This page collects the research and creative activity of the faculty of the School of Business at Eastern Illinois University.

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Submissions from 2020

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Are female top executives more risk-averse or more ethical? Evidence from corporate cash holdings policy, Trang Doan and Mai Iskandar-Datta

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Is timing everything? The timing of an M&A announcement in a merger wave, T.T. Doan, Padma Sahib, and van Arjen Witteloostuijn

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Franchising in the Balkans: History, status, and challenges, Marko Grünhagen, Nada Mumdžiev, Barbara Harča, Tamara Milenković-Kerković, and Jasmina Dlačić

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Conflict Aftermath: Dispute Resolution and Financial Performance in Franchising, Jeff Wang, Marko Grünhagen, Marko Grünhagen, Li Ji, and Xu Zheng

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Negativity decontaminating: Communication media affordances for emotion regulation strategies, Nan Wang, Traci Carte, and Ryan Bisel

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Performance implications of using signaling and screening for expanding interfirm business networks: Evidence from franchising, Farhad Sadeh and Manish Kacker

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Managers’ noticing of new organizational IT and influences of IT attributes, Nan Wang

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Multibrand, multisystem and multirole franchising: A qualitative exploration and framework development in Brazil, Marko Grünhagen, Marko Grünhagen, Manuel González-Díaz, Dildar Hussain, and Haroldo da Silva Filho

Submissions from 2019

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Beyond the Strategies of Feedback Seeking: A Review and Initial Conceptualization of Feedback-Seeking Styles, Mary de Luque, Melody Wollan, and Victor Boyi

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Learning From Divestitures to Complete Acquisitions: A Study Using Secondary Data and Logistic Regression Models to Explore the Determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions Completion Likelihood, Trang Doan and Padma Sahib

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Performance impact of distribution expansion: a review and research agenda, Jonathan Hibbard, Manish Kacker, and Farhad Sadeh

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A Close Look Into Supplier Policy Changes in Response to Their Buyers’ Financial Stress, Jamol Abdiev and Gurkan Akalin

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Entrepreneurial ecosystem narratives and the micro-foundations of regional entrepreneurship:, Philip Roundy and Mark Bayer

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How Does CEO Career Origin Influence Firm’s Risk-Taking?, Candra Chahyadi and Pamitra Wineka

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Policy uncertainty and the maturity structure of corporate debt, Sudip Datta, Trang Doan, and Mai Iskandar-Datta

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Virtual Brand Community Experience, Identification, and Electronic Word-of-mouth, Lin Qiao, Mengmeng Song, and Nan Wang

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To bridge or buffer? A resource dependence theory of nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems, Philip Roundy and Mark Bayer

Submissions from 2018

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Two roads to effectiveness: CEO feedback seeking, vision articulation, and firm performance, Susan Ashford, Ned Wellman, Mary de Luque, Katleen De Stobbeleir, and Melody Wollan

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GENDER IN THE C-SUITE AND INFORMATIONAL TRANSPARENCY, Trang Doan and Mai Iskandar-Datta

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Making Government Data Valuable for Constituents: The Case for the Advanced Data Analytics Capabilities of the ENHANCE Framework, Stephen Kozlowski, Hussein Issa, and Deniz Appelbaum

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Lessons from the flipside: How do acquirers learn from divestitures to complete acquisitions?, Trang Doan, Padma Sahib, and Arjen van Witteloostuijn

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To Evaluate or Not to Evaluate?: A Two-Process Model of Innovation Adoption Decision Making, Nan Wang

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An empirical assessment of the Consumer Agency Model: Evidence from India and China, Marko Grünhagen, Rajiv Dant, and Benjamin Lawrence

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Cross-border M&As in Related and Technology-intensive Industries : Evidence on the Dynamics of Spatial Distance, Industry Context, and Completion Likelihood of International Takeovers, Elisa Labbas, Padma Sahib, and Trang Doan

