Engagement, Innovation, and Impact

There are myriad factors that drive firms to increase corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. For instance, some firms implement CSR as an instrument to seek eventual financial benefits, but others engage in CSR activities by the altruistic motivation to fulfill their social responsibilities.

In sports, the phrase “a win is a win” refers to the bottom line in those competitions: winning a game. How the game was won is not as important as the fact that it was won. In many ways, we have reached a similar point in the management field.

Essentially, how can having fun playing our favorite online game or staying connected with our friends on TikTok, ever be considered harmful? Most people don’t think about how often or how much they use a product or service. Many of our actions over time become routinized and consumption levels tend to gradually increase.

An Active Learning-based Educational Program for Hispanic STEM Students through Industry-University Partnership (LEAP)

We examine how the strategic scheduling of AGMs to evade shareholders is related to the likelihood of committing corporate fraud. “Do Korean Companies Conspire to Avoid Their Shareholders?” - WSJ, March 13, 2014

Since the introduction of VIX to measure the spot volatility in the stock market, VIX and its futures have been widely considered to be the standard of underlying investor sentiment. We introduce the term structure of VIX to Fama-French’s Asset Pricing Model.

Extant literature has examined the relationship between seniority (or rank) and pay in tenure-granting academic institutions along with proposed remedies. This article examines faculty salary compression, inversion, and market salary gap in business schools in the California State University system.

What does “CEO of the Year” awards mean to the rest of top managers working with the award-winning CEOs? Studies have shown that CEO awards bestowed by recognized media serve as a strong competitive advantage to award-winning CEOs and their firms, but also dramatically increase CEO compensation.

Dr. Yoojin Lee is an Assistant Professor in Accountancy. Below is a brief summary of her recent research.

Gaining Insight To B2B Relationships Through New Segmentation Approaches: Not All Relationships Are Equal

COB HRM faculty Dana Sumpter and Mona Zanhour have been quoted in The Atlantic for their research on the experiences of working mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. How are working mothers faring during the COVID-19 crisis?

Male Compensatory Consumption in American History The overcompensation thesis states that men cope with gender insecurities through extreme demonstrations of their masculinity.  In contemporary America, these might include eating red meat, driving massive trucks, or brandishing firearms.  This research investigates how such compensatory con