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Sport Venue Quality: Measurement, And Its Impact On Spectator’S Sustained Consumption Intentions, Dae Eun Kim

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The aim of the current study was to reconstruct the sport venue quality dimensionsas an autonomous quality with a utilitarian perspective and examine the impact on spectators’ perceived risk, price perception, and sustained consumption intentions. Venues for National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB) games that mostly represent indoor and outdoor sporting facilities were chosen, and subjects were spectators who have experience of attending professional team sport events in sport venues. The study employed an online survey for data collection, and a total of 595 samples were utilized for data analyses. The data set was randomly split into …

A Dual Perspective Towards Building Resilience In Manufacturing Organizations, Steven A. Fazio

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Modern manufacturing organizations exist in the most complex and competitive environment the world has ever known. This environment consists of demanding customers, enabling, but resource intensive Industry 4.0 technology, dynamic regulations, geopolitical perturbations, and innovative, ever-expanding global competition. Successful manufacturing organizations must excel in this environment while facing emergent disruptions generated as biproducts of complex man-made and natural systems. The research presented in this thesis provides a novel two-sided approach to the creation of resilience in the modern manufacturing organization. First, the systems engineering method is demonstrated as the qualitative framework for building literature-derived organizational resilience factors into organizational structures …

How Information Technology Investment Influences Firm Financial Vulnerability, Andrew S. Miller

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Information technology (IT) investments have increased over the last half-century without clear justification in academic or practice-based literatures. One area that has not been adequately addressed in the past literature is the role of IT investments in mitigating firm financial vulnerability. This dissertation specifically attempts to understand the marginal effects of IT investments on financial vulnerability as defined by firm risk and R&D depreciation. Two research questions are pursued to help explain the role IT investments play in firm financial vulnerability: 1) What is the relationship between IT investments and R&D depreciation? and 2) What is the relationship between IT …

Investor Reaction To Exploration Versus Exploitation Using An Asorptive Capacity Lens, Kevin Walsh

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In his seminal work, March (1991) points to innovation as a key to a firm’s survival. In this dissertation proposal, I seek to build on March’s research by leveraging his construct of balancing a focus on improving existing capabilities (“exploitation”) while simultaneously creating new competencies (“exploration”). These two approaches to innovation are often viewed as requiring a firm to leverage very different skills. Not only are there differing skills, but the level of risk and potential reward also vary based on a firm’s decision to focus on exploration versus exploitation. The reaction of investors to this dichotomy is the focus …

The Use Of Virtual Conference Software (Vcs) In The Workplace During Covid-19 In North America: An Empirical Validation Of Innovation Diffusion Theory, Khaleed I. Khasawneh

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Researchers in marketing and technology realized the importance of paying more attention to how and when new technologies or innovations are adopted during crisis, and which factors impact individuals’ successful adoption. Navigating through the different stages of the present COVID-19 crisis, it has become clear that such research focus would be beneficial so that firms can shape customers' decision making process in a way that ensure successful escape of a crisis and its Destructive results on a business or organization; COVID-19 will undoubtedly not be the last global crisis we face. First, a firm understanding of the factors affecting the …

Sales Application Engineer Turnover Intentions: An Exploration Of Education, Age And Job Tenure Through The Met-Expectations Perspective, William Kelley

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Both individually and in combination, globalization and the increasing use of information technology are creating unrelenting competitive pressures on organizations once protected by distance (Porter, 1999; Porter & Millar, 1985; Narus & Anderson, 1985; Boyle, 1996). These once-protected firms, historically operating in competitive landscapes limited to local firms, now compete with organizations located across state lines and oceans. In order to compete and survive, firms must adjust to the new competitive dynamics wrought by these changes (Teece, 2000). As knowledge has been identified as one of the most important sources of competitive advantage (Drucker, 1999) and profitability (Grant, 1991), this …

The Impact Of A Transformational Leader On Employees Displaying Organizational Citizenship Behavior In Two Medium-Sized Customer Support Organizations, Jameen Heleena Mathews

