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Does Aacsb Accreditation Impact Enrollment?, Robert P. Alexander, David Hatfield

The Coastal Business Journal

The study sought to determine if the newly received AACSB accreditation impacted enrollment of the Lewis College of Business, Marshall University. A questionnaire was used to survey all new or transfer students and a 27.5% response was received.

Growth, Bullfrogs, And Small Businesses, Leanne C. Mcgrath

The Coastal Business Journal

Small business owners are always striving to grow the business in pursuit of success. The question of how to make that happen is the paramount issue. Spotlighting key areas related to sustained, rapid growth and its consequences, both good and bad, is especially essential for small businesses who rarely have much of a financial cushion. Do all small business owners want to have extended, high growth periods? If so, what problems are associated with such accelerated growth?How can small business owners grow successfully, guarding against many common pitfalls?

The Economics Of Corruption In Developing Countries, Ramchandra Akkihal, Harlan M. Smith Ii, Roger Adkins

The Coastal Business Journal

Official corruption, unfortunately, is endemic in the developing world. One factor in the spread of this illegal activity has been the propensity of developing-country governments to intervene heavily in their economies, often in the attempt to guide, direct, and control economic activity in order to promote the desired pace and style of economic development. Such regulatory efforts, though now on the wane in much of the developing world, continue to generate opportunities in many countries for bureaucrats in control of scarce resources to allocate them on a non-market basis, to further their own economic, political, and social prospects.

The Impact Of Attractions Demand On Lodging Demand, L. Taylor Damonte, Darla J. Domke-Damonte

The Coastal Business Journal

This three-year study of the relationship between attractions demand and lodging demand indicate that increasing attendance at recreation and entertainment-related attractions is associated with heightened lodging demand. However, it is also clear that the relationship between attractions attendance and lodging demand may vary from destination to destination.

Casinos, Lotteries, And Markets, Ramchandra Akkihal, Suneel Maheshwari, Roger Adkins

The Coastal Business Journal

Gambling activities of casinos, lotteries and other forms are becoming increasingly acceptable to society. Also, the media and the public are increasingly referring to economically essential market-risk management activities like trading in derivatives as gambling. This paper attempts to distinguish between these two types of activities and maintains that unlike gambling in casinos and lotteries, the market-risk management activities add value to the economy and are essential to the efficient working of production and distribution functions of the economy.

Utilization Of Golf Course Facilities By Residents Of Golf Course Communities In Myrtle Beach, Jordan N. Roberts, Darla J. Domke-Damonte

The Coastal Business Journal

The number of golf courses in the Myrtle Beach area is constantly changing. So too, are the number of new residents who decide to buy or build homes or condominiums near these golf courses. This thesis explores the utilization of golf courses by residents of the particular golf course community. Primary research is performed and analyzed concerning four Myrtle Beach area golf course communities. The study shows that primary home ownership, retirement, membership of the golf course, and prestige of the golf course are all positively associated with usage of the golf course. The results of the study may be …

The Effect Of Golf Course Location On Housing Value, Jeffrey J. Pompe, James R. Rinehart

The Coastal Business Journal

Structural and locational characteristics are known to affect housing prices, and numerous studies have explored many of these characteristics. However very little empirical information was available on the effect of golf course location for improved property. Two recent studies find that building on a golf course adds 7 to 8 percent to the value of property. However, we find that for a private development on a barrier island, building a villa or single family home on a golf course does not have any significant impact on price. Specific locational factors may explain this unexpected result.

A Comparative Study Of The Residential Development Real Estate Cost Between Large Companies And Small Establishments, Mohammed Abdulaziz Albedah, Saleh Ali Alhathloul

Emirates Journal for Engineering Research

Real estate investment is one of the most prominent areas of investment in the world, as it achieves for the investor constant annual returns - rental returns - and a growing value of assets in the long term, especially in stable investment environments such as that in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Residential real estate investment is also one of the largest investment opportunities in the Saudi real estate market because of the growing demand for housing units with the increase in housing growth rates in the Kingdom, in addition to the gap between supply and demand at the present …

Digital Readiness Analysis In Bandung Government For Smart City Implementation, Reza Sukmadiansyah, Siska Noviaristanti

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting

Digital readiness is the willing to switch to digital process workflows supported by technological innovation. It is changing the way business is conducted, creating unprecedented opportunities. Digital readiness is known as the pre-requisite for digital transformation in implementing smart governance to build a smart city. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect employing smart strategies and digital readiness of smart innovation initiatives on the governance of Bandung city government. A total of 400 questionnaires were collected from 27 offices of the Bandung city government using online questionnaire, website link and face to face collection from the respective …

