In the first chapter, I analyze the effect of various risks faced by commercial banks on the executive compensation in banking industry. Executives in any industry are, on average, risk averse if their compensation is not tied to the long term performance of the firm. Commercial…
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Nigeria's police force is in a developmental phase as it moves away from a traditionally tribal, corrupt, disorganized, and localized operation toward a higher level of professionalism. Accordingly, Sutherland's social disorganization theory, which posits that criminal behavior …
This thesis seeks to examine the status of retail investors’ protection in the Hellenic legal order, under the light of EU law; focusing on investment firm failure as a result of tort, it investigates whether the EU and Hellenic normative systems aim at and achieve effective pro…
This dissertation examines the strategies by which enterprises and enterprise information technology (IT) vendors, particularly vendors of enterprise software, handle complex incentive and contracting problems arising from the unusual industry economics, product characteristics …
Alternative compensation revenue was created by the Minnesota legislature in 2005 to encourage school districts to reform the single salary structure and adopt new alternative pay structures. The approved plan called Quality Compensation for Teachers, or Q Comp, was driven by th…
Objectives. The primary objective of this study were to investigate the use of hospital discharge records as a tool for work-related serious injury surveillance, including analyses to compare injury reporting patterns using hospital records versus workers' compensation records a…
Contextual factors—environmental stimuli external to individuals—are historically understudied loci of leadership. This dissertation comprises two chapters exploring characteristics of distal and historical context that impose constraints on leaders. In the first chapter, I exam…
Cyprus has been influenced by many people and races. Still scattered around are the remnants of previous civilizations with the most historical landmarks having been left by the Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans and the Byzantine. From these civilizations many ancient monument…
The process for setting clergy compensation is fraught with difficulties and confusion. This study sought to discover the current highlights of the discussions about compensation for full-time clergy in the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church which covers the …
This dissertation develops a regulatory framework for employee equity-based compensation at start-up companies. At first glance, equity-based compensation represents a break from the zero-sum game that typically characterizes the relationship between the "labor share" and the "c…
Circumpolar agriculture is technically feasible and has the potential to improve food sovereignty in many communities of circumpolar Canada. This research project elaborated on the agricultural history of the circumpolar subregions (Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nun…