This paper provides a review of significant academic studies and non-academic research endeavors in the realm of negative emotions (with an emphasis on worry), gender, and decision making. The author encourages behavioral finance researchers to place greater attention into the development of new...

Since 1988, Business Week on a regular basis ranks MBA programs based on qualitative (quot;subjectivequot;) surveys of students and employers. We rank MBA programs using the quantitative (quot;objectivequot;) data collected with the 2004 Business Week survey. We employ equal-weighted and...

This is a PDF file of 'A Literature Review of Risk Perception Studies in Behavioral Finance: The Emerging Issues' slides from a presentation at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) Conference hosted by New York University on May 15-18,...

A significant topic within the behavioral finance literature is the notion of perceived risk pertaining to novice investors (i.e. individuals, finance students) and investment professionals (i.e. financial planners, security analysts). The author provides an overview of the concepts of risk,...

In this study, we investigate the relation between Brand Asset(TM) Valuator and financial performance measures. More specifically, we investigate whether pillars of the Brand Asset(TM) Valuator model (Brand Vitality and Brand Stature) are associated with accounting performance (return on...

Group projects form a large and possibly growing component of the work undertaken for assessing students for post-graduate degrees in business. Yet the assessments sources, methods and purposes result in an array of combinations that the literature on assessment fails to capture in its full...

In this paper, we develop an integrated perspective on how legitimacy concerns affect organizational networks. We do this in the context of firms committing unethical acts. Using legitimacy theories and theories of the dynamics of status hierarchies, we hypothesize that network partner quality...

The Basel Committee's release of the new Basel Accord and its new operational risk class are raising questions on how regulatory capital for operational risk should be determined and is transforming the banks' view of economic capital. This paper investigates the relationship between publicly...

In a public-to-private (PTP) acquisition, the gained control and the capabilities of the private equity investor affect strategic management of the firm and its value. We examine the role of idiosyncratic investor capabilities in the value appropriation from PTPs and provide implications for the...

To be relevant to a firm a real option needs to fit into a theory of the firm explaining its existence, exercise conditions and value. We make a step toward an option based-theory of the firm by describing the emergence of a firm's options and the strategic building of new competences for...