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Exploring Sport Related Sexual Assault On Twitter, Riley O'Brien

Sport Management Undergraduate

Sport related sexual assault has been prevalent in society. For the victims, there are limited avenues to cope with the issues they have faced in the aftermath of sexual assault. At collegiate sport organizations, there seems to be a disconnect between what is right and wrong, especially regarding sexual assault. This study navigates the rough waters of sexual assault and provides institutions with information regarding social media once there is a sexual assault case. Using Twitter, this study will search to find variables that are beneficial to victims and sport institutions alike that will help their story reach the maximum …

Understanding The Social Media Fandom Of The Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding Show, Kevin Magee

Sport Management Undergraduate

The sport of bodybuilding has become one of the leading enterprises in using social media as the headlining avenue of marketing and promoting for the events they host. Social media marketing is used to reach marketing goals ranging from consumer care to advertising to commerce. The problem with this is that there is no knowledge about how the fans interact and engage with certain types of posts that are published throughout the Mr. Olympia show by the Mr. Olympia official Instagram account. This project gathered data on both what was posted through the official Mr. Olympia Instagram account and how …

Financial Analysis And Valuation Of Nuvera Communications, Inc., Tina Scheidecker

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

The Financial Analysis and Valuation of Nuvera Communications, Inc. uses the discounted free cash flow at the weighted average cost of capital model to forecast the intrinsic value for Nuvera Communications. Nuvera Communications competes in a highly competitive, innovative, and volatile industry which may explain why earnings and price per share may fluctuate from year to year for some companies. In the PDF provided, the model found the intrinsic value per share of Nuvera was below that of the current market price per share, suggesting a current over valuation of Nuvera's stock. This conclusion was supported by using the Relative …

A Culture/Climate Examination Of Autonomous Vehicle Technology In The United States, James J. Mennie

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Autonomous Vehicle are coming. But mass adoption is at least ten years away according to consensus compiled from interviews conducted with industry thought lenders. Questions remain as to what technology those vehicles will contain as there is no universal platform for autonomous vehicle technology, since manufacturers, hardware and software companies are developing their own proprietary products. A/V technology is expected to improve productivity, and provide a plethora of societal benefits, but while we await the closure of the time gap the US will lose almost 40,000 citizens each year with traffic fatalities.

Connected vehicle technology, which is currently completing pilot …

Testing The Structural Invariance Of Affective Commitment On Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior Across Clan And Hierarchy Organizational Culture Types, Julia A. Fulmore

Human Resource Development Theses and Dissertations

Unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB) is concerned with employees’ engagement in unethical conduct for the benefit of the organization that is immoral and/or illegal. Research findings on motivators of UPB show some contradictory findings that need to be resolved. Considering the empirical findings that clan culture discourages unethical behavior while hierarchy culture encourages unethical behavior along with the contradicting empirical findings between affective commitment and UPB based on samples with different cultures, this study sought to empirically assess the contradictory findings in the literature by testing the structural invariance of affective organizational commitment on UPB based on the two organizational of …

Merger And Acquisition Integration: Exploring Uncertainty From The Perspective Of The Middle Manager, Joseph J. Pazmany

Dissertations

Purpose. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore middle managers’ perceptions about how organizations managed job-related, structural, and strategic uncertainty during a merger and acquisition (M&A) integration process. Furthermore, this research investigated what strategies middle managers perceived effective and ineffective for managing uncertainty and recommendations for managing uncertainty during future integrations.

Methodology. This qualitative study utilized a phenomenological research design that collected data through open-ended interviews. Fifteen middle managers participated in the study and were asked 12 questions that explored their perceptions about managing uncertainty during an M&A integration.

Findings. Overall, participants perceived strategic uncertainty …

The Impact Of Community Banks On The Communities That They Serve, Latham Hetland

Dissertations, Theses, and Projects

Community banks have long been staples of the communities in which they serve. This paper highlights how they are continuing to have a strong impact on their communities while accommodating the needs of the future. The first way in which community banks impact their communities is through the economy, providing lending activity and financial resources for community members. Community banks also have a large impact on their communities by the way they encourage altruism and expect their employees to be involved and invested in the community. These forms of impact, combined with community banks meeting the needs and desires of …

Experiential Learning In Collegiate Academia: The Silicon Valley Immersion, Kirsten Settle

Honors Theses

A thesis in an examination of experiential collegiate learning, specifically that are found within the vocational field of entrepreneurship and business management. This student-driven project’s objective primarily is to recruit a dedicated team of diverse students from Western Michigan University (WMU) to engage in a systematic, site-based experiential learning in one of the world’s biggest tech-metropolitans, San Francisco, California. The mission is to stimulate an experience-based approach to studying a business centered curriculum through field research with some of the country’s most successful companies. Participants evaluated company culture in diverse business settings to comprehend professional prospects and project management best …

