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Changing The Industry’S Dynamics Covid 19’S Reversible Impacts On Pakistan’S Reviving Tourism, Mohammad Ali Syed

MSJ Capstone Projects

Pakistan’s tourism industry, still in its infancy, has taken a major hit during the corona virus pandemic.One such example is the Shigri’s native region of Gilgit-Baltistan welcomes millions of tourists during the spring-summer season, but with the pandemic in full spring during peak travel season, his guest house along with hundreds of hospitality businesses across Pakistan remained shut for months causing millions in losses to the economy.

Overcoming The Systemic Challenges Of Wealth Inequality In The U.S., David Peter Stroh

The Foundation Review

The galvanizing public murder of George Floyd and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Hispanic people have put structural racism and its influence on wealth inequality in the U.S. into stark relief. As multiracial groups express outrage at these visible disparities, we risk missing the other side of the coin: that wealth inequality in turn fans structural racism. Moreover, as they reinforce each other, these two factors erode the social, economic, and political viability of our democracy. Understanding and then breaking this vicious cycle are essential to realizing our renewed commitment to a country that works everyone.

This …

Rebuilding Global Supply Chains From The Ground Up, Victor Fung, Chin Tiong Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Dr Victor Fung, Group Chairman of the Fung Group, talks about how technological changes, geopolitical shifts, and Covid-19 are threatening to turn global supply chains upside down, in this interview with Tan Chin Tiong.

Assessment Centers, Tara Myers, Megan Paul

Umbrella Summaries

What are assessment centers? Assessment centers measure knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics by assessing participants’ responses to job-related simulations. Assessment centers can be used for hiring, placement, and career and skill development (Gaugler, Rosenthal, Thornton, and Bentson, 1987). Typically, participants complete a combination of in-basket, leaderless group discussion, role play, case analysis, and oral presentation exercises (Hoffman, Kennedy, LoPilato, Monahan, and Lance, 2015). Within each exercise, participants review job-relevant information and complete tasks. For the in-basket, participants are presented with documents (e.g., emails, memos, reports, requests—things that might be in an inbox) to which they provide responses and about …

Rethink Everything 1: Markets, Globalization, Development, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Deniz Atik

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

E-Commerce Within Lebanese Banks Sustainabilityconcerns; Advantages And Limitations, Mohamad Abdulwahab Wajih Tabsh

BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing

Electronic commerce is conducting and executing any trade, business or service through the electronic channels and the Internet website. By analyzing the advantages and limitations of e-commerce we identify the positive contribution to the traditional commercial practice and its Limitations. We also list the effects of ecommerce on the banks in Lebanon within the context of sustainability concern. We summarize the positive additions to the financial services provided and the negative aspects that are facing the banks in the financial economy and its own characteristics. The ease of conducting e-commerce transactions still carries with it many deficiencies intrinsic to the …

Globalization Tropes In Films: A Focus On Crazy Rich Asians, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Deniz Atik

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.

“Give Them A Firm Handshake, Look Them In The Eye, Try To Make A Connection”: Critical Graduate Perspectives On School Advancement Practices Of De Marillac Academy, Alicia M. Tapia

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation engages graduates of De Marillac Academy, a NativityMiguel school in San Francisco, in critical inquiry regarding school advancement practices. Graduates were asked how they participated in school advancement practices face-to-face with guests and donors, through media, on-campus and off-campus at their Annual Scholarship Benefit. Graduates engaged in photo and video elicitation interviews, in which photos and videos were used to spark commentary regarding their thoughts and experiences in advancement settings. As Catholic school educators, we are called to investigate the effects of a student’s formal and hidden curriculum in all aspects of their educational experience. This study found …

The Decline Of American Entrepreneurship: An Analysis Of Causes Of Macro Market Trends And A Changing American Economic System, Owen Flomberg

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

No abstract provided.

