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Exploring The Effects Of Entrepreneurial Training On High-Level Business Executives' Attitudes And Behaviors, Rachel Ann Wolfinbarger Jan 2013

Exploring The Effects Of Entrepreneurial Training On High-Level Business Executives' Attitudes And Behaviors, Rachel Ann Wolfinbarger

Theses Digitization Project

This study was conducted to provide insight about the value high-level business executives (founders, Presidents CEOs, and CFOs) of closely-held firms could expect from participating in private sector entrepreneurial training.


Awareness Of Global Warming And Car Purchasing Behavior In Singapore, Chika Nakayama Jan 2008

Awareness Of Global Warming And Car Purchasing Behavior In Singapore, Chika Nakayama

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to determine consumers' attitudes toward and perceptions of global warming and hybrid cars and examine the car purchasing behavior in Singapore. The benefits of the study will provide marketers with insight of consumers' demand for cars in Singapore. Findings will help automakers develop more effective, consumer-oriented advertising plans for cars in Asia as Singapore consists of diverse Asian ethnic backgrounds- Chinese, Indian, and Malaysain.


The Development Of A Framework For Enterprise Security Architecture And Its Application In Organizations, Yi-Ting Shen Jan 2008

The Development Of A Framework For Enterprise Security Architecture And Its Application In Organizations, Yi-Ting Shen

Theses Digitization Project

The main purpose of this study is to develop an enterprise security framework that is based on a comprehensive following the Zachman EA architecture. The enterprise architecture (EA) is a long-term view or blueprint for an organization. It is a very important blueprint for balancing business and IT technology and for adding value to an organization. Security is also an essential dimension for enterprises nowadays. This paper will incorporate the security dimension with the Zachman EA framework, which intends to serve as an enterprise security framework in assisting an organization to successfully and effectively implement security.


Factors Affecting The Level Of Trust And Commitment In Tops Supermarket Supply Chain Management, Bangkok, Kamolchanok Saisomboon Jan 2008

Factors Affecting The Level Of Trust And Commitment In Tops Supermarket Supply Chain Management, Bangkok, Kamolchanok Saisomboon

Theses Digitization Project

This research's objective is to find out and analyze the factors that affect level of trust and commitment in supply chain management in Tops Supermarket, Bangkok.


Analysis Of The Benefits For Implementing An Employees Stock Option Plan (Esop), Ashraf Selim Mekhael Jan 2008

Analysis Of The Benefits For Implementing An Employees Stock Option Plan (Esop), Ashraf Selim Mekhael

Theses Digitization Project

This project will show through literary analysis, and by presentation of tax laws and the governing ESOPs, how ESOPs can be used as both tax shelters and management tools. The paper illustrates how ESOPs can fund and shelter operating income, and how companies have used ESOPs to motivate employees to achieve higher performance and efficiency.


The Different Perceptions Toward Hybrid Vehicles Between United States And China, Jim Chang Chun-Hsiung Jan 2007

The Different Perceptions Toward Hybrid Vehicles Between United States And China, Jim Chang Chun-Hsiung

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to determine Chinese and U.S. consumers' attitudes and perceptions toward hybrid cars and the likelihood of purchasing one in the future.


Guidelines To Managing Product Liability Risk For Silica-Containing Building Products, Ricky Lee Chan Jan 2006

Guidelines To Managing Product Liability Risk For Silica-Containing Building Products, Ricky Lee Chan

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop a set of guidelines for managing product liability risk associated with building products that contain Crystalline silica.


Strategic Business Model For Digital Home Market, Toshiyuki Iwase Jan 2006

Strategic Business Model For Digital Home Market, Toshiyuki Iwase

Theses Digitization Project

The project proposes a strategic business model for the digital home market in the United States that includes the automobile environment. It uses Sony, a leading entertainment company and producer of consumer electronics, as an example. The project includes analyses of the overall digital home industry, the automobile electronics market, and Sony's digital home business model. The study also includes a market survey conducted with a sample of students from California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and two interviews with professionals in the digital home industry.


Nutrition On Wheels Business Plan: A Strategic Analysis, Seena Gill Kakar Jan 2006

Nutrition On Wheels Business Plan: A Strategic Analysis, Seena Gill Kakar

Theses Digitization Project

Describes the business plan for an entrepreneurial venture called Nutrition on Wheels, which will be the first locally owned and operated gourmet diet food delivery service in the Coachella Valley of California. The service will provide customized meals to fit the specific dietary needs of its customers. Covers the essential components of the business plan for Nutrition on Wheels including industry analysis, market potential, marketing plans, organization and operational plans, strategic management and a financial plan.


