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Book Publishers And Libraries: Historic Partners Facing A Disruptive Technology, Tom Allen 
The University of Maine
Book Publishers And Libraries: Historic Partners Facing A Disruptive Technology, Tom Allen
Maine Policy Review
The explosion of digital materials and e-readers has disrupted the historic partnership between book publishers and libraries. Tom Allen explains that the new business models required for more widespread e-lending will necessarily involve compromises. He suggests that e-lending pilot projects between individual publishers and libraries are a promising development.
The Use Of Twitter By Luxury And Midscale Hotels, Yolanda M. Tselepidakis 
University of New Hampshire
The Use Of Twitter By Luxury And Midscale Hotels, Yolanda M. Tselepidakis
Honors Theses
Twitter has demanded a presence in company brands since its start up in 2008, including the hotel industry. As an up and coming marketing tool, the social media website is still new to both hotels and their guests. Observing the different strategies incorporated by luxury and midscale hotels, the paper provides explanations on how these two segments differ in utilizing Twitter. Through direct interviews with US luxury and midscale hotels and analyzing individual Twitter feeds, it was found that luxury hotels and their target market are much more active on Twitter than the midscale hotel segment. Implications suggest that although ...
Economic Report On Vanadium Redox Flow Battery With Optimization Of Flow Rate, Kevin Spellman, Kendrick Stiles, Ian Little 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Economic Report On Vanadium Redox Flow Battery With Optimization Of Flow Rate, Kevin Spellman, Kendrick Stiles, Ian Little
University of Tennessee Honors Thesis Projects
No abstract provided.
Dynamic It Capabilities: Theory Development And Empirical Examination, Jeffrey J. Pittaway 
McMaster University
Dynamic It Capabilities: Theory Development And Empirical Examination, Jeffrey J. Pittaway
Open Access Dissertations and Theses
This thesis examines dynamic IT capabilities: firms’ abilities to integrate, build, and reconfigure information technology resources concurrently with organizational business process and managerial processes in pursuit of performance advantages in a changing or uncertain environment. Research in dynamic IT capabilities has increased with the recognition that organizational survival and growth requires organizational change to resolve a range of management challenges that emerge over time. In prior research, specific constructs of dynamic IT capabilities have been the subject of independent empirical investigation. This has resulted in conflicting conceptualizations of dynamic capabilities that obfuscate theoretical definition, empirical grounding and measurement. We seek ...
The Phenomenon Behind The Bite: Altercasting As It Applies To Apple Technology, Elizabeth Baldwin 
Liberty University
The Phenomenon Behind The Bite: Altercasting As It Applies To Apple Technology, Elizabeth Baldwin
Masters Theses
This paper investigates how the brand Apple markets their product so that consumers feel obligated to buy their product. By looking at five main categories of brand loyalty, environmentally friendly practices, being up-to-date with technology, pricing with value and customer service, this paper will rhetorically analyze how successful of a job it does. To get an inside look at what the public thought on the the way that Apple fulfilled their altercasting this paper analyzed what people said about Apple verses competing technology brands. By drawing overall conclusions, recording trends and making observations about the way that people had been ...
Patron-Driven Acquisition Optimization At Liberty University, Erin Crane, Lori Snyder Liberty University
Patron-Driven Acquisition Optimization At Liberty University, Erin Crane, Lori Snyder
Faculty Publications and Presentations
In 2010 Liberty University began a Patron-Driven Acquisition pilot program with ebrary. Since then, the program has grown dramatically. The presenters describe how the library uses past usage data to create a predictive formula for ebook use. New ebook titles were added to the program based on formula selections. Success of the formula was evaluated, and overall the results are positive. The presenters also explain how the library handles the purchasing and cataloging of the ebooks.