User Research And Real User Problems: Improving The User Experience Of Online Shopping, Lauren Ciulla

Honors Scholar Theses

“User Research and Real User Problems: Improving the User Experience of Online Shopping” is a creative thesis project that incorporates user research, user experience design, and coding skills. The first phase of the project consisted of market research and generative user research to develop a plan for a shopping companion app. The findings of this research shaped the scope of the project according to user needs and established the basis of a plan to create a progressive web application and Google Chrome browser extension that will respond to specific user problems. These tools would solve three key user problems: users …

Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship: A New National Economic Imperative, Marlene Orozco, Alfonso Morales, Michael J. Pisani, Jerry I. Porras

Purdue University Press Books

Advancing U.S. Latino Entrepreneurship examines business formation and success among Latinos by identifying arrangements that enhance entrepreneurship and by understanding the sociopolitical contexts that shape entrepreneurial trajectories. While it is well known that Latinos make up one of the largest and fastest growing populations in the U.S., Latino-owned businesses are now outpacing this population growth and the startup business growth of all other demographic groups in the country.

The institutional arrangements shaping business formation are no level playing field. Minority entrepreneurs face racism and sexism, but structural barriers are not the only obstacles that matter; there are agentic barriers and …

Pilgrimage As A Field Of Tourism Development: The Case Of Kavala (Northern Greece) And Its Institutional And Cultural Challenges, Thomas Bausch, Tilman Schröder, Alexey Gunya

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Developing pilgrimage tourism requires a set of unique attractors, as well as efficient destination governance structures that manage such attractors and balance stakeholder interests. This study analyses the development of pilgrimage tourism in Kavala (Northern Greece), a city with unique religious and cultural attractors connected to the Apostle Paul. By deploying a mix of literature review, on-site analysis and interviews with twelve local stakeholders, this paper first examines the general potential for pilgrimage tourism in the region and gives recommendations for its development. Subsequently, the study evaluates the progress of pilgrimage tourism development in Kavala after one year. The findings …

Faith-Based Activities And Tourism: Exploiting The Possibilities For Religious Tourism Development In Anaocha Local Government Area, Nigeria, Emeka Okonkwo, Afamefuna Eyisi, Daniel Okoye

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

Over the years, people have travelled for various motivations, giving birth to various types of specific interest tourism. The result is that various scholars have devoted their research to these specific areas of tourism. One such area of tourism that has grown exponentially is religious tourism (which some scholars also called spiritual tourism). This type of tourism explores travels motivated by the desire to visit places that inspire an individual’s belief system and to meet with people that share the same faith. Our study aims to understand the faith-based activities and religious centres in Anaocha Local Government Area (LGA) of …

A New Perspective To Measuring Employee Growth: Developing A Successful Aging At Work Scale, Stanimira K. Taneva, Georgi P. Yankov

Personnel Assessment and Decisions

The aging of the world’s population has become a grand societal challenge, which requires an urgent response from researchers, professionals, and the wider society. One way to respond to this challenge is by supporting individuals in sustaining longer and healthier working lives, that is, age successfully. Although the advantages of promoting and enabling successful aging at work have been widely acknowledged, no single instrument for measuring this construct has been published so far. We develop and test in three consecutive samples a two-dimensional successful aging at work scale. This novel instrument is rooted conceptually in the most recent theoretical developments …

Globalization For Development? Inward Fdi And The Size Of The Market, Akinori Tomohara

Southern Business Review

Akinori Tomohara, Ph.D., is an assistant professor, Department of Economics, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367.

Issues Of Improving The Financial Stability Of Communications Enterprises, K.M. Ismailov

Central Asian Problems of Modern Science and Education

The complicated financial system, the acceleration of globalization, the expansion of new financial products and services raise issues that are difficult for people to deal with, and the fact that they are not always ready to deal with these issues has led to financial stability in enterprises. is the main criterion for riding. This article covers issues related to financial sustainability of communications enterprises, analyzes annual reports of “Uzbektelecom” JSC and summarizes its conclusions.

