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Sustainable Frameworks & The Circular Economy Within Digital Marketing & Advertising Agency Groups, Angelique Bautista

Honors Theses

Digital marketing significantly contributes to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of marketing and advertising agencies. Despite efforts towards corporate sustainability, discrepancies in carbon accounting and sustainability practices persist across the industry. An increasingly relevant topic for many industries is the circular economy (CE). It is concerned with creating a structured and cyclical sustainable practice and/or operation. This research paper examines the intersection of the CE and environmental sustainability initiatives in global digital marketing, analyzing sustainability efforts and ordinances up to April 2024, alongside theories from Science and Technology Studies (STS). Then, CE principles are explored more in-depth and the sociotechnological …

Unlv Title Iii Aanapisi & Mcnair Scholars Institute Research Journal 2024, Jesica Godinez-Paredes, Kian Hassankhan, Apia Hickman, Robin Ruth Kee, Kevin Ayala Pineda, Briana Melendez, Kalli Ramos, Saturn L. Reyes, Fabian Leija, Selena Pepe, Silva Topchyan, Celeste Ainsley, Mayra Arzate, Jessica Balistreri, Zantana Ephrem, Mirella Jasso, Karl Panou, Nichole Pelaez, Miklo Alcala, Akshay Dave, Mey Mey Heng, Michael Finkle, Janessa Montenegro, Reynafe Naol Aniga, Victor Mejia, Angelica G. Diaz, Anayeli Flores-Garibay, Kari Lee Joe Goold, Samantha Hernandez, Lianelys Cabrera Martinez, Caitlin Reynolds, Kimberly N. Usbeck, Abdulrahman Alahdal, Angelica Diaz, Willaine Mae Kahano, Raquel Jackson, Cecia Ruiz-Hernandez, Kers Ung-Watson, Yessenia Henriquez, Vanessa Marie Booth, Alexia Brown, Darlyn Magana, Bianca Navarro, Nicholas Pereira, Gia Renemae Calip, Lucky Heng, Ralph Sagun, Lucas Abreu, Alexandra Maria Acosta, Tristan Benally, Cosset Hernandez Pena, Adrian Montenegro, Cierra Paaaina-Daquioag, Nicole Torosian, Tracy Fuentes, Julissa Martinez, Medina Mcallister, Michal Newhouse-Van Vlerin, Tiria Carr, Nima Abkenar, Isabella Aceituno, Yuhan Bi, Victoria Campos, Melika Cummings, Zachary J. Johnigan, Alexis Sotolongo-Marin

McNair Journal

Journal articles based on research conducted by undergraduate students in the AANAPISI, LSAMP, and McNair Scholars Program.

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Technological Health: A New Perspective On Individual Well-Being In The Digital Era, Tanner Skousen, J. Andrew Lear

Faculty Publications

An individual’s well-being encompasses various facets, including physical, mental, and social health. This paper proposes that in a technology-dependent world, practitioners and researchers must adopt a “technological health” perspective. Through conceptual inquiry and extensive literature review, we propose the concept of technological health, drawing from related concepts. We present an initial framework that explicates technological health through the dimensions of access to technology, ability to use technology, and autonomy over technology. Practically, this new perspective refocuses our understanding of technological challenges and invites an ideology of diagnoses and treatments to comprehensively address individual-level concerns associated with personal technology use. Academically, …

Strategic Diplomacy: The Singapore Case, Country Report For The Project On ‘Strategic Diplomacy For 21st Century Defence And Statecraft’, Evelyn Goh, Wee-Kiat Lim

CCX Research

How does Singapore conduct strategic diplomacy despite being a small and constrained state? This report first identifies the major long-term drivers affecting Singapore’s security, both at the domestic level (rapidly ageing population, immigrant assimilation, and growing societal fault-lines) and at the international or systemic level (changing global order, power of technology, slow collective action on climate change). Then it analyses how Singapore strategists deal with two of their most prominent problem-sets: (i) positioning Singapore in relation to the US-China rivalry and the changing international order; and (ii) tackling climate change as a collective action problem. Both problem-sets illustrate how Singapore …

