This collection features articles and book reviews written by the faculty of the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University.
Submissions from 2024
Examining Loyalty and Situational Value in Green Retail and Service Establishments, Arjun Chaudhuri, Camelia C. Micu, and Iman Naderi
Submissions from 2022
Implications of public corruption for local firms: Evidence from corporate debt maturity, M. Kabir Hassan, Md. Sydul Karim, and Steven E. Kozlowski
Submissions from 2021
Discretionary loan loss provisioning and bank stock returns: The Role of economic booms and busts, Shantaram P. Hegde and Steven E. Kozlowski
Financial distress, corporate takeovers and the distress anomaly, Steven E. Kozlowski and Michael R. Puleo
Share-pledging and the cost of debt, Michael R. Puleo, Michael McDonald, and Steven E. Kozlowski
Entrenchment or Efficiency? CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio and the Cost of Debt, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, Steven E. Kozlowski, and Michael R. Puleo
Submissions from 2020
CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio and CEO Diversity, Nazli Sila Alan, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, and Natalya Y. Shelkova
An Exploration of Bank Confirmation Process Automation: A Longitudinal Study, Paul Caster, Randal J. Elder, and Diane J. Janvrin
Cross-Sectional Equity Correlations and the Value of Active Management, Gregg S. Fisher, Michael B. McDonald, and Steven E. Kozlowski
Cryptocurrency return reversals, Steven E. Kozlowski, Michael R. Puleo, and Jizhou Zhou
Product Design Matters, But Is It Enough? Consumers’ Responses to Product Design and Environment Congruence, Ehsan Naderi, Iman Naderi, and Bimal Balakrishnan
Corporate Social Responsibility, Product Market Perception, and Firm Value, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, Mine Ertugrul, and Lucia Gao
Human Resource Management Challenges Facing Franchise Businesses, Mohammadali Zolfagharian and Iman Naderi
Submissions from 2019
Financial crises and the asymmetric relation between returns on banks, risk factors, and other industry portfolio returns, Kenneth Högholm, Johan Knif, Gregory Koutmos, and Seppo Pynnönen
Measuring the relative return contribution of risk factors, Johan Knif, James W. Kolari, Gregory Koutmos, and Seppo Pynnönen
Risk Dynamics Around Restatement Announcements, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, Brandon N. Kline, and Gregory Koutmos
Unplanned Purchase Decision Making Under Simultaneous Financial and Time Pressure, Eric Van Steenburg and Iman Naderi
Submissions from 2018
Big data analytics of labor cost over thirty years, Mousumi Bhattacharya
The impact of lease accounting standards on airlines with operating leases: Implications for benchmarking and financial analysis, Paul Caster and Carl A. Scheraga
Risk, standard deviation, and expected value: when should an individual start social security?, T. G. Eschenbach and Neal Lewis
Predicting recessions using trends in the yield spread, Steven E. Kozlowski and Thaddeus Sim
I'm nice, therefore I go green: An investigation of pro-environmentalism in communal narcissists, Iman Naderi
Beyond the shadow of a doubt: The effect of consumer knowledge on restaurant evaluation, Iman Naderi, Audhesh K. Paswan, and Francisco Guzman
Me first, then the environment: young Millennials as green consumers, Iman Naderi and Eric Van Steenburg
Planning and Implementing a Graduate Online Team-Taught Marketing Course, Rajasree K. NairRajamma and Michael R. Sciandra
Decoding the effects of a product’s cast shadow in brand advertising, Nazuk Sharma
Luxury implications of showcasing a product with its “cast” shadow, Nazuk Sharma
Active White Space (AWS) in Logo Designs: Effects on Logo Evaluations and Brand Communication, Nazuk Sharma and Sajeev Varki
Advertising and Pseudo-Culture: An Analysis of the Changing Portrayal of Women in Print Advertisements, Atefeh Yazdanparast, Iman Naderi, Nancy Spears, and Robert O. Fabrize
Determinants of medical tourism destination selection process, Mohammadali Zolfagharian, Rajasree K. Rajamma, Iman Naderi, and Samaneh Torkzadeh
Submissions from 2016
Narcissistic consumers in retail settings, Iman Naderi and Audhesh K. Paswan
Submissions from 2015
Combating Turbulence in the Equity Market: Get the Listed Companies on Board, Nazli Sila Alan, Timothy Mahoney, and Robert A. Schwartz
A Liquidity Program to Stabilize Equity Markets, Nazli Sila Alan, John S. Mask, and Robert A. Schwartz
On 360 Assessments in University Graduate Classes with Comparison to Corporate Data using a Business Simulation as the Experiential Pedagogy, Thomas Conine and Barry Leskin
Semantics-based event log aggregation for process mining and analytics., Amit V. Deokar and Jie Tao
