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Africa Meets America: The Impact Of Collectivism And Individualism On Attitude Towards Shopping, Charles Blankson, Thuy Nguyen, Esi A. Elliot, Sayed Abbas Ahmed, Pumela Msweli

International Business and Entrepreneurship Faculty Publications

The adoption of marketing strategy does not occur in cultural vacuums. Instead, marketing strategies unfold within social contexts that encode values, beliefs, and patterns of behavior. The increasingly inter-dependent global economy results in the acculturation of tensions between global and local consumer cultures. This dynamism however offers new opportunities for international firms to redefine and reevaluate their glocal (global/local) marketing strategies. Relying on Triandis cultural dimensions, this research contributes to international marketing literature by answering two key research questions, namely, what are the differences between African (Ghanaian) and American consumers’ cultural characteristics? and how do the cultural differences explain attitude …

Employer And Internal Branding Research: A Bibliometric Analysis Of 25 Years, Gordhan K. Saini, Filip Lievens, Mukta Srivastava

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Purpose: In the past 25 years, employer and internal branding have grown significantly. Prior reviews tended to focus on either one of these domains. This study aims to map the intellectual structure of research on both employer branding and internal branding, thereby identifying impactful authors and journals, current and evolving themes and avenues for future research. Design/methodology/approach: Using VOSviewer and Biblioshiny software packages, a bibliometric analysis of 739 articles was conducted using various methods such as citation analysis, bibliographic coupling, cluster analysis, keyword analysis and three-field plot. The Scopus results were further validated using 297 articles produced by the Web …

Economic Freedom, Capital, And Growth: Evidence From The States, Sarah Ihlenfeld, Joshua C. Hall, Yang Zhou

American Business Review

Hall et al. (2010) develop a growth model where the allocation and productivity of human and physical capital depend on the quality of institutions in a country. We apply their model to the US states from 1980 to 2000. Using the Economic Freedom of North America as our measure of institutional quality, we find evidence that increases in human capital lead to increases in output per worker only in states with average EFNA scores above 5.91. Physical capital, unlike in the cross-country case, always has a positive effect on output per worker.

When Failure Is Neither Fatal Nor Final: Understanding Re-Internationalization Processes, Salman Ali, Ajeet N. Mathur

American Business Review

Re-internationalization, or firms’ re-entry into international operations after completely withdrawing from initial international business failures, is a neglected phenomenon in international business research. This research develops theoretical underpinnings for understanding re-internationalization processes through an inductive theory-building approach using case studies of four Indian firms from diverse industries. We examine various aspects of firms’ initial internationalization, including the learning and experiences gained during such activities, the role of networks and relationships, valences in organizational commitment to internationalization during the exit and time-out periods, and the significance of dynamic capabilities that facilitate successful re-internationalization of firms. Our theorizing is relevant for scholars …

Hyper-Peripheral Regional Evolution: The ‘Long-Histories' Of The Pilbara And Buryatia, Tom Barratt, Anton Klarin

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

In this article, we outline how evolutionary economic geography (EEG) explains peripheral economic development by comparing two peripheries over extended time periods. This comparison involves critically appraising EEG’s capacity to account for peripheral evolution. For geographical, historical, and political reasons, peripheries lack resources that lead to path creation and renewal. The hyper-peripheral regions of the Pilbara in north-west Australia and of Buryatia in south-east Russia provide excellent comparative case studies for understanding how peripheral regional development evolves in ways contingent upon time, state institutions, natural resource endowments, and region/firm dynamics. Our analysis shows that EEG is well equipped to deal …

Examination Of The Implication Of Information Processing On The Library Users Learning Comprehension/Satisfaction., Obia Gopeh Inyang, Juliana Agwunobi

Communications of the IIMA

The paper looked at Information Processing Theory's implications for the Library users’ learning satisfaction. The study discussed the nature of information and asserted that the dissemination of information empowers learning since the world is increasingly becoming information-based. It looked at information processing as the standard for understanding and satisfactory learning against memorization, leading to poor academic performance as it does not allow what the learner has learned to be part of him. The study also discussed that the instructor, facilitator, teacher, lecturer, and users have a role to play in processing information that improves learning. What remains essential is the …

Phenomenological Study On Leaders With Heart: Examining The Effects Of Heart-Led Leadership With Remote Employees, Aries Sanders

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to examine and describe how exemplary leaders of remote teams lead from the heart, using Mark Crowley’s four principles to accomplish extraordinary results in organizations.

