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Healthcare Innovation Absenteeism: The Rise Of Physician Entrepreneurs & Medical Startups, Charleata Battle

Business Administration Dissertations

For years, warning signs have illuminated imminent days of reckoning for stalled healthcare innovation across the dynamic American healthcare landscape. An evolving epic battle for healthcare innovation delivery has silently raged and set arena stages throughout the healthcare industry. Urgent innovative healthcare delivery is needed to ameliorate longstanding points of failures in providing healthcare delivery to society. Historically, the science of medicine has fostered cultural practices of innovation absenteeism and resistance to change. Mired by archaic processes, legacy systems, and fractionally useful equipment, our current healthcare ecosystems are unsustainable. Recently, some unhindered frontline physicians opted to take on a portion …

Reestablishing Organizational Stability Through Leading Resilience: Avoiding The Maelstrom Of Personal Distress Caused By An Organizational Disruption, Wallace Andrew Huey Jr

Business Administration Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to address the increasing need for organizations to find the point of initiating resilience at a faster pace in a world that is experiencing an increase in the tempo of disruptions. Leading resilience is proposed as the path to finding the point of resilience. Leading resilience would be a tool to be pulled from the toolbox and utilized daily. It should not sit in a box with a label that states, break the seal only in an emergency.

This paper was developed from a grounded theory research study and the study was informed by …

The Impact Of Personality Traits And Emotional Intelligence On Emergent Leadership, Shinika Byrd

Business Administration Dissertations

On a corporate level, organizations worldwide compete for leadership talent to achieve their missions and to gain competitive advantages. Emergent leadership is a paradigm used by managers to improve business and to grow companies. Emergent leadership reveals individuals who are capable of leading because they are competent and have an influence on the people with whom they work. There are factors that cause leaders to emerge. Two factors – personality and emotional intelligence – can make positive impressions on individuals who choose to follow one of their coworkers. This research investigates the effects of personality and emotional intelligence on the …

Innovative Investment And Trade In Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities And Barriers For State Governments In A Disruptive Global Environment, Nkiruka Catherine Ohaegbu

Business Administration Dissertations

The objective of this qualitative study is to examine the process of global expansion to emerging markets within Sub-Saharan Africa with diverse cultures, economies, risks, and dealing with the unknown. Decision-makers in the State of California lack information about investment opportunities and risks in Sub-Saharan Africa. The area of concern is the process of global expansion to emerging markets within Sub-Saharan Africa with diverse cultures, economies, risks, and dealing with the unknown. Lessons learned can be applied and replicated by other states interested in promoting trade and investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in addition to other emerging markets. Policymakers, government agencies, …

How Does The Infrastructure And Support Of Two Progressive Startup Communities Compare For African American Entrepreneurs And Small Businesses? A Comparative Study Of Atlanta, Georgia And Charlotte, North Carolina, Leroy Carson Jr.

Business Administration Dissertations

ABSTRACT

How Does the Infrastructure and Support of Two Progressive Startup Communities Compare for African American Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses? A Comparative Study of Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina

by Leroy Carson, Jr.

April 2022

Chair: Dr. Wesley J. Johnson

Major Academic Unit: Doctorate in Business Administration

This study provides unique insight into the impact of entrepreneurial ecosystems on African American small business owners and startups. I leveraged Resource Based Theory in conjunction with the OECD/EROSTAT Framework for Entrepreneurship Indicators to identify areas of greatest need across two sampled cities. Quantitative analysis was used to interpret and analyze interviews …

The Concept Of Digital Twins And Its Impact On Organizational Performance, Deepa Vivekanandan

Business Administration Dissertations

The world has become “digital” in many aspects and due to which witnessed a great deal of innovation in products, services, and experiences. The innovation using digital technologies has served meaningfully for many organizations. Digital Twin is an emerging concept that was introduced two decades ago which creates a virtual replica by extending the use of some of the advanced digital techniques and technologies.