Business Case Analysis: Learning To Think Like A Physician, Zeda Glass Amaya Jan 2006

Business Case Analysis: Learning To Think Like A Physician, Zeda Glass Amaya

Theses Digitization Project

The project introduces and subsequently proposes a novel framework, based on the medical model of diagnosis, to facilitate business students' preparation of case analysis. The project also shows students how to apply the framework in a sample case study.


Developing A Business Plan For Media Benefits Corporation: First Entertainment Credit Union's Credit Union Service Organization, Anthony Christopher Cuevas Jan 2006

Developing A Business Plan For Media Benefits Corporation: First Entertainment Credit Union's Credit Union Service Organization, Anthony Christopher Cuevas

Theses Digitization Project

This project develops and analyzes a business plan for Media Benefits Corporation, a subsidiary of First Entertainment Credit Union. The business plan will address the recent trend to move certain services back to the credit union and make recommendations as to how Media Benefits Corporation should continue to exist. Issues concerning liability will also be addressed in the plan.


Analyzing Three Quality Management Systems In Relation To The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Jeremiah Worthington Jan 2005

Analyzing Three Quality Management Systems In Relation To The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Jeremiah Worthington

Theses Digitization Project

This paper explores different quality management systems (QMS) and correlates their value in achieving success as measured by the Malcolm Baldrige Award. The three major quality management systems were reviewed, International Organization of Standards (ISO), Total Quality Management (TQM) and Six Sigma. Quality management systems are the single most powerful tool that a company can establish to create a sucessful organization.


Acquiring An Existing Business, Teodocio Ramirez Jan 2005

Acquiring An Existing Business, Teodocio Ramirez

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this project is to review the literature on how to buy an existing business and to synthesize the material into a written instructional manual that a regular individual or aspiring entrepreneur can use in understanding the process necessary to buy an existing small business.


Customer Relationship Management: A Financial Perspective, Dwain Eldred Lowther Jan 2004

Customer Relationship Management: A Financial Perspective, Dwain Eldred Lowther

Theses Digitization Project

This paper focuses on methods for financial institutions to perform precise customer level analysis to anticipate customers' evolving financial needs and maximize the lifetime value of each customer relationship. The paper proposes software packages that analyze customer relationship management from a financial perspective.


The Ideal Asset/Liability Model For Credit Unions (With Assets Between $100 - $500 Million), David Alan Kennedy Jan 2004

The Ideal Asset/Liability Model For Credit Unions (With Assets Between $100 - $500 Million), David Alan Kennedy

Theses Digitization Project

This project focused on developing the ideal Asset / Liability Model for credit unions with assets between one hundred million and five hundred million dollars. Ideally the model should be closely aligned with that of a successful credit union at the high end of this range. SELCO Community Credit Union of Eugene Oregon was used in creating the model.


Balanced Scorecard: An Instrument Of Change For Facilities Services, Beverly Sue Delker Gentry Jan 2003

Balanced Scorecard: An Instrument Of Change For Facilities Services, Beverly Sue Delker Gentry

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop Balanced Scorecard recommendations based on analysis that was conducted for Facilities Services at California State University, San Bernardino.


Methods And Techniques For Valuation Of Patents, Charles David Dunbar Jan 2003

Methods And Techniques For Valuation Of Patents, Charles David Dunbar

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this project is to compare and contrast four different techniques used to valuate a company's Intellectual Property (IP); specifically a patent portfolio.


Logistics In The Inland Empire, Zeynep Selen Sarper Jan 2003

Logistics In The Inland Empire, Zeynep Selen Sarper

Theses Digitization Project

The Inland Empire offers many advantages for business. This project documents how the Inland Empire is a suitable area to start and grow a business due to its reasonable space and labor costs, educated work force, infrastructure advantages and easy accessibility to freeways, ports, railroads and airports.


Customer Satisfaction In Communicating With Reservation Staffs Of Thai Airways International, Alina Homsangpradit Jan 2003

Customer Satisfaction In Communicating With Reservation Staffs Of Thai Airways International, Alina Homsangpradit

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the correlation between the level of customer satisfaction and demographic data. The correlation between the level of customer satisfaction towards THAI'S reservation staff and customer's attitude, and the communication behavior of THAI's reservation staff.


Sinar Harapan: A Business Plan For A Home Improvement Company, Ali Yamin Jan 2003

Sinar Harapan: A Business Plan For A Home Improvement Company, Ali Yamin

Theses Digitization Project

This business plan for expanding a home improvement company emphasizes: attracting more customers to increase sales; establishing new companies such as contractors, distributors, and wholesalers; and leading the market for home improvement goods and construction materials in Lampung.