Innovation Originators, Tabrez Y. Ebrahim, Rafeel Wasif

Michigan Technology Law Review

Asian Americans are one of the most striking and undertheorized ethnic groups in the field of innovation. While a prolific ethnic group when it comes to being named as inventors on U.S. patents, very little has been written on this observation, perhaps because of previously limited datasets and unwieldy data analysis on ethnic backgrounds about patenting at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Research on inventor diversity and ethnicity in innovation has begun to explore some ethnic groups, but a more holistic account should focus on one particular overlooked group. Recently, entrepreneurship studies concerning ethnicity have shown that …

Making A Case For A Digital Marketing Concentration: An Analysis Of Traditionally Generalized Online Mba Programs, Paige Gardiner, Maureen Andrade

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Over the last decade, business schools have added online MBA programs to meet student demand for access, price, and geographic convenience while trying to ensure a solid tuition revenue base. Online MBA programs have been forced to waive the GMAT and reduce the number of credits required for graduation while seeking ways to bring additional value to their online programs. This research examines whether offering online MBA students a specialized marketing concentration in digital marketing will make students marketable to businesses. The research examines this conjecture and provides a recommendation for MBA stakeholders. Study 1 shows the industry demand for …

Civic And Community Engagement Among Poor Rural Women In Bihar: A Pilot Study, Kirk Leach, Mirivel Julien, Tusty Ten Bensel, Avinash Thombre

School of Public Service Faculty Publications

Civic and community engagement is often crucial for the successful development of rural areas and a catalyst of personal transformation. This article examines changes in civic and community engagement among women in rural Bihar, India. Using an exploratory factor analysis of survey data from n = 815 respondents who participated in Heifer’s Values-Based Holistic Community Development [VBHCD] training, the study identifies three factors that constitute civic and community engagement. Next, the study assesses the efficacy of VBHCD’s impact on participants’ civic and community engagement relative to participants’ duration in the program and type of self-help group. The results indicate that …

Climate Action Now: How To Fuel A Social Movement, Lama Lteif, Gia Nardini, Tracy Rank-Christman, Lauren Block, Melissa G. Bublitz, Jesse R. Catlin, Samantha N. N. Cross, Anne Hamby, Laura A. Peracchio

Marketing Faculty Publications and Presentations

Our research develops a framework that explores how to fuel the climate movement by accelerating grassroots, community-based climate action. Drawing on insights from consumer psychology, our framework identifies the psychological mechanisms that encourage and motivate people, both individually and collectively, to take climate action, thereby contributing to our understanding of how to advance social action and propel a social movement. Our climate action framework builds on: (1) individuals we describe as climate upstanders who rise up to take climate action with like-minded others, and (2) communities of climate upstanders who engage in collective action aimed at addressing the climate crisis. …

Consumer Preference In Politics: Polarization In The Us Two-Party System, Jocelyne Y. Bisson

Honors Theses and Capstones

This paper uses marketing analytics to analyze the current segmentation and positioning of the US two-party political system. In the literature review, the political parties will be illustrated as they exist in 2024 after a brief historical outline beginning with party politics post WWII. The current 2024 platforms and most polarizing issues will also be outlined in this section. This research aims to answer the following questions. Can marketing segmentation and positioning reveal the most and least polarizing party issues in the United States today? How do current presidential front runners fit into the larger US two-party system? Do their …

Discourses That Undermine Union Movements: A Multimodal Analysis Of Union-Busting Videos, Theresa A. Catalano, Julia Schleck

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

Labor unions in the United States have experienced decades of decline, but recent years have seen a rebirth of union campaigns and successes. Because unions are once again becoming a threat to large companies, it is reasonable to assume that efforts to discourage organizing efforts will increase and become even more robust in the near future. Although traditionally, companies have worked to suspend union organizing through captive audience meetings in which unions were discussed via verbal or written modes, more recent means of reaching workers with anti-union messages incorporate a variety of communication strategies to get the message across. As …