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This narrative analysis study explored the relationship between transformational leadership styles and employees exhibiting discretionary behaviors related to performance in an organization. The study investigated the relationship between transformational leadership and its impact on employee discretionary behavior, the impact that transformational leadership has on the employee, and the organization's overall performance. It investigated whether or not there are any specific dimensions of transformational leadership that influence organizational citizenship behavior in customer support organizations. Understanding how a transformational leader behaves and interacts with employees in an organization is important when considering its contribution to employee performance and workplace behaviors. As employers …

Organizational Effectiveness In Women-Owned Small Businesses Within The Defense Sector Of Northern Alabama: A Case Study Approach, Kerry Shurron Prowell

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Research into how human capital influences organizational effectiveness in WOSBs as they pursue government contracts is lacking. Understanding the impact of human capital upon organizational effectiveness in WOSBs may also help in recognizing how knowledge and skills contribute to the firm's ability to secure a government contract. Using the case study method, the influence of human capital on organizational effectiveness in WOSBs seeking government contracts is a phenomenon this study explored. Firstly, this research has discovered the importance of knowledge within human capital as a contributor to core competencies; furthermore, this finding was meaningfully observed through the lived experiences of …

Factors Affecting Irs Audit Rate Probability: Empirical Evidence From Rgv Region, Issack Guyo

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IRS tax audits are intended to curb tax evasion; however, they are costly to conduct and have negative impacts on taxpayers. The purpose of this study is to find out factors that lead to high IRS audit rate in a region from the perspective of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). Relationship between IRS tax audit rate and determinants of tax evasion identified by Davis, Cebula, & Boylan (2020) among others are studied. A regression analysis is conducted on the regions scores on poverty rate, demography, unemployment rate and general level of education with the IRS audit rate. The results suggest …

Value Creation Mechanisms In The Contemporary Art Market, Niharika Goel

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As marketing theory has evolved, value co-creation has taken center stage in exchange processes. The goal of this dissertation, situated at the intersection of market systems and the visual art market, is to generate a deeper understand of the fundamentals of value co-creation at the level of practice, in part because the visual art world is organized as a Bourdieusian field of cultural production with its own set of rules, narratives, individuals and institutions. While individuals can effectively position themselves in this field to accumulate social capital, they are inextricably linked to others. Hence, it is imperative to understand the …

Customers’ Acceptance Of Automated Hotel, Jianhong Feng

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Hotels moved in the direction of intelligentization, network connection and sharing of travel modes in the 21^st century. Automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to promote significant changes to hospitality and tourism sectors. Hotels that take advantage of these technological advances would benefit from this new business model as they can differentiate themselves from competitors who fail to adopt these new innovations. In the traditional hotel industry, guests are not served by automated technologies. Nowadays, non-human based business-models and service innovations have become the latest business strategy choice in the hospitality and tourism industry, especially during the …

Dallimi Në Mes Të Facebook Ads Dhe Google Ads, Benjamin Kolenović

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Fokusi i temës në dallimet ndërmjet Facebook dhe Google ads, tregon se cili nga këto opsione preferohet më shumë nga klientët e kompanisë së marketingut digjital – Growzillas. Marketingu digjital është metoda më moderne dhe më efikase e reklamimit të një biznesi. Në botën digjitale të shekullit 21, prezenca e biznesit në rrjetet sociale dhe në makinat e kërkimit (search engines) garanton që shërbimet dhe produktet e ofruara nga biznesi arrijnë një gamë më të gjerë të klientelës.

Procesi i punimit të kësaj teme përfshinë përdorimin e burimeve parësore dhe dytësore për mbledhjen e informacioneve. Shqyrtimi i literaturës paraqet njohuri …

Performance Improvement Through Better Understanding Of Supply Chain Resilience, Amanda L. Femano

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Businesses operate every day in a disruptive environment. Supply and demand uncertainty, natural disasters, global pandemics, and mishaps can all cause chaos to a supply chain’s flow. It is impossible to predict every disruption a supply chain may encounter. The best an organization can do to protect network performance is to build resilience in the supply chain and life-blood of its operations. Ensuring that a supply chain has the proper built-in mechanisms to resist and recover from disruptions is referred to as Supply Chain Resilience (SCR). While it is generally agreed that SCR can be improved through the implementation of …

