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Title: EXTENDING THE EFFECT OF PRIOR ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPOSURE ON ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSISTENCE: AN INTENTION BASED MODEL.
Creator: Washington, Rozita B., Neubaum, Donald O., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management Programs, College of Business
Abstract/Description: This research investigates the impact of prior entrepreneurial exposure on an entrepreneur’s intention to persist. The objective of this study was to employ the Theory of Planned Behavior based logic to investigate its mediating effect of prior entrepreneurial exposure on entrepreneurial persistence intention among entrepreneurs, and whether their perception of the quality of that exposure or experience influences entrepreneurs’ intention to persist. Specifically, this study explores five...
Show moreThis research investigates the impact of prior entrepreneurial exposure on an entrepreneur’s intention to persist. The objective of this study was to employ the Theory of Planned Behavior based logic to investigate its mediating effect of prior entrepreneurial exposure on entrepreneurial persistence intention among entrepreneurs, and whether their perception of the quality of that exposure or experience influences entrepreneurs’ intention to persist. Specifically, this study explores five exogenous influences on persistence intention. This study examines a final sample of 231 entrepreneurs from three data sources. The findings of this study indicate that subjective norms play a mediating role in the relationship between prior founding experience and persistence intention. The relationship between the perceived quality of prior entrepreneurial exposure and persistence intention behavior is also explained by subjective norms. Overall, it is not the exposure that leads to persistence intention, but the quality of the exposure that influences entrepreneur’s intention to remain in business. This study extends entrepreneurship literature on how exogenous variables impact entrepreneurial persistence intention through attitudinal factors.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014337
Subject Headings: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship--Research, Business
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Title: An Empirical Analysis of The Impact of Mandatory Membership Fee on Residential Real Estate Price.
Creator: Gifford, Trishanna, Caudill, Steven, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Economics, College of Business
Abstract/Description: This empirical study examines the impact of a homeowners association (HOA) mandatory membership fee on residential real estate prices, a topic that has not been empirically addressed in the real estate literature. A mandatory membership fee is defined as an initiation fee charged by HOAs that grants homeowners country club access. Many studies have examined the impact of the presence of homeowners associations on price but only a few studies have examined the impact of homeowners associations...
Show moreThis empirical study examines the impact of a homeowners association (HOA) mandatory membership fee on residential real estate prices, a topic that has not been empirically addressed in the real estate literature. A mandatory membership fee is defined as an initiation fee charged by HOAs that grants homeowners country club access. Many studies have examined the impact of the presence of homeowners associations on price but only a few studies have examined the impact of homeowners associations on price by estimating the impact of homeowners association fees. This research expands the HOA literature by examining the specific HOA fee characteristics of a mandatory membership fee. In this analysis, hedonic price models (HPM) are used to estimate the impact of mandatory membership fee on price by analyzing 31,704 observations of single family home sales between 2018 and 2019 in Palm Beach County, Florida using data from a local multiple listing service. Specifically, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) models using two dependent variables, sold price and natural log of sold price, with mandatory membership fee as the independent variable of interest are used to estimate the relationship between mandatory membership fee and sales price. By controlling for property, neighborhood, and market characteristics, the hypothesis I investigate states that the impact of the presence of a mandatory membership fee on sales price is negative.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014345
Subject Headings: Housing--Prices, Residential real estate, Homeowners' associations, Hedonic pricing
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Title: LIMITED PARTNER ESG STRATEGIES AND ESG APPROACHES BY PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS.
Creator: Buehler, Robert G., Cumming, Douglas, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description: This study utilized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data to analyze how institutional investors' strategies relate to the approaches of the private equity (PE) funds they invest in. Using limited partner (LP) investor and general partner (GP) PE fund data from Preqin, I created ESG scores for both LP and PE funds. Ordinary least-squares regression showed a significant, positive relationship between LP/GP ESG strategies. However, the relationship became negative and significant...
