Due to the wide variety of retail formats in which apparel is sold, apparel retailers in the U.S. face unprecedented competitive pressure. The purpose of this study is to identify the linkage between product attributes sought by apparel purchasers and their ultimate choice of retail format....

Generation Y (Gen Y) shoppers are recognized as an important and distinctive market segment and demonstrate differences in shopping styles when compared to previous generational cohorts (Bakewell and Mitchell, 2003; Carpenter and Moore, 2005; Seock and Bailey, 2008; Pentecost and Andrews, 2010), yet there...

This dissertation examined effects upon consumers' current and future price expectations, which were produced by changing the order in which sample prices were presented for evaluation. Two orders of presentation (ascending, descending) and two different rates of change (rapid, moderate) were...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued three new statements (Nos. 105, 107, and 119) that revise the required reporting for derivative instruments. These disclosures provide users with information about off-balance sheet risk and obligations. This dissertation examines whether...

This study examined comparability of student scores obtained from computerized and paper-and-pencil formats of the large-scale statewide end-of-course (EOC) examinations in the two subject areas of Algebra and Biology. Evidence in support of comparability of computerized and paper-based tests...