The Dark Side of Investor Conferences: Evidence of Managerial Opportunism

O Brave New World: The Dark Side of Cyberspace

This article focuses on some of the negative aspects of cyberspace andcyberculture. First, it offers an examination of the impact of our use ofsocial media, and Facebook in particular, on our psyches, pointing out thatusers of social media can be thought of as audiences. These audiencesand information about them can be sold to marketers and advertisers.Next, it offers a case study of a widespre...

The dark side of evidence-based medicine.

Open Market Repurchases: Signaling or Managerial Opportunism?

Managers conduct open market repurchases ("OMRs") for many different reasons, including to distribute excess cash. However, the most widely discussed explanation for OMRs is the "signaling theory": that managers announce OMRs to signal that the stock is underpriced. The first purpose of this paper is to show that the signaling theory is theoretically problematic—in part because it assumes manag...

analysis of reading comprehension needs of the students of paramedical studies: the case of the students of health information management (him)

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the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...