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The Moderating Effect of Motivation to Comply and Perceived Critical Mass in Smartphones' Adoption, Abdou Illia, Assion Lawson-Body, Simon Lee, and Gurkan Akalin

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Boards of directors and firm leverage: Evidence from real estate investment trusts, Trang Doan and Nga Nguyen

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Does Gender in the C-Suite Really Matter?:, Trang Doan and Mai Iskandar-Datta

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Teaching Data Analytics Skills in Auditing Classes using Tableau, Thomas Weirich, Norbert Tschakert, and Stephen Kozlowski

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FROM ARCADES TO ONLINE: UPDATING COPYRIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE VIDEO GAME STREAMING, Nicholas Robinson

Submissions from 2017

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Development Prospects for Franchising in Southeast Asia: A Review and Outlook, Marko Grünhagen and Andrew Terry

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Quality Signaling Through Ex-Ante Voluntary Information Disclosure in Entrepreneurial Networks: Evidence from Franchising, Farhad Sadeh and Manish Kacker

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ERP in the Classroom: Three SAP Exercises Focused on Internal Controls, Reza Barkhi and Stephen Kozlowski

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Kant VS Aristotle: Evaluating Consumer Responses to A Product Recall, Jaysinha Shinde, Udaysinha Shinde, Alex Hill, and Abdiev Jamol

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When the Music Stops Playing: Post-litigation Relationship Dissolution in Franchising, Marko Grünhagen, Xu Zheng, and Jeff Wang

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ACQUISITION COMPLETION OR ABANDONMENT: The effect of revealed comparative advantage in the M&A pre-integration process, Trang Doan

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Design and performance attributes driving mobile travel application engagement, Jiaming Fang, Zhirong Zhao, Chao Wen, and Ruping Wang

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Teaching Data Analytics Using ACL, Thomas Weirich, Norbert Tschakert, and Stephen Kozlowski

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Determinants of Choice Migration Destination: Evidence from the Western Balkan Transit Route, Sabina Sačer, Mirko Palić, Marko Grunhagen, and Tihomir Kundid

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Franchising in Southeast Asia: prerequisites, progress and prospects, Andrew Terry and Marko Grünhagen

Submissions from 2016

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The role of timing in a merger wave on overcoming challenges in the M&A pre-merger process, Trang Doan, Padma Sahib, Arjen Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen Van Witteloostuijn, and Arjen Van Witteloostuijn

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Shirking behavior and socially desirable responding in online surveys, Jiaming Fang, Victor Prybutok, and Chao Wen

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Is Supply Chain Management Replacing Operations Management in the Business Core Curriculum, Gurkan Akalin, Zhentu Huang, and John Willems

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Cultural Convergence in Emerging Markets: The Case of McDonald's in China and India, Hyo Jeon, Brinja Meiseberg, Rajiv Dant, and Marko Grünhagen

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Research on Franchising & Distribution Networks in Emerging Countries: The Relevance of an Interdisciplinary Approach, Muriel Fadairo, Marko Grünhagen, and Vivian-Lara Silva

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Complementary IT resources for enabling technological opportunism, Laura Lucia-Palacios, Victoria Bordonaba-Juste, Yolanda Polo-Redondo, and Marko Grünhagen

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Motivated to change? TMT regulatory focus and strategic change, Philip Roundy, Ye Dai, Mark Bayer, and Gukdo Byun

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“Food Deserts” in Urban Districts Evidence from a Transitional Market and Implications for Macromarketing, Irena Cerovečki and Marko Grünhagen

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Best fit, best practice, or stuck in the middle? The impact of unit ownership on unit HR performance in franchise systems, Evelien Croonen, Marko Grünhagen, and Melody Wollan

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Affective and cognitive factors influencing repeat buying in e-commerce, Jiaming Fang, Benjamin George, Yunfei Shao, and Chao Wen

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The Relationship between Initial and Ongoing Fees in Franchising: A Meta-Analysis, Farhad Sadeh and Manish Kacker

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Transactional quality, relational quality, and consumer e-loyalty, Jiaming Fang, Yunfei Shao, and Chao Wen

