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The Linkages Among Market Structure, Market Conduct, And Service Quality: Analysis Of The U.S. Domestic Airline Industry, Amirhossein Alamdar Yazdi

Doctoral Dissertations

As supported by the dynamic structure-conduct-performance (S-C-P) paradigm, market structure affects conduct, and conduct determines firms’ performance (Mckinsey & Company Quarterly, 2008). Several researchers have looked at the S-C-P relationship with focus on price. Boreinstein, 1990; Beutel and McBride, 1992; Kim and Singal, 1993; Morrison, 1996; Veldhuis, 2005; Peters, 2006; Zhang and Round, 2009 looked at the effect of airline mergers on fares; some others have looked at the linkage between the imposition of fees and stock values (Barone, et al., 2012), ticket prices (Henrickson & Scott, 2012; Brueckner, et al., 2015); and some examine the effects of low-cost carriers …

Managing Traditional Pipeline And Platform Innovation, Shaoling Katee Zhang

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation explores emerging innovation phenomena in two domains: pipeline and platform innovation domains, which are distinguishable because innovations are very much different under them. Innovations under the pipeline innovation domain are often classified into a certain form, such as product innovations, while innovations in the platform innovation domain are not singularly confined to one form. Regarding the pipeline innovation domain, extant innovation literature has taken the predominant technological view while paid less attention on non-technological perspective. However, marketing innovations, which are non-technological type of innovation, are increasingly adopted worldwide. Thus, I introduce my Essay 1 to explore how marketing …

Integrated Routing Models For Enhanced Product And Service Delivery, Mohammad Reihaneh

Doctoral Dissertations

Logistics constitutes a key function of modern-day supply chains and an indispensable prerequisite for the support and growth of conventional brick-and-mortar and online businesses. Whether for procurement or delivery purposes, manufacturers and service providers seek efficient and reliable logistical services. A 2014 Bloomberg survey reports that 73% of supply chain managers are experiencing a shift in their attitude towards transportation services; a function they now view as a key element of their business strategy. The advent of new mobile technologies and online platforms, the use of intermodal logistics, and the multiplication of customer-selected delivery options continue to prompt the development …

When Doing Good Backfires: The Effects Of Corporate Social Responsibility Fit On The Decisions Of Long And Short-Term Investors, Chezham Sealy

Doctoral Dissertations

Investors, analysts, and news outlets have expressed concerns that corporate social responsibility (CSR) has deviated from its original altruistic purpose of improving society to a marketing ploy aimed at managing perceptions of shareholders and improving the bottom line of companies. In this study, I analyze how the fit of a company’s business operations to their CSR activities affects the investment willingness of long and short-term investors. While prior research shows numerous positive outcomes associated with CSR, I predict and find that low fit CSR activities can decrease the investment willingness of long-term investors when companies are involved in controversial “sin” …

Improvisation And Leadership Development: Understanding Improvisational Theater Arts As Leadership Skills, Jack Skalican

Doctoral Dissertations

Leadership development is immersed in a philosophical struggle. Past efforts at developing leaders have missed a set of skills important to the role of today’s leaders. Since Frederick Taylor invented the practice of scientific management, the study of management and leadership has largely focused on traits, practices, and behaviors that conform to this model such as planning, analysis, control, and monitoring. Missing in this focus, however, are less transactional leadership skills like intuition, improvisation, and creativity. As a result, organizations have begun drawing on improvisational theater skills as one answer to fill this leadership development gap.

This case study focuses …