I support sustainability but only when doing so reflects fabulously on me: can green narcissists be cultivated?, Iman Naderi and David Strutton
Identity rights: a structural void in inclusive growth, Mukesh Sud and Craig V. VanSandt
Term Extraction and Disambiguation for Semantic Knowledge Enrichment: A Case Study on Initial Public Offering (IPO) Prospectus Corpus, Jie Tao, Omar F. El-Gayar, Amit V. Deokar, and Yenling Chang
Submissions from 2014
Preemption of compliance costs and the voluntary adoption of SFAS no. 123 (R), Ahmed M. Ebrahim and Bruce M. Bradford
Peregine: Twenty years of fraudulent cash balances, Randal J. Elder, Diane J. Janvrin, and Paul Caster
The Influence of Mortality Focus on Guilt Advertising Effectiveness, Sooyeon N. Lee-Wingate, Jae Yun Moon, and Mousumi Bose Godbole
Can normal narcissism be managed to promote green product purchases? Investigating a counterintuitive proposition, Iman Naderi and David Strutton
Value co-creation through knowledge exchange in franchising, Audhesh K. Paswan, Derrick D'Souza, and Rajasree K. Rajamma
Distortions in the measurement of the efficiency of financial leverage strategies in the airline industry when operating leases are ignored, Carl A. Scheraga and Paul Caster
An Ontology-based Information Extraction (OBIE) Framework for Analyzing Initial Public Offering (IPO) Prospectus, Jie Tao, Amit V. Deokar, and Omar F. El-Gayar
Submissions from 2013
Price Discovery: The Economic Function of a Stock Exchange, Nazli Sila Alan and Robert A. Schwartz
An Analysis of a Strategic Transformation Plan: The Case of Alaska Airlines, Paul Caster and Carl Scheraga
The Power of One Pen, One Book, One Teacher, One Mind: A Convocation Speech [transcript], Donald E. Gibson
'My Fifty Shoes Are All Different!': Exploring, Defining, and Characterizing Acquisitive Buying, Mousumi Bose Godbole, Alvin C. Burns, and Judith Anne Garretson Folse
Enhancing the Influence of Distal Primes on Creativity: The Role of Contextual and Personal Variables, Mousumi Bose Godbole, Judith A. Garretson Folse, and Sooyeon Lee-Wingate
The role of contextual factors in eliciting creativity: primes, cognitive load and expectation of performance feedback, Mousumi Bose Godbole, Judith Anne Garretson Folse, and Scot Burton
Antecedents of situated learning in stressful service experiences: A cross-cultural study, Mousumi Bose Godbole and Lei Ye
Sexual Harassment Versus Workplace Romance: Social Media Spillover and Textual Harassment in the Workplace, Lisa A. Mainiero and Kevin J. Jones
Workplace Romance 2.0: Developing a Communication Ethics Model to Address Potential Sexual Harassment from Inappropriate Social Media Contacts Between Coworkers, Lisa A. Mainiero and Kevin J. Jones
Beyond the fad: A critical review of consumer fashion involvement, Iman Naderi
Gratitude in relationship marketing: Theoretical development and directions for future research, Randle D. Raggio, Anna M. Walz, Mousumi Bose Godbole, and Judith Anne Garretson Folse
Litigation Risk and Market Reaction to Financial Statement Restatements, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, Joseph H. Golec, and John P. Harding
Financial Restatements, Litigation, and Implied Cost of Equity, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos and Dev Mishra
Debate Club: Should Consumers Worry about Genetically Modified Foods?, "Until Proven Otherwise, GMOs Aren't Safe", Debra M. Strauss
From the Judicial Clerkship Files: Putting it in Perspective: Understanding the History of the Timing Issue and Making Lemonade, Debra M. Strauss
It’s Wise to be Proactive: Learn about the FDA’s New Food Safety Regulations Now, Debra M. Strauss
Submissions from 2012
Application of Cultural Metaphors and Cross-Cultural Paradoxes in the Classroom, Yochanan Altman, Michael Berry, Paul Cerotti, Claire Davison, Martin Gannon, Tim Kohler, Christine Nielsen, Rajnandini Pillai, Lawrence C. Rhyne, and Carl Scheraga
Group affect: Its influence on individual and group outcomes, Sigal G. Barsade and Donald Gibson
Empirical estimation of the option premium for residential redevelopment, John M. Clapp, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, and S. K. Wong
Expansions and Contractions of Major US Shopping Centers, John M. Clapp, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, and Tingyu Zhou
Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter 029: PCAOB Release No. 2011-007, Improving Transparency Through Disclosure of Engagement Partner and Certain Other Participants in Audits, Keith L. Jones, Jagadison K. Aier, Duane M. Brandon, Tina D. Carpenter, Paul Caster, Ling Lei Lisic, and Mikhail B. Pevzner
Housing valuation model: an investigation of residential properties in Tehran, Iman Naderi, Ahmad Sharbatoghlie, and Ahmadreza Vafaeimehr
