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Dental Practice Success Special Issue: Design Innovation Awards (January 2020), American Dental Association, Publishing Division

Dental Practice Success

No abstract provided.

Feasibility Study Of Business Expansion By The Exploitation Through Existhing Strength In A Construction Company, Gornekhun Jarupornpanich

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A construction company that is called Company-A in this paper has been facing financial difficulty due to irregular cash flow which makes huge risks to the company. To reduce the risks, this study aims to expand the business to real estate to earn regular inflows in return by the exploitation through existing strength as a construction company to increase a competitive advantage to the extended business. This study is conducted by different sources of literature and data collection including academic papers, and the needed data to do a business strategy of a chosen real estate project, and to run a …

2020-January-01-Dr Ingrid Luffman Honored With Distinguished Alumni Award, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – Dr. Ingrid Luffman, an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at East Tennessee State University, was recently honored with a 2019-2020 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Geography at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Luffman, who graduated from UTK in 2013 with a Ph.D. in geography with a concentration in spatial analysis and watershed dynamics, received the award in the Early Career category for individuals who graduated within the past 10 years.  Awards are also given in Mid-Career (10-25 years since graduation) and Lifetime (more than 25 years since graduation) categories.

“The award is a great …

The Geographies Of Intermediation: Labor Intermediaries, Labor Migration, And Cane Harvesting In Rural Western India, Pronoy Rai

International & Global Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this paper, I explain the role of labor intermediaries in the weaving of capital–labor relations in capitalist agro-business. I do so by focusing on migration infrastructure or the vertical network of labor intermediaries who facilitate labor recruitment from migrant home villages and migrant labor disciplining on cane fields in rural western India, where the laborers are brought seasonally to harvest sugarcane. I show how the role of labor intermediaries cannot be understood by containing them within the villainous stereotypes associated with brokers. Intermediaries are embedded within the labor geographies of commodity production where capital accumulation requires the downward transferring …

กระบวนการเปลี่ยนแปลงและผลกระทบต่ออัตลักษณ์เชิงพื้นที่ของอาคารร้านค้าดั้งเดิมในย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราช, ณัฐวุฒิ รุ่งโรจน์สิทธิชัย

