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Abebe, Michael
Professor
Management
- (956) 665-5225
- michael.abebe@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Strategic management, Corporate governance, Strategic change and Turnarounds, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Entrepreneurship
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- Abebe, Michael, Yamlaksira Getachew, and Sarah Kimakwa, "Entrepreneurs’ Ethnic and Political Identity Alignment as Determinants of Access to Government Support in Africa: A Conceptual Framework," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46, 2, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2022, 449-476
- Abebe, Michael and Husne Dadanlar, "From tokens to key players: The influence of board gender and ethnic diversity on corporate discrimination lawsuits," Human Relations, 74, 4, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2021, 527-555
- Clauss, Thomas, Michael Abebe, Chanchai Tangpong, and Marianne Hock, "Strategic Agility, Business Model Innovation and Firm Performance: An empirical investigation," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 68, 3, (June) 2021, 767-784
- Abebe, Michael, Pingshu Li, Keshab Acharya, and Joshua Daspit, "The Founder CEO: A Review of Current Insights and Directions for Future Research," Corporate Governance: An International Review, 28, 6, (November) 2020, 406-436
- Dadanlar, Husne and Michael Abebe, "Female CEO Leadership and the Likelihood of Corporate Diversity Misconduct: Empirical Evidence from S&P 500 Firms," Journal of Business Research, (September) 2020
Adams, Russell
Associate Professor
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- 956-882-7654
- russell.adams@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Downey-Adams, Clara, sam doss, and Russell Adams,"Capturing Untapped Alternative Markets in Latin America," Western Hemispheric Trade Conference, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2021.
- Downey, Clara, Russell Adams, and Sam Sale, "Firm Responsiveness during the Pandemic: Leveraging Internal Capabilities," (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022
Ahluwalia, Punit
Associate Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-2843
- punit.ahluwalia@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: “Quality of Service” of mobile transactions, modeling mobile transactions, multicast communications, wireless networks
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- Ahluwalia, Punit and Mohammad Merhi, "Understanding Country Level Adoption of ECommerce: A Theoretical Model Including Technological, Institutional, and Cultural Factors," Journal of Global Information Management, 2020
- Merhi, Mohammad and Punit Ahluwalia, "Examining the impact of deterrence factors and norms on resistance to information systems security," Computers in Human Behavior, 92, 2019, 37-46
- Merhi, Mohammad and Punit Ahluwalia, "A global examination of country-level factors impacting corruption,"International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 8, 1/2, 2021, 5-17 C.
- Merhi, Mohammad and Punit Ahluwalia, "Digital economy and Corruption Perceptions:A Cross Country Analysis," The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research, 18, 2018, 29--47 B.
Akindayomi, Akinloye
Associate Professor
Accountancy
- 956-665-7842
- akinloye.akindayomi@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Okafor, Oliver, Akinloye Akindayomi, and Hussein Warsame, "Does IFRS Affect Corporate Tax Avoidance?," Canadian Tax journal, 67, 4, (August) 2019, 947-979
Anabila, Andrew
Associate Professor
Accountancy
- 956-665-8084
- andrew.anabila@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Aguir, Wael, Brandon Ater, Andrew Anabila, and Christian Kuiate Sobngwi, "The Role of Shared Auditors in Loan Contracts," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance-Forthcoming, 86, 87-97
Andoh-Baidoo, Francis
Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-3397
- francis.andohbaidoo@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Business intelligence and analytics
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- Andoh-Baidoo, Francis, Juan Chavarria, Mary Jones, Ying Wang, and Samer Takieddine, "Examining the State of Empirical Business Intelligence and Analytics Research: A Poly-Theoretic Approach," Information and Management, 56, 6, (September) 2022, 103677
- Asamoah, David, Benjamin Agyei-Owusu, Francis Andoh Baidoo, and Emmanuel Ayaburi, "Interorganizational System Use and Supply Chain Performance: Mediating Role of Supply Chain Capabilities," International Journal of Information Management, (August) 2020, 293-308
- Crossler, Robert, Francis Andoh Baidoo, and Philip Menard, "Espoused cultural values as antecedents of individuals’ threat and coping appraisal toward protective information technologies: Study of US and Ghana.," Information and Management, 56, 5, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2019, 754-766
- Ayaburi, Emmanuel, James Wairimu, and Francis Andoh Baidoo, "Antecedents and Outcome of Deficient Self-Regulation in Unknown Wireless Networks Use Context: An Exploratory Study," Information Systems Frontiers, 21, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2019, 1213–1229
- Offei, Martin, Francis Andoh Baidoo, Emmanuel Ayaburi, and David Asamoah, "How Do Individuals Justify and Rationalize their Criminal Behaviors in Online Romance Fraud?," Information Systems Frontier, (August) 2020, 1-17 A.
Atik, Deniz
Associate Professor
Marketing
- (956) 665-5007
- deniz.atik@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Consumer research
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- Atik, Deniz, Lena Cavusoglu, Zeynep Ozdamar Ertekin, and Fuat Firat, "Fashion, Consumer Markets, and Democratization," Journal of Consumer Behaviour, (May) 2022.
- Cavusoglu, Lena and Deniz Atik, "Social Credibility: Trust Formation in Social Commerce," Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 6, 4, (August) 2021.
- Ozdamar-Ertekin, Zeynep, Deniz Atik, and Jeff Murray, "The Logic of Sustainability: Institutional Transformation towards a New Culture of Fashion," Journal of Marketing Management, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2020.
- Dholakia, Nikhilesh, Aras Ozgun, and Deniz Atik, "The Unwitting Corruption of Broadening of Marketing into Neoliberalism: A Beast Unleashed?"," European Journal of Marketing, 55, 3, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2020, 868-893.
- Ozdamar-Ertekin, Zeynep and Deniz Atik, "Institutional Constituents of Change for a Sustainable Fashion System," Journal of Macromarketing, (June) 2020.
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Cho, Sunyoung
Associate Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-3360
- sunyoung.cho@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Adoption and diffusion of innovative information systems, health information systems, online transactions and communications
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- Moqbel, Murad, Mohammed Rahmen, Sunyoung Cho, and Barbara Hewitt, "Sustaining Patient Engagement: The Role of Health Emotion and Personality Traits in Patient Portal Continuous Use Decision," AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12, 4, (December) 2020, 179-205
- Cho, Sunyoung, ChongWoo Park, and Frank Lee, "Homophily and peer-consumer behavior in a peer-to-peer accommodation sharing economy platform," Behaviour & Information Technology, 41, 2, (March) 2022, 276-291
- Yoo, Dong Kyoon and Sunyoung Cho, "Role of Habit and Value Perceptions on m- Learning Outcomes," Journal of Computer Information Systems, 60, 6, (December) 2020, 530-540 A.
- Kim, Jongwoo, Sunyoung Cho, and Balasubramaniam Ramesh, "IT-leveraged network value cocreation: A case study of the value cocreation process and value capture in the South Korean broadcast advertising industry," European Journal of Information Systems, 28, 6, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2019, 646-662 A*.
- Park, ChongWoo, Dong-gook Kim, Sunyoung Cho, and Hyo-Joo Han, "Adoption of multimedia technology for learning and gender difference," Computers in Human Behavior, 92, (March) 2019, 288-296 B.
Chugani, Sunaina
Assistant Professor
Marketing
- (956) 665-3359
- sunaina.chugani@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Consumer wellbeing, wisdom, gratitude, materialism, hedonic adaptation, satiation, social forces.
