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Analyzing the Financial Condition of Higher Education Institutions Using Financial Ratio Analysis

The problem concerned the financial indicators used to evaluate the financial condition of the six sister higher education institutions under the authority of the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. The purposes were to determine the financial ratios that best indicate financial condition; to calculate those financial ratios for the six designated Oklahoma higher education institutions; and to evaluate and compare the financial condition of the six institutions. This study attempted to furth… more

Date: May 1999

Creator: Buddy, Nancy J.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Environmental Scanning Practices of Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria

The purpose of this study was to examine scanning practices in a developing country by looking at the scanning behavior of executives of Nigerian manufacturing firms. Specifically, this study examined the decision maker's perception of environmental uncertainty (PEU), the frequency and degree of interest with which decision makers scan each sector of the environment, the frequency of use of various sources of information, the number of organizational adjustments made in response to actions of e… more

Date: May 1992

Creator: Sawyerr, Olukemi Olaitan

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Corporate Sale-and-Leaseback Transactions: An Examination of Corporate Incentives, Wealth Effects and Dealer Spreads

There is a limited amount of research dealing with the wealth effects of sale-and-leaseback transactions, but previous research has focused predominantly on the tax effects of these transactions. The results of these studies have often been in conflict with one another. This dissertation shows that tax effects do play a role in determining the wealth effect of sale-and-leasebacks on stockholders, but there exists a framework of finance research that suggests several other factors could play a d… more

Date: August 1993

Creator: Gordon, Bruce L. (Bruce Lee)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Market Timing, Forecast Ability and Information Flow in Petroleum Futures Markets

Three petroleum futures contracts are examined over a ten-year period from 1986 to 1996. Intertemporal changes in futures prices and the net open interest positions of three trader types are compared to determine what, if any, market timing ability the traders have. Seasonal variation is considered and a simple trading rule is adopted to determine the dollar-return potential for market participation and shed light on issues of market efficiency.

Date: December 1997

Creator: Buchanan, William K.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Futures-Forward Price Differences and Efficiency in the Treasury Bill Futures Market

This study addressed two issues. First, it examined the ability of two models, developed by Cox, Ingersoll and Ross (CIR), to explain the differences between futures and implicit forward prices in the thirteen-week T-bill market. The models imply that if future interest rates are stochastic, futures and forward prices differ; the structural difference is due to the daily settlement process required in futures trading. Second, the study determined the efficiency of the thirteen-week T-bill futur… more

Date: May 1986

Creator: Wong, Alan, 1954-

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Time Series Analysis of the Functional Performance of the United States Supreme Court

The focus of this investigation is the relationship of the United States Supreme Court's functional performance to its environment. Three functions of courts are noted in the literature: conflict resolution, social control and administration. These functions are operationalized for the United States Supreme Court. Hypotheses are developed relative to the general performance of these three functions by all courts. Box-Jenkins time series analysis is then used to test these hypotheses in relation… more

Date: August 1990

Creator: Haynie, Stacia L. (Stacia Lyn)

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Test of Allocational Market Efficiency in Takeovers Using Tobin's q Theory of Investment

The primary purpose of the study was to investigate whether takeover markets are allocationally efficient using Tobin's q as the variable which summarizes the investment opportunities of firms. Chapter I presented the purposes, hypotheses, methodology, and limitations of the study. The two hypotheses proposed were as follows: Acquiring firms' q should be significantly higher than that of control firms, on average, and target firms' q should be significantly lower than that of control firms, on … more

Date: May 1987

Creator: Kim, Keeho

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Developmentally Disabled Elderly in Canada: Access to Health Care and Social Services

The accessibility, predictors, and use of health care and social services among developmentally disabled elderly adults in Canada were examined using a nationally representative social survey. The first research hypothesis is that the independent variables will contribute significantly to the prediction of the dependent variables. A second hypothesis is that the slope of any given independent variable will not equal zero. The results of this research show that the illness (need) variables are t… more

Date: August 1992

Creator: Easterling, Calvin Henry

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Study of Open Code Dating in Grocery Retailing in Dallas County

This study deals with "open code dating," the movement by grocery manufacturers and distributors toward dating perishable food packages in such a manner that consumers can readily determine product freshness or length of time on store shelves. The study explores the desirability and feasibility of open code dating, placing greatest importance upon the response of the consumer to the concept. It was found that consumers were aware of open code dating and generally strongly desired its universal … more

Date: December 1974

Creator: McGown, Kirby Lee

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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