Service Quality Analysis Of Tokopedia Application Using Text Mining Method, Debby Kania Bustami, Siska Noviaristanti

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting

Shopping transformation using online applications makes it easier for sellers and buyers to make transactions. In Indonesia, there are several shopping applications, Tokopedia is one of them. Tokopedia is one of the shopping applications developed in Indonesia. To ensure users’ loyalty to the Tokopedia application, quality analysis is done to determine how the application could be improved or developed. This study applied the Quality Measurement Theory to examine the mobile shopping application service quality with three variables: interaction quality, environmental quality, and outcome quality. The data used in this study are users’ reviews of the Tokopedia application on the Google …

Perceptions Of Employability Skills Of Undergraduate Business Students In A Developing Country: An Exploratory Study, Wise Mainga, Reuben M. Daniel, Luis Alamil

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relative importance of different employability skills for business graduates seeking initial employment.

Method: Semi-structured survey questionnaires were administered to human resources representatives from industry, business lecturers, and graduating business students to determine gaps in perceptions between the three stakeholder groups.

Results: There was some alignment and moderate discrepancies in perceptions of the relative importance of different employability skills between the three stakeholder groups. There were statistically significant differences in perceived importance of communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills between graduating students and employers. There is evidence that employers were satisfied with …

Case Study As A Suitable Method To Research Strategy As Practice Perspective, Rosalia Lavarda, Christiane Bellucci

The Qualitative Report

The goal of this study was to comprehend how case studies are used to analyze strategy as practice perspective phenomena inside organizations. Through a narrative review, associated with a systematic analysis of the literature, we revisited papers published in high index management journals that have presented the case study as method to analyze phenomena from the strategy as practice perspective. We understand that the case study method was used appropriate to analyze in-depth phenomena concerning the perspective of strategy as practice. Both, the method, and the strategy as practice perspective look at the phenomena in their singularity. This study contributes …

Evaluation Approach For An Effective Blockchain Implementation In An Accounting Environment, Angel R. Otero, Ryan P. Fink

Communications of the IIMA

Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize accounting transactions in the same way the Internet revolutionized the collection and dissemination of information. Nonetheless, like the Internet, blockchain technology is a double-edged sword offering tremendous benefits but also drawbacks. The literature points to inadequacies in blockchain implementations, particularly when evaluating and selecting controls to help ensure an effective blockchain implementation in organizations. This research develops an approach that not only addresses the inadequacies identified in the literature, but also prompts organizations to a more precise evaluation and selection of controls to achieve effective blockchain implementation. The approach uses Desirability Functions to quantify …

Effects Of A Demand-Valve Scuba Regulator On Cardiorespiratory Response During Submaximal Exercise Under Normobaric Conditions: A Preliminary Investigation, Christopher R. Kovacs Ph.D., Camille Dhom B.S.

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

SCUBA diving fatalities are often related to cardiac events triggered by stress linked to equipment. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of a SCUBA regulator on cardiorespiratory exercise at a submaximal workload. Ten participants (mean = 21.5 yrs; s.d. = 1.16) completed two submaximal exercise tests at 1 ATA; one while breathing normally and a second while breathing directly from a demand valve SCUBA regulator. Total time to test completion (TOT), heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), rating of perceived exertion (RPE), and arterial oxygen levels were all assessed. No significant differences between conditions were found …

The Role Of Government Delegates In Macau Casino Gaming Concessionaires – Evolution And Prospective, Pedro Cortés

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Macau Government announced in the consultation document for the amendment of Law No. 16/2001 (Macau Gaming Law) – whose public discussion ended on October 29, 2021 – that it intends to introduce Government Delegates into the casino gaming concessionaires.

According to the consultation document, the appointment of government delegates will extend the Government direct supervisory powers over the casino gaming concessionaires and ensure that public interest is given precedence, as well as will be a form of proper guaranteeing compliance and fulfillment of the duties and obligations of the casino gaming concessionaires.

Such a system has existed in Macau since …

Beyond Fueling Our Bodies To Feeding Our Minds, Alicia Orea-Giner Dr., Francesc Fusté-Forné

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Food consumption in tourism is linked with creating sustainable experiences and promoting a new way of being fed and eating. This research note analyzes the relationship between new trends in food consumption and food tourism. From a descriptive approach, it reveals the meaningful connection between producers and consumers. Food tourism stakeholders should consider applying segmentation techniques to personalize its offer and create unique food experiences. Further research is required, especially concerning the Gen Z lifestyles and its impact on the future of food tourism.