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- Chugani, Sunaina, Jae-Eun Namkoong, and Hyunjung Lee, "The Effect of Gratitude on Materialism Through Reduced Entitlement and Perceived Scarcity," Journal of Business Research, 139, (February) 2022, 993-1003 High
- Chugani, Sunaina and Julie Irwin, "All Eyes on You: The Social Audience and Hedonic Adaptation," Psychology and Marketing, 37, 11, (August) 2020, 1554-1570
- Batat, Wided, Paula Peter, Emily Moscato, Iana Castro, Steven Chan, Sunaina Chugani, and Adrienne Muldrow, "The Experiential Pleasure of Food: A Savoring Journey to Food Well-Being," Journal of Business Research, 100, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2019, 392-399
- Peifer, Jared, Sunaina Chugani, and Micah Roos, "The Ethical Underpinnings of Nonmaterialistic Values and Voluntary Simplicity Behavior in the United States," Psychology and Marketing, 37, 2, (November) 2019, 232-249
- Laura Pricer, "The Role of Wisdom in Navigating Social Media Paradoxes: Implications for Consumers, Firms and Public Policy," Journal of Consumer Affairs, 56, 3, (June) 2022, 1127-1147
Contreras, Salvador
Professor
Economics
- (956) 665-2827
- salvador.contreras@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Economic Development, Education, Financial Intermediation, Migration, and Race
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- Contreras, Salvador and Amit Ghosh, "Local Banking Market Frictions and Youth Crime: Evidence from Bank Failures," Journal of Financial Services Research volume, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022
- Contreras, Salvador, Luisa Blanco, and Amit Ghosh, "Impact of Great Recession bank failures on use of financial services among racial/ethnic and income groups," Southern Economic Journal, (March) 2022
- Contreras, Salvador, Manthos Delis, Amit Ghosh, and Iftekhar Hasan, "Bank failures,local business dynamics, and government policy," Small Business Economics,2021
- Contreras, Salvador, Amit Ghosh, and Iftekhar Hasan, "Income inequality and minority labor market dynamics: Medium term effects from the Great Recession,"Economics Letters, 199, 2021, 109717
- Contreras, Salvador, Amit Ghosh, and Iftekhar Hasan, "Income inequality and minority labor market dynamics: Medium term effects from the Great Recession,"Economics Letters, 199, 2021, 109717
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Darcy, John
Professor
Accountancy
- (956) 665-7316
- john.darcy@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Chang, Ta-Cheng, John Darcy, Yu-Ting Hou, and Yun-Chia Yan, "Degree of Internationalization, Financial Structure and Cost of Capital:Evidence from Emerging Taiwan," Accounting and Finance Research, 11, 4, (November) 2022, 23-36 Other.
- Darcy, John and Yun-Chia Yan, "Degree of Internationalization, Financial Structure and Cost of Capital: Evidence from Emerging Taiwan," Accounting and Finance Research, 11, 4, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2022, 23-36 Other.
Downey, Clara
Associate Professor
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- clara.downey@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Downey, Clara, Russell Adams, and Sam Sale, "Firm Responsiveness during the Pandemic: Leveraging Internal Capabilities," (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022
- Downey-Adams, Clara, sam doss, and Russell Adams, "Capturing Untapped Alternative Markets in Latin America," Western Hemispheric Trade Conference, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2021.
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Elnahas, Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Finance
- (956) 665-2830
- ahmed.elnahas@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Empirical corporate finance
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- Elnahas, Ahmed, Pankaj Jain, and Thomas McInish, "Mixed-signal stock splits," Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 49, 5-6, (May) 2022, 934-962
- Elnahas, Ahmed, Md Noman Hossain, Binay Adhikari, Ivan Obaydin, and Ralf Zurbruegg, "Shareholder Litigation Rights and Stock Price Crash Risk," Journal of Corporate Finance, 66
- Elnahas, Ahmed, Ghada Ismail, Rwan Elkhatib, and Kabir Hassan, "Islamic labeled firms: Revisiting Dow Jones measure of compliance," Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 48, 988-1021
- Elnahas, Ahmed, Ghada Ismail, and Lei Gao, "Returns predictability: The dual signaling hypothesis of stock splits," The Financial Review, 54, 801-831 A.
Escobari, Diego
Professor
Economics
- (956) 665-3366
- diego.escobari@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Pricing, empirical industrial organization
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- King, Kelvin, Bin Wang, Diego Escobari, and Tamer Oraby, "Dynamic Effects of Falsehoods and Corrections on Social Media: A Theoretical Modeling and Empirical Verification," Journal of Management Information Systems, 38, 4,(December) 2021, 989-1010
- Escobari, Diego and Damian Damianov, "Getting on and moving up the property ladder:Real hedging in the U.S. housing market before and after the crisis," Real Estate Economics, 2020 High
- Escobari, Diego and Manuel Hernandez, "Separating between Unobserved Consumer Types: Evidence from Airlines," Economic Inquiry, 57, 2, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2019, 1215-1230
- Escobari, Diego, Nick Rupp, and Joe Meskey, "An Analysis of Dynamic Price Discrimination in Airlines," Southern Economic Journal, 83, 5, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2019
- Escobari, Diego and Mohammad Jafarinejad, "Investors' Uncertainty and Stock Market Risk," Journal of Behavioral Finance, 20, 3, 2019, 304-315
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Felix, Reto
Associate Professor
Marketing
- (956) 665-2579
- reto.felix@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Consumer wellbeing
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- Felix, Reto, Xiaojing Sheng, and Ai Nhan Ngo, "How Political Identity and AttitudinalSpillover Matter for Consumption of Place: Evidence from Winter Migrants inthe United States," Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 21, 5, 2022, 1075-1091
- Rauschnabel, Philipp, Reto Felix, Chris Hinsch, Hamza Shahab, and Florian Alt, "What is XR? Towards a Framework for Augmented and Virtual Reality," Computers in Human Behavior, 2022
- Saravade, Swapnil, Reto Felix, and Fuat Firat, "From Solidity to Liquidity: Macro-level consumption patterns in the sharing economy," Journal of Macromarketing, 41, 2, 2021, 284-296
- Sheng, Xiaojing, Reto Felix, Swapnil Saravade, Judy Siguaw, Seth Ketron, Krzysztof Krejtz, and Andrew Duchowski, "Sight unseen: The role of online security indicators in visual attention to online privacy information," Journal of Business Research, 111, 2020, 218-240
- Rauschnabel, Philipp, Reto Felix, and Chris Hinsch, "Augmented reality marketing: How mobile AR-apps can improve brands through inspiration," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 49, 2019, 43-53
Firat, Fuat
Professor
Marketing
- (956) 665-2092
- fuat.firat@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Marketing theory, postmodern culture, symbolic culture
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- Atik, Deniz, Lena Cavusoglu, Zeynep Ozdamar Ertekin, and Fuat Firat, "Fashion,Consumer Markets, and Democratization," Journal of Consumer Behaviour,(May) 2022
- Dholakia, Nikhilesh, Aron Darmody, Detlev Zwick, Ruby Dholakia, and Fuat Firat,"Consumer Choicemaking and Choicelessness in Hyperdigital Marketspaces,"Journal of Macromarketing, 41, 1, 2021,
- Saravade, Swapnil, Reto Felix, and Fuat Firat, "From Solidity to Liquidity: Macro-levelconsumption patterns in the sharing economy," Journal of Macromarketing, 41,2, 2021, 284-296
- Oyedele, Adesegun and A. Fuat Firat, "Institutions, small local firms’ strategies, and global alliances in sub-Saharan Africa Emerging Markets," International Marketing Review, 37, 1, (March) 2020, 156-182
- Felix, Reto and Fuat Firat, "Brands that ‘sell their soul’: Offshoring, brand liquidification,and the excluded consumer," Journal of Marketing Management
Forst, Arno
Associate Professor
Accountancy
- (956) 882-5783
- arno.forst@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Financial accounting, international accounting, corporate governance
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- Baran, Lindsay, Arno Forst, and M. Via, "Dual Class Firm Structure and Innovation,"Journal of Financial Research, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2022
- Hettler, Barry, Arno Forst, James Cordeiro, and Stacey Chavez, "Excess Insider Control and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Dual-class Firms," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 40, 6, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2021
- Wang, Jing, Wei Li, and Arno Forst, "Product Market Competition, Stock PriceInformativeness, and IFRS Adoption: Evidence from Europe," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 56, (May) 2021, 1537–1559
- Hettler, Barry and Arno Forst, "Disproportionate Insider Control and Firm Performance," Accounting & Finance, 59, 2, (June) 2019, 1101-1130
