• The Role of Letters of Credit in Foreign Trade Financing 

  Kageyama, John Atsushi (University of Oregon, 1958-06)

  Foreign trade is a system of exchanging goods and services among the nations. Fundamentally there is little difference between foreign trade and domestic trade. The existence of political and geographical boundaries. ...
• Credit Insurance as an Aid to the Export Trade of the United States 

  Marshall, Hardwood Leon (University of Oregon, 1925-07)

  It is the purpose of this thesis to discuss the service offered American exporters by credit insurance companies in the United States, and to analyze this service in the light of the statements made by its advocates that ...
• A Study of the History and Efficacy of the Federal Agricultural Credits Act of 1923, With Especial Application to Oregon. 

  Hunter, Kenneth H. (University of Oregon, 1925-06)

  The aim of this thesis is to discover the efficacy of the Federal legislation on agricultural credits, particularly of the Agricultural Credits Act of 1923. A short history of the Act is given to show the size of the problem ...
• An Analysis of the Problem of the Uninsured Motorist in Oregon 

  Rauch, Raymond C. (University of Oregon, 1959-06)

  This paper is probably the first academic attempt to define the problem of the uninsured motorist in Oregon. It represents a piece of research in an area where little has been done to determine the scope and depth of the ...
• Changing Concepts of Capital Gains Taxation 

  Griffin, Roy L. (University of Oregon, 1950-06)

  A capital gain or loss results from the sale or exchange of a capital asset. It is the difference between the purchase price or acquisition value and the selling price or taxable exchange value of a capital asset. A capital ...
• Oregon Cooperatives and Taxation 

  Holt, Thomas Melvin (University of Oregon, 1951-06)

  “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall hang separately” are famous words spoken by Benjamin Franklin at the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. That attitude of working together resulted in the ...
• A Critical Survey of the Orginization and System of Accounts Used in Lane County 

  Kimberling, Delbert O. (University of Oregon, 1934-06)

  The purpose of this study is to make a critical survey of the organization and system of accounts used in Lane County and to offer a constructive criticism thereof. The system of accounts now in use in Lane County appears ...
• Resource Mobilization for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Field Experiments in Morocco 

  Hmaddi, Ouafaa (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)

  This dissertation is composed of one conceptual review chapter and two empirical chapters with the following abstracts. In the first chapter, I adopt a resource mobilization framework, which delineates the process in three ...
• The Impact of Unethical Leader-Requests on Employees' Anger, Anxiety, and Family Lives 

  Qiu, Feng (University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)

  This dissertation aims to explore the potential non-work consequences of unethical leader-requests. Specifically, it examines how unethical leader-requests can trigger anxiety and anger in employees, which in turn harmfully ...
• Restoring Undermined Institutions: How Firms Combine Nonmarket Strategies to Respond to Digital Piracy 

  McDonald, Aaron (University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)

  How do firms strengthen their institutional environment after the unplanned and radical weakening of a strong regulatory institution? For some industries, regulative institutions play a dominant role in defining the ...
• Within-person Differences in Uncertainty Management, New Venture Ideation and Initial Belief Formations 

  Gish, John (University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)

  This three-paper dissertation investigates dynamic performance in uncertain situations. Each chapter in this dissertation represents a stand-alone paper. The first chapter combines literature on sleep processes with decision ...
• The Legitimation of Proto-institutions Among Multiple Stakeholder Communities: A Two-Phase Process Model. 

  Awad, Mohamed Hassan Ahmed (University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)

  New social entities are critically in need of different types of resources in order to survive and diffuse. In order to access these resources, a new social entity needs to be deemed legitimate by the multiple stakeholder ...
• Essays on Product Variety in Retail Operations 

  Yazdani, Alireza (University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)

  Thanks to technological advances in the past few decades, firms find product variety a more viable and hopefully a more profitable strategy than before. In this two-essay dissertation, I employ analytical models to investigate ...
• Outsourcing (In)Equity: Do Informal Government-Nonprofit Collaborations Lead to Inequitable Government Service? 

  Fiocco, Emily (University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)

  Local governments often rely on collaborations with nonprofit organizations to serve “underheard” communities. These collaborations are often resource-intensive, but not well-analyzed. I engage a case study of City of ...
• Nonmarket Autonomy: Combining Private and Collective Approaches to Corporate Political Activity 

  Minto, Amy (University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)

  By pursuing private and collective political action in the nonmarket environment, businesses attempt to influence public policy that shapes their operating environment. This dissertation considers how a firm’s market-based ...
• Imported Mothers and Subsidized Love: An Analysis of U.S. Labor Policy and Rights for Domestic Workers 

  Ohia, Emilee (University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)

  Over the last several decades, economic and cultural shifts in the United States have created an increasing demand for domestic labor, and data shows that these jobs have largely been filled by women of color, many of whom ...
• Elaborating a Model of Cultural Exchange: An Investigation into the Relationship Between Organizational Cultures and the Adoption of Environmental Certified Management Standards 

  Boren, Brooke (University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)

  In this dissertation, I investigate how organizations understand and apply shared meanings of sustainability. Integrating recent theoretical developments regarding organizational culture with findings from prior literature ...
• Reconciling Oregon's Smart Growth Goals with Local Policy Choice: An Empirical Study of Growth Management, Urban Form, and Development Outcomes in Eugene, Keizer, Salem, and Springfield 

  Witzig, Monica (University of Oregon, 2014-06-17)

  Oregon's Statewide Planning Goals embody Smart Growth in their effort to revitalize urban areas, finance environmentally responsible transportation systems, provide housing options, and protect natural resources; yet the ...
• Explore with Strangers, Exploit with Friends: Organizational Ambidexterity and Networks in Successful Technology Commercialization 

  Earle, Andrew (University of Oregon, 2013-10-10)

  This dissertation seeks to relieve theoretical tension between organizational ambidexterity and network perspectives by developing a contingent model of firm-level exploration and exploitation. The central proposition of ...
• An Alternative Alternative: The Road to Sustainable Transportation Law 

  Bloomfield, Jessica (University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)

  The dominance of motor vehicle use throughout America reflects a massive government intervention on behalf of automobiles. Congress directs billions of dollars into America's highway system annually, assuming that building ...

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