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Strategic Human Resource Management : A Case Study Of Oceanfront Beach Resort, Nalakson Phimphaphowat

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Since the Covid-19 pandemic has occurred on a large scale in since the hotel's opening, this study discusses how human resource management (HRM) has progressed beyond its functional approach, how managing human resource s is now seen as part of strategic management, and the HR responsibilities that are likely to become important focus areas at Oceanfront Beach Resort. The hotel is both a start-up and a small-scale establishment, therefore in order to maintain its competitiveness in the face of intense competition, it has adopted some unique human resource strategies. The hotel's strategic management of key personnel concerns was essential to …

Marketing Strategies Analysis Of Thai Hotel During The Covid-19 Pandemic Situation (Case Study : Oceanfront Beach Resort And Spa), Supanat Samniang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A crisis is an unexpectedly threatening situation that has an essential impact on business continuity. Natural disasters, terrorist incidents, epidemics, political conflicts, economic fluctuations, and other factors can all have a negative impact on the tourism industry[1]. By occurring of these factors, it can affect to a loss of tourists at any time. Hotel businesses may consider developing new services, repositioning to alternative tourism markets, and reducing costs. However, because each crisis is unique, hotel businesses need to determine proper strategies for the situation. Such an effective strategic management and new marketing strategies, crises can be turned into opportunities to …

The Effect Of Demographics On Customer Expectations For Service Quality In The Hotel Industry( A Case Study Of 3-Star Hotel In Phuket,Thailand), Xiaoting Chen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of different customer demographics on hotel service quality expectations. A three-star hotel in Phuket was chosen as the case study, and a quantitative methodology was used to investigate it. A total of 305 questionnaires were completed and the data obtained were analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solutions). One way ANOVA was used to investigate the extent to which guests' perceptions of service quality depend on their socio-demographic characteristics. The research results are as follows: First, customers' expectations of hotel service quality are influenced by demographic characteristics, such as: …

The Role Of Data For Ai Startup Growth, James Bessen, Stephen Michael Impink, Lydia Reichensperger, Robert Seamans

Faculty Scholarship

Artificial intelligence (“AI”)-enabled products are expected to drive economic growth. Training data are important for firms developing AI-enabled products; without training data, firms cannot develop or refine their algorithms. This is particularly the case for AI startups developing new algorithms and products. However, there is no consensus in the literature on which aspects of training data are most important. Using unique survey data of AI startups, we find that startups with access to proprietary training data are more likely to acquire venture capital funding.

Investigating The Impacts Of Monetary Policy On Income Inequality In Developed Nations: Case Study Of The Euro Area, Japan And The United States, Hector Martinez Garcia

Masters Theses

This paper tries to evaluate the effect that unconventional monetary policy has had on income inequality for the set of Eurozone countries, the United States and Japan using an unbalanced panel data model over the period from 1980 to 2021, first jointly and then individually, using different regressions for each case. Based on the regression model analyzed, the study attempts to analyze the relationship between money supply and income inequality as measured by the Gini index using fixed effects and random effects for our panel data model. The study reveals the importance of the money supply variable in reducing inequality …

Marx, Critical Theory, And The Treadmill Of Production Of Value: Why Environmental Sociology Needs A Critique Of Capital, Alex Stoner

Journal Articles

This chapter explores the domestication of Marx’s critique of political economy within Marxist-oriented environmental sociology, and treadmill of production (ToP) theory, in particular. The aim is to explicate the theoretical resources for a rigorous critique of capital-induced planetary degradation. Shortcomings of ToP theory pertaining to the conceptualization of capital and value are identified. The reasons for these shortcomings, including how they might be addressed, are elaborated by reconsidering key aspects of Marx’s critical theory of modern capitalist society. The chapter contributes to current discussions in both critical theory and environmental sociology by demonstrating the continued relevance of Marx’s critical theory …

Data Analytics For Crisis Management: A Case Study Of Sharing Economy Services In The Covid-19 Pandemic, Bahri Haciibrahimoglu