- Forst, Arno and Barry Hettler, "Disproportionate Insider Control and the Demand for Audit Quality," Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 38, 1, (February) 2019, 171-191
Fu, Jiajia
Assistant Professor
Accountancy
- (956) 882-8863
- jiajia.fu@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Equity valuation
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- Fu, Jiajia, Fangming Xu, Cheng Zeng, and Liyi Zheng, "Free Cash Flows and Price Momentum," Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022
- Cheng, C.S. Agnes, Jiajia Fu, Wenli Huang, and Jiao Jing, "Strategic Use of Volume of Financial Items in 10-K Reports," Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance,2021
- Fu, Jiajia, Jiao Jing, and Yuan Ji, "Rank and File Employee Satisfaction and the Implied Cost of Equity Capital," Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 2020
- Fu, Jiajia, "The Sophistication of Chinese Mutual Funds and the Mispricing of Accruals," Journal of International Accounting Research, 2019
- Fu, Jiajia and Jingran Zhao, "Media as Other Information for Fundamental Valuation,"China Accounting and Finance Review, 2021
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Galy, Edith
Associate Professor
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- 956-882-7301
- edith.galy@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Galy, Edith, "Perceiving value in organizational innovation: Building a culture of change," International Journal of Innovation Management, 24, 3, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2020, 2050071-1-24
Gonzalez, Jorge
Professor, Chair
Management
- (956) 665-2831
- jorge.gonzalez@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Organizational behavior, diversity , and crosscultural management
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- Gonzalez, Jorge and Joseph Simpson, "The Workplace Integration of Veterans: Applying Diversity and Fit Perspectives," Human Resource Management Review,2021
- Gonzalez, Jorge, Belle Rose Ragins, Kyle Ehrhardt, and Romila Singh, "Friends and Family: The role of relationships in community and workplace attachment.,"Journal of Business & Psychology, 2018
- Baeza, Miguel, Jorge Gonzalez, Olga Chapa, and Richard Rodriguez, "Collectivistic Norms and Beliefs and Mexican OCBs: Differences by Gender and Generations,"Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 2022
- Wang, Lei and Jorge Gonzalez, "Racial/ethnic and national origin bias of student evaluation of teaching (SET).," International Journal of Organizational Analysis,2020
- Contreras, Salvador and Jorge Gonzalez, "Organizational change and work stress,attitudes, and cognitive load utilization: A natural experiment in a University restructuring," Personnel Review, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2020
Gotti, Giorgio
Professor, Interim Dean
Accountancy
- (956) 665-3384
- giorgio.gotti@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: International accounting
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- Duong, Hong, Giorgio Gotti, Michael Stein, and Anthony Chen, "Code of Ethics Quality and Audit Fees," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2022
- Gotti, Giorgio, Sean Roberts, Marco Fasan, and Cole Robertson, "Language in Economics and Accounting Research: The Role of Linguistic History," The International Journal of Accounting, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2021
- Gotti, Giorgio, "International Accounting Research: The Italian Context.," Journal of International Accounting Research, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2020
- Gotti, Giorgio, "Where is International Accounting Research Going? Issues Needing Further Investigation.," Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 37, 2019, 100286
- Gotti, Giorgio, "The Role of Codes of Ethics in Constraining Opportunistic Earnings Management: International Evidence.," Journal of Business Ethics, 2018
Guo, Chiquan
Professor
Marketing
- (956) 665-7339
- chiquan.guo@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Crosscultural marketing
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- Hao, Wei, Justin Paul, Sangeeta Trott, Chiquan Guo, and Heng-Hui Wu, "Two Decades of Research on Nation Branding: A Review and Future Research Agenda," International Marketing Review, 38, 1, (February) 2021, 46-69.
- Guo, Chiquan, Sudipto Sarkar, Jing Zhu, and Yong J. Wang, "R.D. Investment, Business Performance, and Moderating Role of Guanxi: Evidence from China," Industrial Marketing Management, 91, November, (November) 2020, 55-63
- Wang, Tao, Yu Jia, Kefeng Xiao, and Chiquan Guo, "How to Reduce Opportunism through Contractual Governance in the Cross-Cultural Supply Chain Context: Evidence from Chinese Exporters," Industrial Marketing Management, 91, November, (November) 2020, 323-337
- Guo, Chiquan, Songpol Kulviwat, Jing Zhu, and Yong J. Wang, "Competing in an Emerging Market: Antecedents and Consequences of Market Orientation and the Role of Environmental Factors," Journal of Strategic Marketing, 27, 3, (April(2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2019, 248-267
- Zeng, Fue, Wenjie Li, Valerie Wang, and Chiquan Guo, "The Impact of Advertising Self-Presentation Style on Customer Purchase Intention," Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 32, 6, (August) 2020, 1242-1254 Other.
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Harun, Ahasan
Assistant Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-3336
- ahasan.harun@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Machine learning, text mining, multivariate analysis, Bayesian SEM, econometrics, simulation, quality management, sustainable operations, supply chain analytics, health care management
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- Harun, Ahasan and Md Rokonuzzaman, "Pursuit of loyalty in service recovery: The roles of brand equity and cognitive reappraisal as moderators," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 62, 2021
- Rokonuzzaman, Md, Ahasan Harun, Md Al-Emran, and Victor Prybutok, "An investigation into the link between consumer's product involvement and store loyalty: The roles of shopping value goals and information search as the mediating factors," 2019.
- Boyce, LeAnn, Ahasan Harun, Gayle Prybutok, and Victor Prybutok, "“Exploring the factors in information seeking behavior: A perspective from multinational COPD online forums," Oxford, 2021.
- Rokonuzzaman, Md, Pramod Iyer, and Ahasan Harun, "Return policy, No joke: An investigation into the impact of a retailer's return policy on consumers' decision making," 59, 2021.
Hazarika, Gautam
Associate Professor
Economics
- (956) 882-8953
- gautam.hazarika@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education
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- Hazarika, Gautam and Sourabh Paul, "India's Calorie Consumption Puzzle: Insights from the Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis of Calorie Purchases," Empirical Economics, 60, 6, (June) 2021, 2993-3010
- Hazarika, Gautam, Chandan Jha, and Sudipta Sarangi, "Ancestral Ecological Endowments and Missing Women," Journal of Population Economics/Springer, 32, 4, (August) 2019, 1101-1123
Hoang Nguyen, Nam
Assistant Professor
Finance
- (956) 665-5317
- namhoang.nguyen@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Corporate Finance
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- Freund, Steven, Nam Nguyen, and Hieu Phan, "Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Social Responsibility," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2022
- Nguyen, Nam, Hieu Phan, Dung Tran, Hung Phan, and Hong Vo, "Tournament-Based Incentives and Mergers and Acquisitions," International Review of Financial Analysis, 71, (June) 2020
- Nguyen, Nam, Hieu Phan, and Thuy Simpson, "Political Corruption and Mergers and Acquisitions," Journal of Corporate Finance, 65, (December) 2020
- Nguyen, Nam, Hieu Phan, and Eunju Lee, "Shareholder Litigation Rights and Capital Structure Decision," Journal of Corporate Finance, 62, (June) 2020
- Phan, Hieu, Nam Nguyen, Hien Nguyen, and Shantaram Hegde, "Policy Uncertainty and Firm Cash Holdings," Journal of Business Research, 95, (February) 2019, 71-82
Hou, Wanrong
Associate Professor
Management
- (956) 665-3387
- wanrong.hou@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Corporate governance, executive compensation
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- Ma, Rong, Wanrong Hou, Richard Priem, and Peter Wright, "Does restricted stock turn CEOs into risk-averse managers? Insights from the regulatory focus theory,"Long Range Planning, 55, 2, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022, 102165
- Hou, Wanrong, Steve Lovett, and Abdul Rasheed, "Stock option pay versus restricted stock: A comparative analysis of their impact on managerial risk taking and performance extremeness," Strategic Organization, 18, 2, (May) 2020, (Impact factor: 2.23)
- Lovett, Steve, Abdul Rasheed, and Wanrong Hou, "Stock options, restricted stock,salary, or bonus? Managing CEO compensation to maximize organizational performance," Business Horizons, 65, 2, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022, 115- 123 A.
