EII Showcase


Male Compensatory Consumption

Male Compensatory Consumption in American History The overcompensation thesis states that men cope with gender insecurities through extreme demonstrations of their masculinity.  In contemporary…

The Role of Supervisor Incentives

Subjective Performance Evaluation and Forward-Looking Implications: The Role of Supervisor Incentives  2020 Journal of Management Accounting Research Many organizations reward employees…

Advertising Guns for Christmas

Guns for Christmas: Advertising in Boys’ Life Magazine, 1911-2012 American boys have received guns as Christmas presents for over a century.  This research explores how advertising in Boys’…

The Effect of State-Level Rules and CPA Competition

The authors analyze the pass rates and size of candidate pools of U.S. jurisdictions on the CPA exam and find evidence to suggest that state-level economic activity and CPA exam rules affect CPA…

Whether it matters How teams evaluate new members

You’re about to join a new project team. What can you do to start off on the right foot, to give yourself the best chance possible of immediately contributing to the team’s efforts?  Or, how…

Transfer of Control and Ownership Headline

When controlling families transfer their control through direct ownership inheritance, heirs inherit the family ownership by paying an inheritance tax. Transfer of Control and Ownership Structure in…

Trust in Peer to Peer Lending

Person-to-person lending - also known as peer-to-peer lending, peer-to-peer investing, and social lending, and abbreviated as P2P lending - refers to lending and borrowing between strangers through a…

Data breaches harm companies?

A data breach, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, is a “security violation in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed stolen or used by an…

RESISTANCE TO PHISHING ATTACKS

Phishing is a cybercrime in which an attacker sends an email that appears to be from a trusted source and asks the recipient to provide personal information such as login credentials and debit/credit…

Minimizing Health-Compromising Behaviors via School-Based Programs: An Optimization

Mathematical modeling helps optimize school-based programs to minimize health-compromising behavior among youth. School health programs are united by their desire to promote health and health-…