Ethical Branding, Lane Gibbons

Marriott Student Review

In this article, BYU senior Lane Gibbons outlines the details of ethical branding and emphasizes the importance of corporate social responsibility in the modern era.

Specialization: Do Your Job Well Helping Students Who Are Considering A Career In Programming Know How To Invest Their Time., Scott Pulley

Marriott Student Review

The article examines the effects of specialization on the hiring process for undergraduates studying programming whether in information systems or computer science.

Lgbt+ Discrimination In The Workplace, Rachel Winters

Marriott Student Review

Although nearly everyone has faced some kind of unfair treatment in the workplace, members of the LGBT community often deal with much worse treatment—to the point of discrimination. After learning about the benefits of anti-discrimination policies for your employees and the company, you will realize that there is no reason you shouldn't—and every reason you should—implement LGBT-supportive policies at your company. The benefits include increase profitability, productiveness, work satisfaction, and employee retention.

Strategies Used By Military Spouse Small Businesses During A Military Relocation, Sandra D. Heredia, Patricia Fusch

The Qualitative Report

There are over 615,000 women military spouses and 1,786 known military spouse business owners who relocate every 2 to 3 years to follow their active duty spouse. The research problem addressed was the lack of strategies military spouse small business owners used to sustain their business during a mandatory military relocation. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies 5 women military spouse small business owners, located at military installations in the Midlands and Pee Dee regions of South Carolina, used to sustain their businesses during a relocation. The sampling method used was census sampling. The …

How To Take Advantage Of Your Entire Group And Avoid Groupthink, Ian Belloli

Marriott Student Review

Brainstorming solutions as a group is a great idea, but often falls prey to groupthink, in which group members agree to the first idea that is presented to avoid conflict. Groupthink can be avoided using specific phases during the brainstorming process: divergence and convergence.

Multilevel Perspectives On Leadership In The African Context, Michael A. Abebe, Amanuel G. Tekleab, Augustine A. Lado

Management Faculty Publications

Despite the depth of research on leaders and leadership in the Western and Asian contexts, the study of leadership in the African context remains at a nascent stage. In this special issue, we take a multilevel perspective to review and synthesize current research on leadership in Africa in three distinct scholarly domains (Organizational Behavior & Human Resources (OB/HR), Strategy and Entrepreneurship). Based on this review, we offer specific recommendations to advance leadership research and improve the scope and rigor of theoretical and methodological approaches. Finally, we present three scholarly works that highlight the distinctive nature of leadership in Africa, including …

The Growing Importance Of Customer Experience, Cassidy Jones

Marriott Student Review

In order to retain and satisfy customers, the modern business must refine it's customer experience (CX). Good CX occurs when a company focuses on the needs of its customers as individuals, allowing each person to have a positive experience. This dedication to the customer is rewarded through positive reviews and continued success.

Federal Grant Applications: What You Need To Know Before You Start Writing, Steve Richards

Agribusiness

Sometimes disaster relief arrives as a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant, and there may be more grants resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. While obtaining a grant is appealing, many producers overlook grant application details causing many grant proposals to be rejected immediately, before they are read or considered. The checklist provided by this brief will help producers prepare grant applications and avoid common pitfalls.

An Evaluation Of Three Online Chatbots, Mahesh Vanjani, Jamison Posey, Milam Aiken

Southwestern Business Administration Journal

Chatbots enable machines to emulate human conversation. While research has been done to examine how human-like communication with chatbots can be, heretofore comparisons of the systems with humans have not accounted for abnormal behavior from the users. For example, the people using the chatbot might be lying or trying to, in turn, imitate a computer’s response. Results of a study comparing transcripts from three chatbots and two humans show that student evaluators were able to correctly identify two computer transcripts, but failed on one. Further, they incorrectly guessed that one of the humans was a chatbot. The study also presents …

House Banks In Out-Of-Court Reorganization: Evidence From Austria, Stefan Mayr, Christine Duller, Kerstin Stumbauer