Limited research is available to conceptualize Digital Twins clearly, analyze the stages of maturity of Digital Twins, and articulate the novel aspects of the technology with an emphasis on similarities, differences, and connections between the Digital …

The Impact Of Values Congruence On Sales Personnel Performance And Retention: A Person-Organization Fit Analysis, Jason Duke

Business Administration Dissertations

Sales performance and salesforce turnover are vital concerns for businesses and organizations everywhere. Too, much work has been performed within academic research on the impact of performance on companies and the antecedents to predicting individual salesperson performance and intent to remain. Much work has also been committed to further the concept of Person-Organization Fit (P-O Fit) related to organizational success or failure. In this paper, I will conduct a quantitative analysis of a cloud services company’s sales personnel to establish the impact of values and normal congruence on individual salespeople's performance and intention to remain. This research will fill an …

The Impact Of The Financial System And Its Channels On Smes' Access To Financing: A Nigerian Perspective, Akinwande Ademosu

Business Administration Dissertations

Several researchers have studied the catalytic influence of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on many countries' economies. Its underwhelming impact on the Nigerian economy has also attracted some attention. This research aims to examine the effect of the financial system on SMEs' access to financing and recommend changes to the financial system that will enhance SMEs' access to funding in Nigeria. Thus, the research adopted a mixed-method approach. The quantitative analysis section used 18 years of aggregate national data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to determine the relationship between the financial system, the channel of distribution (the …

Management Perceptions Of The Value Of Artificial Intelligence In Drug Discovery And Development, Scott P. Murray

Business Administration Dissertations

The challenge of bringing new drugs to market through discovery and development is nothing short of daunting in the biopharmaceutical industry. The process is very expensive, very risky and carries a high failure rate, however, it is necessary to sustain the biopharmaceutical industry in bringing new medications to market. In fact, much of the recent literature supports the position that the biopharmaceutical industry faces a more difficult task than most industries in the development of new products, given the escalating cost of research and development, the high regulatory hurdles, and a declining success rate in the discovery of new drug …

The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Esports Viewership Trends, James P. Crone

Business Administration Dissertations

Abstract

Multi-player gameplay competitions, live streaming of gameplay, and viewing gameplay are significant segments of esports’ rapidly growing consumer online gaming community. In 2021, the esports industry was forecast to generate over $1 billion USD worldwide in revenue (Esports Earnings, 2019). Twitch.tv, the largest esports online platform, integrates multiple user-to-player, user-to-user, and user-to-community communication tools, thus creating social interaction opportunities. This study explored online or digital esports viewership activity and the importance of community interaction opportunities on the Twitch.tv digital platform.

For the purpose of this study, a broad definition of esports viewership and community participation is used because esports …

Sense Of Place And Customer Experience: Cast Study In The State Of Alaska, Maryam Al Ali

Business Administration Dissertations

Business owners aspire to create a great customer experience for their clients. They want their customers to buy their products or use their services and come back for more. This study examines the relationship between Sense of Place and Customer Experience using the Case Study Approach. The key research question addressed is “How does Sense of Place influence Customer Experience?” A case study approach was used to study this relationship in the tourism industry in the State of Alaska. Literal and theoretical replication was used to study convergence and variation. A typology of the reasons for attachment to a place …

Reconciling External Clinical Data: Providers’ Friend Or Foe?, Mindy Oberg

Business Administration Dissertations

ABSTRACT

Reconciling External Clinical Data: Providers’ Friend Or Foe?