Corporate Law As Decolonization, Martin W. Sybblis

Faculty Articles

After centuries of colonial subordination, Black and Brown former colonies are still fighting to achieve the fruits of decolonization. The traditional theory is that former colonies will emerge from the colonial period with the legal mandate and international recognition needed to chart their own futures. But, for those Black and Brown British colonies that achieved political independence, it became clear that, without economic strength to care for their societies, legal separation could not deliver on its promise of freedom from subordination. This Article argues that investments in corporate law innovations by some jurisdictions, such as Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, …

ระบบบำรุงรักษาอัจฉริยะสำหรับการจัดการการดำเนินงานโรงแรม, ธนเศรษฐ์ โอชาญสิริ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาแนวทางการสร้างระบบบำรุงรักษาสำหรับการจัดการการดำเนินงานโรงแรมในประเทศไทย ผ่านการศึกษาปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้อง ทดสอบต้นแบบ ประเมินการยอมรับจากผู้ใช้งาน และวิเคราะห์ความเป็นไปได้ทางการตลาด งานวิจัยนี้ใช้วิธีการวิจัยเชิงพัฒนาผ่านการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลทุติยภูมิจากวรรณกรรมและข้อมูลปฐมภูมิจากการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพและเชิงปริมาณ เริ่มต้นจากการสัมภาษณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ 15 คน และเก็บข้อมูลจากแบบสอบถาม 455 ชุด ร่วมกับการวิเคราะห์สายคุณค่าและการหารากสาเหตุของปัญหา ปัจจัยสำคัญที่พบ ได้แก่ การออกแบบระบบ คุณลักษณะของใบสั่งงาน การจัดสรรงาน การวางแผนงาน คุณภาพบุคลากร และความพร้อมของเครื่องมือ ส่วนตัวชี้วัดประสิทธิภาพ ได้แก่ ระยะเวลา ต้นทุน การจัดการข้อมูล และคุณภาพบริการ ข้อมูลที่ได้ถูกนำมาพัฒนาต้นแบบระบบบำรุงรักษา โดยใช้หลักการหาค่าที่เหมาะสมที่สุดแบบหลายวัตถุประสงค์และการเรียนรู้ด้วยเครื่อง เพื่อช่วยจัดกลุ่มข้อมูลให้สอดคล้องกับบริบทของโรงแรม จากนั้นนำไปทดสอบในโรงแรมต้นแบบ 5 แห่ง และปรับปรุงตามคำแนะนำของผู้ใช้งาน 15 คน เมื่อทดลองใช้งานจริง ผู้ใช้งาน 36 คนให้การยอมรับระบบสูงถึงร้อยละ 94.44 การศึกษาความเป็นไปได้ในเชิงพาณิชย์แสดงให้เห็นว่าระบบมีศักยภาพในตลาด โดยมีระยะเวลาคืนทุนประมาณ 2 ปี 1 เดือน

