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The Impact Of Price And Advertisement On Sales Enlighted Through The Coefficient Of The Multiple Regression Model For The Frozen Picas Factory, Ardian Uka, Erzana Uka

UBT International Conference

This study examines how different factors, with a particular focus on pricing and advertising expenditure, affect the demand for frozen picas. Pica sales, expressed in units per week, are the dependent variable in this analysis; the independent variables are price (in euros) and advertisement (in euros). In order to support a multivariate regression analysis, data were gathered over a period of 15 weeks. The percentage of the overall variance in pica sales that can be attributed to the pricing and advertising variables taken together was evaluated using the coefficient of multiple determination (R²). This study's analysis of the overall impact …

Applying Lasso Regression For Property Price Prediction In Emerging Markets: An Empirical Study Of Prishtina's Real Estate Sector, Visar Hoxha, Albana Shala, Veli Lecaj, Fuat Pallaska, Hazer Dana, Jehona Hoxha

UBT International Conference

This study employs Lasso Regression (LR) to forecast apartment prices in Prishtina, analyzing a dataset of 1,468 transactions from the Kosovo Department of Property Taxes (2019-2023). Focusing on variables like distance to the central business district and apartment size, LR was selected for its ability to perform feature selection and regularization, applied using Python. The preliminary model included variables such as distance to central business district, distance from main road leading to central business district, size, floor, distance from bus stations, distance from ambulances, distance from schools, distance from green spaces, income status of inhabitants per apartment, and distance from …

13th International Conference On Business, Technology And Innovation 2024, University For Business And Technology - Ubt

UBT International Conference

Welcome to IC – UBT 2024

UBT Annual International Conference is the 13th international interdisciplinary peer reviewed conference which publishes works of the scientists as well as practitioners in the area where UBT is active in Education, Research and Development. The UBT aims to implement an integrated strategy to establish itself as an internationally competitive, research-intensive university, committed to the transfer of knowledge and the provision of a world-class education to the most talented students from all background. The main perspective of the conference is to connect the scientists and practitioners from different disciplines in the same place and make …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Traditional Versus Modern Performance Management Systems In Enhancing Employee Performance And Job Satisfaction., Arbiana Govori, Qemajl Sejdija

UBT International Conference

There has been a growing shift towards modern performance management systems from traditional ones. However, there is limited empirical evidence comparing the effectiveness of traditional and modern performance management systems. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate and compare the role of traditional and modern performance management systems. An interview survey was conducted among 10 employees in organizations that utilized both types of systems. The findings suggest that conventional performance management focuses on providing incentives, promotions, and punishment rather than encouraging and supporting employees, and this affects the employees' ability to receive continuous feedback. Also, this method brings down morale and …

International Conference On Management Business And Economics, University For Business And Technology - Ubt

UBT International Conference

UBT Annual International Conference is the 13th international interdisciplinary peer reviewed conference which publishes works of the scientists as well as practitioners in the area where UBT is active in Education, Research and Development. The UBT aims to implement an integrated strategy to establish itself as an internationally competitive, research-intensive university, committed to the transfer of knowledge and the provision of a world-class education to the most talented students from all background. The main perspective of the conference is to connect the scientists and practitioners from different disciplines in the same place and make them be aware of the recent …

Estimating The Economic Impact Of A Natural Disaster On The Workforce Resiliency: An Analysis Of The Virginia Beach - Chesapeake - Norfolk Metropolitan Statistical Area, Robert M. Mcnab, Yin-Hsuen Chen, George Mcleod

Presentations, Lectures, Posters, Reports

In this paper, we explore the potential economic impacts associated with a major hurricane making landfall in Hampton Roads. We estimate the direct damages from a Florence-like Category 3 hurricane with a 3.6 feet tidal offset are estimated at $15.6 billion, equivalent to 10% of the 2022 regional GDP. If we apply existing flood insurance rates to these projected damages, we estimate that the total economic impact would exceed $12 billion with a short-term loss of more than 76,000 jobs. The job losses are concentrated in sectors that provide services to households which would bear the brunt of damages during …

The Pulse Of Connection: Trust And Confidentiality In Internal Coaching Dynamics, Mehdi Ebrahimi

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Internal coaching is growing in popularity across various industries and sectors, either as a standalone resource or in conjunction with external coaching and other relevant programs and initiatives. Despite the growing popularity and reported benefits, there is a substantial dearth of research on the dynamics of “internal coaching” relationships, making it one of the least explored areas in organizational coaching literature. This paper contributes to addressing the research gap by presenting the outcomes of a study that explores the coach–client relationship and captures perspectives from internal coaches, external coaches, managers, and, notably, coachees, also known as coaching clients. Employing a …