Selected Full Text Dissertations, 2011-

This dissertation study aims to analyze the role of data-driven decision-making in sharing economy during the COVID-19 pandemic as a crisis management tool. In the twenty-first century, when applying analytical tools has become an essential component of business decision-making, including operations on crisis management, data analytics is an emerging field. To carry out corporate strategies, data-driven decision-making is seen as a crucial component of business operations. Data analytics can be applied to benefit-cost evaluations, strategy planning, client engagement, and service quality. Data forecasting can also be used to keep an eye on business operations and foresee potential risks. Risk Management …

Cafos And Surface Water Quality: Evidence From Wisconsin, Zach Raff, Andrew G. Meyer

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) – animal feeding operations with over 1,000 animal units in confined spaces – have proliferated over the past 30 years in the United States. CAFOs provide operational cost savings, but higher animal concentrations in confined spaces can generate external costs, e.g., non-point source water pollution. In this study, we improve on previous research designs to estimate the relationship between the growth in CAFOs and surface water quality using longitudinal data on a large spatial scale. We use a panel dataset from 1995-2017 that links CAFO intensity with nearby surface water quality readings in Wisconsin to …

Do Economic Conditions Affect Climate Change Beliefs And Support For Climate Action? Evidence From The Us In The Wake Of The Great Recession, Andrew G. Meyer

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

I show that climate skepticism increases with negative economic shocks and that the effects are concentrated among individuals in the labor force. I primarily employ a panel of US individuals in the period following the Great Recession, but also find consistent results with an alternative instrumental variables strategy. Among labor force participants, a one‐percentage point increase in the local unemployment rate leads to a three to five percentage point decrease in the probability of believing climate change is real and requires action. I conclude that support for climate change policies could depend on labor market conditions.

The Macroeconomic Impacts Of Government Debt In Pakistan, Ateeb Akhter Shah Syed, Kaneez Fatima, Junaid Kamal

Business Review

This paper examines the Ricardian equivalence hypothesis for Pakistan using a vector error-correction model. The sample period extends from June 2002 to January 2020. The results are reported using variance decompositions and impulse response functions. The base model contains six variables and is estimated with 4 lags. We find support for the idea that wealth does not increase as government debt increases; Hence, it proves the fact that economic agents are rational actors and foresee current expansionary actions of the government that result in accumulation of debt as the present value of future taxation that they have to pay and …

Rational Choices And Welfare Changes In Philippine Family Energy Demand: Evidence From Family Income And Expenditure Surveys, Jesus C. Dumagan, Michael Rm Abrigo

Ateneo School of Government Publications

This study found Philippine family demands for (1) electricity, (2) gas and liquid fuels, (3) solid fuels, (4) food, and (5) others—based on Family Income and Expenditure Surveys (FIES) in 2009, 2012, and 2015—are rational (i.e., expenditure minimizing). Specifically, all own-price elasticities are negative (downward sloping demand curves). Cross-price elasticities between (1), (2), and (3) are positive (substitutes) while cross-price elasticities of (1), (2), and (3) with (4) or (5) are mostly negative (generally complements). Income elasticities are positive (normal goods), except for (3), comprising “fuelwood, charcoal, and biomass residues” that are consumed less at higher incomes (inferior goods). These …

Teaching Income Inequality With Data-Driven Visualization, Sang T. Truong, Humberto Barreto

School of Business and Leadership Working Papers

The distribution of household income is a central concern in economics due to its strong influence on society’s well-being and social cohesion. Yet, non-expert audiences face serious obstacles in understanding conventional measures of inequality. To effectively communicate the extent of income inequality in the United States, we have developed a novel technique for visualizing income distribution and its dispersion over time by using U.S. household income microdata from the Current Population Survey. The result is a striking dynamic animation of income distribution over time, drawing public attention and encouraging further investigation of income inequality. Detailed implementation is available at https://github.com/sangttruong/incomevis. …