Banking Programs For Employer Clusters The Benefits Of A Territory Based Sale Program, Ana Elsa Montes Jan 2003

Banking Programs For Employer Clusters The Benefits Of A Territory Based Sale Program, Ana Elsa Montes

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to gain a better understandng of the sales opportunities available to credit unions through business-to-business relationship selling. This cluster-based approach will focus on techniques and tactics to increase sales. The project differentiates the market by companies in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, referred to as the Inland Empire. The project will reveal the benefits of instituting a territory based sales program similar to Arrowhead Credit Union's that encourages sales professionals to learn about their region's nuances. More importantly, it addresses the advantages of relationship selling over numbers based selling.


A Study Of Washington Mutual A Formidible Competitor In The Southern California Market, Margaret Mary Boni Jan 2003

A Study Of Washington Mutual A Formidible Competitor In The Southern California Market, Margaret Mary Boni

Theses Digitization Project

This project examines the Southern California and Inland Empire banking environment during the period from 1992 to 1997. It includes an analysis of Washington Mutual's market strategy, and financial strategy for entering this fiercely competitive environment. Washington Mutual's competitive advantages and weaknesses will be analyzed to understand its approach to capturing strong market presence.


Communication And Management In A Traditional Chinese/Thai Poultry Company, Nattakan Rasatapana Jan 2003

Communication And Management In A Traditional Chinese/Thai Poultry Company, Nattakan Rasatapana

Theses Digitization Project

In Thailand a Chinese poultry company employs a traditional Chinese management style which is a didactic syle of leadership. While the company has dramatically grown in the last twenty years, the management structure has not changed to accomodate the organization's growth. The company is experiencing increased turnover and high absenteeism. The purpose of this study is to identify the threats and weaknesses facing the company in terms of decision making, job descriptions, and communication and management structure.


Providers Choices In Web-Medical Records: An Analysis Of Trade-Offs Made By Physicians In San Bernardino County, Jay Eriah Shankar Jan 2002

Providers Choices In Web-Medical Records: An Analysis Of Trade-Offs Made By Physicians In San Bernardino County, Jay Eriah Shankar

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis concluded that offering physicians an appropriate Web-based transcription service should be well received and improve their medical record management and patient care.


Chinese Petroleum Industry Analysis And Entry Strategies, Xu Zhaoxian Jan 2001

Chinese Petroleum Industry Analysis And Entry Strategies, Xu Zhaoxian

Theses Digitization Project

This comprehensive project introduces the past and present of the Chinese petroleum industry, conducts industry analysis using Michael Porter's Five forces model, and discusses the changes made in recent years and the business oppurtunities for foreign companies. In order to effectively enter the chinese petroleum market, four commonly used entry strategies are introduced. Key issues, weaknesses and strengths, as well as implications of each entry strategy are discussed in detail.


A Quest For Sales, Daniel Lynn Goehring Jan 2001

A Quest For Sales, Daniel Lynn Goehring

Theses Digitization Project

This paper is to evaluate the sales program at Arrowhead Credit Union, and make recommendations for enhancing and improving it. This paper provide guidance and direction to assist the Arrowhead Credit Unions transition to a sales focused organization.


Fruit Juices Market In France, Stéphanie Madeleine Gomez Jan 2001

Fruit Juices Market In France, Stéphanie Madeleine Gomez

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to offer a market study of the fruit juices market in France. The aim is to propose not only a comprehensive analysis of the fruit juices market in France, but also a set of recommendations that could be used by managers of fruit juices companies in sustaining a mature market.


Impact Of Corporate Casual Wear On Productivity In The Workplace, Joe Luis Hernandez Jan 2001

Impact Of Corporate Casual Wear On Productivity In The Workplace, Joe Luis Hernandez

Theses Digitization Project

In today's workplace there are many reasons why businesses are encouraging their workforce to dress in a more casual manner. Personnel within the workforce who dress casually report improvements ranging from morale to customer relations after the implementation of more relaxed dress codes. It will also be necessary to consider whether or not business casual dress facilitates the tearing down of social and communication barriers.


The Feasibility Of Establishing An Internet Advertising Agency In The United Arab Emirates, Ahmed Shams Khouri Jan 2001

The Feasibility Of Establishing An Internet Advertising Agency In The United Arab Emirates, Ahmed Shams Khouri

Theses Digitization Project

The subject selected for this research project is the identification of the strategies to establish an Internet market agency in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) that offers advertising assistance via web sites to companies doing business in this country.


Case Study: Applied Digital Solutions I3 Services Platform, Rieko Kanai Jan 2001

Case Study: Applied Digital Solutions I3 Services Platform, Rieko Kanai

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to analyze whether i3 Strategy of Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) was necessary to meet the fast-moving IT industry. i3 Services Strategy is an integrated corporate strategy to reengineer the organizational structure of ADS.