Regenerative Tourism Model: Challenges Of Adapting Concepts From Natural Science To Tourism Industry, Asif Hussain, Marie Haley

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

The study proposes a regenerative tourism model. The application of the natural science ideas of regeneration needs to be clarified before the tourism industry can adopt a regenerative tourism model. Without such clarification, there is a high risk of ‘green washing’ and inappropriate adaption of a regenerative model. The borrowing of natural science to industry and its application in social sciences confuse the essence of the true concept of regeneration. In a regenerative agriculture context restoring a holistic system that mimics nature and includes social and economic spheres contributes to improving the whole system. When a social system aims to …

International And Domestic Tourist Hunting: A Critical Review On Environmental And Socio-Economic Implications In Sub-Saharan Africa, Abel A. Mamboleo

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Tourist hunting is a regular consumptive wildlife utilization occurring within and outside core protected areas for trophies and leisure attainments. It is one of the most renowned tourism undertakings which involve the killing of animals for recreational purposes. In essence, hunters acquire trophies for different purposes including production of decorations and traditional medicines. Currently, there is a hot debate on whether to continues or cease tourist hunting as animal activists, some conservation stakeholders believe that hunting is cruel to animals and threat to ecosystems. In this paper, the author reviewed and analyzed various documented evidences which opponents and proponents of …

Tourism Observatories For Measuring The Covid-19 Impact On Tourism, Georgia Zouni Dr., Stavros Hatzimarinakis, Sotirios Varelas

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) began at the end of 2019 and since then has led to a period of global transformations and changes for all aspects of the economy, tourism included. A fundamental action to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 and accelerate recovery is the setup of local sustainable tourism observatories (UNWTO, 2020). This paper proposes a system theory-based framework for measuring the COVID-19 impact on tourism at regional and local level, using a mixed qualitative and quantitative methodology combined with the UNWTO and United Nations’s recommendations for COVID-19 Tourism Recovery.

The Effect Of Leverage And Tunneling Incentives On Transfer Pricing: A Study On Consumer Goods Industry Listed On Indonesia Stock Exchange, Sari Nuzullina Rahmadhani, Rana Fathinah Ananda

Journal of Accounting Auditing and Business

This study examines the effect of leverage and tunnelling incentive on the company's decision to transfer pricing in consumer goods industry sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015-2020. The technique used in sampling is purposive sampling, with a sample of 15 consumer goods industry companies. The data used in this study is secondary data in companies' financial reports. The analysis model used in this study is multiple linear regression with a significant level of 5%. The analysis results showed that leverage measured by debt to equity ratio has a significant positive effect on transfer pricing, tunnelling incentive …

Authentic Leadership And Its Impact On Crisis Management: An Analytical Study In A Sample Of Palestinian Central Ministries In The West Bank Governorates, Zaki A. M. Abu Zyeada

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study aims at identifying the impact of the practice of Authentic Leadership on the Crisis Management in the sample of Palestinian central ministries in the West Bank in order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive analytical method, and the questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting the necessary data from the study community, which represents the managers of categories (A, B, C), whose number is (298) managers distributed over a sample of (11) ministries .The study reached several results the most: important of which are The Palestinian ministries under study are generally …

Compensation For Victims Of Terrorist Crimes Comparative Study, Ibrahim Suleiman Alqatawneh

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study dealt with compensation for victims of terrorist crimes, in UAE legislation compared to French legislation, the United Arab Emirates has issued advanced laws to combat terrorism, and it is related to three basic texts contained in Federal Decree Law No. 1 of 2004 in the matter of combating terrorist crimes and Federal Law No. 7 issued In 2014, especially since terrorist crime causes loss of life and property, and destabilizes peace and tranquility within societies. Confronting this phenomenon has become the most prominent challenge for the international community, and its study is receiving increasing attention by researchers. This …

The Termination Of Indefinite Labor Contract By The Employeraccording To The Palestinian Labor Law, Ahmad Abu Zeineh

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This research deals with the termination of indefinite labor contract by the employer as per the Palestinian Labor Law No. 7 of the year 2000. The latter law provides the employer certain privileges allowing him to terminate the contract unilaterally. The availability of one of these reasons makes the employment termination decision on the part of the employer admissible and legal. These reasons are mentioned mainly in Articles (40) and (41) of the Palestinian Labor Law. Article (40) permits dismissal of an employee without short notice, if he/she commits any of the violations mentioned in this article, while Article (41) …

