed delivery deadlines and poor communication. With comments collected from successful Kickstarter crowdfunding pages, I use textual analysis to construct a measure of the sentiment of project backers following the fundraising deadline.
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Date Issued
2024
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014385
Subject Headings
Crowd funding, Social capital (Sociology), Entrepreneurship
Format
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THE IMPACT OF CEO PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ON CORPORATE POLICIES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE
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THE IMPACT OF CEO PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ON CORPORATE POLICIES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE.
Creator
Faulkner, Matthew, Garcia-Feijoo, Luis, Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, Department of Finance
Abstract/Description
Increasing evidence suggests the personal traits of chief executive officers (CEOs) can influence corporate policies. We examine how one dimension, past professional experiences, can affect corporate payout policy. Exploiting exogenous CEO turnovers and future employment, we hypothesize that CEOs experiencing a distress event in their past career alter the corporate payout policy at their subsequent firm of employment. We discover that CEOs having experienced prior professional career...
Show moreIncreasing evidence suggests the personal traits of chief executive officers (CEOs) can influence corporate policies. We examine how one dimension, past professional experiences, can affect corporate payout policy. Exploiting exogenous CEO turnovers and future employment, we hypothesize that CEOs experiencing a distress event in their past career alter the corporate payout policy at their subsequent firm of employment. We discover that CEOs having experienced prior professional career distress are less likely to pay dividends and use repurchases and pay out lower levels for each type of payout. Additionally, when CEOs with distress do have a payout policy greater than zero dollars, there exists a preference toward the use of repurchases in the payout policy, adding to the literature of substitution and differences between the two forms of payout. We find that dividend smoothing is reduced by CEOs that have past professional distress.
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Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013305
Subject Headings
Chief executive officers, Social capital (Sociology), Experience, Dividends, Payouts
Format
Document (PDF)
CEO SOCIAL CAPITAL AND STOCK PRICE INFORMATIVENESS: US AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
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CEO SOCIAL CAPITAL AND STOCK PRICE INFORMATIVENESS: US AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES.
Creator
Malinin, Artem, Garcia-Feijoo, Luis, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description
In Essay 1, I investigate the association between CEOs’ social capital and stock price informativeness in a sample of US firms. After accounting for the fact that larger networks attract more analysts following, I find that firms with larger CEO social capital exhibit higher private information incorporation and hence more informative stock prices. Results are consistent for five different proxies for stock price informativeness. Furthermore, the positive association between social capital...
Show moreIn Essay 1, I investigate the association between CEOs’ social capital and stock price informativeness in a sample of US firms. After accounting for the fact that larger networks attract more analysts following, I find that firms with larger CEO social capital exhibit higher private information incorporation and hence more informative stock prices. Results are consistent for five different proxies for stock price informativeness. Furthermore, the positive association between social capital and informativeness is driven by more diverse networks, as measured by gender, nationality, education, or professional diversity. Overall, results suggest that private information existing in networks may result in markets that are more informationally efficient. In Essay 2, I show that CEOs’ social capital has a positive impact on stock price informativeness in an international sample. Different robustness and endogeneity tests confirm those results. Moreover, I find that factors present at the country level can mitigate or reinforce social capital’s impact on informativeness. I consider characteristics not observable within one country that can influence such relation around the world including legal, cultural, and developmental. I uncover that for more developed countries and those with a higher quality of institutions a positive impact of social connectedness is more pronounced. In addition, I show the importance of CEOs’ connections characteristics for their impact on stock price informativeness. I find that if CEOs’ connections come from developed countries or countries that have better formal and informal institutions which affect information transparency, CEOs’ social capital becomes more important for informativeness.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013973
Subject Headings
Chief executive officers, Social capital (Sociology), Stocks--Prices
Format
Document (PDF)
The Effects of Social Structure on Individual Actions: a Social Cognition and Social Structure Approach
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The Effects of Social Structure on Individual Actions: a Social Cognition and Social Structure Approach.
Creator
Knoche, Harry "Trip", Castrogiovanni, Gary J., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
This study examines the effects of epistemic motives and individual social structure (strength of social ties) on individual actions. lt has been suggested that the informal structure of relations that develops within firms affects the actions of individuals e effects of both epistemic motives and social structure are considered. The findings of this study suggest that information about the epistemic motives of employees can provide insight into the fonnation of the individual social...
Show moreThis study examines the effects of epistemic motives and individual social structure (strength of social ties) on individual actions. lt has been suggested that the informal structure of relations that develops within firms affects the actions of individuals e effects of both epistemic motives and social structure are considered. The findings of this study suggest that information about the epistemic motives of employees can provide insight into the fonnation of the individual social structures and the intrinsic desire of employees to take interdependent or independent actions. The effects of epistemic motives and individual social structure on individual actions, the organizing process and the formulation and implementation of strategies are discussed.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000309
Subject Headings
Motivation (Psychology)--Social aspects, Social networks--Psychological aspects, Social capital (Sociology), Managerial economics, Economics--Moral and ethical aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
A Network of Ideas: Brokerage and Success Among Visual Artists in South Florida
Title
A Network of Ideas: Brokerage and Success Among Visual Artists in South Florida.