- Su, Taoyong, Wanrong Hou, Edward Levitas, and Sibin Wu, "Product complexity and strategic alliances on drug approval," American Business Review, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2021 A.
Hughes, Jerald
Associate Professor
Information Systems
- 956-665-3388
- j.hughes@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Hughes, J, Juan Chavarria, and Francis Andoh Baidoo, "The Use of Text Analytics to Investigate Concepts in Intra- and Inter-disciplinary Software Piracy Research,"Americas Conference on Information Systems 2022, (August) 2022 Other.
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Jackson, Dave
Professor
Finance
- 956-665-7358
- dave.jackson@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Jackson, Dave, Hamid Sakaki, and Ajeet Jain, "Political, economic, financial uncertainty, and real earnings management," Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, 32, 2, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2021, 52-66
Javadi, Siamak
Assistant Professor
Finance
- (956) 882-8858
- siamak.javadi@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Fixed income; corporate finance; financial markets and institutions; empirical asset pricing; corporate governance
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- Javadi, Siamak, Mohsen Mollagholamali, Saud Al-Thaqeb, and Ali Nejadmalayeri,"Corporate Cash Holdings, Agency Problems and Economic Policy Uncertainty,"International Review of Financial Analysis, 77, 101859, 2021
- Javadi, Siamak and Abdullah Al Masum, "The Impact of Climate Change on the Cost of Bank Loans," Journal of Corporate Finance, (69) 102019, 2021
- Javadi, Siamak, Sadra Amiri, and Mahdi Rastad, "The Impact of Stronger Shareholder Control on Bondholders," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 56(4),2021, 1259-1295
- Fard, Amirhossein, Siamak Javadi, and Incheol Kim, "Environmental Regulation and the Cost of Bank Loans: International Evidence," Journal of Financial Stability,(51)100797, (December) 2020
- Javadi, Siamak, Ali Nejadmalayeri, and Timothy Krehbiel, "Do FOMC Actions Speak Loudly? Evidence from Corporate Bond Credit Spreads," Review of Finance, 22,5, 2018, 1877-1909
Jung, Joo
Professor
Management
- 956-665-7137
- joo.jung@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Cha, Wonsuk, Dongjun Rew, and Joo Jung, "Corporate philanthropy and firm performance: the role of corporate strategies," Society and Business Review, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2022
- Rew, Dongjun, Joo Jung, and Steve Lovett, "Examining the relationships between innovation, quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction in pure service companies," The TQM Journal, Volume 33, Number 1, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2021, Page 57-70.
- Rew, Dongjun, Joo Jung, and Wonsuk Cha, "Service productivity vs. service quality: a zero-sum game?," International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 35 (9), 2018, 2018, 1 - 18.
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Kaynak, Hale
Professor
Management
- (956) 665-3351
- hale.kaynak@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Sustainability, circular economy, health care operations, supply chain management, quality management, lean operations, innovation, performance measurement, empirical research, and replication research.
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- Chakraborty, Subhajit, Hale Kaynak, and José Pagán, "Bridging Hospital Quality Leadership to Patient Care Quality," International Journal of Production Economics, 233, March, (March) 2021, 14
- Gutiérrez, Leopoldo, Vanesa Barrales-Molina, and Hale Kaynak, "The Role of Human Resource-Related Quality Management Practices in Generating Dynamic Capabilities," International Journal of Operations and Production Management,2018
- Nandi, Madhavi, Santosh Nandi, Hiram Moya, and Hale Kaynak, "Blockchain Technology-enabled Supply Chain Systems and Supply Chain Performance: A Resource-based View," Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, 25, 6, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2020, 841-862 A
- Erkul, Muratcan, Subhajit Chakraborty, and Hale Kaynak, "The Strategic Value of Servitization: A Quality Management Perspective," Online, (September) 2021, 14B.
Khraiche, Maroula
Associate Professor
Economics
- (956) 665-3391
- maroula.khraiche@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: International Economics
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- Khraiche, Maroula, Levent Kutlu, and Xi Mao, "Energy Efficiencies of European Countries," APPLIED ECONOMICS [ABDC ranking: A], 54, (November) 2022
- Khraiche, Maroula and Pedro De Araujo, "The Effect of Information Frictions on FDI Persistence," Economic Modelling, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2021
- Khraiche, Maroula and James Boudreau, "Can lower remittance costs improve human capital accumulation in Africa?," Journal of Policy Modeling, (September) 2020
- Khraiche, Maroula and Abhinav Alakshendra, "Hosting the Olympics: why are we always getting the cost wrong?," Managerial Finance, ahead-of-print, ahead-ofprint,(June) 2021 B.
- Ehrlich, Justin, Shankar Ghimire, Maroula Khraiche, and Mian Raza, "COVID-19 countermeasures, sporting events, and the financial impacts to the North American leagues," Managerial Finance, ahead-of-print, ahead-of-print, (June) 2021 B.
Kim, Incheol
Associate Professor
Finance
- (956) 665-2669
- incheol.kim@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Empirical corporate finance
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- Lee, Suin, Incheol Kim, and Md Ruhul Amin, "Local Religiosity, Workplace Safety, and Firm Value," Journal of Corporate Finance, (September) 2021
- Kim, Incheol, Christo Pantzalis, and Zhengyi Zhang, "Multinationality and the Value of Green Innovation," Journal of Corporate Finance, 69, (August)
- Fard, Amirhossein, Siamak Javadi, and Incheol Kim, "Environmental Regulation and the Cost of Bank Loans: International Evidence," Journal of Financial Stability,(51)100797, (December) 2020
- Kim, Incheol, Ji Woo Ryou, and Rong Yang, "The color of shareholders' money:Institutional shareholders' political values and corporate environmental disclosure," Journal of Corporate Finance, 64, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn))2020
- Chung, Chune Y., Incheol Kim, Monika K. Rabarison, Thomas To, and Eliza Wu,"Shareholder Litigation Rights and Corporate Acquisitions," Journal of Corporate Finance, 62, (June) 2020
King, Dan
Associate Professor
Marketing
- (956) 882-8618
- dennisdanny.uy@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Consumer psychology, affect, cognition
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- Uy, Dennis Danny and Sumitra Auschaitrakul, "Affect-based Nonconscious Signaling:When Do Consumers Prefer Negative Branding?," Psychology and Marketing,38, 2, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2021, 338-358.
- Uy, Dennis Danny, Ashesh Mukherjee, and Thomas Burnham, "Listening to Dissatisfied Customers: Anticipated Firm Interaction Can Bias Expressed Customer Satisfaction," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, (March) 2021.