The Industry Expertise Of Sell-Side Equity Analysts, Matthew Louis Dearth

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Institutional investors, the most important consumer of analyst research, consistently rank industry knowledge as the most important attribute of analysts. Despite this, little is known about how investors measure industry knowledge since analyst output which can be evaluated objectively is usually associated with firm-level outcomes such as earnings forecasts or price targets. Comprehensive data are recently available for analyst forecasts of key performance indicators (“KPIs”), firm-performance metrics specific to a particular industry. Whereas reactions to earnings forecasts and other firm-level outputs only inform us about analyst skill in firm-level predictions, stock-price reactions to forecast revisions of industryspecific KPIs can proxy …

Does A District Mandate Matter For The Behavior Of Politicians? An Analysis Of Roll-Call Votes And Parliamentary Speeches, Andreas Born, Aljoscha Janssen

Research Collection School Of Economics

In most democracies, members of parliament (MPs) are elected either through a party list or by a district. We use a discontinuity in the German electoral system to investigate the causal effect of a district election on an MP’s conformity with the party line. A district election does not affect roll-call voting behavior causally, possibly due to overall high adherence to party-line voting. Analyzing the parliamentary speeches of each MP allows us to overcome the high party-line discipline with regard to parliamentary voting. Using textual analysis and machine learning techniques, we create two measures of closeness of an MP’s speeches …

Are Simple Mechanisms Optimal When Agents Are Unsophisticated?, Jiangtao Li, Piotr Dworczak

Research Collection School Of Economics

We study the design of mechanisms involving agents that have limited strategic sophistication. We define a mechanism to be simple if—given the assumed level of strategic sophistication—agents can determine their optimal strategy. We examine whether it is optimal for the mechanism designer who faces strategically unsophisticated agents to offer a simple mechanism. We show that when the designer uses a mechanism that is not simple, while she loses the ability to predict play, she may nevertheless be better off no matter how agents resolve their strategic confusion

Uniform Nonparametric Inference For Spatially Dependent Panel Data: The Xtnpsreg Command, Jia Li, Zhipeng Liao, Wenyu Zhou

Research Collection School Of Economics

In this article, we introduce a command, xtnpsreg, that implements a uniform nonparametric inference procedure for possibly unbalanced panel datasets with general forms of spatio-temporal dependence. We demonstrate how to apply this command in several use cases, including (i) the nonparametric estimation of conditional mean function and its marginal response; (ii) the construction of uniform confidence bands for these nonparametric functional parameters; (iii) specification tests for parametric model restrictions; and (iv) the estimation and uniform inference for functional coefficients in semi-nonparametric models.

The Effect Of Magnitude And Probability On Plea Bargain Decision-Making, Megan L. Small

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Decision-making is studied in various aspects of life and can be especially vital in the context of the criminal justice system, such as plea bargains. Previous research in this area used a less commonly used task (fill-in-the-blank) in addition to a student sample (Falligant & Pence, 2019). The current study uses probability discounting to study the choice between accepting a plea bargain for a shorter incarceration sentence or risking a trial with a longer sentence on a sample of adults with experience in the criminal justice system. Three sentence durations, or magnitudes, were used (1 year, 5 years, and 25 …

The Predictive Ability Of Stock Market Factors, Fatma Ahmed, Mohammed Elgammal Elgammal, David Gordon Mcmillan

Economics

Purpose – This paper aims to ask whether a range of stock market factors contain information that is useful to investors by generating a trading rule based on one-step-ahead forecasts from rolling and recursive regressions. Design/methodology/approach – Using USA data across 3,256 firms, the authors estimate stock returns on a range of factors using both fixed-effects panel and individual regressions. The authors use rolling and recursive approaches to generate time-varying coefficients. Subsequently, the authors generate one-step-ahead forecasts for expected returns, simulate a trading strategy and compare its performance with realised returns. Findings – Results from the panel and individual firm …

Improving Targeting Of Farmers For Enrollment In Agri-Environmental Programs, Joshua M. Duke, Robert J. Johnston, Amy L. Shober, Zhongyuan Liu

