{"id":162,"date":"2018-08-07T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T19:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/research\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:44:13","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our mission<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Advancing knowledge, driving practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Clark’s School of Business faculty are actively engaged in conducting, presenting, and publishing research that advances our knowledge of important financial, social, economic, and environmental issues relevant to management best practices. Our faculty includes investment market experts, portfolio managers, analysts, applied researchers, and executives whose research aims to advance management theory and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The School of Business faculty have recently presented or published numerous works on such topics as alternative investments; factors influencing purchasing decisions; strengthening health care organizations; managing workplace diversity; protecting employee rights and enhancing employee well-being; strengthening corporate environmental sustainability practices; improving government effectiveness; and enhancing linkages between universities and their communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Scholarship in Focus<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Recent research highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Business Analytics<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A Parsimonious Tree Augmented Naive Bayes Model for Exploring Colorectal Cancer Survival Factors and Their Conditional Interrelations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Abdullah Asilkalkan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published in Information Systems Frontiers<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Accounting<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Audit Quality Under Remote Working Arrangement: The Role of Workforce Technology Competency<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drs. Rita Wang, Kyunghee Yoon & David Tang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accepted in Journal of Information Systems \u2014 American Accounting Association<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finance<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Why Do Insiders Sell Stocks After Receiving Options?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drs. Fei Fang & David Tang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accepted for publication in Applied Economics<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finance<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Climate Policy Regime Change and Mutual Fund Flows: Insights from the 2020 US Election<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drs. Siti Parida & Fei Fang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accepted in International Review of Financial Analysis<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finance<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Provincial Economic Growth and Firm Excess Investment: Evidence from China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. David Tang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accepted by Economic Modelling<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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