A Study On The Causes And Impact Of Unemployment In India, Shruti Nair

International Review of Business and Economics

The rate of unemployment in India has been increasing over the years. The current paper aims to analyze the factors leading to unemployment and its impact on the Indian economy. The study focusses on how employment rate plays a major role in overall development of the economy. The study makes use of secondary data sources and focusses on the present scenario of unemployment in rural and urban areas. The paper analyzes how an increase in population, poverty, illiteracy, inflation and lack of full employment can lead to a slowdown in the growth of the economy.The paper discusses the problems faced …

Health Of The Economy And Its Measuring Indicators, J. Sugantham Parimala Ph.D.

International Review of Business and Economics

Health of the economy is an integral part of development and it is determined by the socio – economic factors like education, employment, population growth, income and environment. If the economy is not healthy internally, then it will not be able to interact effectively externally. Economists use a variety of indicators to assess the performance of the economy at a given time. By looking at changes in GDP we can see whether the economy is growing. GDP doesn’t necessarily tell us much about the state of the economy. But change in GDP does. If GDP goes up, the economy is …

Role Of Technology In Economic Development: With Special Reference To India, Kishore Kulkarni

International Review of Business and Economics

Traditional models (presented before 1980s) which claimed to explain the reasons and process of economic growth had rarely considered improvement in quality of technology (or innovation) as the main reason for economic growth. Most of the traditional models such as Harrod-Domar, Lewis etc focused on Capital (K) as the famous factor of production that individually suffered from the diminishing marginal productivity. In fact, the famous Neoclassical model of economic growth (Solow version) assumed that both traditional factors of production such as Labor (L) and Capital (K) go through decreasing returns to scale, which means by just applying more capital, or …

Indian Diaspora: Analysis Of Its Advantage To The Home Country And To The World, N. Shradha Varma

International Review of Business and Economics

Migration has been a common phenomenon since a long time. Movement of people across borders and thus, movement of ideas, new skills and technical know-how result in the benefits not only for the receiving countries but also for the sending countries. In this regard, it is very important to consider the role of Diaspora communities for the receiving countries and our study focuses on the role of Indian Diaspora communities residing in other foreign lands and will analyze their roles in enhancing the working of different sectors of the economy in which they live. The study further illuminates the contribution …

Políticas Públicas De Turismo Sostenible En Costa Rica Durante El Periodo Presidencial De Laura Chinchilla 2010 2014, Nicolás Fierro Chaves, Paula Andrea Leiva Rodríguez, Luisa Fernanda Rodríguez Camacho

Negocios y Relaciones Internacionales

El gobierno de Laura Chinchilla en Costa Rica (2010-2014) tuvo un modelo de desarrollo económico, estrategias de promoción turística del país, enfocadas hacia los recursos naturales. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las políticas públicas de turismo sostenible en Costa Rica en los años 2010 - 2014. Para esto, se seguirá una metodología cualitativa, la cual permite construir un marco conceptual de turismo y de políticas públicas para la promoción de este ; en segundo lugar, se efectúa una revisión en la literatura para conocer las políticas públicas del turismo sostenible en este país; finalmente, se realiza una comparación …

Las Comunidades Locales En La Integración Regional: Perspectivas Del Desarrollo En Relación Con La Construcción Del Corredor Vial Pasto-Mocoa Del Megaproyecto Iirsa, Jhon Sebastián Mejía Ferro, Yair Eduardo Otero De La Espriella

Negocios y Relaciones Internacionales

Las perspectivas en relación con el desarrollo de las comunidades locales en los procesos de integración regional se han expuesto desde dos puntos de vista: el primero, una visión neoextractivista en América del sur, según la cual, el desarrollo se genera a partir de la infraestructura, la conectividad y la extracción de recursos naturales (Stiftung, 2014). Por otro lado, la visión y experiencias de las poblaciones locales, en este caso de los indígenas de la región Amazónica, las cuales están estrechamente relacionadas con la perspectiva de desarrollo del buen vivir, que argumenta que el progreso se gesta a partir de …

Extractivismo En Colombia: Debates Acerca Del Modelo De Desarrollo Económico. Un Análisis De La Hidroeléctrica El Quimbo Desde La Ecología Política Latinoamericana, Erika Mariana Alzate Guarin, Angie Paola Gómez Rojas, Angie Paola Palacios González