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราชเป็นย่านการค้าย่านที่อยู่อาศัยที่สำคัญของชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีนที่สำคัญ ในปัจจุบันยังคงแสดงให้เห็นถึงวิถีชีวิตดั้งเดิมของชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีนในพื้นที่และเป็นย่านการค้ารูปแบบตลาดสดเพียงแห่งเดียวที่หลงเหลืออยู่ของย่านเยาราช เป็นผลมาจากการเปลี่ยนแปลงของยุคสมัยและพัฒนาการของเมืองที่เป็นปัจจัยส่งผลให้เกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงในย่านตลาดเก่าและส่งผลกระทบต่ออัตลักษณ์เชิงพื้นที่ย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราช การศึกษาครั้งนี้เพื่อ 1.) เพื่อศึกษาพัฒนาการการเปลี่ยนแปลงต่ออัตลักษณ์เชิงพื้นที่ของอาคารร้านค้าในย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราช 2.) เพื่อศึกษาผลกระทบของการเปลี่ยนแปลงต่ออัตลักษณ์เชิงพื้นที่ของอาคารร้านค้าในย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราช และ 3.) เพื่อศึกษาสาเหตุ ปัจจัย และลักษณะที่เป็นองค์ประกอบให้เกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงต่ออัตลักษณ์เชิงพื้นที่ของอาคารร้านค้าในย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราช การศึกษาครั้งนี้เป็นการวิจัยรูปแบบการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ประกอบด้วยการดำเนินการสองส่วนคือ การวิจัยเอกสาร การศึกษาและรวบรวมข้อมูลภาคสนามในพื้นที่ย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราชโดยมีวิธีการดำเนินการคือการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกจากการสัมภาษณ์แบบทางการจากผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญได้แก่ นักประวัติศาสตร์ท้องถิ่นในย่านเยาวราช ผู้อยู่อาศัยเจ้าของกิจการในย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราช ผู้ที่มีส่วนเกี่ยวข้องกับตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราช รวมทั้งสิ้นจำนวน 15 คน และการสัมภาษณ์เบื้องต้นกับผู้มาเยือนย่านตลาดเก่าชุมชนเยาวราชจำนวน 20 คน ร่วมกับการใช้วิธีการสังเกตการณ์แบบไม่มีส่วน และการสร้างแผนที่เดินดิน ผลการวิจัยพบว่า 1.) ย่านตลาดเก่ามีการเปลี่ยนแปลงทางสังคมและวัฒนธรรมจากยุคสมัยที่เปลี่ยนแปลงไปอัตลักษณ์เชิงพื้นที่ของย่านตลาดเก่ายังคงเป็นย่านที่อยู่อาศัยและย่านการค้าของชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีนไม่เปลี่ยนแปลง 2.) มีการปรับเปลี่ยนไปของร้านค้าที่เข้ามาใหม่ในพื้นที่ตามความต้องการของผู้บริโภคที่เปลี่ยนไปจากการเปลี่ยนแปลงของเศรษฐกิจ 3.) การท่องเที่ยวที่เข้ามามีบทบาทในย่านเยาวราชส่งผลให้เกิดการเปลี่ยนแปลงของร้านค้าภายในพื้นที่ตลาดเก่า 4.) อัตลักษณ์เชิงพื้นที่ของย่านตลาดเก่ายังคงดังเดิมเป็นย่านการค้าที่มีความสำคัญต่อชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีนไม่เปลี่ยนแปลงแสดงให้เห็นถึงวิถีชีวิตของชาวไทยเชื้อสายจีนในย่านตลาดเก่าหรือตลาดเล่งบ้วยเอี๊ยะชุมชนเยาวราชที่ยังคงดังเดิม แม้ว่าบริบททางสังคมในพื้นที่จะมีการปรับเปลี่ยนไปตามยุคสมัย

Dispositional, Place Perceptions, And Imagination: The Interactive Network Of Authenticity, Ying Chao

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

The purposes of this dissertation are threefold: to define and operationalize different types of authenticity, to test the interactive network of different types of authenticity, and to test the relationships between authenticity and tourist outcome variables including transformation, place attachment, and loyalty. In psychology, authenticity is typically conceptualized to be subject-based in nature, referring to a person's state of being true to oneself across contexts and against external influences. This type of authenticity has been termed "dispositional authenticity" and operationalized in this study in dimensions of authentic living, accepting external influence, and self-alienation. In tourism, authenticity is usually considered to …

Lessons From Leaders: Mainstreaming Corporate Valuations Of Impacts And Dependencies On Nature, Carmen L. Thissen, Jakki J. Mohr

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Historically, business practices have negatively affected the natural environment. Many environmental problems originated from businesses’ view of nature as a source of cheap inputs. Moreover, businesses haven’t accounted for negative environmental impacts on “natural capital” (e.g. water, forests, pollination, etc.) from manufacturing, pollution, toxic waste, shipping, and transportation. Given that “you can’t manage what you don’t measure,” various organizations are developing models and metrics to quantify business impacts on natural capital, and leading businesses are forging ahead with financial valuations. For example, the Kering Group displays their natural capital valuations through an interactive “Environmental Profit and Loss” calculator, displaying global …

Strategic Plan: Amazon, Olivia J. Flamand, Aaron Wisher, Shannon Riley

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

No abstract provided.

A Socioeconomic Analysis Of Francophone And Anglophone West Africa, Jackson Gagne

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project seeks to examine and analyze the socioeconomic performances of four West-African countries; two from Francophone (French-speaking) West Africa and two from Anglophone (English-speaking) West Africa. It will tackle questions such as:

• What is the current socioeconomic condition of countries in this region?
• Which country is most suitable for investment?
• Is there a marked difference between the Francophone and Anglophone countries of West Africa?