Show moreThis study utilized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data to analyze how institutional investors' strategies relate to the approaches of the private equity (PE) funds they invest in. Using limited partner (LP) investor and general partner (GP) PE fund data from Preqin, I created ESG scores for both LP and PE funds. Ordinary least-squares regression showed a significant, positive relationship between LP/GP ESG strategies. However, the relationship became negative and significant when firm-, fund-, and country-level controls were added. This misalignment between statements and action, often called greenwashing, suggests that firms are driven to ESG reporting due to external factors and do not feel accountable for investment decisions that follow strategic disclosures. Investor environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) strategies had different relationships with GP ESG approaches. Public institutional investors, fund size, and the presence of a civil law system were positive contributing factors to the LP/GP ESG relationship. Fund performance was negatively associated with the relationship. There was also a significant difference in the LP/GP ESG approach between European PE funds versus those in North America. These findings show that E, S, and G factors may be more accurately analyzed separately than as one combined cluster. The findings also show that local conditions influence ESG strategic alignment between LPs and GPs. They suggest policymakers consider unique country-level attributes and differences in fund-level characteristics when attempting to influence ESG disclosure. ESG rating services could consider including factors that measure alignment between investors’ strategic statements and their investment decisions. The results provide valuable information on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in private markets, which has yet to be broadly studied compared to the extensive CSR literature available on public companies.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014300
Subject Headings: Private equity funds, Limited partnership, Social responsibility of business
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Title: Optimizing Investments in Apparel Supply Chains: A Decision Model for Country Selection.
Creator: Kra, Jason E., Menachof, David, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Information Technology and Operations Management, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Supply chain challenges have been significantly affected by both demand and supply on a global level. The selection of manufacturing countries has become critical to firms and their boards, even more so coming out of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The present study focuses on how firms select countries and regions to de-risk future global apparel sourcing, as countries that have been dependable in the past may not be in the future based on frequent environmental jolts, legacy supply chain...
Show moreSupply chain challenges have been significantly affected by both demand and supply on a global level. The selection of manufacturing countries has become critical to firms and their boards, even more so coming out of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The present study focuses on how firms select countries and regions to de-risk future global apparel sourcing, as countries that have been dependable in the past may not be in the future based on frequent environmental jolts, legacy supply chain failures, shifting government policy, and extreme volatility. The result of this study is a decision model for manufacturing country selection. This research was focused on the apparel industry; however, further research may indicate that it is applicable to other industries. A group of criteria was selected, the relative significance of these criterion was determined using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The AHP methodology was applied in a case study as a decision-making tool to enable decision-makers to assess the most suitable countries for manufacturing country selection. The result of this study is a decision model for manufacturing country selection based on multiple criteria weighted by industry experts using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). In developing the model we utilize data from 61 countries representing over 95% of all the global apparel exports, with criteria utilized originating from 10 indices.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014226
Subject Headings: Supply chain management, Business logistics, Decision making, Contracting out
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Title: Is Corporate Scientific Research Still Important? A Study of Corporate Scientific Research, Future Profitability, and Cost of Capital.
Creator: HuangFu, JiangBo, Kohlbeck, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, School of Accounting, College of Business
Abstract/Description: I examine the importance of corporate scientific research. It is crucial to understand the role of corporate scientific research because such a knowledge could form an appropriate response to the current decline of corporate scientific research amidst the evolving innovation ecosystem featured with growing university research and tech companies’ research. R&D is often treated as a single construct in accounting and finance research for firm innovation. However, corporate scientific research (...
Show moreI examine the importance of corporate scientific research. It is crucial to understand the role of corporate scientific research because such a knowledge could form an appropriate response to the current decline of corporate scientific research amidst the evolving innovation ecosystem featured with growing university research and tech companies’ research. R&D is often treated as a single construct in accounting and finance research for firm innovation. However, corporate scientific research (“R”) has different implications for firm innovations, “R” creates new knowledge, and reduced investment in "R" may lead to a loss of internal research capability, disrupting the speed and quality of innovation. As such, it is necessary and meaningful to examine "R" separately from "R&D." Historically, corporate scientific research has played an important role in driving breakthrough innovations. Beginning in the 1980s, there has been a decline in corporate scientific research in favor of university research and tech companies’ research. Consequently, this raises a question: if corporate scientific research was important, is it still important? This is a fundamental question because if corporate scientific research is still important, declining or even stagnant corporate scientific research would present an issue of concern for firms and the economy.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014235
Subject Headings: Scientific research, Corporations--Research, Stocks, Research and development
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Title: PAYOUT POLICY AND STOCK PRICE VOLATILITY: INVESTIGATING THE EQUITY DURATION HYPOTHESIS AND THE REPURCHASES SUBSTITUTION HYPOTHESIS.