Stakeholder Theory In Ethical Business Decisions: The Case Of Nestle, Mckayla Marcola

Honors Theses

The traditional view of business is that executives have an obligation to base all decisions around increasing the value of the business. But what happens when those decisions infringe on the surrounding environment? In 2017, Nestlé proposed a water withdrawal increase at their Evart, MI water bottling plant from 250 gallons per minute, to 400 gallons per minute. During April 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved the new withdrawal proposal; this caused an up roar in the environmental community. From local citizens, to public interest groups, many have expressed their opposition for this increase stating that this increase …

Free Views To Pay Per Views, Andrew York

Honors Thesis

The purpose of this research was to analyze three different narrative web series that were adapted into traditional television formats within the past ten years. Delving into how the creators marketed themselves, created the content, and distributed the content allows the reader to notice strategies that worked in the past to sell stories to production companies.

Determining Impact Of Appreciative Inquiry: A Case Study, Kimberly Davis

CUP Ed.D. Dissertations

This qualitative study was an exploratory, single-case study from the perspectives of Appreciative Inquiry [AI] practitioners that explored how they determined the impact of an Inquiry. Through AI worldwide, the common call to action has been for empirical, critical analysis of the theory and practices of AI (Bushe, 1998; Bushe & Marshak, 2011, 2014, 2015; Clarke, n.d.; Conklin, 2009; Grant & Humphries, 2006; Hart, Conklin, & Allen, 2008; Kessler, 2013; Tartell & Vogel, 2017; Willoughby & Tosey, 2007). Bushe and Marshak (2013) stated a lack of unifying theory of change being offered and “a rather large gulf between academics who …

Robo-Advisors - A Future Way To Invest?, Viraj Vishwarupe, Tommy Vu

Finance

Research Question: Are robo-advisors the future of investing?

As the capabilities of technology continue to advance, alternatives to conventional practices are created in an attempt to boost convenience and efficiency. This paper will focus on one such alternative, robo-advisors, an automated investment advisor platform. The technology is evaluated to answer the research question above and to assess whether it holds promise in the world of finance as well as the potential to ultimately outpace traditional forms of investment advice. To accomplish this goal, in-depth research is provided covering a broad range of topics concerning robo-advisors including the platform’s history, analysis …

Fresh Squeezed Fitness: A Case Study On The Marketing Of Orangetheory Fitness, Emma Schmidt

Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration

The fitness industry has grown immensely in the past decade as a form of health management. The industry has expanded to offer niche fitness facilities that cater to individuals’ specific needs and motivations. The purpose of this study was to examine the best marketing and branding practices utilized by Orangetheory Fitness. The research for this study was collected using a case study matrix, developed by the researcher, to evaluate Orangetheory Fitness’ marketing strategies. The study resulted in findings indicating the importance of technology advancement and brand differentiation pertaining to the success of Orangetheory Fitness. It is crucial for Orangetheory Fitness …

Removing Prejudice From Online Job Applications, Ilene Rothman

Business/Business Administration

Currently, there are no laws limiting an employer from viewing a candidate’s social media presence. The United States Equal Opportunity Employment Commission prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, and genetic information. If a candidate is active on professional social media websites such as the largest online professional network, LinkedIn, some of this information can easily be gathered by an employer. To stop discrimination in the hiring process, recommendations for a blind hiring process will be provided. This process will ensure that a candidate is initially judged solely based on the …

Creating An Efficient Business Plan For Longview Club Lambs, Karlee J. Dornbush

Agricultural Education and Communication

Longview Club Lambs is a small startup business located in Lincoln, California. Longview Club Lambs has the goal to maintain a high of level efficiency and productivity to compete with other club lamb businesses within the next three years (Longview Club Lambs, 2018). In order to do this, Longview Club Lambs will need to evaluate its current practices and determine the necessary adjustments that should be made to their business plan.

To create this new business model, the business will need to re-evaluate all its management practices and make the needed changes to adjust to a larger scale operation. Implementing …

Project Renew Worcester, Danni Yue, Amy Zhang, Jing Han, Omid Ashrafi, Yiming Xu

School of Professional Studies

n The client for this capstone project is RENEW Worcester which is a fledgling solar power project whose main goals are to bring renewable energy in the form of solar power into local, primarily low-income communities and are committed to the mission of making the transition off of fossil fuels to clean, renewable power. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, they are a local chapter of Co-op Power which is a consumer-owned sustainable energy cooperative (co-op) made up of numerous different local chapters all over the New England area as well as the state of New York. The problem that we will …