Creator
Hoyos, Patricia, Brown, Clifford T., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description
This study looks at artists’ careers as paths defined by their relative position in a dynamic professional network where innovation and creativity are highly regarded. Today, the theoretical and empirical study of networks has demonstrated that in some professions the individuals’ position in the network can facilitate or constrain their success. In studies about diffusion of information, for instance, some authors have found that individuals connected to a greater variety of sources are more...
Show moreThis study looks at artists’ careers as paths defined by their relative position in a dynamic professional network where innovation and creativity are highly regarded. Today, the theoretical and empirical study of networks has demonstrated that in some professions the individuals’ position in the network can facilitate or constrain their success. In studies about diffusion of information, for instance, some authors have found that individuals connected to a greater variety of sources are more creative and perform better. I explored this idea by looking at a network of visual artists and art institutions in Miami, and found a positive correlation between position and success, though, not explained by variety exclusively. In the network, artistic success is a function of connecting both across artistic categories and a hierarchical system; therefore, in an art world, creativity and innovation are mediated by key members, who distribute information and resources through affiliation, prominence and brokerage.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004605, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004605
Subject Headings
Art and society., Arts and society., Popular culture., Arts--Psychological aspects., Social capital (Sociology), Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Art patronage--United States--Florida.
Format
Document (PDF)
More social capital please!
Title
More social capital please!: a study of a Brazilian immigrant community.
Creator
Esteves, Jessica., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
Researchers who study Brazilian immigrants in the United States have noted a lack of camaraderie and social networks among Brazilians. Based on recent research conducted in Broward County, Florida, Manuel Vâasquez argues that while there are clear structural impediments to community formation among Brazilian immigrants, Brazilians do form social networks. This thesis examines the survey and ethnographic data from Vâasquez's sample to test a series of hypotheses about which factors impact...
Show moreResearchers who study Brazilian immigrants in the United States have noted a lack of camaraderie and social networks among Brazilians. Based on recent research conducted in Broward County, Florida, Manuel Vâasquez argues that while there are clear structural impediments to community formation among Brazilian immigrants, Brazilians do form social networks. This thesis examines the survey and ethnographic data from Vâasquez's sample to test a series of hypotheses about which factors impact levels of social capital and the potential for network creation and mobilization among Brazilian immigrants. Analysis of the data suggests that religious participation and levels of perceived discrimination are correlated with higher levels of social capital in this sample. For a group of immigrants characterized by a lack of collective solidarity and facing an increasingly hostile economic and social climate, religious organizations may be essential locales for achieving sufficient social capital for social, economic, and political integration.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335017
Subject Headings
Social capital (Sociology), Infrastructure (Economics), Social networks, Brazilian Americans, Social conditions, Brazilian Americans, Cultural assimilation, Brazilian Americans, Ethnic identity, Emigration and immigration
Format
Document (PDF)
Soil of misfortune: Education, poverty, and race in a rural south Florida community
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Soil of misfortune: Education, poverty, and race in a rural south Florida community.
Creator
Gonzalez, Juan Carlos., Florida Atlantic University, Kirsch, Max H.
Abstract/Description
This dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty...
Show moreThis dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty and lack of opportunity available to its residents. Belle Glade, Florida is a rural community centrally located within the Everglades Agricultural Area. Fifty years after the historic 1954 Brown vs. Board decision, which outlawed school segregation and the separate but equal claims of Plessy vs. Ferguson, little has changed in this poor rural community. This study shows that this community, rather than representing an isolated case, is reflective of many small non-metro communities of the American South. Though integration initially intended to balance the great disparity that existed between the schools for black children and schools for white children in regards to facilities, materials, and curriculum, in Belle Glade and throughout the South those same disparities still exist today. This study argues that current state education policies, modeled after the federal government's "No Child Left Behind Plan," are a veneer for a separate and unequal educational policy and practice in the state of Florida. It seeks to explore and document why this has occurred, and place this case study within the larger context of structural inequalities on the local, national and global levels. How is it that the "freest nation in the world" with the largest gross national product has yet to fulfill its most fundamental promise to this community---equal opportunity and access to quality education? Thus, this dissertation asks why regardless of the policies, plans, curricula and tests the district and state adopt, at times with the best of intentions, nothing seems to improve the conditions of these black citizens? More importantly, when these issues are addressed, who speaks, under what conditions and for whom?
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12161
Subject Headings
Social capital (Sociology)--United States, Segregation in education--Florida--Belle Glade, African Americans--Education--History--20th century, Educational change--Florida--Belle Glade, Race relations in school management--Florida, Discrimination in education--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)