Zhvendosja E Bizneseve Drejt E-Commerce Gjatë Pandemisë, Besnik Hashani

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Nisur nga fakti se bizneset janë një ndër shtyllat kryesore të zhvillimit ekonomike të një vendi, dhe nga fakti se bizneset dhe ekonomia luajnë një rol kyç dhe jetësor në shoqërinë e çdo vendi, në këtë punim të do të analizohet zhvendosja e bizneseve drejt e-commerce në kohë pandemie. Gjithashtu, vlen të theksohet se zhvendosja e bizneseve drejt e-commerce në kohë pandemie është rritur me një intensitet të pa parashikuar e ku edhe do të analizohen të dy anët e medaljes së zhvendosje së bizneseve gjatë kësaj kohe të pandemisë.

Pandemia transformoi intenzivisht trendët globale, në këtë hulumtim përcaktohen tendencat …

Digjitalizimi I Bankave Në Kosovë, Rast Studimi Klientët E Dy Bankave Ndërkombëtare Në Republikën E Kosovës, Adonis Bllacaku

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Duke pasur parasysh faktin që ne jetojmë në shekullin e XXI-të, shekullin e progresit teknologjik dhe të inovacionit. Sot është fakt që zhvillimet teknologjike i kanë dhënë një dimension tjetër mënyrës se si jetojmë, si informohemi, si komunikojmë dhe si e perceptojmë realitetin. Për gjenerata të tëra sot është e vështirë të imagjinohet jeta e përditshme dhe puna profesionale pa një mori pajisjesh elektronike.

Në këtë kontekst, si çdo fushë tjetër, edhe sistemet financiare në mbarë botën kanë qenë subjekt i avancimeve teknologjike e që as sistemi bankar në Kosovë nuk bën përjashtim nga kjo tendencë , është parë e …

Essays On Decision Problems Under Uncertainty, Mahsa Mardikoraem

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One of the fundamental questions in many operations and decision problems is how to incorporate available information into the decision-making process in uncertain environments. In two essays, we develop tools for operations decision problems. In the first essay, we consider the case when only partial information (mode and a few percentiles) about the probability distribution of the variable of interest is available. In the second essay, we consider the case when a sample observation from the variable of interest and its predictors, along with prior distributions about the parameters of the probability model, are available.

Essay 1. Maximum entropy distributions …

Before Turning Into Ashes: A Study Of Entrepreneurial Cognition, Learning, And Exit, Azadeh Zamanian

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Entrepreneurial practices such as discovery, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities, decision-making, and problem solving are influenced by mental processes and cognitive mechanisms. Decision-making studies in the field of entrepreneurship confirm that entrepreneurs have strong tendency to use cognitive mechanisms such as biases and heuristics to simplify their decision-making processes. Compared to non-entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs show higher levels of cognitive bias.

By focusing on cognitive mechanisms of entrepreneurs, this study answers the question of why some individuals insist on continuing their entrepreneurial journey while failure-related phenomena such as critical setbacks and counterfactual thoughts exist.

Unlike the prior research that have focused on …

The Impact Of An Executive High Performance Work System On Business Model Innovation, Ravi Bala

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Business model innovation is a phenomenon that has been gaining traction since the 1990s. Recently, a global survey of more than 4,000 senior managers by the Economic Intelligence Unit found that business model innovation was overwhelmingly preferred versus new products and new services (Amit & Zott, 2012). Both executives as well as practitioners suggest that business model innovation is ideal for future competitive advantage (Amit & Zott, 2012; Foss & Saebi, 2017). Increasing competition, globalization, and rapid changes in technology have all provided the impetus for organizations to reconsider the approaches they use to manage their numerous resources and capabilities, …

Necessitation Through Growing Entanglements: Why We “Can’T Live Without” Some Products, Jakob Braun

