Values-Based Leadership: A Shift In Attitude, 2012 Valparaiso University
Values-Based Leadership: A Shift In Attitude, Joseph Hester
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
To genuinely refer to leadership as “values-based,” a shift in attitude is required and the “ethics of care” must be embraced. This modification will ostensibly involve a subjective commitment to reason consistently and prudently, to care for others, and to dedicate oneself to reconsider his or her actions and behaviors.
Capital Budgeting And Sustainable Enterprises: Ethical Implications, 2012 University of the West Indies
Capital Budgeting And Sustainable Enterprises: Ethical Implications, Ron Sookram, Balraj Kistow
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
This article focuses upon the growing, universal influence of social, environmental, and economic factors in business decision-making and the possibility of developing sustainable enterprises through a triple-bottom-line, capital budgeting approach.
Business And Corporate Stakeholders Management: Interactions With An Eminent Expert From The Indian Banking And Finance Industry (Interview With Sanjiv Bhasin), 2012 Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
Business And Corporate Stakeholders Management: Interactions With An Eminent Expert From The Indian Banking And Finance Industry (Interview With Sanjiv Bhasin), Shashank Shah
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
A very insightful look into the evolving ethics of the emerging, sustainable business culture as derived from an interview with Mr. Sanjiv Bhasin, Managing Director of DBS Bank Ltd. India and former CEO and Managing Director of Rabo India Finance Ltd.
Lands' End And The Comer Foundation: A Legacy (An Overview Of Gary Comer, The Founding Of Lands' End, And An Interview With Stephanie Comer), 2012 Valparaiso University
Lands' End And The Comer Foundation: A Legacy (An Overview Of Gary Comer, The Founding Of Lands' End, And An Interview With Stephanie Comer), Elizabeth Gingerich
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership
When a business is created by an individual who holds certain values as fundamental to its development, the customer, workforce, and management are all natural beneficiaries. This case study and interview exemplify how both community service and serving the customer can transcend, and even augment, the bottom line.
Letter From The Editor, 2012 Valparaiso University
Increasing Value Generation Using A Hierarchical Simulation-Based Scor Framework, 2012 Technological University Dublin
Increasing Value Generation Using A Hierarchical Simulation-Based Scor Framework, John Crowe, Amr Arisha
Conference Papers
We are part of extraordinary times, global recession coupled with increased competition; high costs and decreasing demand have changed the dynamics of supply chain management (SCM). In response, many organizations have fast-tracked changes to corporate-level strategies to reduce costs and maintain profit margins and have not considered the long-term impact these decisions have on more operational-level SCM activities. This has resulted in a renewed focus on customer value and the economic and behavioral systems of the supply chain, or more accurately, the value chain. The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model increases the integration organizations have within their supply chains …
The Influence Of Infrastructural Trust On Electronic Commerce Development In Indonesia, 2012 University of Wollongong
The Influence Of Infrastructural Trust On Electronic Commerce Development In Indonesia, Mira Kartiwi, Robert C. Macgregor
Dr Mira Kartiwi
The advent of E-commerce opens an opportunity for fostering an environment that promotes the globa/isation of markets throughout the world, especially those in developing countries /ike Indonesia. The importance of trust as a key facilitator of E-commerce is increasingly being recognized in academic and practitioner communities. However, empirical research in this area has been overwhelmed by contradictory conceptions of the trust construct, while inadequate attention is paid to the influence of trust constructs on E-commerce development in different cultural environments and settings. It is, therefore, the aim of this paper to address the gap by providing an exploratory study on …
Complex Modeling In Marketing Using Component Based Sem, 2012 University of Wollongong
Complex Modeling In Marketing Using Component Based Sem, Shahriar Akter, Umme Hani
Shahriar Akter
Structural equation modeling (SEM) is an important tool for marketing researchers to estimate a network of causal relationships linking two or more complex concepts. The PLS approach to SEM, also known as component based SEM, is becoming more prominent in estimating complex models due to its soft modeling assumptions. This study elucidates the use of component based SEM in estimating a complex higher order model with a small sample size. The utility of the approach is illustrated empirically by estimating a third-order, reflective, hierarchical service quality model in the context of mHealth. The findings of the study confirm the conceptual …
Students Gain Real-World Experience In Marketing Case Competition, 2012 Utah State University
Students Gain Real-World Experience In Marketing Case Competition, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection
It happened on Friday, Nov. 30, however, when students participated in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business’s first-ever Marketing Case Competition, for a client whose specialty just happens to be beards.
Professor Ronda Callister Spoke At Tedxusu On “Reducing Barriers To Women’S Contributions”, 2012 Utah State University
Professor Ronda Callister Spoke At Tedxusu On “Reducing Barriers To Women’S Contributions”, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection
Professor Ronda Callister had to compete to become one of just eight presenters at the first ever TEDxUSU event, held in November. She used her requisite “18 minutes of innovative ideas” to describe the powerful, world-changing effects that would likely ensue from enabling women to become full contributors to human well-being and progress.
Inc. Magazine Introduces Hire Power Awards Honoring America's 100 Top Job Creators, 2012 Utah State University
Inc. Magazine Introduces Hire Power Awards Honoring America's 100 Top Job Creators, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection
Logan-based Conservice Utility Management and Billing has been featured in the inaugural ranking of Inc.’s Hire Power Awards, recognizing the private businesses that have generated the most jobs in the past three years.