Economics

Agricultural cost-share research and planning tend to focus on one program at a time, and hence overlook additional efficiencies that might be obtained by considering the possibility that enrollment decisions are related across different programs. Models of multiple-program participation decisions enable these relationships to be considered as part of conditional enrollment predictions, providing more complete and accurate understanding of enrollment behavior. Analysis of data from farmer surveys in Maryland and Ohio show complementary drivers across program participation. Results are consistent with economies of scale and/or scope among different agri-environmental programs. The data also show the gains in prediction accuracy when …

Are Risk Attitudes And Rainfall Variability Determinants Of Diversification? Evidence From Rondonia, Brazil, Brenna Swinger

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Risk exposure and management are inherent to smallholder farmers. One of the risks they face is climate change. Climate change decreases rainfall, increases frequency of drought, adds heat stress to crops from higher temperatures, and leads to higher rainfall variability. The threat of rainfall variability causes higher production in some years and lower in others. Even if the average income remains the same, people’s welfare is reduced by the variability and the size of the loss will depend on their attitudes towards risk.

Diversification is one adaption strategy that may help reduce climate risk. Diversified farmers produce multiple types of …

Investment Climate And Foreign Direct Investment In Africa: The Role Of Ease Of Doing Business, Angelica E. Njuguna, Emmanuel Nnadozie

Journal of African Trade

Abstract This paper explores the relationship between the ease of doing business, as one of the investment climate indicators, and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Africa. It uses instrumental variable estimation and the control function approach to correct for possible endogeneity between FDI and the ease of doing business as well as economic growth. The study uncovers evidence that the ease of doing business plays a positive role in attracting FDI. The findings support African countries’ attempts to invest in improving their business environment to attract favorable FDI.

An Anatomy Of Nepal's Remarkable Export Decline, Rishi Sharma

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

This paper documents and breaks down a remarkable decline in Nepal's exports over the 2000-2019 period. This decline is due to a collapse in the country's top export products and is largely uniform across destinations and products. Furthermore, it is not on account of the poor global performance of the sectors Nepal was specialized in but is something more specific to Nepal. Industry-level statistics show that gross output increased in major exporting industries while value-added grew slower or declined. The increase in gross output together with the decline in exports implies a movement towards producing for domestic consumption using more …

ค่าจ้างขั้นต่ำและอาชญากรรมในประเทศไทย, เกียรติภูมิ น้อยสุวรรณ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

อาชญากรรมตอบสนองต่อการเปลี่ยนแปลงของค่าจ้างขั้นต่ำหรือไม่ หลักฐานเชิงประจักษ์ในงานวิจัยจำนวนมากในต่างประเทศ พบว่าการตอบสนองของการเกิดอาชญากรรมจะส่งผลแตกต่างกันไปในแต่ละพื้นที่และประเภทของอาชญากรรม การใช้นโยบายปรับเพิ่มค่าจ้างขั้นต่ำอาจส่งผลกระทบต่อแรงงานในหลายด้าน การมีนโยบายปรับเพิ่มค่าจ้างขั้นต่ำในประเทศไทยจะส่งผลต่อการเกิดอาชญากรรมไปในทิศทางใด งานวิจัยในครั้งนี้จึงมุ่งที่จะศึกษาผลกระทบจากการเปลี่ยนแปลงค่าจ้างขั้นต่ำในประเทศไทยระหว่างปี พ.ศ. 2550 ถึงปี พ.ศ. 2562 การศึกษาครั้งนี้จะวิเคราะห์โดยใช้สมการถดถอยด้วยวิธีกำลังสองน้อยที่สุดแบบ Fixed Effects ในข้อมูลแบบช่วงยาว (Panel Data) รายจังหวัด และจำแนกประเภทอาชญากรรมออกเป็น 5 ประเภท โดยใช้แบบจำลองอุปทานของอาชญากรรม (Supply of Crime Model) ผลการศึกษาพบว่า การใช้นโยบายปรับเพิ่มค่าจ้างขั้นต่ำนั้นไม่ได้ช่วยลดการเกิดอาชญากรรมในทุกประเภท แต่กลับพบว่าการมีจำนวนแรงงานที่มีชั่วโมงการทำงานเพิ่มมากขึ้นนั้นจะช่วยลดการเกิดอาชญากรรมที่เกี่ยวกับทรัพย์สิน อาชญากรรมที่เกี่ยวกับยาเสพติด และอาชญากรรมรวมได้ เนื่องจากผลกระทบที่เกิดจากการเพิ่มค่าจ้างขั้นต่ำนั้นค่อนข้างน้อย เมื่อเปรียบเทียบกับผู้ที่ว่างงานแล้วต่อมาได้ทำงานที่ถูกต้องตามกฎหมาย ในส่วนนี้จึงอาจจะส่งผลให้พฤติกรรมของแรงงานนั้นเปลี่ยนแปลงไป รวมไปถึงการกระตุ้นการท่องเที่ยวยังสามารถลดการเกิดอาชญากรรมได้เช่นกัน

ผลของการเลือกโรงเรียนในระดับมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายต่อการศึกษาในระดับอุดมศึกษาและผลตอบแทนในตลาดแรงงานของชาวมุสลิม: กรณีศึกษาจังหวัดปัตตานี, ฟาเดีย สาและ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาผลของการเลือกโรงเรียนในระดับมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลาย ต่อการศึกษาต่อในระดับอุดมศึกษา ผลตอบแทนในตลาดแรงงาน และทุนทางสังคมของชาวมุสลิมจังหวัดปัตตานี ดำเนินการวิจัยด้วยการเก็บข้อมูลปฐมภูมิแบบ Quota/Convenience sampling โดยใช้แบบสอบถามที่สร้างขึ้นจากวรรณกรรมปริทัศน์ เกณฑ์การคัดเข้า ได้แก่ เป็นคนไทยมุสลิม อายุ 25-49 ปี และจบระดับการศึกษาชั้นมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายจากโรงเรียนในจังหวัดปัตตานี กลุ่มตัวอย่างมีขนาดเท่ากับ 483 ตัวอย่าง การวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลใช้แบบจำลองสมการถดถอย โดยพิจารณาปัญหา Endogeneity งานวิจัยนี้แบ่งประเภทของโรงเรียนออกเป็นโรงเรียนสามัญศึกษา โรงเรียนเอกชนสอนศาสนาอิสลาม และสถาบันศึกษาปอเนาะ ผลการศึกษา พบว่า (1) เพศหญิง การสื่อสารภาษาไทยในบ้าน คุณลักษณะของพ่อแม่ และการอาศัยอยู่ในพื้นที่เมืองมีผลต่อการเลือกโรงเรียน (2) ก่อนการพิจารณาปัญหา Endogeneity พบว่า ประเภทโรงเรียนมีผลต่อการเรียนต่อหลังจบระดับมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายและรายได้ต่อเดือน และ (3) เมื่อพิจารณาปัญหา Endogeneity พบว่า ประเภทโรงเรียนส่งผลต่อการเรียนต่อหลังในระดับอุดมศึกษา แต่ไม่ส่งผลทางตรงต่อผลตอบแทนในตลาดแรงงาน ทว่าการจบการศึกษาในระดับอุดมศึกษาส่งผลทางบวกต่อผลตอบแทนในตลาดแรงงาน (4) ในด้านทุนทางสังคม พบว่า ก่อนการพิจารณาปัญหา Endogeneity สถาบันศึกษาปอเนาะส่งผลทางลบต่อการได้รับสนับสนุนทางทรัพยากรและทางอารมณ์ แต่ภายหลังพิจารณาปัญหา Endogeneity พบว่าโรงเรียนเอกชนสอนศาสนาอิสลามและสถาบันศึกษาปอเนาะกลับส่งผลทางบวกต่อการได้รับสนับสนุนทางทรัพยากรและทางอารมณ์ ทั้งนี้ ตัวแปรการจบการศึกษาในระดับอุดมศึกษาส่งผลทางบวกต่อทุนทางสังคมเสมอ ผลการศึกษาทั้งหมดชี้ให้เห็นว่า แม้ว่าประเภทโรงเรียนในระดับมัธยมศึกษาตอนปลายจะไม่ได้ส่งผลทางตรงต่อผลตอบแทนในตลาดแรงงานและส่งผลอย่างไม่ชัดเจนต่อทุนทางสังคม แต่ประเภทโรงเรียนกลับส่งผลทางอ้อมต่อทั้งผลตอบแทนในตลาดแรงงานและทุนทางสังคม ผ่านการสำเร็จการศึกษาในระดับอุดมศึกษา