Special Criminal Measures In Combating Terrorist Crimes In The Light Of Federal Law No (7) .Of 2014 Concerning Combating Terrorist Crimes, Tayil M. Shiyab

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study came to analyze the legal texts regulating criminal measures for combating terrorist crimes, as stipulated by the UAE legislator in Law No. 7 of 2014 on combating terrorist crimes. In this study, I tried to go into the details of these measures to show the adequacy of these legal texts to reduce the terrorist crime and address the terrorist development of the terrorist person. This research has been divided into two sections, the first of which deals with the management of counseling centers by showing the legislative basis for this measure and the legal nature of it, and …

Decision -Making Quality As A Mediating Variable Between Knowledge Management Operations And Creative Behavior: An Applied Study On Al-Shifa Medical Complex In Palestine, Alaedin K. Alsayed, Sahar A. Aqel

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

The goal of the research was to determine the function of decision-making quality as a mediating variable in the relationship between knowledge management operations and creative behavior among employees at Palestine’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The study employed a descriptive analytical technique, in which a questionnaire was issued to a random sample of (250) Al-Shifa Medical Complex employees, with (239) questionnaires being suitable for analysis. The study discovered that knowledge management activities have a statistically significant impact on both creative behavior (as a dependent variable) and decision-making quality (as a mediating variable). The quality of decision-making also had a statistically significant …

The Relationship Between Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies And The Effectiveness Of Human Resources Practices (Recruitment And Selection) In Small And Medium Enterprises., Ghadah A. Alsaleh

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study aims to explore the relationship between using artificial intelligence technologies and the effectiveness of human resources practices (recruitment and selection) in small and medium companies. The study used descriptive survey approach where the data was collected by a questionnaire. The findings of the study showed a positive relationship between the use of artificial intelligence techniques and the effectiveness of recruitment and selection. The study recommended the need to update and develop artificial intelligence techniques used in human resource management and the need to educate and train staff in the methods of artificial intelligence and its uses in human …

The Authenticity Of Visual Recording In Criminal Evidence In Palestinian Legislation, عبدالله ذيب محمود, Osama I. Darraj

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study revolves around the authenticity of video recordings before the criminal judiciary in Palestine, as video recordings of all kinds have become widely spread in society, especially with modern technical development, and imaging devices have spread in public and private places, which opened the way to consider the authenticity of these recordings in the event The occurrence of a crime to benefit from it in criminal proof. The Palestinian judiciary has taken the legality of the evidence derived from visual recordings in public places, where it is required that the visual evidence, like the rest of the other evidence, …

The Relationship Between Liquidity Risk And Profitability In The Commercial Banks Listed In Amman Stock Exchange, Abdul Razzak Al-Chahadah, Ghaleb A. El Refae, Amer M. Qasim

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study aimed to evolve the relationship between liquidity risk and the profitability among commercial banks (n=16) listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. The evolution was based on the annual reports from 2010 to 2019. A suitable multiple regression model was used to achieve this goal, which indicated no statistically significant relationship between the liquidity risk indicators and the majority of profitability indicators. However, the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) index was statistically significant with the Utilization Ratio (UR). Additionally, there was a statistically significant relationship between the return on equity and the legal reserve ratios and the funds’ investment. This …

Uncharted Territories: Covid-19 And Other 2020 Events That Changed Lives Forever, Justina Ogodo

Journal of Multicultural Affairs

The year 2020 rolled in with pomp and pageantry like any other year in human history. I assume that many like me had high hopes, possibly made new year resolutions. I looked forward to the new year with great expectations—planned trips, events, graduations, weddings, and even new writing goals and aspirations. But the year had its own plan, taking an unexpected turn. I am a science educator, wife, and mother of three black children; I walked into the uncharted territories of COVID-19 and other 2020 events that changed lives forever. I tell this story of my lived experience with a …

Improving The Technical And Tactical Training Of Sambo Wrestlers At The Stage Of In-Depth Specialization, Shukurjon Shukhrat Ugli Gaziev

Eurasian Journal of Sport Science

Purpose: improvement of technical and tactical readiness of sambo wrestlers among 12-14 age at performing technical and tactical actions during the wrestling.

Methods: The study uses methods of analysis of scientific and methodological literature, questionnaires; pedagogical observations; biomedical methods, control tests characterizing special preparedness, pedagogical experiment, mathematical and statistical data processing.

Results: According to the results of the scientific experiment, it can be seen that the use of the largest increase was shown only by the number of throws in the control group, and in the experimental group for all indicators of the analysis. In addition, tests used not only …