Dean’s Summer Research Grants keeping Faculty members busy
Sixteen 2007 summer research grants to School of Business faculty were announced by Dr. Allen S. Lee, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Faculty members will present their topics in seminars throughout the school year, starting in October.
Recipients were:
Dr. Deborah L. Cowles – The Influence of Verbal Persuasion and Vicarious-Experience Marketing Communications on Undergraduates.
Dr. Kenneth N. Daniels – An Empirical Examination of the Maturity Structure of Municipal Bonds
Dr. Douglas D. Davis – An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Market Information and Re-Matching on Laboratory Oligopolies
Dr. Guprett Dhillon – Metrics for Assessing Organizational Information Security
Dr. Haeran Jae – An Investigation of Low-Literacy Consumers’ Processing of Written Advertisements
Dr. Oleg Korenok – Tacit Collusion in Laboratory Oligopolies: Signaling and Types
Dr. Jeffrey Krug – Top Management Team Stability in Mergers & Acquisitions: An Analysis of the Theory of Managerial Discretion
Dr. Michael McDaniel – Estimating IQ for Virginia Counties and Cities: Measurement Issue and Economic, Business and Social Correlates
Dr. Oghenovo Obrimah - Does the Value that Accrues to VC Backing or Specialization in the Venture Capital Market Stem from Deal Screening Ability?
Dr. Kweku Osei-Bryson – Research Program on the Design, Development and Application of Data Mining Techniques
Dr. Myung Park – Positive and Negative Information Transfers from Management Forecasts
Dr. Puneet Prakash – Are Synergies between Banks and Insurers Hyped? Evidence from Citigroup-Travelers Divesture
Dr. Brent C. Smith – Elements of Listing Performance Seller Signaling in a Heterogeneous Market
Dr. Sonia Wasan – Corporate Governance and R&D Expenditure Choices
Dr. Margaret Williams – Cultural Differences in Perceptions of Organizational Justice.
Dr. Weiyong Zhang – A Longitudinal Study of the Role of Leadership Development View in Process Improvement Program Success
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