- Uy, Dennis Danny and Sumitra Auschaitrakul, "Symbolic Sequence Effects on Consumers' Judgments of Truth for Brand Claims," Journal of Consumer Psychology, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2020.
Kroll, Mark
Professor
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- Professor
- mark.kroll@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Entrepreneurship and corporate governance
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- K. Acharya, M. Abebe, M. Kroll, "The influence of CEO political outspokenness on stock market reaction and firm performance," Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2019.
- K. Acharya, M. Abebe, M. Kroll, "Wearing Their Thoughts on Their Sleeves: Nature and Consequences of CEO Outspokenness," Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association, Lexington, Kentucky, November 2018.
Kutlu, Levent
Assistant Professor
Economics
- (956) 665-3108
- levent.kutlu@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Applied Econometrics
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- Khraiche, Maroula, Levent Kutlu, and Xi Mao, "Energy Efficiencies of European Countries," APPLIED ECONOMICS [ABDC ranking: A], 54, (November) 2022
- Kutlu, Levent and Usha Nair-Reichert, "Executive Compensation and the Potential for Additional Efficiency Gains: Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector," ECONOMIC MODELLING [ABDC ranking:A], 114
- Kutlu, Levent, Emmanuel Mamatzakis, and Mike Tsionas, "A Principal-Agent Approach for Estimating Firm Efficiency: Revealing Bank Managerial Behavior,"JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS &MONEY [ABDC ranking: A], 79
- Kutlu, Levent, "Spatial Stochastic Frontier Model with Endogenous Weighting Matrix,"EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS [ABDC ranking: A]
- Calice, Giovanni, Levent Kutlu, and Ming Zeng, "Understanding US firm efficiency and its asset pricing implications," EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS [ABDC ranking: A],60, 2, 2021, 803-827
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Lee, Suin
Assistant Professor
Finance
- (956) 665-5802
- suin.lee@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Investment, Migration flows, Investor behavior
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- Lee, Suin, Incheol Kim, and Md Ruhul Amin, "Local Religiosity, Workplace Safety, and Firm Value," Journal of Corporate Finance, (September) 2021
- Aabo, Tom, Suin Lee, Christos Pantzalis, and Jung Park, "Know thy neighbor: Political uncertainty and the informational advantage of local institutional investors,"Journal of Banking & Finance, 113, 2020, 105762
- Lee, Suin, Christos Pantzalis, and Jung Park, "Does local culture trigger speculative investment behavior?," Journal of Business Research, 103, 2019, 71--88
Leonard, Maria
Assistant Professor of Practice
Management
- (956) 665-4068
- maria.leonard@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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Li, Pingshu
Associate Professor
Management
- (956) 665-2569
- pingshu.li@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Strategic HRM and Human Capital, Employee compensation, Prosocial Motivation, and multilevel modeling
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- Martínez-del-Río, Javier, Pingshu Li, and James Guthrie, "Antecedents of high performance work practices in SMEs: an attention-based view," Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 33, 16, (September) 2022, 3275-3297
- Flinchbaugh, Carol, Mortaza Zare, Clint Chadwick, Pingshu Li, and Spenser Essman,"The influence of independent contractors on organizational effectiveness: A review," Human Resource Management Review, 30, 2, 2020, 100681
- Abebe, Michael, Pingshu Li, Keshab Acharya, and Joshua Daspit, "The Founder CEO: A Review of Current Insights and Directions for Future Research," Corporate Governance: An International Review, 28, 6, (November) 2020,
- Chadwick, Clint and Pingshu Li, "HR systems, HR departments, and perceived establishment labor productivity," Human Resource Management, 57, 6, 2018,1415-1428
Liao, Qinyu
Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 882-5825
- qinyu.liao@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Internet use, social media, technology adoption, electronic commerce
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- Li, Kai, Cheng Zhou, Xin Luo, Jose Benitez, and qinyu liao, "Impact of information timeliness and richness on public engagement on social media during COVID-19 pandemic: An empirical investigation based on NLP and machine learning," Decision Support Systems, (February) 2022
- Wairimu, James, Qinyu Liao, and Lin Zhang, "Digital Investments in Organizational Learning and Entrepreneurial Agility," Journal of Computer Information Systems, (November) 2021
- Li, Xinchen, Qinyu Liao, Xin Luo, and Yaoyu Wang, "Juxtaposing impacts of social media interaction experiences on e-commerce reputation," Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, 21, 2, (May) 2020, 1-21 B.
Liu, Lai
Professor
Information Systems
- 956-665-2960
- lai.liu@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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Liu, Yu
Associate Professor
Finance
- (956) 882-5802
- yu.liu@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Corporate finance, country institutions, national culture
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- Allison, Lee, Yu Liu, Samuele Murtinu, and Zuobao Wei, "Gender and Firm Performance around the World: The Roles of Finance, Technology and Labor,"Journal of Business Research, 154, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2023, 113322
- Liu, YiXin, Yu Liu, William Megginson, and Zuobao Wei, "The Effect of Property Rights on Capital Structure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," Journal of Corporate Finance, 73, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022, 102167
- Abdoh, Hussein and Yu Liu, "Does R&D intensity matter in the executive risk incentives and firm risk relationship?," Economic Modelling, 96, (March) 2021, 13-24
- Liu, Tingting, Yu Liu, Barkat Ullah, Zuobao Wei, and Colin Xu, "The Dark Side of Transparency in Developing Countries: The Link Between Financial Reporting Practices and Corruption," Journal of Corporate Finance, 66, 101829, (February)
- Abdoh, Hussein and Yu Liu, "Product Market Competition, Executives Risk Incentives
and R&D," The Financial Review, 56, 1, (February) 2021, 133-156
Lopez-Velasco, Armando
Assistant Professor
Economics
- (956) 665-3359
- armando.lopezvelasco@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Immigration, macroeconomics, dynamic political economy, social security
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- Lopez, Armando, "Social security as Markov equilibrium in OLG models: Clarifications and some new insights," Economics Letters, 217, (August) 2022
- Lopez, Armando, "Voting over redistribution in the Meltzer-Richard model under interdependent labor inputs," Economics Letters, 192, July 2020, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2020
- Lopez, Armando, "Intergenerational Mobility and the Political Economy of Immigration," Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control, 94, (September) 2018, 72-88
- Lopez, Armando, "Immigration and Demographics: can high immigrant fertility explain voter support for immigration?," Macroeconomic Dynamics, 23, 5, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2019, 1815-1837.
- Lopez, Armando, "Tax Smoothing with Immigration in an Overlapping Generations Economy," Applied Economics Letters, 26, 6, (March) 2019, 460-464.
Lovett, Marvin
Professor
Marketing
- 956-882-5817
- marvin.lovett@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Lovett, Marvin, "EXPLORING THE AWARENESS OF THE BRAND NAME: “THE GOP”, Journal of Business and Educational Leadership, 11, 1, (December) 2021, 64-69
- Chi, Yeong and Marvin Lovett, "“Sustainability Development and Broiler Chickens in The United States”," Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 32, 2, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2020, 83-96
- Chi, Yeong and Marvin Lovett, "“Scenario Economic Impact Analysis and Marketing Implications for South Texas Saltwater Fishing Tournaments ”," Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 23, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2019
- Chi, Yeong and Marvin Lovett, "“Analysis of Saltwater Anglers’ Preferences toward Recreational Fisheries Management Strategies”," Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 13, 3, (September) 2018
- Lovett, Marvin, Yeong Chi, and Donna Little, "“The Development of a Curriculum For: Introduction To Trade Show Buying”," Journal of Customer Behavior, 19, 2, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2020, 20
Lovett, Steve
Associate Professor
Management
- (956) 882-7382
- steve.lovett@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Strategic leadership, strategic management
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- Hou, Wanrong, Steve Lovett, and Abdul Rasheed, "Stock option pay versus restricted stock: A comparative analysis of their impact on managerial risk taking and performance extremeness," Strategic Organization, 18, 2, (May) 2020, (Impact factor: 2.23)
- Rew, Dongjun, Joo Jung, and Steve Lovett, "Examining the relationships between innovation, quality, productivity, and customer satisfaction in pure service companies," The TQM Journal, Volume 33, Number 1, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2021, Page 57-70.