دور تدقيق الاداء باستعمال تحليل Swot في تحقيق الاعتماد البرامجي للكليات الحكومية (بحث تطبيقي), عقيل دخيل كريم

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى تقديم اطر نظري عن متغيرات الدراسة ( تدقيق الاداء و الاعتماد البرامجي ) ، وتسليط الضوء على ماهية عناصر تدقيق الاداء وكيفية توظيفها في الحصول على الاعتماد البرامجي لكليات الادارة والاقتصاد عبر الدور الوسيط لتحليل SWOT . اذ تم استخدام المنهج الاستنباطي : لغرض التحول من الجانب العام المتعلق بالتعرف على ماهية الاعتماد البرامجي وماهية تدقيق الاداء وعناصره ، للوصول الى الجانب الخاص بتفعيل عناصر تدقيق الاداء في تحقيق الاعتماد البرامجي للكليات عبر الدور الوسيط لتحليل SWOT ، وكذلك تم الاعتماد على المنهج الاستقرائي لغرض التحول من الخاص المتعلق بملاحظة مشكلة البحث ومن ثم التحول الى الجانب …

2024-10-25 University Graduate Committee, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., University Graduate Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

Meeting minutes from the University Graduate Committee from October 25, 2024.

Integrating Risk And Vulnerability: Exploring A Unified Model For Supply Chain Resiliency, William G. Cook

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The world has entered an era of retreating globalization, mounting geo-political tensions, rising protectionism, and increasing focus on the fragility of complex supply chains. The negative impacts of supply chain disruptions have been increasingly documented since the turn of the century. Given the global scale of recent disruptions, supply chain resiliency has become a national imperative. The Global Financial Crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, and other major disruptive events demonstrate the active role of government in mitigating damage, the enduring effects of regulation, and the resultant re-evaluation of supply chain strategies by the private and public sectors. In this environment, supply …

Analyzing The Catfish And Trout Competitiveness Trends And Potential Trade Within The Us And Global Aquaculture Industry: A Gravity Model Approach, Diana Marisol Amaya Discua

LSU Master's Theses

The United States is one of the major seafood product importers in the world. Despite the increases in global seafood and aquaculture consumption over the past decades, there is limited information on the trade dynamics of this sector. To address this gap, this study uses an augmented gravity model to evaluate the factors that have influenced catfish and trout imports into the United States. The analysis was conducted using the Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimator to address issues of heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, and zero trade flows. The results highlight the importance of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and exchange rates in …

Catalysts Of Change: How Social Movement Organizations Accelerate Shifts In Social Norms, Katie A. Apker, Michelle Blood Checketts, Taeya M. Howell, Lisa Jones Christensen, Ben William Lewis, Gordon N. Scott

Faculty Publications

We examine how social movement organizations (SMOs), particularly third-party rating agencies, can catalyze rapid shifts in social norms among an organizational population. We propose that rating agencies can instigate new social norms by defining appropriate and acceptable standards of performance that prompt organizations to realign their behaviors to mirror these new standards, thereby accelerating changes in shared understandings regarding appropriate firm behavior. We tested our theory by analyzing how members of the S&P 500 index adapted to a new gender diversity rating by KLD Research & Analytics, focusing on the acceptance and implementation of gender diversity standards on corporate boards …

Challenges And Prospects Of Islamic Financial Services Industry (Ifsi), Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Talks, Speeches, & Discourse

Dr. Ishrat Husain addresses a distinguished gathering of Shariah scholars from across the globe on the transition from conventional to Islamic finance. He raises ten critical questions that explore the challenges and prospects of the Islamic Financial Services Industry.

Seeing The Whole Together Through Relational Mapping: A Method For Engaging In Complex Systems Change, John Paul Stephens

Faculty Scholarship

Complex global challenges cut across organizational and sectoral boundaries, increasing calls for holistic responses. Seeing the whole across diverse stakeholders is challenging for participants in complex systems, yet doing so is essential for engaging effectively in systems change. A promising new method known as relational mapping, based on relational coordination theory, has been used to facilitate complex systems change. Here, we propose that relational mapping can be applied to help participants (1) see the whole in relation to the parts, (2) share their explicit and tacit knowledge, (3) engage in dialogue across distinct perspectives supported by the map as a …

Thriving Or Surviving In Virtual Sales: The Connection Between Virtual Work And Job Satisfaction Amongst Salespeople In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Amit Garg

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The post COVID 19 sales environment for salespeople in pharmaceuticals has shifted to becoming hybridized within a continuum of face-to-face and virtual interactions, when engaging with health care professionals. This dissertation reports on a study investigating the relationship of virtual work with job satisfaction and burnout. There were two questions that were addressed in this study to understand the impact virtual work has had on overall job satisfaction and burnout. First, what is the relationship of virtuality to job satisfaction and burnout in the pharmaceutical sales environment? Second, which facets of job satisfaction and burnout are most strongly related to …