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Much research has been concerned with what constitute necessities and how they are related to pertinent concepts, such as needs, wants, desires, and luxuries (Belk, Ger, and Askegaard 2003; Duncan 2002; Fraser 1998, Hoyer and MacInnis 2004; Kerin, Hartley and Rudelius 2004; Sheth and Mittal 2004). Using thing-focused approaches, earlier studies are primarily concerned with classification schemes using dichotomies such as need-want and necessity-luxury. Studies that employ a human-focused perspective challenge these divisions and argue that necessities cannot be studied without considering the social and historical contexts (e.g., Buttle 1989; Firat 1987). Notwithstanding the important contributions that these studies have …

Hawkish Or Dovish: The Effect Of Female Ceo Leadership On Strategic Conformity, Organizational Innovation And Strategic Change, Hazel Husne Dadanlar

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The U.S. female labor market participation rate has significantly improved in the last 50 years (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007). Along with the broader female labor participation rate, the level of female representation at the executive and director-level positions has shown some improvement in the last 24 years, albeit at a much slower pace than it has been in recent years (Pew Research Center Report, 2018). For example, while the number of female Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) leading Fortune 500 companies was zero in 1995, it rose by 7.4% by 2020. Despite some improvement, a mere 7.4% increase …

Antecedents And Consequences Of Ambidextrous Orientation Among Social Entrepreneurs, Sarah N. Kimakwa

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Social entrepreneurship refers to the “the process of identifying, evaluating, and exploiting opportunities aimed at social value creation by means of commercial market-based activities and the use of a wide range of resources” (Bacq & Janssen, 2011, p. 388). Social entrepreneurs use market-based strategies and innovative approaches to address various social, economic, and environmental challenges. motivated by compassion, empathy, and a commitment for alleviating others suffering (Miller, Grimes, et al., 2012), they establish social ventures with a dual mission of social and economic value creation.

To meet the challenges of addressing pressing social, economic and environmental issues not tackled by …

Two Essays On Finance Of Climate Change, Abdullah Al Masum

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This dissertation consists of two essays on the finance of climate change. In the first essay, we find robust empirical evidence that firms in locations with higher exposure to climate change pay significantly higher spreads on their bank loans. To alleviate the concerns related to using firms’ headquarters in determining climate risk exposure, we exploit the economic link between a firm and its customers and find that the exposure of a firm’s customers to climate risk also adversely affects that firm’s cost of borrowing. In the cross-section, we find that the long-term loans of poorly rated firms drive the effect. …

The Role Of Sense Of Community On Knowledge Sharing Behavior In Makerspaces, Eduardo Jose Millet

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Using the Sense of Community Theory and the Knowledge Sharing Behavior this study explores the motivation of members of makerspaces to share technical and non-technical knowledge in this type of creative spaces. In makerspaces, individuals are expected to share what they know with others to solve design and fabrication problems. Most of the sharing occurs when experienced makers transfer knowledge to the novice makers. This behavior is what motivates this dissertation. Unlike traditional knowledge sharing that happens in formal organizations, makerspace participants engage in the knowledge sharing behavior differently; they share in an informal manner creating value for makerspaces and …

Essays On Fake Review Detection, Managerial Response, And Consumer Perceptions, Long Chen

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This dissertation investigates how online reviews and managerial responses jointly affect consumer perceptions. I first examine and compare the outcomes of multiple fake review classifiers using various algorithms, including traditional machine learning methods and recently developed deep learning methods (essay I). Then, based on the findings of the first essay, I examine the interrelationship between fake review detection, managerial response, and hotel ratings and ratings’ growths (essay II).The first essay is a comparative study on the methodology of identifying fake reviews. Although online reviews have attracted much attention from academia and industry for over fifteen years, how to identify fake …

Essays On The Impacts Of The 2020 Pandemic On Consumer Preference, Madhulina Bandyopadhyay

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ABSTRACTESSAYS ON THE IMPACT OF THE 2020 PANDEMIC ON CONSUMER PREFERENCE by Madhulina Bandyopadhyay

The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2021Under the Supervision of Professor Sanjoy Ghose