And many more.

Reviewers And Referees, Mssj Staff

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.

Author Biographical Notes, Mssj Staff

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.

Volume 22, Full Contents, Mssj Staff

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of The Needs Of Ict Skills On Employability In Smes: A Vft Approach, Renatus Michael Mushi

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

the globalised economy comes with extra demand of ICT skills among the graduates. This is due to the demand if ICT technicalities in performing a number of basic activities in the workplaces. Majority of studies which concentrate with ICT skills on employability deals with technical enterprises. In non-technical companies such as construction, manufacturing and agriculture, ICT is studied as among the basic skill-set of graduates. However, recently, there has been special demand of graduates with basic ICT knowledge on recruitment processes. This indicates the growing demand of basic ICT skills among a broad range of professions. However, the type of …

Environmental Governance For Whom? Examining The Political, Institutional, Fiscal, And Legal Determinants Of State Environmental Agency Budget Policy In The Us, Andrew R. Duggan

Theses and Dissertations

Budgets are a prospective tool of governance, and appropriations are a planning vehicle reflecting: bureaucracies’ values, complex interactions, collective preferences, political influences, and available resources. Research spanning 30 years finds that environmental pollution is a key determinant of environmental budgets in the US, though myriad factors, actors, and subsystems are important to consider. Due to federalism and devolution of responsibilities and authorities, environmental governance falls largely to the states. While the dynamics that shape state environmental budget policy have received scholarly interest, theoretically-driven examinations of environmental appropriations remain limited within the public budgeting and environmental policy literature.

Using panel data …

Research Participation And Employment For Autistic Individuals In Library And Information Science: A Review Of The Literature, Nancy Everhart, Amelia M. Anderson

STEMPS Faculty Publications

Autism prevalence is growing, and autistic people themselves are important in the library and information science field, both as library patrons and employees. Including them in all stages of research about the neurodivergent experience is valuable, and their input and participation is increasingly used in technology research, particularly usability studies. Neurodivergent persons also have unique abilities that align with a wide array of information professions and accommodations can be made that allow them to thrive in the workplace. It is critical that meaningful involvement of autistic individuals is a component of making policy at all levels.

Logistics And Supply Chain For Mice Cities, Chanmatha Sriraksa

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The aim of this study was threefold; 1) to examine success factors of logistics and supply chain for MICE cities, 2) to investigate influences of socio-demographic factors on stakeholders perception of logistics and supply chain for MICE cities, and 3) to identify significant competitive advantage determinants of logistics and supply chain for a city to be selected as MICE city. Based on some common characteristics and differences by nature of location, Phitsanulok, Khon Kaen and Krabi were purposively selected. Research tool is a set of questionnaire consisting of four main parts that were demographic information, logistics and supply chain success …

Supply Chain Collaboration For Sustainability In Thailand's Dairy Industry, Virayos Vajirabhoga

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study gathered potential 95 variables from a literature review. Through the process of expert review, these were refined into 49 critical variables. Moreover, pilot study, with participation from co-operatives and farmers, aims to develop conceptual frameworks in six areas: performance and commitment, internal and external collaboration, measurement and evaluation, joint operation, sharing and innovation, and negotiation. Furthermore, 26 factors were identified clearly by exploratory factory analysis. The main study was conducted via a paper-based questionnaire with 1,224 respondents nationwide. The proposed 11 hypotheses attempted to identify the structural relationships among the constructs in the model. The result confirmed the …

Understanding And Measuring Net Positive Business Strategies, Luke Ruffner Robinson

