Consumer-generated product reviews have proliferated online, driven bythe notion that consumers’ decision to purchase or not purchase aproduct is based on the positive or negative information about thatproduct they obtain from fellow consumers. Using research on informationprocessing as a...

Four studies investigate how consumers' regulatory orientation and the decision strategies used to process message information affect their judgments. Evaluations of the chosen brand were more favorable when individuals with a prevention focus used decision strategies that enhanced the accuracy...

This dissertation studies the dynamic decision making process in E-commerce. In the first essay, we use eye tracking to investigate how consumers make information acquisition decisions on attribute-by-product matrices in online choice environment such as comparison websites. Hierarchical Hidden...

This thesis addresses the high-frequency price formation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). In particular, it deals with high-frequency price reactions of European Union Allowances (EUAs) to scheduled macroeconomic and regulatory announcements. The work incorporates several...

The purpose of this study is to extend research devoted to the areas of organizational size and chief executive (CEO) compensation. The thrust of this investigation holds that diversification moderates the relationship between organizational size and CEO compensation. While research has...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. July 2009. Major: Business Administration. Advisors: Dr. Karen Donohue and Dr. Rachna Shah. 1 computer file (PDF); xi, 196 pages, appendices 1-4.

Das Thema dieser Arbeit ist der Einfluss von Medienberichterstattung auf wirtschaftliche und politische Einstellungen. Aufgabe war es, die Interaktion zwischen politischem oder wirtschaftlichem Subjekt, den Medien als ?bermittler von Information und der Realwelt empirisch zu untersuchen. Aus...

Die gegenwärtig im öffentlichen Sektor zu verzeichnende breite Akzeptanz betriebswirt-schaftlicher Standardanwendungssoftware (SAS) ist nicht zuletzt in der Hoffnung begründet, durch die in ihr inkorporierten und sich bewährten privatwirtschaftlichen Methoden die Steue-rungsprobleme der...