Methodology: This qualitative phenomenological study examines and describes how exemplary leaders of remote teams at Fortune Global 500 companies who lead from the heart using Mark Crowley’s four principles accomplish extraordinary results in an organization. The research study is qualitative. The qualitative method was chosen to describe and understand the lived human experience. The study aims to uncover and explain patterns to make a scholarly contribution …

2021-2022 Program And Abstracts: Celebration Of Student Scholarship, Morehead State University. Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.

2022 Celebration of Student Scholarship - Poster Presentations

The 2021-2022 Program and Abstracts for the Celebration of Student Scholarship at Morehead State University held on April 27, 2022. A Showcase of Student Research, Scholarship, Creative Work, and Performance Arts.

Twelve Concepts Drawn From Life Experiences Useful For Students Of Management Studies, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin

Management Dynamics

A list is given of twelve observations generated by the author's remarks made in Parts 1 and 2 that might prove useful in management discussions. A list of references and other resources follows.

How Bruce Lee Almost Met Chou Enlai: Another View-From A Peace Corps Volunteer In Eritrea, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin

Management Dynamics

Part 2 is an account of the author's two-year tenure as a US Peace Corps Volunteer and subsequent visits to Ethiopia as a US election observer, Fulbright lecturer/researcher, and conferee. The content focuses on circumstances in which the author found herself and how she dealt with them as an outsider and as an American of Chinese descent living and working in Africa. She also alludes to aspects of her Peace Corps experience in Part 1 as they pertain to issues not clarified in Part 2. And occasionally she makes references about events occurring on dates not indicated within the specified …

Implementing Enterprise Risk Management In Life Insurance, Sanchit Maini

Management Dynamics

This paper discusses a framework for ERM with particular emphasis on the life insurance industry. The ERM framework involves eight key features ranging from governance aspects to risk management policy, risk tolerance, own risk and solvency assessment, capital assessment on economic and supervisory basis and continuity analysis. Given that the life insurance industry is a regulated industry the supervisory role is an important feature of the ERM framework. The paper highlights the different stages of ERM maturity starting with a compliance orientation and the highest stage with linkage to strategy and value creation. The insurance industry is currently somewhere in …

Twelve Concepts Drawn From Life Experiences Useful For Students, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin

Management Dynamics

A list is given of twelve observations generated by the author's remarks made in Parts 1 and 2 that might prove useful in management discussions.

How Bruce Lee Almost Met Chou En-Lai: Another View - From A Peace Corps Volunteer In Eritrea, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin

Management Dynamics

Part 2 is an account of the author's two-year tenure as a US Peace Corps Volunteer and subsequent visits to Ethiopia as a US election observer, Fulbright lecturer/researcher, and conferee. The content focuses on circumstances in which the author found herself and how she dealt with them as an outsider and as an American of Chinese descent living and working in Africa. She also alludes to aspects of her Peace Corps experience in Part 1 as they pertain to issues not clarified in Part 2. And occasionally she makes references about events occurring on dates not indicated within the specified …

Organizational Environment And Innovation, Magoroh Maruyama

Management Dynamics

There is a popular notion that the life of innovators and inventors is a glorious and enviable one because they have talents which others do not have, and because they can overcome any obstacles. These talents are, in the popular interpretation, something mysterious, indefinable and inimitable. But in reality, the innovators and inventors have to deal with many serious and pernicious obstacles which are unknown to other people. Those who are unaware of the obstacles must become aware of them and must reduce them, because the reduction of these obstacles will greatly facilitate the works of innovators and inventors. Another …

It, Social Capital And The Digital Ecosystem: A New Approach To Online Content Co-Creation, Radhika Rajagopalan, Runa Sarkar

Management Dynamics

In this paper, we explore how the dynamics of knowledge transfer within a community depends on social capital and how the synergies generated by social capital can positively impact the co-ordination between member-nodes. This could lead to the evolution of a more complex and multi functional ICT enabled socio-technical system capable of enhanced co-creation of knowledge. In this context, we present the Digital Ecosystem (DE) concept as a prototype for a sustainable knowledge synthesizing network. A Digital ecosystem describes an ICT enabled network that displays associative and autopieotic properties. In other words, not only is a so defined network capable …

Interdependence, Integration And Co-Creation, Yogesh Agarwal

Management Dynamics

The Indian Banking landscape is vast and complex. The monolithic public sector banks and single unit co-operative banks comprise two distinct ends of the spectrum, with private sector banks, regional rural banks and foreign banks populating the intermediate space. The complexity of the banking system can be assessed from its pure bandwidth, straddling 21 public sector banks, SBI and its seven associates, 25 private sector banks, 29 foreign banks, around 100 regional rural banks and around 1800 urban co-operative banks. Between them, these banks have deposits of around Rs. 29 lakh crore, advances of around Rs. 2 0 lakh crore …