นวัตกรรมวัดระดับทักษะดิจิทัล, รัฐวิทย์ อังคสกุลเกียรติ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อพัฒนานวัตกรรมวัดระดับทักษะดิจิทัล (Digital Literacy Assessment Innovation) สำหรับผู้ประกอบการ โดยใช้กรอบแนวคิดเชิงทฤษฎีที่เชื่อมโยงระหว่าง ความสามารถเชิงพลวัต (Dynamic Capabilities), ความสามารถในการปรับตัว (Adaptive Capability), เศรษฐกิจดิจิทัล (Digital Economy) และ การมุ่งเน้นดิจิทัล (Digital Orientation) เพื่อสร้างเครื่องมือที่สามารถช่วยผู้ประกอบการประเมินระดับทักษะดิจิทัลได้อย่างถูกต้อง แม่นยำ มีความน่าเชื่อถือ และนำไปใช้ได้จริงทั้งในระดับบุคคลและระดับองค์กร รวมถึงสามารถต่อยอดในเชิงพาณิชย์ การวิจัยดำเนินการในรูปแบบผสมผสาน (Mixed Methodology) โดยใช้การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพในการสังเคราะห์กรอบแนวคิดเชิงทฤษฎีและสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกกับผู้ประกอบการ และใช้การวิจัยเชิงปริมาณเพื่อวิเคราะห์ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับทักษะดิจิทัลและผลการดำเนินงานทางธุรกิจ โดยใช้แบบสอบถามและวิเคราะห์ด้วยโมเดลสมการโครงสร้าง (SEM) ผลการวิจัยพบว่าระดับทักษะดิจิทัลสามารถวัดได้จาก 4 มิติ 10 ตัวบ่งชี้ ได้แก่ 1) มิติเศรษฐกิจดิจิทัล (DE: Access, Manage) 2) มิติการมุ่งเน้นดิจิทัล (DO: Learning Agility, Customer Centric Mindset) 3) มิติความสามารถเชิงพลวัต (DC: Strategic Thinking and Planning Strategy, Create) 4) มิติความสามารถในการปรับตัว (AC: Analysis and Synthesis, Problem Solving and Critical Thinking, Communication, Cybersecurity Awareness) โดยทุกมิติส่งผลต่อระดับทักษะดิจิทัล (DL) โดยเฉพาะความสามารถในการปรับตัว (AC) ที่มีอิทธิพลสูงสุด รองลงมาคือ DC และ DE ซึ่งส่งผลโดยอ้อมต่อผลการดำเนินงานทั้งด้านการเงิน (FP) และการตลาด (MP) นวัตกรรมที่พัฒนาขึ้นอยู่ในรูปแบบ Web Application รองรับการใช้งานบน PC และ Smartphone ประกอบด้วยระบบลงทะเบียน การประเมินตามแบบสอบถามโครงสร้างมาตรฐาน การประมวลผลคะแนนตามค่าความสัมพันธ์จากโมเดลวิจัย และการวิเคราะห์ผลด้วย AI (Claude …

Networked To Work?: An Analysis Of A Community College Workforce Development Program, Cynthia Finley, Kim E. Bullington, Mitchell Williams, David Ayers

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Faculty Publications

Barriers to education and training can have a generational impact on socioeconomic status and economic development. Post-traditional students have been shown to experience a variety of barriers to education and family sustaining employment. Social capital has been shown to help alleviate some of the barriers for students resulting in stronger economic outcomes, such job retention, and higher wages.

The purpose of this case study was to determine if the Network2Work model at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) can affect outcomes for students from low socio-economic backgrounds by comparing Network2Work outcomes to non-Network2Work noncredit industry training outcomes. The research compared outcome …

The Limits Of Individual Prosecutions In Deterring Corporate Fraud, Samuel W. Buell

Faculty Scholarship

Fifteen years after the largest financial scandal and economic crisis in a century, discussion of the problem of corporate crime too often borders on cliché. Endless calls from Congress, the media, the public, many scholars, and even the Justice Department itself, to recommit, over and over, to locking up more managers and executives to deter corporate wrongdoing portray the problem as relatively straightforward and blame legislative and executive failure of will. Through examination of the litigation record from over 100 prosecutions spanning the period from the 2008 financial crisis to the present, this Article presents evidence that relying on individual …

Data Science In Finance: Challenges And Opportunities, Xianrong Zheng, Elizabeth Gildea, Sheng Chai, Tongxiao Zhang, Shuxi Wang

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

Data science has become increasingly popular due to emerging technologies, including generative AI, big data, deep learning, etc. It can provide insights from data that are hard to determine from a human perspective. Data science in finance helps to provide more personal and safer experiences for customers and develop cutting-edge solutions for a company. This paper surveys the challenges and opportunities in applying data science to finance. It provides a state-of-the-art review of financial technologies, algorithmic trading, and fraud detection. Also, the paper identifies two research topics. One is how to use generative AI in algorithmic trading. The other is …

A Polyphonic Debate On Social Equity Budgeting, Bruce D. Mcdonald Iii, Laurence Ferry, Sean A. Mccandless, Meagan M. Jordan, Ileana Steccolini, John R. Bartle, Thomas Ahrens, Jim Haslam, Philip G. Joyce, Tobias Polzer