- Lovett, Steve, Abdul Rasheed, and Wanrong Hou, "Stock options, restricted stock, salary, or bonus? Managing CEO compensation to maximize organizational performance," Business Horizons, 65, 2, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022, 115- 123 A.
M
Magnusson, Peter
Professor, Chair
Marketing
- (956) 665-3889
- peter.magnusson@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Global Marketing Strategy
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- Magnusson, Peter, Srdan Zdravkovic, and Stanford Westjohn, "A Longitudinal Analysis of Country Image and Brand Origin Effects," International Marketing Review, 39, 4, (August) 2022, 912-930
- Westjohn, Stanford, Peter Magnusson, George Franke, and Yi Peng, "Trust Propensity across Cultures: The Role of Collectivism," Journal of International Marketing, 30, 1, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2022, 1-17
- Westjohn, Stanford, Peter Magnusson, Yi Peng, and Hyeyoon Jung, "Acting on Anger:Cultural Value Moderators of the Effects of Consumer Animosity," Journal of International Business Studies, 52, 8, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2021,1591-1615
- Zdravkovic, Srdan, Peter Magnusson, Dario Miocevic, and Stanford Westjohn,"Vicarious Animosity: Taking Sides on Provocative Issues," Journal of Business Research, 124, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2021, 77-85
- Westjohn, Stanford and Peter Magnusson, "Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Local and Global Cultural Identities: A Comment," International Marketing Review, 36, 5, (December) 2019, 633-636
Mao, Xi
Assistant Professor
Economics
- (956) 882-8863
- xi.mao@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: International Trade
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- Khraiche, Maroula, Levent Kutlu, and Xi Mao, "Energy Efficiencies of EuropeanCountries," APPLIED ECONOMICS [ABDC ranking: A], 54, (November) 2022
Mollick, Andre
Professor
Economics
- (956) 665-7136
- andre.mollick@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: International Finance, Development Economics, and Macroeconomics
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- Sui, Lu, Andre Mollick, and Sibin Wu, "Threshold Effects of Financial Development on Foreign Listing: The Roles of Venture Capital in Developed and Emerging Countries.," Applied Economics, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2022, 16
- Cabral, Rene, Francisco Carneiro, and Andre Mollick, "Inflation Targeting and Exchange Rate Volatility in Emerging Markets," Empirical Economics, 58, 2,2020, 605-626
- Huang, Wanling and Andre Mollick, "Tight oil, Real WTI prices and U.S. Stock Returns," Energy Economics, 85, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2020
- Rodriguez-Nieto, Juan and Andre Mollick, "The U.S. Financial Crisis, Market Volatility,Credit Risk, and Stock Returns in the Americas," Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, 35, 2, (June) 2021, 225-254
- Mollick, Andre and MD Ruhl Amin, "Occupancy, oil prices, and stock returns: Evidence from the U.S. airline industry," Journal of Air Transport Management, 91,(March) 2021 Other.
Moqbel, Murad
Associate Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-3314
- murad.moqbel@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Social media, emerging technologies and Health IT, information security and privacy, and international business.
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- Moqbel, Murad, Barbara Hewitt, Fiona Nah, and Rosann McLean, "Sustaining patient portal continuous use intention and enhancing deep structure usage: cognitive dissonance effects of health professional encouragement and security concerns," Information Systems Frontiers, (June) 2021
- Moqbel, Murad, Mohammed Rahmen, Sunyoung Cho, and Barbara Hewitt, "Sustaining Patient Engagement: The Role of Health Emotion and Personality Traits in Patient Portal Continuous Use Decision," AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 12, 4, (December) 2020, 179-205
- Moqbel, Murad, Valerie Bartelt, Kazim Topuz, and Kitty Gehrt, "Enterprise social media: combating turnover in businesses," Internet Research, (February) 2020
- Kock, Ned and Murad Moqbel, "Social networking site use, positive emotions, and job performance," Journal of Computer Information Systems, (February) 2019, 1-11
- Topuz, Kazim, Brett Jones, Sumeyra Sahbaz, and Murad Moqbel, "Methodology to combine theoretical knowledge with a data-driven probabilistic graphical model," Journal of Business Analytics, (June) 2021, 1-15.
O
Ortiz, Jaime
Professor
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- jaime.ortiz@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Ortiz, Jaime, "How Do Digital Lives Affect Resident Mental Health in the Digital Era? Empirical Evidence Based on Chinese General Social Survey," Frontiers in Public Health, (December) 2022.
- Ortiz, Jaime, "A Decomposed Data Analysis Approach to Assessing City Sustainable Development Performance: A Network DEA-model with a Slack-based Measure," 14, September, (September) 2022.
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Qin, Hong
Associate Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-2035
- hong.qin@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Business research methodology
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- Osatuyi, Babajide, Hong Qin, Temidayo Owonipa, and Ofir Turel, "When it comes to Satisfaction … It depends: An empirical examination of social commerce users,"Computers in Human Behavior, 111, (May) 2020
- Boakye, Kwabena, Hong Qin, Charles Blankson, Mike Hanna, and Victor Prybutok, "Operation-oriented Strategies and Patient Satisfaction: The Mediating Effect of Service Experience," International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, (June) 2021 B.
- Qin, Hong, Babajide Osatuyi, and Lu Xu, "How mobile augmented reality applications affect continuous use and purchase intentions: A cognition-affect-conation perspective," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, (August) 2021 A.
- Osatuyi, Babajide and Hong Qin, "How vital is the role of affect on post-adoption behaviors? An examination of social commerce users," International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals, 40, C, (June) 2018, 175-185 A.