New Dimensions In Business Communication: Unconscious Layers, Strategic Judo, And Camouflaged Reversal, Magoroh Maruyama

Management Dynamics

(1) Individuals differ in: (a) cognitive/cogitative types; (b) modal types: (c) degree of awareness of unconscious layers of thought process; (d) utilization of strategic judo and camouflaged reversal. (2) Cognitive/cogitative types should not be confused with skill types, aptitude types, emotional types, or personality types. (3) Individual differences in cognitive/cogitative types are mostly phenotypically innate. Therefore the assumption that you should be able to make everybody understand you is incorrect. (4) Communicational modal types are: factual mode, contextual mode, pictorial mode, insinuative mode, deceptive mode, etc. (5) Unconscious layers include self-deception, repression of one's own perception, inability to distinguish whether …

Determinants Of Network Learning - A Conceptual Study, Shalini Rahul, Manmohan Rahul

Management Dynamics

Attention of researchers in the strategic management literature has been drawn to the phenomenon that a firm which develops an ability to learn offers an important source of competitive advantage to it. Thus the concept has been understood from a variety of angles like, levels of learning in organizations, process of learning, outcomes and barriers to learning. On the other hand, firms are increasingly being looked at from the network perspective, since it has been accepted that no organization can function in isolation and rather its existence is affected by the myriad of relationships with other firms, in which it …

Tourism Industry: Travelers' Perception, Tripti Udawat

Management Dynamics

Indian tourism offers an array of tourist destinations that attract travelers from all over the world. As the travelers' satisfaction is directly related with the quality of services provided by these industries, they are the prime stakeholders. Travelers' positive satisfaction is the only backbone of the commercial as well as economic development of these industries. This study focuses on the perception of different age and income group travelers about the factors responsible for the growth and development of tourism industry.

Futuristic Analysis Of Banc Assurance Market Scenario In India, Suchita Vishwakarma

Management Dynamics

Banc assurance is a concept of "Rightpartnership" between a bank and a insurance company to work hand in hand and to be mutually benefitted by each other's expertise in the existing market. It is a model, in which the partner companies try to take leverage of others expertise and competencies to offer the non banking products and act as one stop shop. In India, after privatization lots of private player have entered the insurance market and hence the competing insurance companies find out new ways of increasing the business and spreading to the untapped markets of our country. In this …

Implementation And Management Of Workforce Diversity In The Indian Context: Employer And Employee Perspectives, Rashmi

Management Dynamics

This study focuses on the issue of worlrforce diversity among organizations in India. It analyses the current perspectives, of employees and employers, regarding the need, enforcement, and management of diversity in their respective organizations. The paper tries to cover different employment contexts by studying a Public Sector Unit, an Indian MNC, and a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) organization. The study investigates the seriousness of implementation of Diversity with respect to the seriousness of the perception of the need for Diversity. The study attempts to uncover the purpose of worlrforce diversity, and seeks the answer whether diversity is being implemented by …

A Framework Of Cultural Intelligence In Context To Leaders, Teams & Organizations, Aditi Sharma Dogra, Varsha Dixit

Management Dynamics

Rapid globalization has led to richness in diversity of workforce in today’s organization. Borderless economy has resulted in imparting international experience and exposure to the workforce further enabling them to handle international projects or assignments effectively. There is an essence of competent Leaders who can lead such diverse teams to drive the organization towards growth with varying environment. In this paper, an attempt has been made to develop a conceptual model based on the challenging issue of whether today’s organization be called a culturally intelligent organization. This is done by building and integrating various constructs to study the relationship between …

Hubris Of Fmcg Companies Shattered By Saffron Robed Man:A Strategic Management Perspective At Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, Suyash Bhatt, Richa Bhatt

Management Dynamics

This paper corroborates various theoretical principles of strategic management to the actual approach used by PatanjaliAyurvedLtd. (PAL). We would like to examine reasons success of PatanjaliAyurvedLtd. (PAL). We propose a model called 5 C - Model (credence, culture,consistency, contentment and cost) to understand the PatanjaliAyurved's success. There is little or no innovation in this market over last few decades which is why companies like Colgate have dominated the oral healthcare segment, HUL and P&G have dominated the homecare segment, Nestle has dominated the instant food segment for decades put together. These companies have had a long learning curve and have …

Leveraging Business Analytics For Marketing Decisions In Retail Banking, Prakash Singh