Senior Project Report - Doctest, Stephen Weessies 
California Polytechnic State University
Senior Project Report - Doctest, Stephen Weessies
Computer Engineering
DocTest is a program that, simply put, allows a programmer or user to document STANAG 4586 (a standard for unmanned aerial vehicle interoperability) messages and test the vehicle system at Lockheed Martin [5]. The program is extensible to allow for further development aiding our software team to do what they do best and not get bogged down in tedious but necessary documentation. DocTest is also used to aid in testing, keeping track of the issues and bugs found and creating a document that captures each issue so an issue is not missed or forgotten. This program was made for use ...
Investment Prospectus: Concentrated Solar Power With Heliostat Tower And Molten Salt Storage, Kyle Herman 
University of San Francisco
Investment Prospectus: Concentrated Solar Power With Heliostat Tower And Molten Salt Storage, Kyle Herman
Kyle Herman
This article delivers a preliminary overview of Concentrated Solar Technology. It offers data for investors and policy-makers in order to more properly understand and mitigate risks of this renewable energy.
Engineering Technology Management Graduate Student Online Learning Preferences, Mark Doggett 
Western Kentucky University
Engineering Technology Management Graduate Student Online Learning Preferences, Mark Doggett
Mark Doggett
As online graduate programs continue to grow, so does the availability of learning media and delivery tools. Faculty and students are increasingly using web-based means of communication such as blogs, wikis, discussion boards, and collaborative tools in addition to assigning traditional readings, lecture notes, homework, writing exercises, and examinations. There have always been multiple choices available to instructors for the delivery of content and the assessment of learning, but now there are more varieties of instructional technologies from which to choose. Given the choice, are there certain online approaches that engineering technology management graduate students prefer? Qualitative and quantitative data ...
April 8, 2013, Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences 
Eastern Illinois University
April 8, 2013, Lumpkin College Of Business And Applied Sciences
Curriculum Committee
LUMPKIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND APPLIED SCIENCE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING from April 8, 2013
Morning Address, Part 1: "Ucsd’S Research Cyberinfrastructure (Rci) Program: Enabling Research Thru Shared Services", Richard Moore 
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Morning Address, Part 1: "Ucsd’S Research Cyberinfrastructure (Rci) Program: Enabling Research Thru Shared Services", Richard Moore
University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium
Richard Moore, PhD, is Deputy Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego. He presented an overview of the work the Research CyberInfrastructure (RCI) Program is doing to support researchers at the University of California San Diego with services for research data management.
March 4, 2013, Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences Eastern Illinois University
March 4, 2013, Lumpkin College Of Business And Applied Sciences
Curriculum Committee
No abstract provided.
Eye Movements, Perceptions, And Performance, Soussan Djamasbi, Dhiren Mehta, Ami Samani 
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Eye Movements, Perceptions, And Performance, Soussan Djamasbi, Dhiren Mehta, Ami Samani
User Exprience and Decision Making Research Laboratory Publications
Due to the ever growing amount of information, individuals often face high cognitive loads when making decisions. Thus, understanding user reactions to high cognitive loads can help to improve a user’s ability to make good quality decisions under high cognitive load. Prior decision making and user experience research suggests that eye tracking may provide a more complete picture of user reactions under high cognitive loads. Thus, through an exploratory study we investigate the relationship between fixation, perceptions of cognitive load and performance. Our analysis shows that fixation can predict both perception of the load as well as performance of ...
Interpersonality And Online Persuasion, Vance Wilson, Soussan Djamasbi Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Interpersonality And Online Persuasion, Vance Wilson, Soussan Djamasbi
User Exprience and Decision Making Research Laboratory Publications
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) media, such as email, instant messaging, and online texting, provide an important channel for influencing message receivers’ behavior. While most communication media are structurally biased to support either interpersonal or broadcast modes of communication CMC easily supports both. We argue that receivers are likely to base the decision to comply with a CMC message on certain characteristics that distinguish interpersonal communication from broadcast communication. Drawing from interdisciplinary theories, we propose a model that predicts receivers’ intention to comply with a CMC message based upon interpersonality, a concept we develop and explain in this paper. Results of empirical ...