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When do franchisors select entrepreneurial franchisees? An organizational identity perspective, Anna Watson, Olufunmilola Dada, Marko Grünhagen, and Melody Wollan

Submissions from 2015

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Learning To Make Acquisitions From Related Corporate Restructuring Activities, Trang Doan, Padma Sahib, and Arjen Van Witteloostuijn

Case Study: 2. Does work passion promote work performance? From the perspective of Dualistic Model of Passion, God Is, Ghosh Anupam, Zhang Jian, Sysko Jim, and S Jaysinha

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Cultural Convergence in Emerging Markets through Franchising: The Case of McDonald’s in China and India, J Jeon, B Meiseberg, Rp Dant, and M Grünhagen

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Crisis Management at Toyota, Sysko Jim and Jaysinha Shinde

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The Global Crisis of the Late 2000s and Currency Substitution: A Study of Three Eastern European Economies Russia, Turkey and Ukraine, Gurkan Akalin and Edmund Prater

Unnatural Relationship Dissolution in Franchising: A Dual-Agency Perspective, Xu Zheng, Jianfeng Wang, and Marko Grunhagen

Submissions from 2014

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Best fit, best practice, or stuck in the middle? The impact of unit ownership on HR-performance, Evelien Croonen, Marko Grünhagen, and Melody Wollan

Proceedings for the International Society of Franchising; New Orleans (USA), Evelien Croonen, Marko Grünhagen, and Melody Wollan

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Learning from Prior Restructuring Activities to Make Acquisitions in an M&A Wave, Trang Doan, Padma Sahib, and Arjen Van Witteloostuijn

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Lessons from the Flipside - How Do Acquirers Learn from Divestitures?, Trang Doan, Padma Sahib, and Arjen Van Witteloostuijn

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An assessment of equivalence between paper and social media surveys: The role of social desirability and satisficing, Jiaming Fang, Chao Wen, and Victor Prybutok

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E-business implementation and performance: analysis of mediating factors, Laura Lucia-Palacios, Victoria Bordonaba-Juste, Yolanda Polo-Redondo, and Marko Grünhagen

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Technological opportunism effects on IT adoption, intra-firm diffusion and performance: Evidence from the U.S. and Spain, Laura Lucia-Palacios, Victoria Bordonaba-Juste, Yolanda Polo-Redondo, and Marko Grünhagen

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International Franchising Research: Some Thoughts on the What, Where, When, and How, Rajiv Dant and Marko Grünhagen

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The role of E-quality within the consumer decision making process, Chao Wen, Victor Prybutok, Charles Blankson, and Jiaming Fang

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The moderating influence of HR operational autonomy on the entrepreneurial orientation–performance link in franchise systems, Marko Grünhagen, Melody Wollan, Olufunmilola Dada, and Anna Watson

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Academic Stress in Accounting Students: An Empirical Study, Zhenghong How, Jaysinha Shinde, and John Willems

Submissions from 2013

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The equivalence of Internet versus paper-based surveys in IT/IS adoption research in collectivistic cultures: the impact of satisficing, Jiaming Fang, Chao Wen, and Victor Prybutok

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The equivalence of Internet versus paper-based surveys in IT/IS adoption research in collectivistic cultures: the impact of satisficing, Jiaming Fang, Chao Wen, and Victor Prybutok

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Cross-cultural examination of online shopping behavior: A comparison of Norway, Germany, and the United States, Rachel Smith, George Deitz, Marla Royne, John Hansen, Marko Grünhagen, and Carl Witte

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Food Deserts’ in Urban Neighborhoods: Evidence from a Transitional Market, Irena Guszak and Marko Grünhagen

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Strategies for Managers in Handling Workplace Bullying, Melody Wollan

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The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy's Effect on an Auditor's Issuance of a Going Concern Opinion, Jaysinha Shinde, Trey Stone, John Willems, and Commons Cc-By

