RESEARCH ROUNDUP

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS RESEARCH ROUNDUP

As an R1 institution, creating new knowledge is at the core of what we do. The College of Business celebrates our faculty’s research contributions to their respective fields in this quarterly summary of publications and reports. For more information visit: business.louisville.edu/research-and-publications

ACCOUNTANCY

Derek Barr-Pulliam, Brown-Libard, H., & Sanderson, K. “The effects of the internal control opinion and use of audit data analytics on perceptions of audit quality, assurance, and auditor negligence.” Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory

Lisa Blum & Benjamin Foster “The taxation of nonfungible token transactions.” The CPA Journal

Benjamin Foster & Hua (Christine) Xin “The spread and use of blockchains.” The CPA Journal

Minjie Huang, Kubick, T. R., & Tseng, K. “Technology spillovers and the duration of executive compensation.” Journal of Banking & Finance

Minjie Huang & DeYoung, R. “The external effects of bank executive pay: Liquidity creation and systemic risk.” Journal of Financial Intermediation

Hua (Christine) Xin, Espahbodi, H., Espahbodi, R., & Kose, J. “Earnings management in the short- and long-term post-regulation periods.” Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Hua (Christine) Xin & Tang M. “Asymmetric timing of gain and recognition and insider trading profitability.” Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance

ECONOMICS

Jose Fernandez “Hurricane Maria and La Crisis Boricua on health-care supply in Puerto Rico.” AEA Paper and Proceedings

Per Fredriksson, & Mohanty, A. “Sunlight and culture.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Per Fredricksson, Sharma, S., & Ang, J. “Religiosity and climate change policies.” Economic Energy

Thomas Lambert “Game of Thrones, game of class struggle, or other games? Revisiting the Dobb–Sweezy debate.” World Review of Political Economy

Conor Lennon “G.I. Jane goes to college? Female educational attainment, earnings, and the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.” The Journal of Economic History

Elizabeth Munnich & Richards, M. “Long-run growth of ambulatory surgery centers 1990–2015 and Medicare payment policy.” Health Services Research

Joshua Pinkston, Courtemanche, C., Garuccio, J., Le, A., & Yelowitz, A. “Chances elections, social distancing restrictions, and Kentucky’s early COVID-19 experience.” PLOS One

Weihua Zhao “The long-run effects of minimum lot size zoning on housing redevelopment.” Housing Economics

INFORMATION SYSTEMS, ANALYTICS & OPERATIONS

Andrew Manikas, Benjamin Foster, & Kroes, J.R. “Does the importance of environmental issues within an industry affect the relationship between lean operations and corporate financial performance?” Sustainable Production and Consumption

Andrew Manikas, Patel, P., & Wolfe, M. “Talk is cheap?! The value of a ban on products stimulations and renderings on a crowdfunding platform.” Applied Economics

Andrew Manikas, Kroes, J., Gattiker, T., & Castel, M. “The operational impact of Chief Supply Chain Officers in manufacturing firms.” Production & Planning Control

Joseph Zurada, Fiok, K., Karwowski, W., GutierrezFranco, E., Davahli, M., Wiliamowski, M., Ahram, T., & Al-Juaid, A. “Text Guide: Improving the Quality of Long Text Classification by a Text Selection Method Based on Feature Importance.” IEEE Access

MANAGEMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Isabel Botero, Kirsten Bullock, & Arzaga, F. “Understanding Governance Mechanisms in small and medium family firms in Latin America.” Multidisciplinary Business Review

Isabel Botero, Welsh, D. H. B., Kaciak, E., & Kopaničová, J. “Family emotional support in the transformation of women entrepreneurs.” Journal of Business Research

Professors Andrew Manikas, Michael Barone, and Mina Kwan

Isabel Botero, Juliana Binhote, Barroso Martínez,oA., & Sanguino Galván, R. “The family’s effect on knowledge sharing in family firms.” Journal of Knowledge Management

MARKETING

Katina Kulow, Kramer, T., & Bentely, K. “Lady luck: Anthropomorphized luck creates perceptions of risk-sharing and drives pursuit of risky alternatives.” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

Mina Kwon, Andrew Manikas, & Mike Barone “(Not) Near and Dear: COVID-19 concerns increase consumer preference for products that are not ‘near me.’” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT (NOT) NEAR & DEAR

To say that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives would be an understatement. Researchers at UofL’s College of Business – Professors Michael Barone, Mina Kwon, and Andrew Manikas – have studied how COVID-19 influences consumers’ preferences for products and services that Internet searches identify as being available “near” them or in more geographically distant retail locations.

Though various interventions (stay-at-home orders, social distancing measures) are designed to stem the movement of individuals to reduce COVID-19 transmission, can the social isolation and loneliness associated with these interventions affect how consumers evaluate “near” and “not near” products? According to a recent paper published by these authors in the Journal for the Association of Consumer Research, while consumers typically prefer “near me” offerings that provide greater convenience, COVID-19-induced isolation and loneliness heighten one’s need for social connection, increasing the attractiveness of “not near” offerings.

These results offer important policy implications for decision-makers to consider in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, these findings suggest that the isolation associated with COVID-19 can lead to unintended consequences of consumers seeking out “not near” offerings that can make them more, rather than less, geographically mobile – behaviors that run counter to those encouraged by these policies.

FACULTY EXCELLENCE

Manju Ahuja, Frazier Family Professor of Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Analytics & Operations, delivered a keynote address at the Association of Information System’s Southern Africa Chapter Annual Seminar on Sept. 13, 2021.

Dereck Barr-Pulliam, assistant professor in the School of Accountancy, and his co-author team were awarded a Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) Access to Audit Personnel Grant for 2021.

Isabel Botero, associate professor of practice, Management & Entrepreneurship, received the Wittener Institut für Familienunternehmen (WIFU) best contribution to practice award at the annual IFERA - International Family Enterprise Research Academy conference.

Abigail Koenig, assistant professor of practice, Management & Entrepreneurship, has been working on a project for the past year, supporting health literacy for the community of Louisville’s 3rd District. This has culminated into a partnership between several academics at the University of Louisville and community partners — The Public Health Literacy Advisory Group. They were awarded a $250,000 grant through the Humana Foundation to continue this work.

COB CLASS NOTES

Dwight Brown (PMBA ’21) is part of UoL’s first NSA Cybersecurity Workforce Certificate cohort.

Lynn Hampton (BSBA ‘78, MBA ‘82), former CFO of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, has joined the board of the Kentucky Retirement System.

Holly Neeld (MBA ’20) welcomed a baby boy with her husband Dexter Neeld on September 5, 2021.

Yuteng Wang (MBA ‘19) started a new position as project engineer at Enerfab Company in Cincinnati.

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