By

Mindy M. Oberg

November 2021

Committee Chair: Dr. Carol Saunders

Major Academic Unit: Doctorate in Business Administration

Adopting Health Information Exchanges (HIE) increased the exchange of clinical data relevant to patient care. This type of data exchange can reduce medical costs and increase efficiencies of care. However, most health care organizations and providers fail to reap the full intended benefits, as only 28% of health care organizations integrate external data into patients’ charts. Researchers, such as Hossein Ahmadi, Mark J. Dobrow, Nir Menachemi, and Farahnaz Sadoughi validate there is no …

Social Entrepreneurship Within A Capitalist Economy, Audria King

Business Administration Dissertations

Recent world events have reignited awareness and conversations about income inequality across the world and even in the richest country on the planet, the United States. Social unrest and a pandemic have thrust the staggering gap between the haves and the have-nots front and center and become a part of regular public discourse – specifically as it pertains to those who are considered corporate benefactors versus the production mechanism, i.e. the workers. Attempts to remedy some of the societal ills sowed by capitalism have been put forth by corporations via various initiatives and activities known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). …

Time-Varying Style Rotation By Small-Cap Mutual Fund Managers: Incentives And Implications, Peter Mcgaffigan

Business Administration Dissertations

This study examines the behavior of small-cap equity mutual fund managers during certain turning points in the economic cycle. Although each recession is unique, there is evidence supporting time variation in equity style performance in and around recession periods. In general, large-cap firms have greater access to capital thereby reducing financial stress during recessions compared to small-cap firms. As a result, some managers may use style rotation as a tool to improve their performance or reduce risk during these turning points in the economic cycle. I show that during the last two NBER cycle recessions, small-cap managers significantly increase holdings …

Do Age And On-Screen Reading Vs. On-Paper Reading Affect Reader’S Trust And Risk In Reading Financial Content?, John Harrison

Business Administration Dissertations

Seldom if ever has there been such a sudden shift in a society’s reading medium (the last time was from parchment to paper). The current migration is from on paper reading (OPR) to reading on electronic screen (OSR). Many studies and several meta-analyses show varied results in comparing OPR and OSR, and for most metrics OPR may be superior, depending on the subject area of the text. Only one other known study compared OPR to OSR regarding financial material.

To test whether or not reading financial material on screen or on paper affects the reader’s decision making, we ran an …

Growing The Pie: How Supplier Diversity Can Enable Minority Businesses To Create Stakeholder Value, Ashok Kasi Vairavan

Business Administration Dissertations

Minority business enterprises (MBEs) are among the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. economy and are vital to the nation’s growth and prosperity. Supplier diversity is a strategic procurement initiative implemented by large purchasing organizations (LPOs) to identify, support, and promote diverse supplier partnerships. When LPOs partner with MBEs as strategic suppliers, MBEs are enabled to scale, which can create positive stakeholder value, particularly in underserved communities. However, many LPO and MBE relationships do not realize their full potential in generating mutual value. Contrary to prior supplier diversity research, which has primarily focused on the LPO buyer perspective, this dissertation sheds …

Analyzing The Budget And Strategic Plan Relationship: A Case Study Approach, Tina Wilson

Business Administration Dissertations

The strategic plan and budget remain essential factors in the strength of most organizations. Organizations only have a finite amount of financial resources to deploy to continue to carry out their vision, mission, and goals, more commonly known as the strategic plan. The purpose of the budget is to funnel those financial resources to execute that mission. Many organizations experience a divergence between their budget and strategic plan. The literature is inundated with coverage on the budget and strategic plan yet mainly centers around them as entirely separate and distinct topics. This study examines the relationship between the budget and …

Consumer Preferences Towards Book Formats: How To Address Technological Disruption In The Publishing Industry, Gustavo Cotrino

Business Administration Dissertations

Consumer Preferences Towards Book Formats:

How to Address Technological Disruption in the Publishing Industry

By

Felipe Cotrino

April 2021

Chair: Naveen Donthu

The digital era has disrupted the publishing industry in many fronts during the last two decades. The way people consume media content has evolved dramatically, creating alternative platforms to the traditional printed material. Specifically for the book segment, publishing companies have developed new formats in order to capture some of the new digital trends, offering to the public not only the traditional paper-based book, but also an electronic and audio version. These new formats have helped the companies …

The Impact Of Deliberation Time On Ethical Decision Quality: A Study Of Early-Career Professional Accountants, Ricki Livingston

Business Administration Dissertations

ABSTRACT

The Impact of Deliberation Time on Ethical Decision Quality: A Study of Early-Career Professional Accountants