Submissions from 2012

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Off the Hook: Does the Supreme Court's Scheme Liability Ruling Benefit Firms in Litigation-Prone Industries?, Candra Chahyadi and Menghistu Sallehu

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Off the Hook: Does the Supreme Court's Scheme Liability Ruling Benefit Firms in Litigation-Prone Industries?, Candra S. Chahyadi and Menghistu Sallehu

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Chronicling the saga of 25 years of International Society of Franchising, Rajiv Dant, Michael Price, Marko Grünhagen, Patrick Kaufmann, James Brown, Gérard Cliquet, and Robert Robicheaux

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Participation Willingness in Web Surveys: Exploring Effect of Sponsoring Corporation’s and Survey Provider’s Reputation, Jiaming Fang, Chao Wen, and Robert Pavur

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Participation Willingness in Web Surveys: Exploring Effect of Sponsoring Corporation’s and Survey Provider’s Reputation, Jiaming Fang, Chao Wen, and Robert Pavur

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Predicting potential respondents’ decision to participate in web surveys, Chao Wen and Jiaming Fang

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Predicting potential respondents’ decision to participate in web surveys, Chao Wen and Jiaming Fang

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The Role of National Culture on Relationships Between Customers’ Perception of Quality, Values, Satisfaction, and Behavioral Intentions, Chao Wen, Hong Qin, Victor Prybutok, and Charles Blankson

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The Role of National Culture on Relationships Between Customers’ Perception of Quality, Values, Satisfaction, and Behavioral Intentions, Chao Wen, Hong Qin, Victor R. Prybutok, and Charles Blankson

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It is not for fun: An examination of social network site usage, Chenyan Xu, Sherry Ryan, Victor Prybutok, and Chao Wen

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It is not for fun: An examination of social network site usage, Chenyan Xu, Sherry Ryan, Victor Prybutok, and Chao Wen

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How do Firms Learn to Complete Acquisition Deals, Trang Doan, Padma Sahib, and Arjen Van Witteloostuijn

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An assessment of equivalence between Internet and paper-based surveys: evidence from collectivistic cultures, Jiaming Fang, Chao Wen, and Victor Prybutok

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An assessment of equivalence between Internet and paper-based surveys: evidence from collectivistic cultures, Jiaming Fang, Chao Wen, and Victor R. Prybutok

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Chronicling the Saga of 25 Years of International Society of Franchising, Rajiv Dant, Marko Grünhagen, Patrick Kaufmann, James Brown, Gérard Cliquet, and Robert Robicheaux

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Emerging Consumer Perspectives on American Franchise Offerings: Variety Seeking Behavior in China, Marko Grünhagen, Rajiv Dant, and Mingxia Zhu

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Survey on the effectiveness of promotional and communication strategies adopted by financial services, Farhad Sadeh, Rosa Birjandi, and Alireza Miremadi

Submissions from 2011

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The Role of Education and Experience in CFO Career and Compensation, Candra Chahyadi and Bahaa Abusalim

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The Role of Education and Experience in CFO Career and Compensation, Candra S. Chahyadi and Bahaa Abusalim

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Franchising During Times of Economic Recession: A Longitudinal Analysis of Automotive Service Franchises, Marko Grünhagen, Richard Flight, and David Boggs

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Cultural Convergence in Emerging Markets through Franchising: The Case of McDonald’s in China and India, J Jeon, B Meiseberg, R Dant, and M Grünhagen

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Superfluity and Murkiness in the Understanding of Social Responsibility: A Content Analysis, Jaysinha S. Shinde, Raymond Wacker, Udaysinha S. Shinde, and Zhenghong Jane Hou

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Superfluity and Murkiness in the Understanding of Social Responsibility: A Content Analysis, Jaysinha Shinde, Raymond Wacker, Udaysinha Shinde, and Zhenghong Hou

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Market Saturation or Market Concentration: Evidence on Competition Among U.S. Limited Service Franchise Brands, Robert Stassen and Marko Grünhagen

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An integrated model for customer online repurchase intention, Chao Wen, Victor R. Prybutok, and Chenyan Xu