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Who Loses Out? Evaluating the Association Between County Vulnerability and Closures of U.S. Hospitals, Emergency Departments, and Obstetrics Departments
(2022-04)
Over the past several years, hospital, emergency department, and obstetrics department closures have greatly impacted the hospital industry across the U.S. While current research documents the reasons why closures occur ...
Updating Banking & Fintech Antitrust Regulation
(2022-04)
The banking industry is changing faster than ever as fintech acquisitions become more
common and fundamentally change the way in which banks operate. With the fintech industry
valued at over $100 billion and bank ...
Using Learning and Development Opportunities as a Tool to Recruit a More Diverse Applicant Pool
(2022-04)
Large corporations are simultaneously investing millions in recruiting more diverse candidates and in improving their corporate learning and development capabilities. Limited research has been conducted to determine if ...
The Instagram Reels Effect: How the viewing order and valence of emotions impact willingness-to-pay and perception of advertisements
(2022-04)
Social media has changed the way consumers make purchasing decisions. More specifically, it has engaged consumers through short-form videos or easily scrollable photos or text. The literature has already established that ...
Improving Portfolio Optimization Using Option Skewness Regimes
(2022-04)
Portfolio optimization methods have had many different approaches and additional
developments since the introduction of modern portfolio theory and the mean-variance optima.
Research has shown that the financial derivative ...
Analysis of Founder Background as a Predictor for Start-up Success in Achieving Successive Fundraising Rounds
(2022-04)
The culture of Silicon Valley has created some of the most valuable companies in the world.
Successful start-ups build on these companies' innovations, becoming large tech firms themselves. This
paper first explores ...
Closing the Gap: Corporate Boards add more Women when Interlocked with Diverse Peers
(2022-04)
Much of the recent progress in the gender diversification of corporate boards has been attributed
to the efforts of institutional investors and regulators (Hatcher, 2020; Groves, 2019; Gertsberg et
al., 2021). Their ...
Preparing Business Students to be Sustainable Business Leaders in the 21st Century
(2022-04)
The necessity and importance of sustainability has been discussed increasingly often and
urgently as material business considerations, notably by Larry Fink, the CEO of Blackrock (Fink
2021a). Further, research over the ...
Mobile Money and Financial Resilience: Overcoming Economic Shocks Through Digital Financial Technology
(2022-04)
Mobile money has been touted as an opportunity to step toward formal financial inclusion in developing countries around the world, especially for those traditionally financially excluded. To further understand the impact ...
She’s Connected: The Impact of Jio on the Digital Gender Gap in India
(2022-04)
This thesis investigates the relationship between the affordability of mobile internet and internet connectivity for women in India. The digital gender gap (or gender equality in access to the internet and mobile phones) ...