Creator: Haberstumpf, Craig, Pennathur, Anita, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description: In Essay 1, I investigate the Equity Duration Hypothesis, which adapts Macaulay’s fixed income analysis to equity securities, finding evidence that dividend payers are less volatile than nonpayers and that dividend yield is negatively associated with volatility for the all-firms sample. Within the payer sample, however, I find unexpected evidence of a positive association when yield includes all dividends but a conflicting negative association when yield includes only quarterly dividends....
Show moreIn Essay 1, I investigate the Equity Duration Hypothesis, which adapts Macaulay’s fixed income analysis to equity securities, finding evidence that dividend payers are less volatile than nonpayers and that dividend yield is negatively associated with volatility for the all-firms sample. Within the payer sample, however, I find unexpected evidence of a positive association when yield includes all dividends but a conflicting negative association when yield includes only quarterly dividends. This ambiguous evidence is corroborated by a one-year portfolio approach, as a previously strengthening negative relationship has transitioned to a strengthening positive one, with results demonstrably trending against the EDH in recent decades. I further find that high-yield stocks that have experienced negative price shocks are highly volatile and strong support for the EDH using firm-level earnings and cash flows as a proxy for dividends, allowing extension of the analysis to nonpaying firms. Unfortunately, I find abundant evidence supporting the assertions of many researchers who suggest that ED is not a unique asset pricing factor, but rather represents a composite of a firm’s characteristics and is redundant with other factors known to be associated with volatility.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014292
Subject Headings: Dividends, Stocks--Prices, Bonds
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Title: DOES EMERGING GROWTH COMPANY INVESTOR SKEPTICISM DISSIPATE BEFORE THE FIRST REPORTED INDEPENDENT INTERNAL CONTROL AUDIT RESULTS? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION.
Creator: Burke, Lawrence S., Kohlbeck, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, School of Accounting, College of Business
Abstract/Description: This study examines whether emerging growth company (EGC) investors respond to the annual required internal control disclosures over financial reporting (ICFR). I develop three hypotheses to test across the EGC lifecycle. Specifically, I investigate whether the first year ICFR disclosure, the remediation of a previously reported material weakness ICFR disclosure and the EGC exit are associated with the firm’s cumulative abnormal return over a three-day event window. Prior literature has...
Show moreThis study examines whether emerging growth company (EGC) investors respond to the annual required internal control disclosures over financial reporting (ICFR). I develop three hypotheses to test across the EGC lifecycle. Specifically, I investigate whether the first year ICFR disclosure, the remediation of a previously reported material weakness ICFR disclosure and the EGC exit are associated with the firm’s cumulative abnormal return over a three-day event window. Prior literature has observed that ICFR disclosures by management and the ICFR audit opinion can be shown to be informative to investors. However, I am not aware of any study investigating whether the EGC investors respond to this type of information. I find that the reported ICFR disclosures are not associated with cumulative abnormal returns during their initial ICFR report disclosure or upon exit as informative but do respond to the reporting of material weakness remediation.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014246
Subject Headings: Financial statements, Accounting
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Title: THE INFLUENCE OF IDEOLOGY ON CORPORATE SOCIOPOLITICAL ACTIVISM: A STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE.
Creator: Rowley, John R., Neubaum, Donald, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management Programs, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Despite the historical norm that businesses should refrain from making public political statements for fear of losing customers, recent history has shown an increase in firms wading into controversial sociopolitical topics. As politics become increasingly pervasive in everyday life, consumers, investors, employees, and the general public expect firms to engage in political topics and make their positions clear. However, the considerations and processes firms undertake in deciding whether to...
