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Research snapshot: Discover how Spears Business is impacting the world

Research begins with a question, and Spears Business faculty are finding answers to improve industries and lives. Find out how Spears Business researchers are helping workplace groups identify experts, measuring long-term outcomes of healthcare
Research snapshot: Discover how Spears Business is impacting the world
Defining inequality and how entrepreneurship affects the market

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

Assistant professor of entrepreneurship Per Bylund researches all things entrepreneur. By researching the topic of inequality and how it relates to entrepreneurial activity, Bylund felt the term "inequality" needed to be defined more clearly.

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Do FOMC actions speak loudly?

Mon, Aug 7, 2017

Corporate bond market investors bear the risk that the borrower will not pay them as promised; that's why corporate bond prices tend to be lower than treasury bonds. But why isn't corporate bond investor behavior consistent with the old adage that

Department of FinanceSpears School of BusinessWatson Graduate School of ManagementSpears ResearchResearch Minute
“Ripping off the Band-Aid:” Firm reputation and communication management

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

When the going gets tough and the world is against you, research says the best thing to do is get all of the negative out at once. Oklahoma State University assistant professor of management Owen Parker's latest research focuses on how firms respond

Watson Graduate School of ManagementSpears ResearchResearch MinuteSpears School of BusinessDepartment of Management
Forecasting stock returns using fluctuations in trading costs

Wed, Jul 12, 2017

Have you ever wondered when you should invest or make a trade in your stock? By using United States equity market-level data from 1926 through 2015, Oklahoma State University assistant professor of finance Greg Eaton nailed down the predictive power

Watson Graduate School of ManagementSpears School of BusinessSpears ResearchResearch MinuteDepartment of Finance
Explaining low self-employment rates among foreign-born STEM graduates: Why start a business if it doesn’t pay?

Thu, Jun 8, 2017

According to analysis of the American Community Survey, foreign-born college graduates in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) field have much lower self-employment rates compared to foreign graduates of other majors. Why

Department of Economics and Legal StudiesSpears School of BusinessResearch MinuteSpears Research
How does unethical behavior affect us?

Fri, May 19, 2017

We hear about business scandals all the time, from Wells Fargo creating fake bank accounts to increase profits to Hampton Creek's inflated sales numbers. But what happens to us morally after we do something wrong? Oklahoma State University associate

Department of ManagementSpears ResearchResearch MinuteSpears School of Business