The Effect Of House Price Affordability On Social Integration Among Mobile Populations: Evidence From China, Yiping Li

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The level of integration of the mobile populations is related to whether group strengths and social resources can be fully utilized, thus affecting the development potential of a city. In addition, high house prices and low wages are common problems faced by mobile populations. This study aims to reveal whether the affordability of house prices among the mobile populations affects social integration and also further explores whether house price affordability has different effects on the social integration of different groups based on education level, gender and marital status. The data comes from the Collection of Data from Migrant Population Dynamics …

A Study Of The Impact Of Financial Literacy And Financial Development On Peer-To-Peer Lending In Developed And Developing Countries, Joffre Tan Zheng Hong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study seeks to examine how financial literacy and financial development, specifically financial access, financial depth, and financial efficiency affect the expansion of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending using a sample of 40 economies with data obtained in 2020. The findings reveal financial literacy and financial efficiency positively affect the expansion of P2P lending, while financial depth negatively correlates with the expansion of P2P lending. Additionally, financial literacy contributes significantly to the expansion of P2P lending in developing economies, but not in developed economies. This finding suggests that financial literacy does not factor significantly into the expansion of P2P lending in developed …

The Relationship Between Single-Parent Families And Academic Performance, Hao Yang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

No abstract provided.

What Are The Earning Differentials Between Full-Time Workers In Public And Private Sector Who Are Bachelor Degree Holder In Thailand? Evidence From Thai Labor Force Survey Data In The Third Quarter Of 2022, Atit Saerepaiboonsub

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study wants to investigate the wage gap (wage premium or wage discount) between public and private sector among bachelor degree holder employees in Thailand, especially, the relationship between individual characteristics and these gap, namely gender, age, region, occupation, education, etc. The size of the public sector wage premium is relatively high in countryside but will change into wage discount in central region. Premium by occupation in public sector can only be found in technician and service worker group, but discount for senior official and professional. In other words, the higher the job position they are in workplace, the higher …

Strength In Numbers: A Field Experiment In Gender, Influence, And Group Dynamics, Olga B. Stoddard, Christopher F. Karpowitz, Jessica Preece

Faculty Publications

Policy interventions to increase women’s presence in the workforce and leadership positions vary in their intensity, with some including a lone or token woman and others setting higher quotas. However, little is known about how the resulting group gender compositions influence individuals’ experiences and broader workplace dynamics. In this paper, we investigate whether token women are disadvantaged compared to women on majority-women mixed-gender teams. We conducted a multi-year field experiment with a top-10 undergraduate accounting program that randomized the gender composition of semester-long teams. Using laboratory, survey, and administrative data, we find that even after accounting for their proportion of …

Signals From On High And The Power Of Growth Mindset: A Natural Field Experiment In Attracting Minorities To High-Profile Position, Jeffrey A. Flory, Andreas Leibbrandt, Christina Rott, Olga B. Stoddard

Faculty Publications

We conduct a large-scale natural field experiment with a Fortune 500 company to test several approaches to attract minorities to high-profile positions. 5,000 prospective applicants were randomized into treatments varying a portion of recruiting materials. We find that self-selection at two early-career stages exhibits a substantial race gap. Importantly, we show that this gap can be strongly influenced by several treatments, with some increasing application rates by minorities by 40 percent and others being particularly effective for minority women. The heterogeneities we find by gender, race, and career stage shed light on the underlying drivers of self-selection barriers among minorities.