Show moreDespite the historical norm that businesses should refrain from making public political statements for fear of losing customers, recent history has shown an increase in firms wading into controversial sociopolitical topics. As politics become increasingly pervasive in everyday life, consumers, investors, employees, and the general public expect firms to engage in political topics and make their positions clear. However, the considerations and processes firms undertake in deciding whether to take political stands are largely unstudied. This study examines the role of firm executives’ ideologies on their propensity to engage in corporate sociopolitical activism (CSA). Further, I examine how the ideologies of organizational, social, and capital market stakeholders also influence the decision to engage in CSA as executives weigh the desires and expectations of key stakeholders. Using stakeholder theory, I argue that CEOs and top management teams (TMTs) are responsive to the ideological leanings of multiple stakeholder groups, while also considering their own political opinions. Studying a random sample of 139 public firms, I find that CEO and TMT ideologies, on their own, are not reliable predictors of firm CSA. Firms are more likely to engage in CSA when the CEO’s ideology is aligned with that of employees or the region surrounding the firm headquarters. I also find that the volatility of the firm’s stock price reduces the propensity toward CSA, suggesting that the potential for adverse impacts on firm value can blunt firms’ CSA efforts. Further, I find that firm factors, such as B2B vs B2C markets, firm size, and firm reputation also predict the likelihood of CSA. The results have theoretical implications by adding to the nascent body of CSA literature, as well as managerial implications for perceptions of the business environment and political influences.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014156
Subject Headings: Business and politics, Corporations--Political activity, Political Activism, Ideology
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Title: DO FIRMS’ BANKRUPTCY ANNOUNCEMENTS ALTER PEERS’ RISK FACTOR DISCLOSURES?.
Creator: Nam, Jiwon, Kohlbeck, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, School of Accounting, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Since 2005 corporate managers must discuss their firm’s significant risk factors that may materially and unfavorably affect corporate outcomes in the Item 1A Risk Factor Disclosure (RFD) section of their 10-K filings. However, there is limited research on whether firms change the sentiment of their mandatory disclosures after a significant economic event. I use bankruptcy announcements as a unique setting in this study to assess non-announcing firms’ responses to these events as a bankruptcy...
Show moreSince 2005 corporate managers must discuss their firm’s significant risk factors that may materially and unfavorably affect corporate outcomes in the Item 1A Risk Factor Disclosure (RFD) section of their 10-K filings. However, there is limited research on whether firms change the sentiment of their mandatory disclosures after a significant economic event. I use bankruptcy announcements as a unique setting in this study to assess non-announcing firms’ responses to these events as a bankruptcy announcement generates significant concern to non-announcing industry peer firms. I explore whether industry peers change four measures of sentiment (i.e., length, negative tone, specificity, forward-looking statements) of Item 1A RFDs after a rival firm’s bankruptcy filing. Using textual analysis methodology, I find that industry peer firms have shorter, less negative, and less forward-looking RFDs after another firm’s bankruptcy announcement. These results imply that industry peers are likely to adjust their tone of mandatory filings (i.e., Item 1A RFDs) in response to a rival firm’s bankruptcy announcement. I further provide evidence that firms do not use separate subsections to disclose their firm- and industry-specific risks within their Item 1A RFDs. Lastly, the lengths of financial, litigation, other-idiosyncratic, and other-systematic topic disclosures significantly decrease for non-announcing industry peers while the length of tax relevant risk topic does not significantly change after a bankruptcy filing. This study adds to mandatory research by identifying the spillover effect of a bankruptcy announcement on Item 1A RFDs. This research also contributes to accounting literature by providing evidence that non-announcing industry peers significantly adjust the sentiment of their risk factor information. Market participants including investors, shareholders, and financial analysts can improve investment decision accuracy by analyzing the industry peers’ risk factor information.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014189
Subject Headings: Bankruptcy, Risk, Accounting, Disclosure in accounting
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Title: THE ROLE OF EXECUTIVE COGNITIVE DIVERSITY ON FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY.