10.21.2024 Orsp Connect, Liz Williamson

ORED Newsletter

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NIH Grants Process Primer Training

Nature Masterclasses Writing a Review Paper Course

Consumer Possessed: A Comment On Assessing Belk’S “Possessions And The Extended Self”, A. Fuat Firat

Marketing Faculty Publications

While outstanding in observing the contemporary experience of being a “consumer” to become a “canonical article” in consumer research, as Thompson deftly analyzes, Belk’s “Possessions and the Extended Self” is subject to varied traps of remaining within the “mainstream marketing’s ideological boat.” This commentary attempts to highlight these ideological traps as we hopefully escape contemporary capitalism’s system of production of consumer subjectivity.

دور انترنيت الأشياء في تحقيق جودة حياة العمل دراسة ميدانية لآراء عينة من الافراد العاملين في مصرف الرشيد في محافظة نينوى, بسام محمد ياسين

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الحالي الى معرفة دور انترنت الاشياء في تحقيق جودة العمل بابعاده (ضغط العمل، الرضا الوظيفي، الامان الوظيفي، الاجور والترقية، مشاركة العاملين)، واعتمد البحث على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي لدراسة العلاقة بين المتغيرات ( انترنت الاشياء، جودة العمل)، وفيما يخص مجتمع الدراسة وعينتها فقد تم تطبيق دراسة ميدانية في مصرف الرشيد/محافظة نينوى من خلال توزيع استمارة استبانة على عدد من الموظفين حيث اعتمد الباحث على (استمارة الاستبيان) والتي تضم عينه من الموظفين لمصرف الرشيد، وقام بتوزيع (50) استبانة على الأفراد المبحوثين، واستلم (47) استمارة تصلح للتحليل أي بنسبة استجابة بلغت (94%). تم تحليلها باستخدام برنامج SPSS من أجل الوصول إلى …

Refereed Research - Religiosity And Sociality As Sources Of Resilience For Women Subsistence Entrepreneurs During The Pandemic, Rozina Akther

Subsistence Marketplaces

This study examines challenges faced by subsistence women entrepreneurs during COVID-19, the crisis of 2020, and their resilience in addressing the circumstances. The results of qualitative interviews with 13 subsistence marketplace women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh are presented in this article. In the current study, two themes are found to best capture the experiences and resilience of women business owners in the subsistence marketplaces. Furthermore, the study provides important insights from informant interviews, showing how women business owners navigate their operations during a pandemic. It highlights attributes such as relational strength and faith in a higher power that contribute to their …

An Analysis Of Wage Determinants And Gender Wage Inequality In The Daily Labor Market Of Bangladesh: A Quantile Regression Approach, Al Mamun

Arab Economic and Business Journal

This study investigates wage determination and gender-based wage disparities in Bangladesh's daily labor market using HIES 2010 and 2016 datasets and OLS and Quantile Regression methods. Results reveal a substantial gender wage gap, with females earning 22.9% less than males in 2010, increasing to 62.2% in 2016. The gap lessens across quantiles, indicating a sticky floor effect in both years. Various determinants, including human capital and social factors, affect wages differently. Policy implications underscore the need for equal pay advocacy, shared familial responsibilities, and targeted interventions to rectify gender-based wage disparities. The study offers nuanced insights crucial for fostering an …

Staff Council Minutes, Georgia Southern University

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

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The Role Of Local Leadership In Enhancing Local Performance_ Dhi Qar Governorate As A Model, Haneen Qasim Hasan

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

This research aims to study and analyze the role of local leadership in enhancing local performance in the Thi-Qar Governorate, focusing on the administrative and organizational aspects that contribute to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of services provided to citizens. The research seeks to measure the role of local leadership in enhancing local performance. For this purpose, a set of hypotheses was formulated, the most important of which was to find the relationship between correlation and influence (local leadership with its dimensions in local performance). To achieve the hypothesis tests, this research was applied to a sample of executive departments …

The Impact Of Emotional Intelligence On Project Success And Team Dynamics In Finance Organizations, Richa Shah

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

This research investigates the impact of emotional intelligence (EI) on leadership effectiveness within the finance industry, with a focus on its influence on team dynamics, decision-making, and the overall success of projects. The study seeks to address a gap in the current literature by examining how finance leaders apply emotional intelligence in high-pressure, fast-paced environments, where quick decisions and high-stakes situations are common. While emotional intelligence has been widely studied in other sectors, there is limited understanding of how it operates in finance, a sector known for its high demands and intense work culture.