The global pandemic of 2020 triggered by Coronavirus (COVID-19) has revealed many challenges around the world. Although initiated by a major health crisis, the scope and scale of the challenges expanded far beyond the health care sector. This crisis forced the global community to adapt to rapid and major changes in lifestyles and practices. Despite the differences in responses due to sociocultural customs and available resources, some common approaches were evident. For example, …

Essays In Workplace Safety Issues In Finance, Md Ruhul Amin

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I examine how firms address workplace safety issues considering their value implication. In my first essay, I investigate the relation between workplace safety and inside debt held by the CEO in form of pension benefits and deferred compensation. To mitigate the endogeneity of CEO inside debt design, I exploit variation generated by the implementation of the Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Final Regulations. Consistent with the long-term orientation hypothesis, I find strong evidence of lower establishment-level work-related injuries and illnesses in firms whose CEOs have higher relative inside debt. I also document that CEOs inside debt holdings are associated with …

Two Essays On Corporate Finance, Md Noman Hossain

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This dissertation consists of two essays on corporate finance. In my first essay, we investigate whether and, if so, how the information disclosure preferences differ systematically between Republican CEOs and Democrat CEOs in the context of management earnings forecasts. We find that Republican CEOs tend to prefer a less asymmetric information environment than Democrat CEOs, and thus make more frequent, timelier, and more accurate disclosures than Democrat CEOs. Results using the propensity score-matched sample and the difference-in-differences analysis show that our results are unlikely to be driven by potential endogeneity. Our results are robust to controlling for various CEO characteristics, …

I Buy Less When Others Suggest: Impact Of Personal Relative Deprivation, Temporal Discounting, Social Norms And Store Reputation On Food Over-Acquisition, Swapnil Saravade

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Food over-acquisition has shown to have detrimental consequences such as food over-consumption, food waste, obesity, and greenhouse effects. Extant literature has typically focused on food over-consumption, with little explanation of its precursor, food over-acquisition. The current thesis situates the research in grocery retail and examines why people over-acquire food. Further, which interventions can marketers develop to mitigate food over-acquisition and in which grocery stores would those be effective? The present dissertation approaches this issue by drawing concepts from two disciplines, sociology, and behavioral economics. Through five studies, the current thesis shows that when people feel relatively food-deprived, they tend to …

Marketingu Përmes Mediave Sociale-Rast Studimi Kompania ‘’Triveshje’’, Edonis Grajçevci

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Studimi i bërë synoi të analizonte ndikimin e të bërit marketing përmes mediave sociale. Marketingu përmes mediave sociale po rritet me një ritëm shumë të shpejt i cili ndikon ndjeshëm në sjelljet e klientëve (konsumatorëve) dhe tregut të biznesit. Për këtë arsye shumica e firmave kanë filluar ti zhvillojnë strategjitë e të bërit marketing përmes mediave sociale . Marketingu përmes rrjeteve sociale është shndërruar në diçka me rëndësi të madhe për popullarizimin e çfarëdo ideje, kampanje, kompanie apo produkti. Marketingu në rrjetet sociale ofron mundesinë të implementojmë strategji marketingu me një kosto monetare të ulët. Poashtu ky lloj i të …

Kontrolli-Funksion I Menaxhmentit, Edona Llozani

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Synimi i këtij punimi bachelor është që të prezantojë rëndësin e kontrollit si proces i menaxhmentit në një organizatë. Në këtë temë kemi paraqitur konceptet bazë të menaxhmentit me bazë kontrollin,rëndësin e stafit menaxherial,aftësit dhe rolet e një menaxheri në organizatë,funksionet e menaxhmentit,hierarikin etj.

Menaxhmenti paraqet procesin e orientimit të vetëdijshëm të aktiviteteve njerëzore kah realizimi i qëllimit–qëllimeve të caktuara, përkatsisht tërsinë e ndërlidhur të pesë funksioneve: Planifikimit,organizimit,kuadrit (personelit), udhëheqjes dhe kontrollit.

Kontrolli paraqet procesin përmes të cilit menaxherët e organizatës e ndjekin dhe regullojnë se një organizatë,në menyrë efikase dhe efektive,i realizon aktivitetet e veta të nevojshme për realizimin …