Creator: Li, Tianpei, Thevenot, Maya, Florida Atlantic University, School of Accounting, College of Business
Abstract/Description: There has been a strong push for workplace diversity in the United States (U.S.) in recent years. Work teams consisting of employees with diverse backgrounds can augment firms’ competitive advantage. This view is consistent with the cognitive diversity hypothesis, which depicts multiple perspectives generated by cognitive differences among organizational members resulting in creative problem-solving. In this study, I investigate the role of cognitive diversity, measured by differences in a...
Show moreThere has been a strong push for workplace diversity in the United States (U.S.) in recent years. Work teams consisting of employees with diverse backgrounds can augment firms’ competitive advantage. This view is consistent with the cognitive diversity hypothesis, which depicts multiple perspectives generated by cognitive differences among organizational members resulting in creative problem-solving. In this study, I investigate the role of cognitive diversity, measured by differences in a set of seven cultural traits between the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), in shaping firm financial reporting quality. Relying on the upper-echelon theory that executive characteristics affect firm outcomes and the cognitive diversity hypothesis that diversity reduces groupthink, sparks innovation, increases employee retention rate, and builds a positive firm culture, I expect to find a positive relationship between cognitive diversity and financial reporting quality. In determining firm performance and outcomes, differences in executive demographic characteristics such as age, tenure, gender, and race may have an impact on how executive cognitive perceptions, values, and information sets, shape their decisions and outcomes. Therefore, I then examine the effect of executive demographic diversity on the link between executive cognitive diversity and financial reporting quality. Diversity has received a lot of attention over the last decades, but it is unclear ex ante how different types of diversity interact with each other in shaping firm outcomes. Therefore, I examine but do not hypothesize the direction of the effect of executive demographic diversity on the link between executive cognitive diversity and financial reporting quality.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014140
Subject Headings: Financial statements, Executives, Accounting
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Title: THERE IS NO “I” IN TEAM: IMPACTS OF SURGICAL TEAM DYNAMICS ON OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES.
Creator: Hasse, Christopher H., Behara, Ravi S., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Information Technology and Operations Management, College of Business
Abstract/Description: While the complexities and challenges facing healthcare continue to grow, the focus on improving surgical practices remains constant. Possessing a strong influence over patient referral patterns, public reputation/prominence, and financial performance, surgical practices command heightened attention on operational performance and clinical outcomes. Executive leadership cannot support (nor improve) a surgical practice without comprehending the importance of team dynamics in the operating room ...
Show moreWhile the complexities and challenges facing healthcare continue to grow, the focus on improving surgical practices remains constant. Possessing a strong influence over patient referral patterns, public reputation/prominence, and financial performance, surgical practices command heightened attention on operational performance and clinical outcomes. Executive leadership cannot support (nor improve) a surgical practice without comprehending the importance of team dynamics in the operating room (OR) environment. Previous literature offers mixed and incomplete results on themes of team familiarity and OR efficiency, frequently citing handoffs, late starts, and task disruptions as catalysts for negative performance. Studies routinely use historical interaction counts to measure team familiarity, which often neglect the degree of participation (engagement) across prior experiences. Similarly, counts of handoffs or individuals entering an OR do not offer an accurate assessment of team performance. Guided by historical studies, four hypotheses are presented and argue that enhancing surgical team dynamics yield favorable improvements for operational performance and clinical outcomes. Utilizing data from 9,049 neurologic surgery cases performed at two separate campuses (belonging to the same organization) over a three-year timeframe (March 2019 to November 2021), this study measures surgical team dynamics in a highly complex setting through the lens of case continuity and surgeon familiarity to assess key outputs: case scheduling errors (proxy for operational performance) and post-operative complications within 30-days of surgery (proxy for clinical outcomes).
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014137
Subject Headings: Surgery, Operating room personnel, Healthcare management
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Title: THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN CEO AND CFO GENDER DIVERSITY, AUDIT COMMITTEE GENDER DIVERSITY, AND MANAGERIAL OVERCONFIDENCE FOR AUDIT QUALITY.