By

Ricki Livingston

April 2021

Committee Chair: Subhashish Samaddar, PhD

Major Academic Unit: GSU Robinson College of Business

Ethical decision-making is central to the study of the professional accounting practice. When professional accountants engage in decision-making without consideration to ethics, decision quality declines, and stakeholders suffer severe financial implications. Situational factors such as time variation may influence the accountant’s ability to make a sound ethical decision. The result is an increased potential for fraudulent behavior. The Fraud Triangle Theory postulates three factors that must …

Technology Usage To Manage Client Growth: Understanding Robo-Advisor Adoption Among Registered Investment Firms, Kevin Chalk

Business Administration Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of fee discounts offered by Registered Investment Advisors (RIA) on the adoption of a robo-advisor solution by their clients within a hybrid investment services model. The analysis of fee discounts within the RIA model is based on assets under management, those less than $250 million and those above $250 million. In addition to analyzing fee discounts offered by an RIA, this study looks at the characteristics of clients using an RIA that has adopted a robo-solution. The findings suggest that RIA firms over $250 million, that offer a fee discount …

Balancing Focal And Client Firm Employee Identification And Acculturation Tensions: A Case Study Approach At A Bpo Firm, Jonna B. Blount

Business Administration Dissertations

Research in the organizational behavior and identification domains includes numerous studies examining how employees identify and acculturate with their employing firm. However, a dearth of research exists examining the identification and acculturation process for firms that employ individuals who support a client firm full-time for an extended period. This case study seeks to discover the identification and acculturation process of a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm operating with this model. The research seeks to learn how the focal firm balances the tension of acculturating its employees while preparing and equipping them with the processes, procedures, and necessary cultural elements of …

Industry 4.0 Technology: A Cross-Industry View Of Adoption, Usage And Covid-19 Effects, Dawn Gregory

Business Administration Dissertations

Industry 4.0 technology (I4.0) is inescapable. It transforms the way businesses and customers interact and revolutionizes how organizations produce goods and services (SAP Insights, 2020). It requires a level of agility that many organizations do not possess. Defending against disruptive business models is no longer enough. Organizations must be nimble to optimize assets and resources in response to adversity. In March 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ushered a devastating blow to the U.S. economy and job market with pervasive shocks that continue to be a business threat. In response, many organizations are accelerating automation, digitization, and communication capabilities to close …

Phenomenological Assessment Of Integrative Medicine Decision-Making And The Utility Of Predictive And Prescriptive Analytics Tools, Osie Gaines

Business Administration Dissertations

The U.S. Healthcare system is struggling to manage the burden of chronic disease, racial and socio-economic disparities, and the debilitating impact of the current global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). More patients need alternatives to allopathic or “Western” medicine focused on fighting disease with mechanism, pharmaceuticals, and invasive measures. They are seeking Integrative Medicine which focuses on health and healing, emphasizing the centrality of the patient-physician relationship. In addition to providing the best conventional care, IM focuses on preventive maintenance, wellness, improved behaviors, and a holistic care plan.

This qualitative research assessed whether predictive and prescriptive …

An Examination Of The Role Of Vciso In Smbs: An Information Security Governance Exploration, William Dicker

Business Administration Dissertations

Information security threats and their associated breaches are exponentially growing, with millions of records containing personally identified information released to the public each year. Cyber incidents targeting businesses nearly doubled in US past 6 years, with more than 130 large-scale targeted breaches per year in U.S. In the first half of 2020, 36 billion records were exfiltrated by external hackers, with the average cost to recover from a cyber-attack averaging $21.00 per record.