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

The main purpose of this article is to study the role of house banks in out-of-court reorganization. Banks are traditionally one of the most important financial resources for firms. Especially in financially difficult times like those we now face due to the coronavirus, it can make a difference whether a bank supports its clients and accompanies firms through a crisis or not. With the help of relationship lending theory, we review the existing literature on this topic. Next, based on empirical findings from Austrian banks, we derive implications for corporate practice. The empirical study covers a sample of 658 firm …

Millionaire Secrets, Jonathan Chia

Marriott Student Review

Many people want to be rich, but don't know how real millionaires manage to amass wealth. In order to become rich, many people live extremely frugally, actively invest their net worth in a variety of places, and maintain an attitude of carefully planned perseverance in their busy and risk-filled careers. Every person who strives to do these things is on the path to become a millionaire themselves.

Unpopular Opinion: Employees Don't Need Ping Pong Tables To Be Motivated, Katelyn Poulson

Marriott Student Review

Waking up in the morning is difficult. The Sleep Review reported that 57% of Americans hit the snooze button and stay in bed for at least five extra minutes a day. If we struggle to motivate ourselves, how do we even begin to understand how to motivate others? Many businesses have resorted to placing large amounts of money into building fun and interactive break rooms, providing unlimited snacks and drinks, and even offering unlimited vacation days. Read this article to find out why companies should ditch the new, “innovative” way of motivating employees and turn to intrinsic motivators instead.

Dental Practice Success Vol. 7 No. 2, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

Dental Practice Success

No abstract provided.

The Resilience Of Family Controlled Business Groups: Survival Of The Unfit, Nirmalya Kumar, Phanish Puranam

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The COVID crisis has demonstrated that family controlled business groups, usually criticized as being inefficient and diverse, have higher survival rates for precisely these reasons.

College Of Business Dean's Report: 2019-2020, Ryan Butt

College of Business Dean’s Reports

No abstract provided.

Outcomes Of Platform Openness In Complementary Markets, Franck Loic Soh Noume

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Mobile platform ecosystems are hyper-competitive environments. They provide important entrepreneurial opportunities for businesses that develop mobile apps. Platform openness is foundational in mobile platform ecosystems as it enables interactions between complements and platform. Although there are several studies on the impact of platform openness, our understanding of the outcomes of platform openness remains limited. In this dissertation, we examine thoroughly underexplored facets of platform openness as well as understudied outcomes. In the first essay, we investigate the impact of platform openness on incumbent complements’ performance outcomes. We unravel important causal mechanisms related to competition dynamics between new entrants and incumbent …

Dental Practice Success Special Issue: Recovery (July 2020), American Dental Association, Publishing Division

Dental Practice Success

No abstract provided.

Content Marketing And The Creation Of A Brand With Voice., Cicero Henrique Alves Teago

Business ETD Collections

This article argues that the future of content marketing is strongly linked to the development of new technologies and how new technological devices influence the way companies engage with consumers. This paper aims to investigate how the development of personal voice assistants opens a new direction for companies to create substantial individualized, informational and engaging content. Content marketing is defined as the development of relevant and consistent brand content to create value among customers. Companies are being influenced by new technologies to conduct distinct formulas of content creation to develop a more engaging and aligned customer and brand relationship. The …

Creating An Inclusive Social Enterprise Ecosystem: A Policy Recommendation For The Growth Of Se Sector In The Philippines, Norby R. Salonga

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

This policy paper highlights the critical roles of both public and private organizations in creating an enabling ecosystem for social enterprises to grow while striking a good balance in their social ,economic, and environmental bottom lines. It contains recommendations on the formation aspect of social entrepreneurs and the support mechanisms that need to be established by different stakeholders such as the academe, national government agencies, local government units, private institutions, and communities.

J Mich Dent Assoc July 2020

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Every month, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association brings news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members. No publication reaches more Michigan dentists!

In this issue, the reader will find the following original content:

• A cover story, “Infection Control Checklist for Dental Offices” that offers a user-friendly checklist to help dental team members comply with current infection control regulations and guidelines, using the most recently available science- and clinical-based evidence gathered from multiple health professional resources.
• A feature story on “Minimizing Aerosols with Non-Surgical Approaches to Caries Management".
• “Evidence-Based …