Creator: Blocker, Tonya, Seavey, Scott E., Thevenot, Maya, Florida Atlantic University, School of Accounting, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Prior studies examine either CEO, CFO, or audit committee member gender as a determinant of audit quality. In contrast, this study makes the unique contribution of examining the interactive effects between a gender diverse CEO-CFO dyad and a gender diverse audit committee on audit quality. Further, prior studies examine the attribute of gender as a determinant of audit quality in isolation. I examine the effect of gender on audit quality in tandem with the potentially moderating effect of...
Show morePrior studies examine either CEO, CFO, or audit committee member gender as a determinant of audit quality. In contrast, this study makes the unique contribution of examining the interactive effects between a gender diverse CEO-CFO dyad and a gender diverse audit committee on audit quality. Further, prior studies examine the attribute of gender as a determinant of audit quality in isolation. I examine the effect of gender on audit quality in tandem with the potentially moderating effect of managerial overconfidence. In doing so, this study makes the unique contribution of examining whether the socialized construct of gender, or the cognitive bias of overconfidence, will weigh more heavily on decisions that relate to audit quality. Results supplement social role and role congruity theories which suggest female leaders are socialized to adopt a management style resulting in more transparent financial reporting and higher audit quality. Specifically, I find incrementally higher audit quality associated with a gender diverse CEO-CFO dyad and audit committee. Further, I find firms with overconfident female CFOs are associated with higher audit quality than firms with overconfident male CFOs. This implies the pressure to maintain the socialized gender role appears to constrain the female manager’s overconfident tendencies. Finally, in a subsample of overconfident CFOs, I find gender diverse audit committees temper female more than male overconfidence for effects on audit quality.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014171
Subject Headings: Auditing, Gender
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Title: THE ROBOT WILL SEE YOU NOW: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE MICROFOUNDATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE WITHIN MEDICINE.
Creator: Bagdasarian, Jennifer Ling, Goodrick, Elizabeth, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management Programs, College of Business
Abstract/Description: The presence of artificial intelligence (AI) has incrementally increased in our lives since its introduction in the 1950s and has exponentially increased in the last decade. In medicine, AI holds the promise of providing complete panoramic views of a patient’s medical history, improving medical decision making, avoiding errors such as misdiagnosis and unnecessary procedures, interpretating tests and making treatment recommendations. In this study, I examine the influence of AI on decision...
Show moreThe presence of artificial intelligence (AI) has incrementally increased in our lives since its introduction in the 1950s and has exponentially increased in the last decade. In medicine, AI holds the promise of providing complete panoramic views of a patient’s medical history, improving medical decision making, avoiding errors such as misdiagnosis and unnecessary procedures, interpretating tests and making treatment recommendations. In this study, I examine the influence of AI on decision-making behaviors and the changes to the professional institution of medicine. This paper links theories of institutional change and professions to further our understanding of the processes of change in response to emergent technology. Recognizing that the autonomy of decision making is central to the model of professional work, this study (1) shows how changes in decision-making processes are a driver of change in the institution of professions and (2) highlights how this impacts the professional role identity of health care providers which has implications for how medicine is taught and how diagnoses are made.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014125
Subject Headings: Artificial intelligence, Medicine
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Title: IGNITING COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR (CWB): THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY.
Creator: Allen, Kevin, Harari, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management Programs, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Evidence in literature suggests that factors of personality are theoretically and empirically linked to counterproductive work behavior (CWB). This paper advances that personality is related to CWB through the prediction of a relationship between personality trait neuroticism factors volatility and withdrawal and CWB factors deviance and withdrawal. Further, workplace stressors are tested as moderators for personality and CWB dimensions. Useful data were provided by 542 working participants....
Show moreEvidence in literature suggests that factors of personality are theoretically and empirically linked to counterproductive work behavior (CWB). This paper advances that personality is related to CWB through the prediction of a relationship between personality trait neuroticism factors volatility and withdrawal and CWB factors deviance and withdrawal. Further, workplace stressors are tested as moderators for personality and CWB dimensions. Useful data were provided by 542 working participants. The study affirms a personality-behavior connection between subscales of Neurotic personality, volatility, and withdrawal, with the two behavioral manifestations of counterproductive work behavior, deviance, and withdrawal. Moderating results are modest, with results indicating a moderating effect limited to only organizational constraints on the volatility-deviance relationship.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014123
Subject Headings: Organizational behavior, Personality
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Title: ESSAYS ON FINANCIAL MARKETS AND CORPORATE POLICIES.