Assessing the Strategic Evolution of U.S. Low-Cost Carriers in the Post-9/11 Environment, Carl A. Scheraga and Paul Caster
Liability for Genetically Modified Food: Are GMOs a Tort Waiting to Happen?, Debra M. Strauss
The Role of Courts, Agencies, and Congress in GMOs: A Multilateral Approach to Ensuring the Safety of the Food Supply, Debra M. Strauss
Poverty Alleviation through Partnerships: A Road Less Travelled for Business, Governments & Entrepreneurs, Mukesh Sud and Craig V. VanSandt
The Resource Based View of IT Business Value: Complementary Investments or Embedded Knowledge?, Vishnu Vinekar and J.T.C. Teng
Dispelling the collective myth of Chinese consumers: a new generation of brand-conscious individualists, Lilly Ye, Mousumi Bose Godbole, and Lou Pelton
Submissions from 2011
Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the Proposed International Standards on Auditing Revisions to ISA 315 and ISA 610, James L. Bierstaker, Lawrence Abbott, Paul Caster, Susan Parker, and Philip Reckers
Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 31: PCAOB Release No. 2010-005, Application of the “Failure to Supervise” Provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Solicitation of Comment on Rulemaking Concepts, Joseph F. Brazel, James L. Bierstaker, Paul Caster, and Brad Reed
Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 34: PCAOB Release No. 2011-003, Concept Release on Possible Revisions to PCAOB Standards Related to Reports on Audited Financial Statements, Joseph F. Brazel, Paul Caster, Shawn Davis, Steven M. Glover, Diane J. Janvrin, Thomas M. Kozloski, and Mikhail B. Pevzner
A two-stage stochastic program for scheduling and allocating cross-trained workers, Gerard Campbell
A Strategic Variance Analysis of the Profitability of US Network Air Carriers, Paul Caster and Carl A. Scheraga
Anger and Fear in Decision-Making: The Case of Film Directors on Set, Jean-Francois Coget, Christopher Haag, and Donald E. Gibson
Comments by the Auditing Standards Committee of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association on the PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 028: PCAOB Release No. 2010-003, Proposed Auditing Standard Related to Confirmation and Related Amendments to PCAOB Standards, Randal J. Elder, James L. Bierstaker, Paul Caster, and Diane J. Janvrin
Quality of financial information and liquidity, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos
Do investors see through mistakes in reported earnings?, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos, Joseph H. Golec, and John P. Harding
Equity and debt issuance by firms violating GAAP, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos and Nataliya Zaiats
Measuring Residential Real Estate Risk and Return, Katsiaryna Salavei Bardos and Nataliya Zaiats
Achieving the Food Safety Mandate: Bringing the USDA to the Table, Debra M. Strauss
An Analysis of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: Protection for Consumers and Boon for Business, Debra M. Strauss
Of Fair Markets and Distributive Justice, Mukesh Sud and Craig V. VanSandt
Ethics and the accountant, Linda Thorne and Dawn W. Massey
Using ICT and Service Learning in Rural Senegal, Vishnu Vinekar, Winston Tellis, and Elizabeth Langran
Submissions from 2010
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Professional Ethics Executive Committee’s (PEEC) Omnibus Proposal of Professional Ethics Division Interpretations and Rulings, James L. Bierstaker, Joseph F. Brazel, Paul Caster, and Brad Reed
Activity-Based Costing at Sogel Aviation, Bruce M. Bradford
Job Order Costing at Sogel Aviation, Bruce M. Bradford
Emotional Responses on Initial Exposure to a Hedonic or Utilitarian Description of a Radical Innovation, Arjun Chaudhuri, Khaled Aboulnasr, and Mark Ligas
The effect of aging and time horizon perspective on consumers' response to promotion versus prevention focus advertisements, Tilottama G. Chowdhury and Camelia C. Micu
Can Hedonic Store Environments Help Retailers Overcome Low Store Accessibility?, Ashley Christy, Mark Ligas, and Arjun Chaudhuri
Hedonic pricing with redevelopment options: A new approach to estimating depreciation effects, John M. Clapp and Katsiaryna Salavei
Priming/Reaction-Time Evidence of the Structure of Auditors’ Knowledge of Financial Statement Errors, Michael Coyne, Stanley F. Biggs, and Jay S. Rich
Audit Fee Premium and Auditor Change: The Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Ahmed M. Ebrahim
Instructional Case: When Derivatives Drive Earnings—Crown Oil, Inc., Ahmed M. Ebrahim, Sally Schultz, and Joan Hollister
Gender role differences in reactions to unemployment: Exploring psychological mobility and boundaryless careers, M. L. Forret, S. E. Sullivan, and Lisa A. Mainiero