Dog Eat Dog World: Challenges Of An Entrepreneurial Start-Up, 2012 Utah State University
Dog Eat Dog World: Challenges Of An Entrepreneurial Start-Up, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, David Herrmann
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection
It was my boss who got me thinking about taking a leap of faith and starting my own business. It proved to be a leap I survived even though I had a faulty parachute.
Farmers Bank - Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 441), 2012 Western Kentucky University
Farmers Bank - Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Mss 441), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 441. Letter press book of Farmers Bank, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, recording certificates of protest. Includes loose certificates found in the letter book.
Export Strength And Opportunities For Kentucky Industries, 2012 University of Kentucky
Export Strength And Opportunities For Kentucky Industries, Christopher R. Bollinger, Derrick Jenniges
CBER Research Report
Executive Summary:
This project's primary goal is to quantify export strengths and opportunities in Kentucky industries. We measure export strength as the relative dollar value of exports per worker in four digit industries using U.S. dollar value of exports per worker as the base. Tables were prepared for total exports and a selection of 50 countries representing 98.5% of Kentucky exports and 93.2% of U.S. exports. In addition to the export index, a measure of industry strength based upon labor and comparisons to regional competitor states is provided.
- Industries with a low index value, either overall or for specific countries, …
Cost Accounting Applied To Farming In Southwest Michigan, 2012 Western Michigan University
Cost Accounting Applied To Farming In Southwest Michigan, Toni Fisher
Honors Theses
The purpose of this study is to discuss how cost accounting is applied to the farming process. Specifically, this study evaluates and defines costs incurred within the farming industry where products are produced and sold after being generated from raw materials. Successful farmers must know the costs of raw materials acquired to produce cash corps.
While there are many types of crops farmed in southwest Michigan, this study specializes in cash crops, specifically corn and soybean production. Cost accounting methods applicable to the farming industry are introduced, discussed and applied in this study. A spreadsheet is presented which displays typical …
Rfid-Enabled Warehouse Process Optimization In The Tpl Industry, 2012 University of Wollongong
Rfid-Enabled Warehouse Process Optimization In The Tpl Industry, S. Wamba, A. Chatfield
Dr Akemi Chatfield
Using the value chain model and a longitudinal real-world case study of a third-party logistics (TPL) supply chain, this study provides support for the enabling role of RFID technology in effecting warehouse process optimization. Furthermore, the findings of our study reveal the RFID technology implementation costs as the key inhibitors factor of RFID widespread adoption and usage among suppliers.
E-Government Challenge In Disaster Evacuation Response: The Role Of Rfid Technology In Building Safe And Secure Local Communities, 2012 University of Wollongong
E-Government Challenge In Disaster Evacuation Response: The Role Of Rfid Technology In Building Safe And Secure Local Communities, A. Chatfield, S. F. Wamba, T. Hirokazu
Dr Akemi Chatfield
While geographic information systems (GIS) can provide information on the static locations of critical infrastructure and evacuation routes, they do not provide the dynamically changing locations of things and people on the move. In contrast, radio frequency identification (RFID) wireless network technology can automatically identify and track the movement of assets (i.e., fire engines, ambulances, and rescue workers) and vulnerable citizens on the move (i.e., the elderly and the disabled), and hence providing local governments and communities with real-time information and enhanced decision-making capabilities, during chaotic disaster response operations (i.e., evacuation). Although the potential high impact and strategic value of …
Use Centric Hci Requirements Elicitation, 2012 University of Wollongong
Use Centric Hci Requirements Elicitation, Robert Brown
Dr Robert Brown
Among persistent issues in HCI are its separation from the other disciplines involved in the construction of Information Systems, any coherently extensive methodology and straight forward techniques for clustering interface elements for best effect. An approach to HCI which encompasses the full context of use (rather than just of usage) and entails more traditional SA&D within a single framework could be of some value. This paper introduces the HCI values of the Activity Theoretic System Architecture (ATSA) Method.
Supporting Developers In Complex Systems Modelling, 2012 University of Wollongong
Supporting Developers In Complex Systems Modelling, Antonio A. Lopez-Lorca, Ghassan Beydoun, Rodrigo Martínez-Béjar, Holly Tootell
Associate Professor Ghassan Beydoun
Development of complex systems often requires building a large number of models with many interconnections and dependencies among them. The success of a project can be compromised by cognitive overload or limits of developers, who might miss relationships between elements of the models. Developing Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) is a typical example of where this may occur. Despite of its potential, this technology has not yet been widely adopted by industry due to its complexity and frequent errors in modelling activities. These errors typically propagate to later phases of the MAS development lifecycle, becoming costlier to fix and then lowering the …
Foundations Of Ontology-Based Mas Methodologies, 2012 University of Wollongong
Foundations Of Ontology-Based Mas Methodologies, Ghassan Beydoun, Numi Tran, Graham Low, Brian Henderson-Sellers
Associate Professor Ghassan Beydoun
Support for software extensibility, interoperability and reuse are critical concerns for long term commercial viability of any MAS and they underpin the eventual adoption of agent technology by industry. Existing AOSE methodologies lack adequate support for these concerns. We argue in this paper that a methodology that uses ontologies as a central modelling artifact, beyond the analysis phase, is better equipped to address those concerns.
We observe that the influence of ontologies in Knowledge-based Systems (KBS) methodologies extended well beyond the initial analysis phase, leading to domain-independent KBS methodologies in the ’90s. We reflect on those lessons and on the …