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FIRM-LEVEL PRESIDENTIAL PREMIUM
(2021-12-17)
This thesis investigates the relationship between the presidential administrations in the United States (U.S.) and equity performance at the firm level, using a large sample of about 8,700 U.S. firms for periods covering ...
THE TRANSITION FROM ‘PAID PC/CONSOLE GAMES’ TO ‘FREEMIUM MOBILE GAMES’: FOCUSING ON USERS’ REACTIONS TO AND PRICE TOLERANCE OF IN-APP PURCHASE ITEMS
(2021-01-11)
This study examines how customers react to online games that transition from being ‘Paid PC/console Games to ‘Freemium Mobile Games in the context of the game series “Diablo”. In particular, this study focuses on three ...
AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF MOBILE NEWS ARTICLES: FOCUSING ON HEURISTIC AND SYSTEMATIC CUES OF CURATED MOBILE NEWS APPS
(2021-01-11)
Online curated news apps, such as Inshorts, have been becoming increasingly popular, largely because they provide users with the highlights of news articles that have been specifically selected for them. Each curated news ...
Vaccine Approval Effect on Firms in Socially Responsible and Conventional Funds During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2023-04-11)
This research investigates the effects of vaccine approval on socially responsible and conventional funds in the United States and Canada. The study analyzes the daily total returns of the constituents of the Jantzi Social ...
The Present in Our Past: A Large-Scale Analysis of Canadian Historiography
(2023-04-14)
Using a bibliometric approach to understand the development of the Canadian history field, this research analyzes trends and characteristics as observed in articles published in eight major Canadian history journals from ...
Accessibility’s Impact on the Information Literacy of the Deaf Community
(2020-04-30)
This Master’s thesis explores access and accessibility and how they impact information literacy in the (d)eaf community. Information literacy is the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the information the ...
The Opioid Crisis and Canadian Public Libraries: Before and During COVID-19
(2022-08-10)
This pilot study examines the impact of COVID-19 and the opioid crisis on Canadian public libraries. Views on these issues were gathered using a mixed methods process including a survey of Canadian library workers and ...
Information Literacy in Nova Scotia: Systematic Mapping of Learning Outcomes
(2021-08-18)
Information literacy has never been more important for the functioning of the democratic process, and for autonomy over one’s decisions. The Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) created a framework for ...
And That’s the Way It Is: The Media’s Role in Ending the Vietnam War
(Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, 2011-03-31)
The Vietnam War, also known as “The Living Room War,” was the first major American conflict to be so honestly documented by the media, as previous war correspondence focused mainly on the positive aspects of the war, to ...
THEY/THEM/THEIR: GENDER-NEUTRAL PRONOUNS ON NAMETAGS AND CONSUMERS’ MICROAGGRESSIONS TOWARDS THEM
(2022-12-15)
This study draws on theories from psychology and sociology to examine how consumers will react to non-binary individuals in sales and service situations. Results from an online experiment show that consumers tend to evaluate ...