Creator: Akter, Maimuna, Cumming, Douglas, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description: The recent increase in common ownership makes it imperative to study the impact of common ownership on corporate policies. In this two-essay study, I examine how common owners interact with firms to make decisions and how they moderate the impact of market manipulation on corporate culture. In the first essay, I examine whether firms in the same industry make similar investment and financial policies when their large institutional owners overlap. This relationship is important given the...
Show moreThe recent increase in common ownership makes it imperative to study the impact of common ownership on corporate policies. In this two-essay study, I examine how common owners interact with firms to make decisions and how they moderate the impact of market manipulation on corporate culture. In the first essay, I examine whether firms in the same industry make similar investment and financial policies when their large institutional owners overlap. This relationship is important given the tremendous rise of common institutional owners and their significance on their portfolio firms’ policies. I hypothesize that common institutional owners cause their portfolio firms in the same industry to make similar policies by creating anti-competitive incentives, reducing information asymmetry, and influencing governance.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014168
Subject Headings: Finance, Corporations—Finance, Corporate culture
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: EVALUATION OF CHARGING STATION LOCATIONS: INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FULLY ELECTRIC SEMI-TRUCKS IN THE U.S.
Creator: Ahmed, Nihat, Menachof, David, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Information Technology and Operations Management, College of Business
Abstract/Description: The world is ever-changing with technological advancement. National economies and private organizations are shifting their infrastructure to adapt to innovation and technology. We are seeing a major shift in our transportation ecosystem as well. Automotive manufacturers are launching fully electric semi-truck (EST) on the road for freight transportation. Electric trucks will have a long-term effect on many industries and the national economy in the United States. Compared to conventional...
Show moreThe world is ever-changing with technological advancement. National economies and private organizations are shifting their infrastructure to adapt to innovation and technology. We are seeing a major shift in our transportation ecosystem as well. Automotive manufacturers are launching fully electric semi-truck (EST) on the road for freight transportation. Electric trucks will have a long-term effect on many industries and the national economy in the United States. Compared to conventional automobiles, the limited range of electric vehicles is a major obstacle. To adapt electric vehicles (EVs) to our transportation system, the U.S. needs a proper charging infrastructure in our grid. Though we have been adapting the passenger EVs, the EST needs larger charging infrastructure capabilities to charge the large batteries of these trucks to complete the journey. The most important aspect is the geographical locations of these mega charging stations along U.S. highways. To analyze the optimal locations of these charging infrastructures, we use the framework from Csiszár et al. (2020), an origin-destination (O-D) data model. OD is classified as the original location of the freight to the end destination. We also use the flow-refueling location model (FRLM) from He et al. (2019). This framework showcases the optimal locations in each route in order to complete the OD pairs. We use data from the U.S. department of energy for the locations of charging stations. Furthermore, we use U.S. department of transportation highway & transportation data to procure the major O-Ds of freight transportation.
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Date Issued: 2023
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014120
Subject Headings: Electric trucks, Infrastructure, Battery charging stations (Electric vehicles)
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Title: ESSAYS ON BANK FAILURE PREDICTION.
Creator: Taylor, Jon R., Cole, Rebel, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Researching the determinants of bank failure is an important task, yet the extant literature on bank failure early warning models fail to identify which model technique, sampling methodology, or set of coefficients provides the most accurate model when predicting failure on out-of-sample data. In this two-essay study, I examine previously published studies on bank failure prediction to determine with statistical significance which among the chosen set is most accurate. I also examine the...