School of Public Service Faculty Publications

This paper is polyphonic (i.e., a debate involving multiple perspectives) and highlights emerging interdisciplinary thoughts on past, current, and future social equity budgeting (SEB). We present a vision for the field and emphasize the potential impact of this paper. We hope to enliven debates regarding context, underpinning philosophies, and methods, thus fostering a greater theoretical and practical reconsideration of SEB. The impact of this paper is significant, as it leads to a fundamental rethinking of SEB and related research, profoundly influencing the field. To do so, this paper has brought together 10 international scholars to foster an interdisciplinary approach regarding …

Orchestra Community Engagement: Factors Of Environmental Impact, Travis Newton

Theses and Dissertations--Arts Administration

The symphony orchestra industry in the United States was founded with the goal of serving the elite, but these orchestras are organized as not-for-profit organizations and are currently mandated to benefit the community more broadly. Professional symphony orchestras in the United States are beginning to address this disconnect between their elite-oriented origins and the more modern federal mandate of community-oriented service in a variety of ways, including through community engagement programming. There are a number of items that remain unknown, including the impact that environmental factors have on orchestras’ community-oriented work, and what “community engagement” means to orchestras.

The purpose …

The Phenomenology Of Success: Women Who Made It To The C-Suite Despite Barriers, Bettye H. Smith

Dissertations

Multiple researchers have explored avenues to achieve gender diversity in leadership, primarily by studying the barriers to success for aspiring women leaders. Despite barriers, a small group of women have risen to the top positions of US corporations, demonstrating that there is a path to success and highlighting an opportunity to address leadership diversity differently. Whereas most research on gender diversity in leadership focuses on the barriers women encounter, this qualitative phenomenological study focused on how women can succeed. By leveraging Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory to explore systems that enabled a phenomenal group of women to advance to the C-suite, …

Examining The Synergy Between The Marketplace And The Church In Ghana: Strategies For Enhancing Socio-Economic Development, Grace Opuni-Darko

Doctor of Ministry

This dissertation explores the complex relationship between the marketplace and Church in Ghana, seeking to identify collaborative strategies that lead to sustainable socio-economic development. The study aims to unravel the complexities of this relationship and identify effective strategies that can foster sustainable growth and development within the Ghanaian context. At the core of this research is an in-depth historical analysis, tracing the evolution of the Churches' role in the Ghanaian economy from colonial times to the present day. This historical perspective provides a critical backdrop for understanding current dynamics and trends. The study employs a multifaceted approach, incorporating both qualitative …

Risk Identification And Assessment In The Digital Transformation Of Aerospace Enterprises: A Combined Qualitative And Quantitative Approach, Hongyi Zhang, Yu-Shan Xu, Yu-Kang Li

International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace

With the rapid advancement of China's aerospace industry, aerospace enterprises are actively adopting next-generation digital intelligent technologies, facilitating a transition from traditional planned management to a collaborative development model of multi-satellite systems. While this digital transformation process can optimize the entire lifecycle management of aerospace products, it simultaneously introduces potential risks. This study aims to systematically identify and assess risk factors in the digital transformation process of aerospace enterprises, providing a scientific basis for formulating effective intervention measures. Employing a comprehensive approach that integrates qualitative and quantitative methods, this research systematically summarizes the risks, their sources, and anticipated impacts in …

Adapting And Validating A Survey To Assess Host Communities Support For Migration, Jhon G. Botello, Katherine Palacio, Erika Frydenlund, Humberto Llinás, Jose Padilla

VMASC Publications

Migration presents challenges to receiving communities, as it tests their ability to respond to unexpected expenditures and social stresses. Evaluating the local impact of rapid and substantial migration flows is difficult due to the absence of a validated instrument for assessing community support for migration. Our study adapted and validated a Support for Migration Assessment survey (SMA) based on Social Exchange Theory (SET). The validation of the SMA contributes in two significant ways. First, it establishes an instrument that enables the assessment of support for migration (SFM) by considering community-level factors: trust in institutions (TII), overall community satisfaction (OCS), and …