Ndikimi I Përdorimit Të Internetit Në Rritjen E Produktivitetit Të Ndërmarrjeve Të Vogla Dhe Të Mesme, Fitore Nuredini

Theses and Dissertations

Me ndryshimet dhe evoluimin e teknologjive moderne, bizneset e vogla dhe të mesme janë duke bërë çmos për ti ndjekur këto trende. Shumica e bizneseve vetëm se kanë bërë kalimin e tyre në platformat online me qëllim të rritjes të të hyrave dhe të pjesëmarrjes së tyre në treg. Ideja e marketingut është gjithmonë që mesazhet që një brend dëshiron të përcjell tek audienca e saj të shfaqen aty ku konsumatori po shpenzon shumicën e kohës dhe ku gjasat për vëmendje janë më të mëdha.

Para një dekade, ky vend do të ishte TV, Radio apo Mediat e shkruara (librat, …

Ndikimi I Marketingut Në Preferencën Ndaj Markave, Muhamed Kastrati

Theses and Dissertations

Kosova është një vend në zhvillim e cila po rimëkëmbet me hapa të shpejtë me synimin për tu bërë pjesë e Bashkimit Europian. Niveli i rritjes ekonomike është pozitiv, norma e papunësisë paraqitet në ulje si dhe bilanci tregtar rezulton të jetë i përmirësuar. Ekonomia e Kosovës në vitin 2017, sipas statistikave të BQK, shënoi rritje vjetore prej rreth 3.7 përqind, rritje e gjeneruar kryesisht nga rritja e investimeve, si dhe përmirësimi i pozicionit të neto eksporteve si rezultat i rritjes së eksportit të mallrave dhe shërbimeve.

Një nga produktet të cilin Kosova e eksporton në nivele të konsiderueshme është …

Ambienti Ligjor Per Promovimin E Investimeve Në Kosovë, Dardan Rama

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Strategjitë E Hyrjes Në Tregjet E Jashtme, Halil Ademi

Theses and Dissertations

Procesi depërtues dhe pastaj zhvillimi i tregut ndërkombëtar është mjaft i vështirë, në terma themelore, duke hyrë në një vend-treg të ri ngjason shumë me një situatë fillestare, pa shitje, pa infrastrukturë të marketingut në vend, dhe pak ose aspak njohuri të tregut.

Qëllimi i këtij punimi është që të identifikojë motivet e kompanive për të hyrë në tregjet e jashtme, strategjitë e hyrjes në këto tregje, kostot dhe përfitimet nga depërtimi në tregjet e huaja.

Ka …

Faktorët Që Ndikojnë Në Përzgjedhjen E Një Kafiterie Nga Ana E Klientit, Rasti I Lips Caffe, Albesa Dragusha

Theses and Dissertations

Një nga problemet e shumta me të cilat ballafaqohen sot firmat apo kafiteritë në Kosovë ështëproblemi i identifikimit të faktorëve që ndikojnë te konsumatorët në përzgjedhjen e kafiterisë, aplikimi i strategjive të mirëfillta të marketingut të cilat do t’i shpinin ato drejtë sukseseve në biznes, në një kohë të konkurueshmërisë së lartë në biznes, të cilat shpesh bëhen pengesë e zhvillimit të kafiterive edhe kur ato kanë kapacitet dhe mundësi të zhvillimit.

Duke ditur se sot në Kosovë zhvillohet një sistem i jetës më dinamike, duke u shtuar numri i të punësuarve nga të dy gjinitë dhe cdo here duke …

Ndikimi I Sistemit Tatimor Në Zhvillimin E Biznesit: Rasti I Kosovës, Njomza Azemi

Theses and Dissertations

Sistemi i tanishëm fiskal në Kosovë është ndërtuar pas ndërhyrjes së bashkësisë ndërkombëtare dhe pas vendosjes së administratës së OKB-së në Kosovë. Ky sistem, esenca e të cilit qëndron në grumbullimin e të hyrave buxhetore dhe mënyra se si të shpenzohen ato të hyra, është ndërtuar si një sistem tërësisht i ri, ndërsa një kontribut të pamohueshëm në ndërtimin e këtij sistemi e ka dhënë edhe bashkësia ndërkombëtare. Për ndërtimin e këtij sistemi janë marrë për bazë praktikat dhe përvojat sipas standardeve të avancuara botërore.