Developing And Validating Feedback And Coherence Measures In Computer-Mediated Communication, Vance Wilson, Soussan Djamasbi Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Developing And Validating Feedback And Coherence Measures In Computer-Mediated Communication, Vance Wilson, Soussan Djamasbi
User Exprience and Decision Making Research Laboratory Publications
Interpersonal persuasion is definitionally distinguished from broadcast persuasion by the presence of anticipated personal feedback and message coherence. Distinguishing interpersonal from broadcast messages in computer-mediated communication (CMC) may be an important individual tactic for avoiding information overload and filtering spam; however, we found no existing measures suitable for assessing these factors in CMC. This deficiency motivated the present study to develop and validate feedback and coherence questionnaire measures and conduct an initial test of the relevance of these measures to CMC. The measures met recommended criteria for content validity, construct validity, reliability, and predictive validity. In addition, the measures predicted ...
Do Ads Matter? An Exploration Of Web Search Behavior, Visual Hierarchy, And Search Engine Results Pages, Adrienne Hall-Phillips, Ruijiao (Rachel) Yang, Soussan Djamasbi Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Do Ads Matter? An Exploration Of Web Search Behavior, Visual Hierarchy, And Search Engine Results Pages, Adrienne Hall-Phillips, Ruijiao (Rachel) Yang, Soussan Djamasbi
User Exprience and Decision Making Research Laboratory Publications
Users tend to ignore advertisements when viewing a web page, however, when searching for a specific product or service, advertisements can be very useful. This exploratory study examines the impact of online advertisements within search results. The findings provide support for the competition for attention theory in that users are looking at advertisements and entries when evaluation SERPs. We also examine web page search behavior and how it can affect user experience. The results show that eye tracking data is valuable for designers, marketers, and usability experts to develop and evaluate web page design.
Faces And Viewing Behavior: An Exploratory Investigation, Soussan Djamasbi, Marisa Siegel, Tom Tullis Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Faces And Viewing Behavior: An Exploratory Investigation, Soussan Djamasbi, Marisa Siegel, Tom Tullis
User Exprience and Decision Making Research Laboratory Publications
User experience is becoming increasingly important in gaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace. One way to improve user experience is by including images of faces, which, according to the social presence theory, can create a feeling of warmth. People are drawn to faces not only because they can act as social cues signaling the presence of others, but also because paying attention to faces has played a significant role in human evolution. Areas on a web page that typically receive less attention from users, such as the right side or below the fold, may benefit from including images of ...
New Silicon Valleys Or A New Species? Commoditization Of Knowledge Work And The Rise Of Knowledge Services Clusters, Stephan Manning 
University of Massachusetts Boston
New Silicon Valleys Or A New Species? Commoditization Of Knowledge Work And The Rise Of Knowledge Services Clusters, Stephan Manning
Management and Marketing Faculty Publication Series
This paper explores knowledge services clusters (KSCs) as a distinct and increasingly important form of geographic cluster, in particular in emerging economies: KSCs are defined as geographic concentrations of lower-cost skills serving global demand for increasingly commoditized knowledge services. Based on prior research on clusters and services offshoring, and data from the Offshoring Research Network (ORN), major properties and contingencies of KSC growth are discussed and compared with both high-tech clusters and low-cost manufacturing clusters. Special emphasis is put on the ambivalent effect of commoditization of knowledge work on KSC growth: It is proposed that KSCs attract most projects if ...
November 12, 2012, Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences Eastern Illinois University
November 12, 2012, Lumpkin College Of Business And Applied Sciences
Curriculum Committee
No abstract provided.
Wie Featured Person Of The Month Highlights (Katina Michael), Keyana Tenant, Katina Michael 
University of Wollongong
Wie Featured Person Of The Month Highlights (Katina Michael), Keyana Tenant, Katina Michael
Associate Professor Katina Michael
The WIE Featured Person of the Month is Katina Michael, editor-in-chief of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. After working at OTIS Elevator Company and Andersen Consulting, Katina was offered and exciting graduate engineering position at Nortel in 1996; and her career has been fast track from there. Read Katina’s story on Page 7.
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