When Ballots Are Blank: Write-In’S Serving Local Government And The Implications For A Healthy And Vibrant Democracy, Thomas J. Ruter

School of Business Student Theses and Dissertations

Our democracy depends on having a supply of candidates running for elected office, but in some instances, no one wants to run. This phenomenological study asks what the effects on a healthy and vibrant democracy are if ballots are blank and the seat is filled through write-in or appointment. Rooted in democratic theory, this study explores small, rural city elections where write-ins won election. Understudied, local governments are responsible for decisions affecting the lives of millions of people each day. Workforce scarcity, the alienation of young Americans from politics, government bashing, nasty campaigns, threats of physical harm, and other barriers …

A Study How Gender Equality Affect Financial Inclusion In Pakistan, Mehwish Javed

MS Islamic Banking and Finance Research Projects/Theses

The study focused on the relationship of gender equality with financial stability and financial inclusion in Pakistan. Time-series balanced annual frequency data between 2007 and 2023 (17 consecutive years) was collected from World Development Indicator (WDI), Global Financial Development Index (GFDI), and Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) databases. The results demonstrated positive relationship between gender equality and financial inclusion. This manifested the fact that gender equality, macroeconomic policies optimizations, adequate operational procedures, and risk management are all top priority areas that require attention to generate sustainable development of the Pakistani banking sector and enhanced financial inclusion. The research proposes …

ความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ท่ามกลางการแพร่ระบาดของวิกฤตโควิด-19: การศึกษารายกรณีสามล้อถีบในเขตเทศบาลนครนครราชสีมา, เนติ ภูริทัตสิริ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ (1) เพื่อศึกษาชีวิตความเป็นอยู่และการดำเนินชีวิตของผู้ประกอบอาชีพสามล้อถีบก่อนการเกิดสถานการณ์วิกฤตโควิด-19 (2) เพื่อศึกษาสถานการณ์ตามกรอบแนวคิดความมั่นคงของมนุษย์และการรับมือของผู้ประกอบอาชีพสามล้อถีบ และ (3) เพื่อเสนอแนะแนวทางการยกระดับความมั่นคงของมนุษย์ของผู้ประกอบอาชีพสามล้อถีบในพื้นที่เทศบาลนครนครราชสีมา โดยใช้วิธีการเชิงคุณภาพ ในรูปแบบการศึกษารายกรณี โดยมีกลุ่มตัวอย่างในการวิจัย 3 กลุ่ม คือ กลุ่มผู้ประกอบอาชีพสามล้อถีบ กลุ่มบุคคลแวดล้อม และหน่วยงานที่เกี่ยวข้อง จำนวนรวม 19 ราย โดยใช้เครื่องมือแบบบันทึกการศึกษาภาคสนาม แนวคำถามการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก และแบบบันทึกการถอดข้อมูลโสตทัศนูปกรณ์ เพื่อใช้เป็นเครื่องมือในการการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลทั้งใช้ในการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก และใช้การสังเกตแบบไม่มีส่วนร่วมเพื่อศึกษาปรากฏการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้น ผลการศึกษาพบว่า ผู้ประกอบอาชีพสามล้อถีบเป็นแรงงานสูงอายุและย้ายถิ่นเข้ามาในพื้นที่เพื่อทำงานระยะยาว ปัจจุบันประสบปัญหาเกี่ยวกับชีวิตความเป็นอยู่ อาทิ การมีรายได้น้อย การมีความเสี่ยงด้านสุขภาพ และเมื่อเกิดการระบาดของโควิด-19 ส่งผลให้อาชีพสามล้อถีบได้รับผลกระทบ 5 มิติ คือ (1) ผลกระทบมิติการมีงานทำและรายได้ (2) ผลกระทบมิติสุขภาพ (3) ผลกระทบมิติอาหาร (4) ผลกระทบมิติครอบครัว ส่งผลให้มีการปรับตัว และ (5) ผลกระทบมิติที่อยู่อาศัยและสิ่งแวดล้อม ทำให้เกิดการปรับตัวที่คล้ายกัน เช่น การปรับตัวด้านค่าใช้จ่ายและรายได้ การถีบสามล้อเพื่อรับอาหารและสิ่งของ การเรียนรู้เทคโนโลยีเพื่อเข้าถึงสวัสดิการของรัฐ และการใช้อุปกรณ์ป้องกันการติดเชื้อโควิด