Negocios y Relaciones Internacionales

El presente trabajo de investigación establece cómo el modelo de desarrollo económico en Colombia incide en los conflictos generados por la implementación de industrias extractivas. Para tal efecto, la metodología implementada es cualitativa, de carácter analítico-descriptivo. En términos metodológicos se tiene como objetivo, caracterizar los debates y discusiones teóricas respecto a los modelos de desarrollo; realizar un análisis normativo de la política minero-energética; revisar y analizar fuentes de información primarias y principalmente secundarias respecto al caso analizado. Por último, esta investigación busca aportar conocimiento e información con respecto a los debates contemporáneos sobre el desarrollo y la incidencia de proyectos …

Leading The Way: Investing In Management Development For Sme Productivity And Growth: Report By The Expert Group On Future Skills Needs, Expert Group On Future Skill Needs, Deirdre Mcquillan, Thomas M. Cooney, Ciara Nolan, Osa Godwin Osaghae, Lorraine Sweeney, Wael Rashwan

Reports

The vision set out for this project is to support and enable a fresh approach to growth for SMEs in Ireland where management development is a key strategic priority for SMEs to drive productivity, sustainability, competitiveness and growth, and prepare for the future of work. This research, carried out between October 2019 and March 2020, identifies 7 key findings outlined in the report.

Career Capital Development Of Women In The Arab Middle East Context: Addressing The Pipeline Block, Payyazhi Jayashree, Valerie Lindsay, Grace Mccarthy

Sydney Business School - Papers

Taking a career capital approach, this paper addresses the issue of ‘pipeline block’ frequently experienced by women seeking career advancement. Focusing on the Arab Middle East (AME) region, we take a contextually relevant multi-level approach to examine these issues. The study uses a qualitative, interview-based approach, drawing on data obtained from women leaders from the AME region. Drawing on Bourdieu’s capital-field-habitus framework, we explore how women in the AME developed career capital in particular organizational fields. Our findings show the importance of human and social capital, as well as the influence of habitus for women’s career advancement in specific fields. …

Frontline Employee Empowerment: Scale Development And Validation Using Confirmatory Composite Analysis, Saradhi Motamarri, Shahriar Akter, Venkata K. Yanamandram

Sydney Business School - Papers

Empowerment has been argued as a viable strategy to enable frontline employees (FLEs) to manage the complexities of service encounters. Organisations must cascade insights from analytics to frontlines for dynamic (re)bundling of service elements while serving customers. However, very little is known on how FLEs are empowered in analytics-driven services. This study addresses these research gaps, drawing on a systematic literature review and in-depth interviews (n = 30), followed by conceptualisation and validation of an empowerment scale through a pilot (n = 50) and the main study (n = 304). This research confirms empowerment as a second-order construct consisting of …

Recognising The Place Of Food Tourism In Ireland: An Autoethnographic Perspective, John D. Mulcahy

Doctoral

This is an autoethnographic account, utilising prior publications, of my role in positioning food as a critical ingredient in Ireland’s tourism policy and strategy since 2009. As the architect and instigator of this project, my priorities were threefold: first, working from the ground up identifying local activists across the food tourism landscape to create an active and vibrant network; second, providing thought leadership for food tourism; and third, encouraging and funding others to conduct and disseminate similar research. I have chosen six book chapters, published as a result of my advocacy strategy, for this PhD by prior publication. They are …

Corporate Trainers’ Intent To Adjust Training Programs For Fostering Employee Self-Efficacy, Peter Cronrath

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

To stay current on technology trends, trainers are tasked with providing cost-effective training to meet the needs of the organization. It is not known if to develop employee self-efficacy, organizational trainers should consider making changes to their programs in accordance with (a) generational needs of employees, (b) methodology of training, and (c) position levels of employees in an organization. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional correlational study was to determine whether there is a correlation between organizational training professionals’ intent to make changes to training programs and if self-efficacy development is considered in generationally different individuals at different position levels …