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Despite their attempts to mitigate ecological impacts through sustainability initiatives, businesses are a major cause of the world's ecological problems. Some progressive businesses are attempting to move beyond “net zero” in terms of achieving neutral environmental impacts and instead are now pursuing a goal of net positive. Net positive refers to the idea that business activities could contribute value-added benefits to earth’s ecological systems, for example, by using technologies that sequester and store carbon. However, except for a handful of high-profile corporate case studies, little is known about how companies are developing their strategies to become net positive and …

Female Transnational Entrepreneurs (Ftes): A Case Study Of Korean American Female Entrepreneurs In Silicon Valley, June Y. Lee, Jane Lee

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Increasingly, studies of entrepreneurship and migration have examined the role of immigrant entrepreneurs in revitalising and diversifying the economy of the host society. Further, recent transnational skilled entrepreneurs have been understood as being much more mobile in building international networks and collaborations between their home and host societies. These studies have tended to focus on the technically oriented entrepreneurs and to produce a single grand narrative about a particular migrant group that transfers knowledge and becomes a technical pioneer in their home society. This article scrutinises a group of first-generation Korean American female transnational entrepreneurs (FTEs) living in Silicon Valley …

Innovation-Driven Growth In Heavy Equipment Firms, Raynald J. Gallant

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Lack of innovation-driven revenue growth can have adverse effects on organizational outcomes. Company leaders who do not pursue innovation put their firm's survival at risk. Grounded in Christensen's theory of disruptive innovation and Rogers's diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between company culture, company maturity, company revenue, and innovation-driven revenue growth rate in global heavy equipment manufacturing firms. Secondary data (N = 50) were collected from the Yellow Table, an annual listing of the top 50 global heavy equipment companies by revenue from 2002 to 2018. The results of the …

Small Nonprofit Fraud: Risk Mitigation Strategies, Anne M. Marchetti

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Fraud is a significant worldwide issue for organizations of every size and industry. Small nonprofit organizations are particularly vulnerable to financial and reputational loss due to a fraud incident, which can be devastating. Grounded in the Committee of Sponsoring Organization of the Treadway Commission framework, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore fraud risk mitigation strategies employed by management in a small nonprofit organization in Florida. Three managers in a small nonprofit organization in Florida, participated in face-to-face semistructured interviews to share their fraud risk mitigation strategies. The data collection process also included inspection of business …

Economic Strength And Micropolitan Statistical Areas: Looking Beyond Generalities, W. Frank Thompson Jr., Ayesha Tariq, Connie Nott

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Facility location decisions serve an important role in setting up efficient and cost-effective supply chains. While metropolitan areas may appear an obvious choice for many companies, nonmetropolitan areas deserve consideration. In the past, nonmetropolitan areas have been broadly classified as “rural” with reports of economic decline. This research looks beyond the general category of nonmetropolitan by dividing the area into micropolitan statistical areas and non-core statistical areas. The authors use U.S. Census data from the years 2010 to 2016 to analyze changes in population, median household income, retail employment, and retail salaries in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. Companies can use …

Diversity And Consumption: Evaluation Of The Research Papers On The Lgbt Community In Top Marketing Journals, Cintia Loos Pinto, Nuria Huete Alcocer, Laura Mercedes Avellaneda Rivera, Ricardo Teixeira Veiga

Atlantic Marketing Journal

The purpose of this research is to identify the evolution of papers published on LGBT issues in the main marketing journals. To that end, the 50 top-ranked journals in the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) were analyzed, revealing that 17 of them had at least one publication on the subject. Analysis of a total of 34 articles enabled the main topics studied to be summarized in six categories: the effects of LGBT advertising on the viewers; LGBT advertising – an overview; gender studies in marketing; the gay-friendly approach; the LGBT market; and social marketing.

