{"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":"2026-04-14T08:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:49:39","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/CLRK-04-18-2023-CLASSROOM-142-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Business analysts collaborating\" class=\"wp-image-5877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/CLRK-04-18-2023-CLASSROOM-142-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/CLRK-04-18-2023-CLASSROOM-142-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/CLRK-04-18-2023-CLASSROOM-142-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/CLRK-04-18-2023-CLASSROOM-142-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/CLRK-04-18-2023-CLASSROOM-142-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/CLRK-04-18-2023-CLASSROOM-142-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark\u2019s 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<p>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\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52009084 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recent-research-highlights\">Recent Research Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Abdullah Asilkalkan had a paper titled,&nbsp;<em>A Parsimonious Tree Augmented Naive Bayes Model for Exploring Colorectal Cancer Survival Factors and Their Conditional Interrelations<\/em>&nbsp;in \u201cInformation Systems Frontiers.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drs. Rita Wang, Kyunghee Yoon, and David Tang had a paper titled,&nbsp;<em>Audit Quality Under Remote Working Arrangement: The Role of Workforce Technology Competency&nbsp;<\/em>accepted for publication in the \u201cJournal of Information Systems.\u201d It is an American Accounting Association journal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drs. Fei Fang and David Tang had a coauthored paper titled,&nbsp;<em>Why Do Insiders Sell Stocks After Receiving Options?<\/em>&nbsp;accepted for publication in&nbsp;<em>Applied Economics<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drs. Siti Parida and Fei Fang have a co-authored paper titled,&nbsp;<em>Climate Policy Regime Change and Mutual Fund Flows: Insights from the 2020 US Election,<\/em>&nbsp;which has been accepted for publication in the \u201cInternational Review of Financial Analysis.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr. David Tang had a paper titled,&nbsp;<em>Provincial economic growth and firm excess investment: Evidence from China<\/em>, accepted by \u201cEconomic Modelling.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>All of the above mentioned journals are ranked A or A* by the ABDC Journal Quality List.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-dark-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:2px\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-research-seminar-series\">Faculty Research Seminar Series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The School of Business Faculty Research Seminar Series is an interdisciplinary vehicle for the discussion of academic research. The goal of the seminar series is to provide a local forum for interaction that supports the development of research-in-progress into high-quality papers and presentations that contribute to the theory, practice, and teaching of management and related fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-join-us-for-a-seminar\">Join us for a seminar!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite scholars from all disciplines with an interest in management-related topics to participate in the School of Business Research Seminar Series. Anyone interested in obtaining feedback on a current research project is welcome to present in this series. Contact the series\u2019 Chair, Fei Fang, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:FFang@clarku.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FFang@clarku.edu<\/a>&nbsp;for a list of available dates and to request a date on the calendar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-52009084 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-deep-red)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-center\">Faculty Seminar Series<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-faculty-research-seminar-briefs\">Faculty Research Seminar Briefs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/24-September-25-Zhenyang-David-Tang.pdf\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/masters-finance.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-david-tang-cusb-faculty\">Dr. David Tang, CUSB Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDEI Hiring Initiatives &amp; Tax Planning: Evidence from Job Postings\u201d<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/24-November-20-Ayan-Ghosh-Dastidar.pdf\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/undergraduate-program-major-in-marketing.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-ayan-ghosh-dastidar-cusb-faculty\">Dr. Ayan Ghosh Dastidar, CUSB Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWeight-loss Product Advertising on Nutritional Choice &amp; Physical Activity\u201d<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/24-February-14-Dhvani-Badwaik.pdf\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/school-of-business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/major-in-finance-clark-university-900x500-2.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-dhvani-badwaik-guest\">Dr. Dhvani Badwaik, Guest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Effects of Aligning Stock Option Horizon With Corporate Investment Horizon\u201d<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/business\/news\/business-school-faculty-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View all of our latest faculty news<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark\u2019s 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. 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