The research employs a qualitative methodology, …

Media Framing Of Environmental Issues In Jordanian Digital Newspapers, Ramez Abuhasirah, Rasha Salameh

Middle East Journal of Communication Studies

This study investigated media framing of environmental issues in Jordanian digital newspapers. The study employed a media survey approach with content analysis of 335 journalistic articles published on the websites of three major Jordanian newspapers (Al-Ghad, Al-Dustour, Al-Rai) from January 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022. Multi-stage sampling ensured representativeness. Results showed all three Jordanian digital newspapers addressed environmental issues, with Al-Ghad leading (40%), followed by Al-Dustour (31%) and Al-Rai (29%). The study found a diversity of sources in journalistic treatment (officials: 29%, news agencies: 18.5%, journalists: 12.8%). Climate change (23.1%), water resources (17.3%), and food security (14.1%) were the …

University Students' Reliance In Hebron Governorate On Social Media As A Source Of Information About The October 7, 2023 War: A Field Study, Asmaa Musa Al-Adam, Sulaika Muhammad Al-Qadi

Middle East Journal of Communication Studies

The study aimed to determine the extent to which university students in Hebron Governorate rely on social media platforms for coverage of the October 7th war. This study follows descriptive research, using a media audience survey methodology. Data were collected using a questionnaire administered to a random sample of university students in Hebron Governorate, consisting of 211 students. The study reached several conclusions most notably: that the reliance of university students in Hebron Governorate on social media to follow news about the war on Gaza is high, with a percentage of 69.5%. The study also showed that there are cognitive, …

Integrating Emotional Intelligence In Project Management Leadership: Cultivating Brand Loyalty In The Luxury Sector, Tsai Ni Lee

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

Emotional intelligence (EI) has emerged as a crucial factor in effective leadership, particularly in the luxury sector where brand loyalty and consumer engagement are paramount. This study investigates the integration of emotional intelligence into project management leadership, focusing on its influence in shaping team performance and fostering deeper connections with consumers. With increasing competition in the luxury market, the ability of leaders to use EI to build emotional bonds with consumers is essential for cultivating long-term loyalty.

Using qualitative surveys from luxury brand managers and project leaders, the research uncovers the pivotal role of emotional intelligence traits—such as empathy, emotional …

The Impact Of Global Recession On The Cost Of Construction Materials And Project Budgeting And Possible Solutions, Chinchil Chandramohan Bincy

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

The construction sector is essential in the global economy, contributing significantly to economic stability and development. Obtaining of the construction materials has been a severe challenge due to the massive economic crisis that has been witnessed globally. Despite efforts to mitigate the issue, inflation, supply chain disruptions, and a sharp increase in the cost of construction materials are occurring. Projects have been adversely affected by the changes in prices where some have stalled and others failed to meet the set deadlines. These factors are increasing construction problems that have negatively affected the project owners because the cost increase leads to …

Problem Of Rolling Over Of The Stories In Agile It Projects, Ashish Dangwal

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

Agile teams had the problem of rolling over of the stories in the IT projects. The spillover of the stories was happening despite of already having the commitment from the skillful team to finish the work in a Sprint. The reason of inefficiency was lack of Agile best practices like communication, collaboration, trust, teamwork, and self-organization in the Agile teams. Even though the team was skillful, the configuration was not proper. T-shaped team members have generic skill as well as diverse skill set. The T-shaped team members were lacking in the Agile teams and that’s why the spillover was happening. …

Leadership In The Age Of Advanced Technology, Matthew Brancatelli

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Invention has been the catalyst for societal advancement, altering human occupations, changing the business world, and bringing geographically separated societies closer. This case study research looked at the impact of advanced technologies on business leadership—digital transformation reshaping every aspect of the business world, including the people, processes, and platforms. An interview guide (Appendix A) was used with open-ended questions to gain insights into the problems and issues faced in manufacturing related to technology's impact on business leaders and the actions and behaviors an organization can develop to be better prepared to address emerging technology. The insights gathered in this study …

Banks Shareholder Net Worth And Blockchain Technology, O'Neal Lawrance Barnett

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study examined how blockchain technology affects the banking industry, specifically lending. It provided insights into how blockchain technology changes traditional banking operations and its potential to transform the industry. The research emphasized changes in banking and the effects of technological advances, particularly in digitalization. It outlined the research objectives to provide perspectives on how blockchain technology could lower costs and improve shareholders' equity in the banking sector. The study used a mixed-method design for the analysis. It outlined various strategies for banks to use blockchain technology, highlighting its potential benefits, such as improved transparency, faster settlements, increased trust, and …