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On financing with convertible debt over the last two decades.

Rotaru, Camelia S. - Florida Atlantic University

Despite extensive research, the rationale behind firms' decision to issue convertible debt is still unknown. On average, results indicate that the market reacts more negatively to new convertible debt issues of companies with higher cash ratios. Hence, I test whether convertible issuers are...

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Marketing strategies in global markets: A transaction cost analysis.

Karuppur, Devi Prasad R. - Florida Atlantic University

Contrasting viewpoints have emerged regarding the selection of marketing strategies in global markets. One group of scholars recommends standardized global marketing strategies based on the premise that technological advances in telecommunication, transportation, and media are leading to...

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The Matthew Effect and public administration research: An analysis of the relationship of institutional prestige to research funding levels and departmental research productivity a...

Popejoy, Michael William. - Florida Atlantic University

prestige in the short-run. The results support the literature from sociology and education that prestige, funding and … prestige in the short-run. The results support the literature from sociology and education that prestige, funding and …

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An examination of gender-related attitudes among managers.

Massey, Mary Ann. - Florida Atlantic University

This two-part study included two procedures: (1) the development of an instrument to assess gender-related attitudes among male and female managers, and (2) the collection and analysis of data on gender-related attitudes among male and female managers. Male and female managers (n = 165)...

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Predictive discriminant analysis versus logistic regression for two-group classification problems in educational settings.

Meshbane, Alice. - Florida Atlantic University

The cross-validated classification accuracy of predictive discriminant analysis (PDA) and logistic regression (LR) models was compared for the two-group classification problem. Thirty-four real data sets varying in number of cases, number of predictor variables, degree of group separation,...

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PROGRAM PLAN BUDGETING IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN OBTAINING EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR STATE UNIVERSITIES.

PARRISH, ROBERT JOSEPH. - Florida Atlantic University

universities. In the eighteen departments which experienced a greater appropriations growth rate than the Department of Education … of Education's general revenue allocation equaled 76.9 percent of all general revenue allocated in 1968/69, it comprised … only 61.9 percent of the total allocation in 1977/78. Within the Department of Education, the State University System …

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Innovation and market orientation in SMEs : antecedent factors and inter-relationships

Low, David R.; Chapman, R. L.; Sloan, Terrence R. - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006

In pursuing sustainable competitive advantage, firms undertake a range of strategic initiatives such as innovation … interaction of two or more strategies. This study explores the interaction between two strategies, innovation and market … orientation, and identifies key components of the market orientation construct as antecedent factors of the innovation performance …

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Matters of intuition and timing in sustaining an innovation system : the role of pattern-seeking and anticipatory learning

Beckett, Ronald C. - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006

This paper presents an aspect of ongoing research into the management of innovation as a business system, recognizing …. Some Australian case study material is drawn on to characterise the life cycle of an innovation and decisions relating to … value extraction. Ideas for characterising the process of innovation in terms of exploration, exploitation and bridging …

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