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Atlantic Schools of Business Conference Proceedings: Recent submissions
Now showing items 161-180 of 356
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2012)This research examines the impact of the seniority of independent directors of 178 Canadian companies on the compensation paid to their senior executives and the financial performance of these companies. We assume that, ...
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Factors influencing sustainability content on corporate websites: the case of Canadian oil companies (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2012)Over the Last decade, the Internet has become an indispensible tool and a key element in most companies’ communications strategies. This study attempts to assess the impact of certain determinants on the sustainability ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2012)This article examines if investors rely on certain information about board characteristics appearing in circulars, to appraise a firm’s market value. The board traits considered in the study are independence, size, ratio ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2012)The audit profession has long held independence to be a key value and hallmark of the profession. This is perhaps especially true for legislative auditors, or auditors general. This working paper details a case study of ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2012)We examine the effect of lenders’ certification for pricing of auditing services for the borrowers. We find that audit fees decrease after obtaining a new loan from banks, suggesting that banks’ certification of firms’ ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)Longitudinal data from the US cellular telecoms industry between 1991 and 2009 suggest that high prestige CEOs take higher risks in capital expenditures, and less risk with R&D expenditures. No relationship was found with ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)This article addresses the quantitative limitations that arise from attempting to compare and assess business strategies prior to implementation. Recent advances in the strategic management literature have led to taxonomies ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)The age of the image is upon us and with it comes questions of authenticity and representation. With the prolific use of social media utilities such as Facebook, we witness first hand large numbers of individuals choosing ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)This paper examines the braided discourses of finding meaning through work which is being indirectly promoted by the Job-Career-Calling model, the Spirituality in the Workplace field, and the Positive Psychology movement. ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)In 2010 two brothers, Caucasian, from Hants County, NS, burned a wood cross on the lawn of a biracial couple. Applying a critical discourse framework, this research examined print articles produced by The Chronicle Herald ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)The exponential growth and proliferation of new media technologies has revolutionized the global marketplace, giving rise to such segments as E-Commerce (EC). One research stream in EC focuses on the numerous factors that ...
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Empirical research in consumer information privacy concern online: a review and critical assessment (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)Marketers, in search of profitable customer relationships, require increasing amounts of personal information, yet consumers regularly express concern about their privacy. Investigations into consumer privacy concern in ...
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Revenue enhancement strategies and their impact on hotel performance during stressful economic times (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)This research focuses on the revenue enhancement strategies used by top managers in the hotel industry during times of economic uncertainty, and the impact of these strategies on performance as measured by average daily ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)The paper reports upon a series of depth interviews conducted with members of the NASCAR culture of consumption. It was found that fans are committed to the drivers they support and that drivers have the ability to influence ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)Too many students aren’t reading the required material for class. They aren’t reading anything else either. This study describes the reading practices of students in a business administration program in relation to both ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)A survey was developed to gather user expectations of privacy and concerns related to network traffic monitoring. Data from people originating in 27 countries is presented. Empirical data was collected to determine user ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)This study aims to better understand the process of knowledge management capabilities (KMC) development at the municipal context to assess its impact on organizational performance. This process is a part of organisational ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)Although there has been extensive research about managing costs of employer health and benefit plans, there has been less attention on preventative approaches such as healthy workplace programs (HWP), and more specifically, ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)In the U.S., it is estimated that employees leaving the workplace due to bullying costs in the vicinity of $64 billion a year. From a Canadian perspective, less research has been done to understand the impact of bullying ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)Increasing professionalization of the workplace coupled with rising rates of unionization of professionals invites a reexamination of the notions of organization, union and professional commitment. A study of Canadian ...
Now showing items 161-180 of 356