While Small and Mid-sized Businesses (SMBs) attempt to stay ahead of this growing trend and protect organizational data, they have specific behaviors that do not affect larger …

The Esg Behaviors Of Multinational Enterprises: An Exploration Of Emerging And Developed Market Norms, Julie A. Anderson

Business Administration Dissertations

This paper examines how, when, and where environmental, social, and governance (ESG) behavior varies globally. I build on existing research that proposes country-of-origin constructs, such as regulatory and cultural foundations, influence ESG behavior of firms. Specifically, I propose that perceived differences in ESG standards for developed and emerging markets incentivize multinational enterprises (MNEs) to exhibit different levels of Corporate Social Irresponsibility (CSI) when operating abroad versus at home. My findings show that developed market-headquartered MNEs behave more irresponsibly in emerging markets than they do at home, while emerging market MNEs behave better when operating in developed markets. Importantly, the abroad-versus-home …

What Community And Organizational Factors Affect Care And Financial Performance Of U.S. Hospitals?, Esther Chance

Business Administration Dissertations

EXTENDED ABSTRACT

What community and organizational factors affect care and financial performance of U.S. hospitals?

Prepared by:

Esther Chance

Georgia State University

Executive Doctorate in Business – Class of 2020

Committee Chair: Dr. Subhashish Samaddar

SUMMARY

Hospitals are connected to people's social and economic conditions because they play a vital role in society’s view of wellness and well-being. “Despite a huge dedication of resources to healthcare in the United States, the medical system does not deliver safe, effective, efficient, patient-centered, timely, and equitable care as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (Bush, 2007).” Hospitals' challenges are with maintaining sustainable care …

An Exploratory Study Of The Factors Affecting Hospital Performance: Safety, Clinic Care, Patient Experience, Efficiency And Cost, Shevon Lewis

Business Administration Dissertations

Healthcare systems have interrelated, collaborative, and interdependent elements from the human aspects to facilities geared towards providing people with medical care. This dissertation explores healthcare reform in the context of hospital value-based purchasing programs. Hospital performance is a byproduct of a hospital’s characteristics, demonstrated through organizational behavior—a key driver towards an institution’s overall success and sustainability. Hospital value-based purchasing (VBP) program is a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services (CMS) initiative that rewards acute-care hospitals with incentivized payments for the quality care provided to Medicare beneficiaries ((HHS), 2017). The program adopts a philosophy of measurement and promotes an appraisal mechanism …

The Future Of The Aicpa Peer Review Program: The Impact Of Age, Henry Okwuchukwu Onwumbiko

Business Administration Dissertations

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and its state accounting boards across the United States of America are aware of practitioners’ difficulty in recruiting and retaining young and qualified certified public accountants (CPAs), but researchers have not examined the reasons why or the effects or recruitment issues on the peer review program (PRP; aicpa.org, (2019)). Some literature has addressed reasons why college students choose accounting as their major discipline, but no research has ventured to examine the choices community CPAs make on joining the Peer Review Program (PRP).

In this study, I argue that younger CPAs choose whether …

Digital Innovation Towards A Service-Dominant Business: A Clinical Inquiry Into Georgia Pacific's Connected Restroom Initiative, Jung Hwan Kim

Business Administration Dissertations

The rapid and pervasive digitalization of businesses has spawned value creation by changing the nature and structure of products and services. At the same time, organizations have been challenged to cope with dynamic business landscapes as they apply digital technologies to renew their competitive positions. In this context, we aim to explore how organizations develop digital innovation initiatives to transform a traditional product-dominant business towards a service-dominant one and how the initiatives are constituted and entangled within and across the initiative stages. Based on close collaboration with Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Professional Division (GP PRO), we explore the path trajectory of …

Does Board Connectedness Contribute To Firms Performance During A Financial Crisis?, Rajendra Prasad Gangavarapu

Business Administration Dissertations

This study examines the relationship between board connectedness and future firm performance during the crisis period, and whether performance varies with the firm's age and growth opportunities. This study distinguishes between the effect of various board centrality measures on firm performance during a crisis. We find that board connectedness does help future firm performance during a financial crisis. For all firms, future performance for the highest quintile of connected firms outperforms the lowest quintile by approximately 1% per year on average in the 2008–09 crisis period. The impact of connectedness on firms’ future performance during the crisis period is more …