Management Dynamics

In a service based economy, companies strive to continue deriving revenue by creating and nurturing long term relationship with clients. A case in point is Retail Banking, where customer value is of utmost importance. In today's hyper-competitive environment, banks are aggressively leveraging their customer base to engage in revenue driving activities such as cross selling and up-selling. To be successful, it is imperative for banks to embrace the power of analytics to gain insights and appropriately evaluate risks and opportunities-enabling more efficient decision making in the quest to enhance share of the wallet. This paper examines the various applications of …

Workplace Spirituality: A Study In An Indian Pharmaceutical Organization, Monica Kunte

Management Dynamics

The ever more prevalent forces of global competition, downsizing, and reengineering are increasing the levels of uncertainty in many aspects of people's realities, and have generated a workforce who seek value, support, and meaning in their lives. With diverse workforce the question of managing employees with various religious beliefs and spirituality practices at workplace is being seriously considered in corporate world. This study defines spirituality and religion from the perspective of the workplace and documents the increasing importance of this phenomenon. The objective of the study is to explore the importance of spirituality, religion and the emerging trends of the …

Scope For Pair-Wise Factor Substitution Strategies In Us Rural Transit Operations When Factor Prices Change, Gregory G. Lubiani, Albert A. Okunade

Faculty Publications

Rural transit providers face unique challenges beyond those of their urban counterparts, including worse road conditions, access to trained labor, tighter budget constraints, and higher miles per rider. To date, transportation economics and policy research is scarce for this essential service in rural geographies due to data paucity. Employing the Generalized Translog Cost-minimization model, the core innovation in this paper is presenting the first illustration of the cost-minimization strategies available to transit providers when faced with the constraints of sparsely populated geographic settings. Using a rich dataset of 42 U.S. rural transportation providers across 17 years, we estimate the operational …

Toroots: Marketing And Promoting The Experiential Travel And Tourism, Shailesh Pandey, Prashant Chaudhary, Pooja Darda

Management Dynamics

With the extensive influx of start-ups in the already cluttered Indian travel and tourism sector; it was increasingly becoming challenging for experiential tourism players to carve a niche for themselves. Mr. Naveen, founder of ToRoots Explorers Pvt. Ltd., a start-up company in Pune (India) offering "experiential tourism" realised that travellers were not only demanding conventional sightseeing tours but preferably looking for meaningful, memorable and transformative tourism experiences. Customers were spoilt for choices in terms of wide array of travel and tourism packages and experiences available. Since its launch in June 2016, the start-up firm faced challenges in terms of amplifying …

Contributions Of Social Entrepreneurs:A Study From The Perspective Of The Society, Culture, And Environment Of Bangladesh, Md. Kafil Uddin, Sharmin Akther

Management Dynamics

Purpose – This research paper has emphasized on the crucial impacts of social entrepreneurship (SE) on society, culture, and environment to shape a new horizon in the corporate world with a view to ensuring a sustainable development. Methodology -This paper first examines the socio-economic conditions of Bangladesh to identify the areas where the social entrepreneurs could play their vital roles for the sustainable development. It then develops a five-point Likert Scale Questionnaire containing thirteen factors which are related with the impact of SE on Culture, Society, and Environment. The data was conducted through the interviews with the young and established …

When "First, Do No Harm" Fails: A Restorative Justice Approach To Workgroup Harms In Healthcare, Pedro L. Flores

Dissertations

In healthcare, workgroup mistreatment is a pervasive problem that begins during medical education (medical and nursing school) and becomes embedded in the “hidden curriculum of professionalism,” which dissuades and even punishes learners for talking about abuse they witness. Furthermore, the mistreatment of healthcare providers (HCPs) pervades all disciplines in the healthcare delivery chain due to a combination of cultural factors, systemic pressures, dysfunctional hierarchies, and leadership’s tolerance of intimidating and disruptive behaviors. Not surprisingly, 18% of U.S. HCPs have left the medical field since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and burnout, stress, anxiety, and increased workloads have been identified …

The Ripple Of Influence: The New Roi For Nonprofit Human Service Ceos, Lucinda Perry Jones

Dissertations

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe how exemplary nonprofit human service CEOs lead their organizations through the lens of Grenny et al.’s (2013) six sources of influence.

Methodology: This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of 15 nonprofit human service CEOs and how they lead as influencers. Study participants were CEOs of basic needs organizations drawn from the Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders^® award recipients from 2015-2020. The researcher collected qualitative data by utilizing an interview protocol and examining organizational artifacts.

Findings: Analysis of the qualitative data from 15 nonprofit human service CEOs yielded 14 …