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Jonghyuk Bae
PhD, Accounting

What is the role of hedge fund activists on corporate social responsibility?
Oscar Camacho
PhD, Economics

What is the effect of sanctions on military expenditures, and what is the effect of multilateral trade on the probability of war?
Yuyue Chen
PhD, Operations and Business Analytics

How can one make an aggregated buying/selling decision based on recommendations from multiple stock analysts?
Jae Young Choi
PhD, Management

Is the positive impact of ethical leadership on ethical climate enhanced when leaders are authentic?
Madeline DeWoody
PhD, Finance

How do mutual fund investment advisors evaluate their fund performance, and how do these metrics compare to those in the mutual fund’s prospectus?
Jin Fang
PhD, Operations and Business Analytics

How can a business select a facility location considering both location characteristics and rival effects within a business cluster?
Ina Hajdini
PhD, Economics

How should the central bank conduct monetary policy in the presence of agents with bounded rationality under a policy regime switch?
Aleksandra Kirilakha
PhD, Economics

What are the effects of economic sanctions on international bilateral trade flows and welfare?
Chen Li
PhD, Marketing

How can firms motivate customers to redeem promotional points in loyalty programs?
Sheng Liu
PhD, Accounting

How can the strategic alignment between supplier and their major customers impact their performance, earnings quality and auditing?
Nomalia Manna
PhD, Finance

Can some specific investment banks provide an information advantage to targets in M&A deals? Does this advantage provide the targets better deal outcomes?
Daniel Ripperger-Suhler
PhD, Economics

What factors affect the ultimate success of a VC investment?
Natalie Shin
PhD, Management

How do different team configurations impact individual outcomes?
Paulina Sperling
PhD, Finance

How do corporations manage, motivate and use their innovation to survive in a competitive environment?
Yaqin Sun
PhD, Operations and Business Analytics

What is the competitive equilibrium price and service levels between original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers?
Yufei Wang
PhD, Accounting

Do analysts recognize CEO overconfidence, and how long does it take for analysts to learn about CEO overconfidence?
Cheng Wang
PhD, Management

How does diversity affect collective action among small businesses?
Pramodkumar Yadav
PhD, Finance

Is retirement money of mutual fund family employees smart? What implications does it have for investors who are not employed by fund families?
Hongjun Ye
PhD, Marketing

Will consumers prefer to seek help from a human costumer-service agent, or a robot agent? What shapes their preferences and why?