The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between firms' internal corporate governance mechanism and their auditor choice and auditor switch decisions and how investors respond to firms' auditor choice and auditor switch decisions in the Chinese context. The findings of this study have theoretical and practical implications. Different from prior studies, we find that, in order to sustain opaqueness gains, firms with weak internal corporate governance mechanism and therefore high agency costs may be inclined to avoid high-quality auditors. This study further suggests that...

As the organic market continues to grow, interest in United States (US) consumers organic food purchasing and consumption behavior have emerged as essential research topics. The aim of the present study was to obtain an in-depth understanding of US college students purchasing and consumption behavior with regard to organic food products. Three consumer behavior models were employed for comparison. Based on the behavior models constructs, different college students organic food consumer groups were profiled. In addition, with the increasing consumer demand for health, food safety, and...

The papers are organized in topical sections on visual control, visual navigation, visual inspection, image processing, human robot interaction, stereo system, image retrieval, visual detection, visual recognition, system design, and 3D vision / fusion.