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(2019)The thesis consists of three empirical chapters on the extent of inequality of opportunity in India using data from the National Sample Survey. Inequality of opportunity is conceptualized as the unequal distribution in ...
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(2019)In this dissertation, I study the sales and operations planning (S&OP), a cross-functional integration process in supply chain planning whose goal is to align a firm’s demand plan. In Chapters 2 and 3, I analyze group or ...
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(2019)This doctoral thesis includes three essays investigating several topics in empirical asset pricing. Essay 1 examines statistical and economic evidence of out-of-sample Treasury bond return predictability for a real-time ...
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(2019)A common thread of the three chapters addresses the abovementioned trends and focuses on the internationalization decisions of both firms and PEs. I try to explore how technology transfer motivations, cultural distance, ...
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(2019)I study the causes and consequences of the decision of active US equity mutual funds to close to new investors. I start by analyzing results of the prior literature, which has focused on performance before and after closure ...
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(2019)In this thesis, we have investigated the transition from internal combustion engines (ICE) to alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) while considering the social dimension via the concept of DJ. This enabled us to highlight the ...
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(2019)In the following three essays, I explore the persistence and volatility induced under adaptive learning. Chapter One derives a simple and versatile model about permanent/transitory decompositions based on agents’ beliefs ...
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(2019)This dissertation aims to understand how insiders in Asian markets (i.e., China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea) trade in response to various financial information that are either released by their firms ...
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(2019)This dissertation is composed of three distinct studies that empirically examine the role of the information disclosed on goodwill impairment for key firm stakeholders (i.e., financial analysts, peer firms, and external ...
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(2018)For the past decades, outsourcing has become a key strategic decision for many organizations. Lots of research and analysis have been conducted on the outsourcing topic underlining its benefits and its contributions to a ...
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(2018)Knowing a constant evolution to answer every day’s needs, the cosmetic sector needs to know how to constantly renew itself and anticipate the client’s needs in order to dis- tinguish itself from the competition. This ...
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(2018)Investment manager skill is one of the most researched topics in finance, so readers may wonder why there are still theses such as this one which launches three new Essays on the topic. There are two parts to the answer. ...
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(2018)This doctoral thesis includes three essays investigating several topics in the area of empirical corporate finance. Essay 1 studies the informational advantage of independent directors with industry expertise over independent ...
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(2018)This Ph.D. thesis studies the determinants and consequences of information asymmetry between investors and financers on the one hand, and managers on the other, in an uncertain and complex environment. I focus on Small ...
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(2018)In the three essays of my dissertation, I take a process perspective of market entry and study the drivers and outcomes of strategic decisions that firms make in their efforts towards an eventual product entry. The process ...
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(2018)This dissertation consists of three stand-alone papers that investigate three consequences of corporate philanthropy, namely: (1) firms’ tax strategies, (2) firms’ reporting with regard to corporate philanthropy, and (3) ...
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(2018)We address three different allocation problems for which the literature tends to ignore the complex nature of their objective. The problems under study fall under two different contexts of non-profit and commercial ...