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Mainframe Relevance In Modern It: How A 50+ Year Old Computing Platform Can Still Play A Key Role In Today’S Businesses, Ian Thomas Newcombe Jan 2016

Mainframe Relevance In Modern It: How A 50+ Year Old Computing Platform Can Still Play A Key Role In Today’S Businesses, Ian Thomas Newcombe

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Escalating Commitment: Business Investments And Csr, Victoria Forrest, John Hasseldine Ph.D Jan 2016

Escalating Commitment: Business Investments And Csr, Victoria Forrest, John Hasseldine Ph.D

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There are many instances, in all areas of business, in which individuals can become committed to a course of action that begins costing more than it is producing. Because it is often possible for persons who have suffered a setback to recoup their losses through an even greater commitment of resources to the same course of action, a cycle of escalating commitment can be produced (Staw, 1981). This thesis serves to address prior literature and prior studies based on the theory of escalation behavior . We furthered our research by conducting an experiment using university students to test certain said …


Is Entrepreneurship A Discipline?, Cassidy L. Croci Jan 2016

Is Entrepreneurship A Discipline?, Cassidy L. Croci

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Freeup: Productivity Made Possible, Nicole E. Meyers Jan 2016

Freeup: Productivity Made Possible, Nicole E. Meyers

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As education evolves, more and more emphasis is placed upon group projects. With group projects come diversity, in-depth learning, open-mindedness, and many added stressors. One of the main causes of these stresses, as concluded in this thesis, is the task of scheduling.

What if there was an app that you could download to schedule those group meetings for you? Well, there is! freeUP is an application that links to your school’s learning platform (for example, Blackboard or Canvas) to make scheduling meetings easy and more productive. freeUP will provide much needed answers to today’s top group work problems: scheduling, effective …