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Rabarison, Monika
Associate Professor
Finance
- (956) 665-3338
- monika.rabarison@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, Health Finance
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- Hossain, MD Noman, Monika K. Rabarison, Brandon Ater, and Christian Sobngwi,"CEO Marital Status and Dividend Policy," Journal of Corporate Finance, 78,(February) 2023
- Sharma, Bina, Binay K. Adhikari, Anup Agrawal, Bruno R. Arthur, and Monika K.Rabarison, "Unintended Consequences of the Dodd–Frank Act on Credit Rating Risk and Corporate Finance," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 57,6, (September) 2022, 2286 - 2323
- Chung, Chune Y., Incheol Kim, Monika K. Rabarison, Thomas To, and Eliza Wu,"Shareholder Litigation Rights and Corporate Acquisitions," Journal of Corporate Finance, 62, (June) 2020
S
Sale, Ryan
Associate Professor
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- 956-882-7336
- ryan.sale@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Downey, Clara, Russell Adams, and Sam Sale, "Firm Responsiveness during the
Pandemic: Leveraging Internal Capabilities," (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022
- Downey, Clara, Russell Adams, and Sam Sale, "Firm Responsiveness during the
Schjoedt, Leon
Assistant Professor
International Business and Entrepreneurship
- leon.schjoedt@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial teams, entrepreneurial selfefficacy
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- Bullough, A., U. Guelich, T. S. Manolova, and L. Schjoedt, "Women’s entrepreneurship and culture: The influence of gender role expectations, identities, societal culture, and the entrepreneurial environment," Small Business Economics, 58, 2022, 985–996
- Schjoedt, Leon, "Exploring differences between novice and repeat entrepreneurs: Does stress mediate the effects of work-and-family conflict on entrepreneurs’satisfaction?," Small Business Economics, 56, 4, 2021, 1251-1272
- Schjoedt, Leon and Kelly Shaver, "Entrepreneurs’ motivation: A conceptual process theory," Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 32, 4, 2019, 333-353
- Troise, C., D. Matricano, E. Candelo, and Leon Schjoedt, "A ten year cross national examination of the dance between intuition and rationality in entrepreneurial processes," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 18, 2022,663–692
Sheng, Xiaojing
Professor
Marketing
- (956) 665-3317
- xiaojing.sheng@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Services marketing; consumer adoption and use of technologybased products and services; tourism marketing; travel research; eye tracking methodology
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- Felix, Reto, Xiaojing Sheng, and Ai Nhan Ngo, "How Political Identity and Attitudinal Spillover Matter for Consumption of Place: Evidence from Winter Migrants in the United States," Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 21, 5, 2022, 1075-1091
- Kim, Sora, Xiaojing Sheng, and Seth Ketron, "The Roles of Legacy Versus Social Media Information Seeking in American and Chinese Consumers’ Hoarding During COVID-19," Journal of International Marketing, 30, 2, (March) 2022, 38-55
- Sheng, Xiaojing, Reto Felix, Swapnil Saravade, Judy Siguaw, Seth Ketron, Krzysztof Krejtz, and Andrew Duchowski, "Sight unseen: The role of online security indicators in visual attention to online privacy information," Journal of Business Research, 111, 2020, 218-240
- Sheng, Xiaojing, Penny Simpson, and Judy Siguaw, "Emotions, deliberations, and endof-life products," Psychology & Marketing, (June) 2019
- Murray, Ross, Xiaojing Sheng, and Michael Minor, "Impacts of Face Coverings,Background Noise, Perceived Customer Attractiveness, and Intelligibility of Speech on Frontline Employee Job Stress," American Marketing Association, (August) 2021.
Singh, Anil
Associate Professor
Information Systems
- 956-882-5831
- anil.singh@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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Singh, A.J.
Professor
Hospitality and Tourism
- (956) 665-5021
- arjun.singh@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- A. Singh, "Role of Chief Experience Officers in Healthcare Today," Bridging Healthcare and Hospitality, West Federation Council of Hotel Restaurant and Insitutional Education, Northern Arizona University, February 2022.
- A. Singh, "How Covid 19 is Altering Hotel Brand Standards," American Real Estate Society, American Real Estate Society, Virtual, March 2021.
Sobngwi, Christian
Associate Professor, Associate Director
Accountancy
- (956) 665-7936
- christian.sobngwi@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Hossain, MD Noman, Monika K. Rabarison, Brandon Ater, and Christian Sobngwi,"CEO Marital Status and Dividend Policy," Journal of Corporate Finance, 78,(February) 2023
- Aguir, Wael, Brandon Ater, Andrew Anabila, and Christian Kuiate Sobngwi, "The Role of Shared Auditors in Loan Contracts," Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance-Forthcoming, 86, 87-97
- Sobngwi, Christian and Thomas Noland, "Attracting and Retaining Core Competency: A Focus on Cost Stickiness," Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, 15, 4, (November) 2019, 678-700
Sun, Geng
Assistant Professor
Information Systems
- geng.sun@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Economics of IS
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- Sun, Geng, Huseyin Cavusoglu, and Srinivasan Raghunathan, "Value of Membership-Based Free Shipping in Online Retailing: Impact of Upstream Pricing Model,"Production and Operations Management, (August) 2022
Sun, Jun
Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-2850
- jun.sun@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Health informatics, green it, information systems
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- Yang, Zhaojun, Quanlong Lei, Jun Sun, Xu Hu, and Yali Zhang, "Strategizing battery swap service: Self-operation or authorization?," Transportation Research Part D:Transport and Environment, 110, (September) 2022, 103411
- Khasraghi, Hanieh, Xuan Wang, Jun Sun, and Bahar Khasraghi, "Submitting tentative solutions for platform feedback in crowdsourcing contests: Breaking network closure with boundary spanning for team performance," Information Technology & People, ahead-of-print, (September) 2022
- Hu, Xu, Zhaojun Yang, Jun Sun, and Yali Zhang, "Exempting battery electric vehicles from traffic restrictions: Impacts on market and environment under Pigovian taxation," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 154,(December) 2021, 53--91
- Hu, Xu, Zhaojun Yang, Jun Sun, and Yali Zhang, "Sharing economy of electric vehicle private charge posts," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 152, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2021, 258--275
- Wang, Xuan, Jun Sun, Ying Wang, and Yi Liu, "Deepen electronic health record diffusion beyond breadth: Game changers and decision drivers," Information Systems Frontiers, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2021, 1-12
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Taveras, Elisa
Assistant Professor
Economics
- elisa.taveraspena@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Tokic, Damir, "The 2021 Fed pivot and the macro consequences of non-transitory inflation.," Journal of Corporate Accounting Finance/Wiley, 33, 1, (December)2021, 7-10
- Tokic, Damir, "Longterm consequences of the 2020 coronavirus pandemics: Historical globalmacro context," Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance /Wiley, 31,3, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2021, 9-14
- Tokic, Damir, "Robinhoods and the Nasdaq Whale: the Makings of the Big-tech Bubble of 2020," Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance /Wiley, 31, 4, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2020, 9-14
- Tokic, Damir and Jessica Tokic, "Practitioner at the Helm of the Fed: What are the Implications?," Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, 29, 4, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2019, 48-53
- Tokic, Damir, "When Prices Fall: What Should Managers Know About Deflation?,"Management Accounting Quarterly, 20, 3, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2019, 24-29
Tondji, Jean-Baptiste
Assistant Professor
Economics
- (956) 665-3907
- jeanbaptiste.tondji@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Microeconomic Theory, Political Economy, Economics of Organizations
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- Pongou, Roland, Guy Tchuente, and Jean-Baptiste Tondji, "Optimal Interventions in Networks during a Pandemic," Journal of Population Economics, (August) 2022
- Semenov, Aggey and Jean-Baptiste Tondji, "On the Dynamic Analysis of Cournot- Bertrand Equilibria," Economics Letters, 183, 108549, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2019, 1-5
- Aguiar, Victor, Roland Pongou, and Jean-Baptiste Tondji, "A non-parametric approach to testing the axioms of the Shapley value with limited data," Games and Economic Behavior, 111, (September) 2018, 41-63
- Tondji, Jean-Baptiste, "Overconfidence and welfare in a differentiated duopoly,"Managerial and Decision Economics, 43, 3, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022, 751-767
