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The influence of perceived risk in the uptake of self-service technologies within the retail banking sector :## a study of customers using the industrial and commercial bank of Chi...

Liang, Yan - 2006

This study aims to explore the impact of self-service technologies (SSTs) on the behaviour of Chinese banking customers … and a low technology readiness index (TRI) and (2) To understand the types of perceived risks within the banking industry … services for the reason that the banking industry has the longest development history in SSTs. The research was conducted using …

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Essays on sovereign debt valuation.

Warnes, Ignacio - 1997

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-02, Section: A, page: 0539.

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An investigation of the use of verbal and numerical probability expressions in bank lending decisions

Capriotti, Kim Boylan

The focus of this research is on management's communication of uncertainty (attested to by auditors) and the potential for miscommunication due to the communication mode used in accounting disclosures. The following two research questions are addressed: First, do users of financial statements...

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Revolving asset-based loans, agency theory, and capital structure

Constand, Richard Lanara

The purpose of this study is to extend the body of Agency Theory Literature to the class of relatively small firms that use the revolving Asset-Based Loan (ABL) as their major source of debt financing. Specifically, the revolving ABL structure is examined and implications for both the resolution...

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Aspects of individual financial decisionmaking

Lu, Jun - 2011

The first chapter explores the determinants of people's decisions to take 401(k) loans. We model factors that rationally would induce people to borrow from their pension plans, and we explain why people do not often use 401(k) loans to replace their more expensive credit card debt. Next we test...

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New data mining and marketing approaches for customer segmentation and promotion planning on the Internet

Yang, Yinghui - 2004

Various business problems are of interest to both data mining and marketing academic communities, such as market segmentation, direct marketing, targeted marketing, personalization/customization, cross selling and discovering customer lifetime value. Yet, these two disciplines have very...

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Embedded exploration: The role of inter-firm networks in channeling organizational search

Corredoira, Rafael A - 2009

Building on A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and on A Network Theory of Social Capital, this dissertation develops a theory that serves as the basis to understand what guides firm search, particularly, why ex ante alternative assessment drives exploration by focusing the attention of the firm on...

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Agency Trade-offs in Family Firms: Theoretical Model, Empirical Testing and Implications

Yupitun, Mark Anson - 2008

Agency theory is one of the principal frameworks utilized in explaining the family business phenomena. The objectives of this dissertation are to (1) identify the unique agent-principal dynamics that differentiate family firms from non-family firms, (2) determine the effects of these unique...

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The value relevance of enterprise resource planning information

Wickramasinghe, Jayantha - 2008

The value of information technology investments is becoming a topical issue for corporate governance under the recent regulations enacted in the US (Sarbanes Oxley Act, US Congress, 2002). Increasingly, it is becoming clear that the absence of a definitive approach to evaluating IT investments...

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Impact of earnings management on the value-relevance of earnings and book value: a comparison of short-term and long-term discretionary accruals

Whelan, Catherine - 2006

Earnings and book value are commonly used as the basis for firm valuation. However, the reliability of earnings, as indicated by earnings management, may affect its relevance in determining firm value. This thesis investigates the link between earnings management and firm valuation by assessing...

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