Është analizuar ndikimi i legjislacionit tatimor i cili do të ketë efekte në zhvillimin e …

Ekzaminimi I Indikatorëve Menaxherial Në Motivimin E Të Punësuarve: Fuqizimi Psikologjik, Motivimi I Brendshëm Dhe Performanca, Dua Bajmaku

Theses and Dissertations

Programet e fuqizimit psikologjik të punonjësve janë miratuar gjerësisht në sektorin publik, si dhe në sektorët privatë, si një mënyrë për të përmirësuar performancën e punonjësve. Punonjësit e fuqizuar përmirësojnë performancën kryesisht duke gjetur mënyra inovative për të korrigjuar gabimet në prodhimin dhe ofrimin e shërbimeve dhe ridizajnimin e proceseve të punës. Ky studim ka për qëllim ekzaminimin e indikatorëve menaxherial në motivimin e të punësuarve, si: fuqizimin psikologjik, motivimin e brendshëm dhe performancën e punonjësve. Për qëllimet e këtij studimi janë përdorur si qasje kërkimore, cilësore ashtu edhe sasiore. Studimi përfshin një kampion prej 33 subjektesh, nga të cilët …

Aplikimi I Dimensioneve Kulturore Të Hofstede Në Organizatat Kosovare, Vlora Belallari

Theses and Dissertations

Koncepti kulturë shtrohet si në planin individual, grupor, institucional e më tej kombëtar. Kultura në nivel kombëtar është thelbësore për të kuptuar funksionimin e grupeve në nivelin organizativ. Kultura prej kohësh ka qenë një lëmi interesi për studiues të ndryshëm por studimi kuantitativ i kulturës më së miri është paraqitur përmes dimensioneve kulturore të Geert Hofstede. Meqë studimi i Hofstede-it është përtej-organizativ duke shtjelluar kulturën në përmasa të një superstrukture sociale, përmes aplikimit të këtyre dimensioneve ky studim ka për qëllim të hetojë ndikimin e kulturës kombëtare dhe asaj organizative në efektivitetin e organizatave në Kosovë. Më konkretisht ndikimin e …

Ndikimi I Inteligjencës Artificiale “Artificial Intel-Ligence” Si Dhe Gjësendeve Në Internet "Internet Of Things” Në Zhvillimin E Bizneseve Të Së Ardhmes, Burim Jakupi

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Voting And Commenting Mechanisms In Ongoing Crowdsourcing Platforms: A Case Study Of Lego Ideas Platform, Khalid Murzig M. Alharbi

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Although crowdsourcing, an innovative online call to help solve problems or generate new ideas, has gained much traction in the business word, not much research has been done on the commenting and voting mechanisms. Most of the research has focussed on the why and how businesses crowdsource. To fill the gap, this research focusses on the commenting and voting mechanisms and aims to analyse the effectiveness of the commenting and voting mechanism in an ongoing crowdsourcing platform, Lego Idea. Using Python software, 8663 comments were extracted from the Lego Ideas platform. These comments were then manually categorised into 10 variables …

The Business Of Accelerating The Acceleration Of Startups, David Wai Lun Ng

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

The cross-domain and cross-border aspects of the Business Accelerator sector has resulted in an ecosystem that has seen actors in the space jostle for clear and competitive positioning. The evolution of Business Accelerators as a business entity, seeking to supply positive interventions to the journey of start-ups, is common to all growth and innovation orientated ecosystems. The ability for Business Accelerator managers to demonstrably impact their subject acceleratees positively has been an under-researched area. Against this background is the rising volume of capital being channeled into funding startups due to the widespread drive for innovation led growth which is increasingly …

Financial Outcomes From Selection Of Insurance Intervals, Shana Anderson Stewart

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the potential value of enrolling in rainfall-index for pasture, rangeland, and forage insurance for Utah producers. A stochastic optimization model is used to identify the optimal selection of insurance intervals that will provide the maximum indemnity payments less premiums. Four Utah counties were selected for analysis. Results indicate that positive returns will occur greater than 60% of the time in all counties with the selected insurance intervals. The optimal months to insure varied in each county.

Lobbying Legislation And Cumulative Abnormal Returns, Brenan Stewart

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (Pub.L. 110-81, 121 Stat. 735, enacted September 14, 2007) was passed by the U.S. Congress in order “to strengthen public disclosure requirements concerning lobbying activity and funding. It placed more restrictions on gifts for members of Congress and their staff, and provides for mandatory disclosure of earmarks in expenditure bills.” Treating this event as a natural experiment, we examine how this legislation affected the Cumulative Abnormal Returns (CARs) of firms that lobbied in the year(s) leading up to the passing of the legislation. We find that companies that lobbied in the …

The Free Cash Flow And Corporate Returns, Sen Na

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Mcpherson (2018) and Jose, Lancaster, Stevens (1996) have written papers to examine the relationship between liquidity management and firm profitability. The literature establishes that the cash conversion cycle has an implication for the profitability and liquidity of a firm. We extend the time period and analyze the free cash flow instead of cash conversion cycle. We provide evidence that firms with higher free cash flows have higher risk adjusted stock returns.