Participatory Mapping, E-Participation, And E-Governance: Applications In Environmental Policy, Pragati Rawat, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf

School of Public Service Faculty Publications

This chapter focuses on participatory mapping as an e-governance tool to facilitate public participation. Public participation is a key component of democratic governance, and there is a growing reliance on digital government tools such as the internet and social networking sites and geographic information systems (GIS). This chapter focuses on public engagement using information and communication technology, namely participatory mapping, known by a variety of terms such as participatory GIS (PGIS), public participation GIS (PPGIS), and voluntary GIS. While the analysis involves use of participatory mapping related to environmental issues, the chapter brings together seminal work from various fields of …

Teaming At A Distance: The Work Experience On Global Virtual Teams, Lejla Bilal Maley

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) enable organizations to become more flexible, and to adapt and react to turbulent, complex and dynamic environments. These teams span boundaries such as space, time, and geography, working collaboratively to achieve a shared purpose. Due to their reliance on technology for communication, knowledge sharing, and project management, structural and nonstructural components of their design must exist to enable these teams to exist and flourish at the edge of innovation. The human experience of working in virtual teams remains insufficiently observed, yet crucial to their sustainability. This dissertation study employed an exploratory sequential mixed methods design to …

The Impact Of Career Experiences On Generativity And Postretirement Choices For Intelligence Community Baby Boomers, Marianne Victoria Kramer

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This study focused on baby boomers and explored how a career with a mission-focus in the Intelligence Community influenced boomer generativity and subsequent choices after retirement. Baby boomers make-up the majority of the population that is retirement eligible today and have the benefit of a longer life expectancy commensurate with improvements in health care over the past century. Current retirement literature covers a range of options that redefine what retirement means today. This study employed a two-phase mixed method approach to investigate the characteristics and impacts of a mission-focused career, and to understand how such experiences impact postretirement opportunities and …

Cocktail Menus Ireland (1970s-2020) Version 1, James Murphy

Other resources

Cocktail Menus Ireland (1970s-2020) Version 1 highlights a small selection of cocktail menus from cocktail bars, public bars, hotel bars and Cocktail Clubs covering the period of 1970 up to 2020. These menus and their recipes help to identify the creativity, innovation and attention to detail in which the establishments highlighted here and their staff (cocktail bartenders, mixologists and management teams) poured into these menus. The menus also highlight the changing drinks fashions, how cocktail prices began to change, the variety of ingredients, the rise of the crafted approach towards ingredients sourcing and preparation. The impact of visual graphic illustrations, …

Strategies For Reducing Adverse Medical Events From Implanted Medical Devices, Gary John Zack

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Managing medical device monitoring processes is challenging and lacks a realtime, life cycle tracking strategy to reduce adverse medical events and revision costs for hospital administrators, physicians, and patients. Understanding the malfunctions of medical devices for cardiac and orthopedic patients could save lives and reduce hospital liability. Grounded in the business process reengineering conceptual framework, the purpose of this single qualitative case study was to explore strategies hospital managers used to redesign the implant recall surveillance process at one hospital in Pennsylvania. The 5 participants selected successfully implemented a medical device surveillance process that reduced adverse medical events and revision …

The Relationship Between Customer Relationship Management, Employee Retention, And Revenue, Bui Thanh Van

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Downsizing campaigns and employee layoffs can result in poor customer service leading to service revenue losses. Understanding lost service revenue predictors is critical for leaders and managers to maintain and increase organizational growth and financial performance. Grounded in the service-profit chain theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between customer relationship management (CRM), employee retention, and service revenue. Data were analyzed for 80 leaders and managers working in Vietnam’s industrial service field. The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated the full model, containing the 2 predictor variables (CRM and employee retention), was able …

Knowledge Management, Innovations Systems, And Firm Performance, Henry Dion Young

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small and medium sized-enterprise managers are unable to effectively manage employees’ knowledgeability and innovation systems successfully, which results in negative firm performance. Managers who do not consider employee knowledge management and the benefits related to innovation systems experience financial hardships within the organization. Grounded in the unified model of dynamic organizational knowledge creation theory, the purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the relationship between knowledge management, innovation systems, and firm performance. Data were collected using SurveyMonkey to gather online survey responses from 80 small and medium-sized enterprise managers in California. The results of the standard multiple linear …