Heat Shields And Friendship Bracelets: Features That Enable Effective Employee Resource Groups, Kevin Sakamoto

Theses and Dissertations

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are a potentially powerful means of addressing inequalities and improving working conditions for underrepresented groups in organizations. However, little attention has been given to the motivation of employees who voluntarily donate their time in support of their ERG. The fact that membership in ERGs often coincides with a social identity group (e.g., Asian American) adds a dimension not associated with other non-formal groups (e.g., softball team) within an organization, and may increase the potential for ERGs to achieve valued outcomes. Drawing from academic literature on Social Identity Theory (SIT), employee voice, and activism, this qualitative study …

Crossing The “Valley Of Death”: How Climate Technology Entrepreneurs Navigate Relationships With Venture Capital Investors, Allison Lucas

Wayne State University Dissertations

As the world faces the ongoing and intensifying impacts of climate change, a group of innovative changemakers known as climate tech entrepreneurs (CTEs) are working on climate adaptation, mitigation, and/or resilience efforts by brining innovative technologies to the global market (UNFCC, 2018; Endeavor 2022). To realize the full potential of these technologies—tools, techniques, specialized knowledge or skillsets—they must be developed, deployed, and implemented at scale (IPCC, 2000). To do this, CTEs require external funding support, especially during a crucial period of the start-up lifecycle known as the “valley of death”. In this period between development and commercialization, production costs and …

‘The Playful Entrepreneur’ Fostering Entrepreneurial Education In Early Childhood Education, Trudie Murray

Theses

This study explores the integration of entrepreneurial education within early childhood settings in Ireland, focusing on embedding entrepreneurial capabilities at the foundational stages of education. Recognising the critical role that early experiences play in lifelong learning, this research advocates for equipping preschool children with essential 21st-century skills, such as independence, creativity and problem-solving. Despite significant investment in early childhood education, the integration of entrepreneurial education remains limited within existing pedagogical frameworks, which prioritise social, emotional, and cognitive skills without explicitly addressing entrepreneurial capabilities. Utilising a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach, the study examines how early childhood educators can foster an entrepreneurial …

Intra-Organizational Knowledge Sharing, Ambidexterity And Firm Performance: Evaluating The Role Of Knowledge Quality, Aleksandra Dzenopoljac, Vladimir Dzenopoljac, Shahnawaz Muhammed, Oualid Abidi, Sascha Kraus

All Works

Purpose: This study aims to examine how knowledge sharing contributes to organizations’ ambidexterity, their overall performance and the role of knowledge quality in this relationship. Knowledge sharing is conceptualized based on tacit and explicit dimensions, and ambidexterity is viewed as comprising exploitative and explorative capabilities. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a cross-sectional survey-based research design and structural equation modeling to test the proposed model of knowledge sharing and knowledge quality in organizational ambidexterity and the related hypotheses. Findings: The results indicate that tacit knowledge sharing has a significant, direct impact on the exploitative and explorative capabilities of the organization and indirectly …

Tourism And Discourses Of Peace About The Uae In The Israeli Media, Irit Shmuel, Paolo Mura

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By focusing on the recently established diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE in the aftermath of the 2020 Abraham Peace Accords, this paper critically assesses the emerging narratives of peace and tolerance underpinning the tourism promotional material circulating in the Israeli media between September 2020 (in the aftermath of the Abraham Accords) and August 2023 (before the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023). The study employs a variant of critical discourse analysis known as Cultural Critical Discourse Analysis (CCDA) to unravel the cultural nuances embedded within this discourse. Based on this analysis, a dynamic model is presented …