- Nganmeni, Zephirin, Roland Pongou, Bertrand Tchantcho, and Jean-Baptiste Tondji,"Vaccine and Inclusion," Journal of Public Economic Theory, 24, 5, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)) 2022, 1101-1123
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Vasquez, Arturo
Professor
Marketing
- (956) 665-5204
- arturo.vasquez@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Strategic Marketing, Loyalty versus Satisfaction in Services, Relationship Marketing in Practice
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- Huaman-Ramirez, Richard, Lunardo Renaud, and Arturo Vasquez-Parraga, "How brand self-disclosure helps brand create intimacy with customers: The role of information valence and anthropomorphism," Psychology and Marketing, 2021
- Poushneh, Atieh and Arturo Vasquez-Parraga, "The Role of Customer Readiness in Nontechnology based Service Delivery," Journal of Consumer Marketing, 35, 6, (November) 2018, 588-600
- Chu, Yun, Arturo Vasquez-Parraga, and Jianyu Ma, "The Drivers of Customer Satisfaction, Trust, Commitment, and Loyalty among Chinese Consumers," International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 15, 6, (November) 2021, 807-821
- Galindo, Maritza, Juan Gallegos, and Arturo Vasquez-Parraga, "Explaining loyalty in higher education: A model and comparative analysis from the policy of gratuity, a case applied to Chile," Sustainability, 13, 19, (September) 2021, 1-15
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Wang, Bin
Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-5087
- bin.wang@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Social Media and Social Commerce, Crowdfunding, Electronic Commerce and Mobile Commerce, Information Technology Adoption, Performance of ITFocused Firms
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- Hu, Peng, Yaobin Lu, and Bin Wang, "Experiencing power over AI: The fit effect of perceived power and desire for power on consumers' choice for voice shopping," Computers in Human Behavior, 128, (March) 2022, 107091
- King, Kelvin, Bin Wang, Diego Escobari, and Tamer Oraby, "Dynamic Effects of Falsehoods and Corrections on Social Media: A Theoretical Modeling and Empirical Verification," Journal of Management Information Systems, 38, 4, (December) 2021, 989-1010
- Wu, Hong, Zhaohua Deng, Bin Wang, and Hao Wang, "How online health community participation affects physicians’ performance in hospitals: Empirical evidence from China," Information & Management, 58, 6, (September) 2021, 103443
- Chen, Yanhong, Yaobin Lu, Bin Wang, and Pan Zhao, "How Do Products Recommendation Affect Impulse Buying? An Empirical Study on WeChat Social Commerce," Information and Management, 56, 2, (March) 2019, 236-248
Wang, Xuan
Assistant Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-2019
- xuan.wang@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Big data analytics, causal inference, advanced methodology
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- Khasraghi, Hanieh, Xuan Wang, Jun Sun, and Bahar Khasraghi, "Submitting tentative solutions for platform feedback in crowdsourcing contests: Breaking network closure with boundary spanning for team performance," Information Technology & People, ahead-of-print, (September) 2022
- Javadi Khasraghi, Hanieh, Xuan Wang, Jun Sun, and Beha Javadi Khasraghi,"Submitting tentative solutions for platform feedback in crowdsourcing contests:breaking network closure with boundary spanning for team performance,"Information Technology & People, (August) 2022
- Wang, Xuan, Jun Sun, Ying Wang, and Yi Liu, "Deepen electronic health record diffusion beyond breadth: Game changers and decision drivers," Information Systems Frontiers, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2021, 1-12
Wang, Lei
Associate Professor
Management
- 956-665-8759
- lei.wang@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Prieto, L., B. Janamanchi, W. Li, D. Hanke, Lei Wang, H. Aguirre-Milling, Q. Ma, and J. Gonzalez, "Spill-over effects of political trust and job precariousness on employee outcomes: A four country study.," Journal of International Management Studies, 21, 88-114.
- Wang, Lei and Jorge Gonzalez, "Racial/Ethnic and National Origin Bias in SET,"International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 28, 4, 2020, 843-855.
- Wang, Lei and Jorge Gonzalez, "Racial/ethnic and national origin bias of student evaluation of teaching (SET).," International Journal of Organizational Analysis,2020.
Welbourne, Jennifer
Associate Professor
Management
- (956) 665-3382
- jennifer.welbourne@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Roles of personality, culture, and gender in the workplace, Workplace stress and coping
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- Miranda, Gerardo and Jennifer Welbourne, "Examining incivility through a moral lens:Coworker morality appraisals, other-condemning emotions, and instigated incivility," Journal of Business Ethics, (September) 2021
- Miranda, Gerardo, Jennifer Welbourne, and Ana Sariol, "Feeling Shame and Guilt when Observing Workplace Incivility: Elicitors and Behavioral Consequences,"Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2020
- Welbourne, Jennifer, Gerardo Miranda, and Ashwini Gangadharan, "Effects of employee personality on the relationships between experienced incivility, emotional exhaustion, and perpetrated incivility.," International Journal of Stress Management, 2020
Wu, Sibin
Professor
Management
- (956) 665-3359
- sibin.wu@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Crowdfunding, strategic decision making, and international entrepreneurship.
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- Sui, Lu, Andre Mollick, and Sibin Wu, "Threshold Effects of Financial Development on Foreign Listing: The Roles of Venture Capital in Developed and Emerging Countries.," Applied Economics, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)) 2022, 16
- Li, Yuanqing, Nan Xiao, and Sibin Wu, "The devil is in the details: The effect of nonverbal cues on crowdfunding success," Information & Management, 58, 8,(December) 2021, 103528
- Liang, Xin, Sibin Wu, and Shujuan Zhang, "From Friendship to Family: Jiangyiqi and strong interpersonal relationship development in Chinese organizations,"Management and Organization Review, 14, 2, 2018, 275-303
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Xiao, Nan
Associate Professor
Information Systems
- (956) 665-3352
- nan.xiao@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Services marketing; consumer adoption and use of technologybased products and services; tourism marketing; travel research; eye tracking methodology
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- Li, Yuanqing, Nan Xiao, and Sibin Wu, "The devil is in the details: The effect of nonverbal cues on crowdfunding success," Information & Management, 58, 8, (December) 2021, 103528
- Yoo, Chul Woo, Jaeung Lee, Changhyun Yoo, and Nan Xiao, "Coping behaviors in short message service (SMS)-based disaster alert systems: From the lens of protection motivation theory as elaboration likelihood," Information & Management, 58, 4, (June) 2021, 12
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Yan, Yun-Chia
Associate Professor
Accountancy
- (956) 665-7230
- yunchia.yan@utrgv.edu
- Research Area:
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- Yan, Yun-Chia, David Manry, and Dao Mai, "The Association between Audit Fees and CEO Age," Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance & Accounting, 18,(December) 2021, 1-38
- Darcy, John and Yun-Chia Yan, "Degree of Internationalization, Financial Structure and Cost of Capital: Evidence from Emerging Taiwan," Accounting and Finance Research, 11, 4, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2022, 23-36
- Chang, Ta-Cheng, John Darcy, Yu-Ting Hou, and Yun-Chia Yan, "Degree of Internationalization, Financial Structure and Cost of Capital:Evidence from Emerging Taiwan," Accounting and Finance Research, 11, 4, (November) 2022,23-36
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Zhou, Haiyan
Professor
Accountancy
- (956) 665-2829
- haiyan.zhou@utrgv.edu
- Research Area: Accounting information in capital markets; Accounting information in emerging markets; Auditing
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- Zhou, Haiyan, Hanwen Chen, Daoguang Yang, and Joseph Zhang, "Internal Control,Risk Management, and Cash holdings.," Journal of Corporate Finance, 64,October, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2020
- Zhou, Haiyan, Heibatollah Sami, Parveen Gupta, and Kevin Lam, "Boardroom Gender Diversity and Long-Term Firm Performance," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance/Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, (March) 2021
- Zhou, Haiyan, Heibatollah Sami, Parveen Gupta, and Kevin Lam, "Do Religion and Politics Impact Corporate Governance Diversity Policy?," Asian Review of Accounting/Emerald, 30, 1, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)) 2022, 1-30.
- Zhou, Haiyan, J. Shao, N. Gong, and J. Zhang, "The Economic Consequences of Compensation Regulation and Its Contagion Effect: Evidence from China.,"Frontiers Psychology, 12, October 2021, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)) 2021.
- Zhou, Haiyan, Fangcheng Sun, Tingyong Zhong, and Jeoung Yul Lee, "Business Strategy, State-Owned Equity and Cost Stickiness: Evidence from Chinese Firms," Sustainability, 12, 5, (March) 2020.