Show moreResearching the determinants of bank failure is an important task, yet the extant literature on bank failure early warning models fail to identify which model technique, sampling methodology, or set of coefficients provides the most accurate model when predicting failure on out-of-sample data. In this two-essay study, I examine previously published studies on bank failure prediction to determine with statistical significance which among the chosen set is most accurate. I also examine the effects of bias-adjusting models from the Machine Learning literature to determine if bias-correcting sampling algorithms improve accuracy. In the first essay, I replicate three bank failure models (Martin (1977), Cole and White (2012), and DeYoung and Torna (2013) and use them to demonstrate the importance of out-of-sample predictive accuracy using bias-adjusting metrics and the use of McNemar’s Test to show, with statistical significance, that one set of predictive variables is better than the rest. Future researchers may use this framework to demonstrate significant contributions to the field, and regulators may apply these strategies to choose between candidate early warning models. I also test whether including savings banks (in addition to commercial banks) affects out-of-sample predictive accuracy.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014046
Subject Headings: Bank failures, Banks and banking
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Title: EFFECTS OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC HUMAN CAPITAL ON NEW VENTURE PERFORMANCE: THE ROLE OF GENDER.
Creator: Sherbondy, Sara, Castrogiovanni, Gary J., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management, College of Business
Abstract/Description: This study tests a model that draws on human capital theory to explain how individual characteristics of founding entrepreneurs influence performance of their new businesses. Using data from Project GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship), this research study assesses the direct effect of gender on new venture performance and the moderating role of gender on the relationship between general and specific human capital and new venture performance.
Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014059
Subject Headings: Human capital, New Ventures (Firm), Gender
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Title: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES & DIRECTOR COMPENSATION STRUCTURE.
Creator: Dubois, Philippe, Javakhadze, David, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description: This study examines the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and director compensation arrangements. I develop two competing hypotheses— based on the optimal contracting and rent extraction frameworks—arguing that CSR could shape director reputation or bargaining power, and consequently director pay structure. I further propose that monitoring or advising needs of the company as well as diversity of the board could moderate the proposed association. Finally, I argue that...
Show moreThis study examines the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and director compensation arrangements. I develop two competing hypotheses— based on the optimal contracting and rent extraction frameworks—arguing that CSR could shape director reputation or bargaining power, and consequently director pay structure. I further propose that monitoring or advising needs of the company as well as diversity of the board could moderate the proposed association. Finally, I argue that CSR-induced director compensation changes could have implications for firm performance. I document a positive and significant effect of CSR initiatives on director compensation. I also show that the effect is stronger for boards with greater advising but not monitoring needs. Boardroom gender diversity somewhat diminishes the effect of CSR. Finally, CSR-induced director compensation has mixed implications for firm performance. Overall, my results are more consistent with the rent extraction view of director pay arrangements.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014080
Subject Headings: Corporate social responsibility, Social responsibility of business, Directors of corporations, Compensation
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Title: Are There Disparate Outcomes by Race in the Market for Reverse Mortgages?.
Creator: Tayar, George, Cole, Rebel, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
Abstract/Description: Reverse mortgages are designed to allow house-rich but cash-poor homeowners the ability to tap the equity in their homes. This unique mortgage product has several features that distinguish it from a traditional mortgage, including that no principal or interest payments are made to the lender. Using 2018 - 2020 HMDA data, I test for disparate treatment in outcomes by race, ethnicity and gender. I test for redlining disparate outcomes using the census track minority population percentage as a...
Show moreReverse mortgages are designed to allow house-rich but cash-poor homeowners the ability to tap the equity in their homes. This unique mortgage product has several features that distinguish it from a traditional mortgage, including that no principal or interest payments are made to the lender. Using 2018 - 2020 HMDA data, I test for disparate treatment in outcomes by race, ethnicity and gender. I test for redlining disparate outcomes using the census track minority population percentage as a proxy for neighborhood and test for loan pricing disparate outcomes using the interest rate charged. I test for origination disparate outcomes by comparing approval denial rates. My findings indicate (i) that lenders are more likely to reject applications from borrowers in census tracks with higher percentages of minorities, (ii) that lenders are more likely to reject applications from minority borrowers and (iii) that lenders charge higher interest rates to minority borrowers. I do not find that lenders charge higher interest rates in census tracks with higher percentages of minorities.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014038
Subject Headings: Mortgage loans, Reverse, Discrimination, Minorities
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