Browsing Doctorate of Business Administration Theses--UW-Whitewater by Issue Date
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Prerequisites to developing a health value co-creation chain : the physicians' role in facilitating consumers' digital health information seeking
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-06)Health marketers and policymakers have routinely called for more consumer accountability in health care decisions and patient-health provider shared decision-making (SDM). Despite this plea, marketing efforts designed to ... -
If men were angels, no government would be necessary : two essays on the effects of regulations on banking sector valuation and risk
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-08)The banking sector plays a central role in economic development by providing financial services for a country’s growth and stability. When banks seek to maximize profits, they may engage in non-compliant behavior that ... -
Essays on determinants and consequences of pension funded status in local units of government
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-08)Recognizing the magnitude of the public pension problem, the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued new standards for pension financial reporting that require recognition of the full net pension liabilities ... -
Antecedents to taxpayer compliance : essays exploring the influence of personality and culture
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-08)The topic and “problem of tax compliance is as old as taxes themselves” (Andreoni, Erard, & Feinstein, 1998, p. 816). This statement helps explain why tax compliance issues remain such popular topics in the stream of ... -
Towards a theory of patient satisfaction: studies on the impacts of patient-technology fit and electronic patient portal use on patient satisfaction outcome
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-12)Recent attention upon patient satisfaction within health care has increased the complexity of organizational management in hospitals. Recent regulatory changes, such as the Medicaid value based purchasing program, no ... -
Three studies on lease accounting : linking applied and pedagogical accounting research
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2017-12)Providing insights into managerial actions represents an ongoing objective and important contribution of business and accounting research. Leasing activities, given their magnitude and importance to operations and financing ... -
An empirical examination of startup success: studies on the antecedents and consequences of startup relational embeddedness and technology ambidexterity
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-10)Increasingly, entrepreneurial activity is gaining momentum, with almost 10% of the United States population engaged in either starting a business or already owning a startup. Most economic transactions have relational ... -
Physician and nurse dyad partnership and its value: the antecedents and consequences of leader-leader exchange and leader-member exchange in healthcare
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-12)In an effort to decrease the cost of healthcare, the United States federal government has challenged healthcare organizations to decrease their operating expenses by changing the reimbursement structure of the Center for ... -
Autonomy, proactiveness, and firm performance in the entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises of the United States
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-12)How and in what situations do autonomy and proactiveness influence the financial performance of entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? This dissertation includes two studies to answer such inquiries ... -
Long-term orientation in family businesses : antecedents, contingencies, and the role of innovativeness
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-12)Family businesses are driven by economic and noneconomic goals that tie back to the wealth of the family members and firm. Thus, more studies have shown interest in examining the long-term perspectives of family firms and ... -
Assertive and ambitious : do gender roles influence nascent entrepreneurs' intention to use business incubation?
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2018-12)Entrepreneurs are vital to the global economy as they create jobs, reduce unemployment, and accelerate economic growth. However, practitioners and scholars have recognized the existence of gender bias in opportunities and ... -
Developing a telemedicine value co-creation framework : patient perceptions of the telemedicine model of care delivery
(UW-Whitewater, 2019-05)Technology is reshaping the patient–provider relationship. Digital health tools such as electronic medical records, patient portals, and telemedicine provide patients the opportunity to engage with healthcare systems ... -
Tribalism and corruption : scale construction and explorations beyond natural culture
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-05)The first essay in this dissertation develops and validates a new, reliable, scale for measuring and predicting individual tribal behavior within society using segmentary lineage theory (Evans-Pritchard, 1940). The primary ... -
A framework of organization learning, entrepreneurial orientation, and external relational networks: a study of minority ethnic business performance
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-08)This study proposed an empirical model to investigate the impact of organizational learning (OL) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the external relational network's (ERN) engagement with and firm performance of ... -
Regime-switching advantage in statistical arbitrage strategies conditioned on time series momentum and volatility in leveraged exchange traded funds : theory and evidence
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-09)The phenomena of volatility decay (also known as time decay) and path dependence in leveraged exchange traded funds (ETF) markets have been documented in the literature. This dissertation examined whether it is possible ... -
Defining the expatreneur : starting up abroad and understanding foreign incentives: an abductive analysis
(University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 2019-11)Over the past few decades, there has been a growth in entrepreneurs moving to other countries to start up new businesses. Sixty percent of the workers moving to other countries (the globally mobile workforce) is currently ... -
The influence of entrepreneurial orientation on firms' corporate social responsibility ratings and idiosyncratic risk
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-12)This research discusses empirical testing of 20 separate hypotheses regarding relationships between entrepreneurial orientation factors and two key business characteristics. The first essay examines the degree to which the ... -
Governance factors affecting nonprofit organizations' financial health: the impact of board composition, policies, religiosity, and social captial
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-12)Nonprofits have a significant impact on the world around us. They provide services for the common good and are having an increasing influence on the economy over time (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014; McKeever & Gatty, ... -
The right balance: a search for the best fit between business and ethical factors in software that aids strategic decision making
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-12)With the expansion of using decision support systems (DSS) in making strategic business decisions and the wide spectrum of stakeholders affected by such usage, the need for considering ethical issues in these systems arises. ... -
Certified public accountants' attitudes towards the public interest and the factors that impact those attitudes
(University of Wisconsin--Whitewater, 2019-12)A core professional value of the accounting profession is the dedication to the public interest. The purpose of this study was to examine factors that impact attitudes towards the core professional value of public interest ...