Research

Organizational Effectiveness and Change
January 1, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

We are researching the paradigms of managers who are involved in change agent efforts in their companies. We seek to better understand how national culture informs the perspective of how change happens in organizations.
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Special Summit of the Americas
January 11, 2004  - University of Florida   [Details]

Briefing of the private sector on the summit process. Enhanced awareness and understanding of international relations in Latin America.
Location:  Monterrey, Mexico

The Value Relevance of Financial Statement Summary Measures: An International Examination
August 25, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

Abbreviated Abstract: Recent accounting/audit failures worldwide have brought into question the usefulness of financial statement disclosures. We examine financial statement summary measures in a valuation model to determine the value relevance of these measures. What is the value relevance of financial statements versus those that do not? We obtain financial statement and market value data for firms in 73 countries from Global Vantage. Our study provides evidence of the usefulness of the financial statements and the necessity of high quality reporting requirements.
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Microfinance: A Comprehensive Review of the Existing Literature and an Outline for Future Financial Research
August 25, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

Abstract: Although the work finance is in th term microfinance, and the core elements of microfinance are those of the finance discipline, microfinance has yet to break into the mainstream or entrepreneurial finance literature. The purpose of this article is to introduce the finance academic community to the discipline of microfinance and microfinance institutions (MFIs). We provide a comprehensive review of over 350 articles and address the issues of MFI sustainability, products and services, management practices, clientele targeting, regulation and policy, and impact assessment. We conclude by providing an extensive and detailed outline for future finance research.
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The Role of Trustworthiniess in Reducing Transaction Costs and Improving Performance: Empirical Evidence from the United States, Japan, and Korea
August 25, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

Abbreviated Abstract: In this paper we investigate the relationship between supplier trust in the buyer and transaction costs and information sharing in a sample of 344 supplier-automaker exchangerelationships in the US, Japan, and Korea. Our findings indicate that perceived trustworthiness reducus transaction costs and is correlated with greater information sharing in supplier-buyer relationships. MOreover, the findings suggest that the value created for transactors, in terms of lower transaction costs, may be substantial. In particular, we found that the least trusted automaker spent significantly more of its face-to-face interaction time with suppliers on contracting and haggling when compared to the most trusted automaker. Finally, we argue that trust is unique as a governance mechanism because it not noly minimizes transaction costs, but also has a mutually causal relationship with information sharing which also creates value in the exchange relationship
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The Effects of Internal Career Orientations on Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Thailand
August 25, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

Abstract: When the labor market becomes tighter and the economy is uncertain, companies often respond by downsizing and by asking those employees who remain to be more productive and dependable. It is, therefore, of interest to both managers and researchers to better understnad the dynamics of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). OCB is defined as one's willingness to do more than required, to go the extra mile. This study explores how one's subjective sense of career orientation (the internal career) affects OCB. The research was conducted in eight medium-to-large organizations in Thailand and it was discovered, as predicted, that internal career orientations impact the level of OCB. This finding is important because other research shows that the relationship between dispositional variables and OCB is inconclusive.
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A Cross-National Study of the Effect of Negative Celebrity Endorser Information
October 1, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

Research: What happens to the image of a product when a celebrity who endorses the product becomes entangled in some sort of scandal?
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Enviromental Influences on International Franchise Performance
October 1, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

This study purports to examine the relative influence of environmental factors vs. knowledge assets in replicator organizations and the persistence of such knowledge assets in a cross-cultural sample of franchise units within a single franchise org.
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Foreign Investing
December 1, 2004  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

I use firm-specific measures of openness to foreign investors to study the impact of stock market liberalization on firm-level operating performance. In a sample of over 1,100 firms from 28 countries, firms with stocks that are open to foreign investors experience higher growth, greater investment, greater profitability, and lower leverage. Having either ADRs or closed-end country funds available is also associated with performance improvements, but controlling for the presence of these vehicles does not diminish the impact of investability. Strategies to address endogeneity suggest that, at least in part, the observed relationship reflects a causal effect of openness on operating performance.
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Customer Service Research in Argentina
July 18, 2005  - Brigham Young University   [Details]

Economic instability has an effect on customers' expecations for service recovbery: when conditions become unstable, customers' expectations will be lesss than they would be under stable conditions.
Location:  Argentina

Beyond Cost Reduction: The Risks and Rewards of Global Services Sourcing
August 20, 2005  - Columbia University   [Details]

Harpreet Khurana, MBA '05 and Rohit Arora, MPA '04 along with Columbia Business School Professor Hitendra Wadhwa investigate the dynamics of offshoring in the Financial Services sector in Beyond Cost Reduction: The Risks and Rewards of Global Services Sourcing. Focusing on Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE), Retail Banking and Institutional Banking, the authors emphasize this continuously and rapidly evolving industry, which has already moved through two or three distinct phases of development. The authors focus on the timeline by which each segment has adopted offshoring, analyzing both the “early triggers” of interest in offshoring and the drivers that are fueling ongoing growth.
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2008 Business Language Research and Teaching Grants
June 1, 2008  - University of Kansas   [Details]

Faculty, graduate students, and language professionals are invited to apply for the 2008 BLRT Grants. One award will be made in the following categories: $5,000 grant to tenured faculty or tenure track $2,500 grant to a Ph.D. candidate $2500 grant for research on business language pedagogy
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Duke Offshoring Research Network Conference Attendence
April 6, 2009  - University of Maryland   [Details]

Duke CIBER at the Fuqua School of Business and Booz Allen Hamilton are conducting joint-research on the subject of offshoring Business Processes, Information Technology, and other knowledge-based functions. In 2004 and 2005, the research was sponsored by Archstone Consulting. The study not only collects data on companies currently offshoring, but those considering it along with those who have decided not to offshore. The goal of the research is to track firm level data on key performance metrics and the current perceptions of financial, operational and political risks associated with the five leading offshore operational models. Results from the survey will be published in leading business and academic publications and will form the basis of regular professional workshops at Duke University (Fuqua School of Business) and detailed case studies of Offshoring successes and failures.
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IFAS Education Project in Asia and Africa
July 31, 2009  - University of Florida   [Details]

New Education Project from UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Benefits Rural Farmers in Asia, Africa
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UF's Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research Awarded Federal Grant for International Training Project
August 31, 2009  - University of Florida   [Details]

UF's Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research Awarded Federal Grant for International Training Project
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OSU-CIBER Undergraduate Case Competition
October 13, 2009  - University of Maryland   [Details]

Smith faculty member, Curtis Grimml prepared 4 undergraduate students, who took first, second and third place in the overall from among 10 teams representing two international universities and 8 domestic ones.
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