Ilhan Demirer

SUNY Plattsburgh | SUNY Plattsburgh · Department of Management Information Systems and Analytics

Executive compensation represents a small fraction of firm value, however, the way in which the dependence of compensation on firm performance is structured can have a significant effect on firm performance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between executive compensation structure and firm performance in the U.S. restaur...

Firms with higher cash holding levels can undertake investment projects and pay off their obligations without any financial difficulties. However, unused excess cash could be detrimental to firm value because unutilized cash value could significantly depreciate over time. Thus, this paper aims to examine the extent to which macroeconomic factors af...

Although there is a growing understanding that college students need to develop a wide range of knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal resources for career success, it is necessary to address students’ major expectations in their future careers. The primary purpose of this study is to explore students’ career expectations by examining the relat...

Purpose The main stance of this paper is to draw an authentic and rigorous outlook in terms of the financial and operational performance of small lodging establishments (SLEs) and put forth achievable and practical economic solutions that demonstrate the relative effectiveness of the adopted measures. This paper also suggests practical solutions to...

In this study, the moderating effect of board diversity on the complex relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and financial performance is examined. The resource-based view of the firm and stakeholder theory are used as the theoretical foundation of the study. The hypotheses of the study are tested via fixed-effects...

Most restaurant firms, by their operational nature, own and operate a large amount of corporate real estate (CRE), even though real estate is not their primary business activity. This is not only common across restaurant firms of different sizes but also linked to their sales and profitability. Borrowing the arguments of resource-based theory and u...

Purpose This paper aims to understand the emergence, the revolution and the relevant knowledge of academic research concentrating on social media (SM) and hospitality and tourism firms’ financial performance. The authors not only identified the gaps and critical issues in research but also re-conceptualized profound directions for the future resear...