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- 1Al-Haji, Ahmad
- 1Alanis, Ramon
- 1Amerongen, Loretta Mary.
- 1Anderson, Clarence Glen.
- 1Andrews, Julian.
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- 3Consolidation and merger of corporations
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- 3Corporations. Finance.
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Fall 2014
Service rates in many real queueing systems, e.g., call centers and emergency departments, change with the system conditions. We investigate and model load-dependant service rates in this dissertation. First, we propose a general framework that explains different mechanisms that cause service...
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Spring 2017
This thesis is composed of four essays addressing problems in the domain of information systems (IS). In the first essay, we study methods for improving propagation of messages in both consumer and enterprise social networks. We present the formal definition and analysis of the problem, and use...
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Fall 2013
We propose methods to plan capacity for two types of service systems: traditional multiserver systems, where customers wait in a single queue to be served by the first available service provider, in a single processing step (e.g., bank tellers); and case manager systems, where customers wait in a...
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Fall 2018
Consumers want to enjoy hedonic experiences— positive experiences that are non-repetitive and extend over a substantial period of time. Enhancing consumers’ enjoyment of a consumption experience significantly impacts their overall happiness, positive word-of-mouth, and purchase intention (e.g.,...
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Fall 2022
In the first essay, I explore whether excess demand in commodity futures markets affects the spot price of oil. I use a sign restricted vector autoregressive oil market model that explicitly includes futures markets. This model allows for the detection of futures demand effects which feedback...
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Fall 2017
The thesis consists of three essays on the link between asset prices and economic fluctuations. In Chapter 2, I explore asset pricing implications and macroeconomic dynamics of government spending shocks. I introduce a novel exogenous measure of government spending shocks using financial data....
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Fall 2020
This thesis consists of three essays linking institutional quality and finance. The first essay shows that the positive relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm value is stronger for firms located in countries with higher levels of individualism. I posit that firm-level...
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Fall 2019
In the first essay, I investigate whether bidders pay for acquired targets’ organization capital (OC), defined as the processes and systems that firms use to efficiently mix their capital and labor, in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. I also investigate whether the acquired OC is...