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Optimal Policies And Heuristics To Match Supply With Demand For Online Retailing, Qiyuan Deng, Xiaobo Li, Yun Fong Lim, Fang Liu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Problem definition: We consider an online retailer selling multiple products to different zones over a finite horizon with multiple periods. At the start of the horizon, the retailer orders the products from a single supplier and stores them at multiple warehouses. The retailer determines the products’ order quantities and their storage quantities at each warehouse subject to its capacity constraint. At the end of each period, after random demands in the period are realized, the retailer chooses the retrieval quantities from each warehouse to fulfill the demands of each zone. The objective is to maximize the retailer’s expected profit over …

Oer Textbook Review For Business Law - (1) Business Law And The Legal Environment - (2) Law For Entrepreneurs, Liz Brown Jd

Open Educational Resources Publications

Liz Brown, Professor of Law at Bentley University, evaluates two OER textbooks: "Business Law and the Legal Environment" and "Law for Entrepreneurs," both published by Saylor.org in 2012. While praising their clarity and accessible language, the review highlights significant limitations due to outdated content, lack of comprehensiveness, and cultural relevance. Key issues include the absence of current legal developments, such as topics like privacy and AI, and the omission of critical topics like start-up funding mechanisms in the entrepreneurship text. Despite these shortcomings, the textbooks are suggested as potential basic outlines for their subjects, though requiring substantial supplementation with current …

Oer Textbook Review For Organizational Behavior - (1) Organizational Behavior, Libretexts - (2) Organizational Behavior, Openstax, Amanda C. Sargent Ph.D.

Open Educational Resources Publications

Dr. Amanda C. Sargent, Assistant Professor of Management at Bentley University, reviews the OpenStax textbook “Organizational Behavior” as well as “Organizational Behavior” on Libretexts. While both open-source texts cover a wide range of organizational behavior topics, Sargent concluded that the information in OpenStax’s “Organizational Behavior” was outdated and difficult to read in some sections. At the same time, Sargent notes that while Libretexts’ “Organizational Behavior” had some outdated references, it was a more suitable textbook selection for an introduction to Organizational Behavior.

Mining Safely: Examining The Moderating Role Of Safety Climate On Mineworkers' Mental Health And Safety Behavior Nexus, Emmanuel K. Amoako, Saviour A. Nubuor, Abdul-Razak Suleman, Amin A. Bawa, Bridget Akwetey-Siaw

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: The study aims to investigate the impact of anxiety and depression (dimensions of mental health) on mineworkers' safety behaviors (safety compliance and safety participation) while examining the moderating role of safety climate on these relationships. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative research approach with an explanatory cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. A total of 274 purposively selected mineworkers participated in the study. Responses were obtained from participants through a structured questionnaire which was analyzed using the partial least square structural equation modeling. Findings: Anxiety had a significant negative effect on safety compliance but not participation. However, depression was found to have …

2024-08-30 University Graduate Committee Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., University Graduate Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

Meeting minutes from the University Graduate Committee from August 30, 2024.

Scla 521 Ai In Society, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Provides access to information resources on societal impacts of artificial intelligence from multiple libraries databases covering multiple disciplines including government information resources.

Corporate Social Responsibility Programs In Supply Chain Strategies, Craig A. Standridge

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study focused on United States-based small and medium-sized (SME) manufacturing companies and their decision-making strategies regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs within their supply chain strategies. As CSR gains global acceptance, those stakeholder interests seek validation and compete for outcomes that affect the triple bottom line of people, the planet, and profits. Strategic managers must skillfully balance the implementation of CSR programs with available resources, all without a guaranteed increase in competitiveness or organizational excellence. CSR is often perceived as more suitable for larger organizations with ample resources. At the same time, SMEs grapple with the fiduciary challenges of …

Lonergan’S Application Of The Method: An Entrepreneurial Learning Project, Sergio Palacios

San Jose - Lonergan Chair in Catholic Philosophy

Summer 2024, Lonergan’s Application of The Method: An Entrepreneurial Learning Project

In my course, students practice entrepreneurship and innovation with emphasis on fostering creativity, creative problem solving, recognizing and developing opportunities, product design and development and analyzing alternative business models. The main deliverable for the course is an investor presentation pitch and a fully develop a business plan in the form of an investor pitch deck for a startup or social venture. The proposed project should add to the course depth and enhance students understanding of the course content.

Do Firms Follow Through On Environmental Commitments? An Empirical Examination, Rick Hardcopf, Kevin Linderman, Rachna Shah

Management Faculty Publications

In response to ever-increasing pressure from stakeholders to reduce the impact of their operations and supply chain on the natural environment, firms frequently make public commitments to improve environmental performance. However, the commitments are difficult to validate and thus of unknown quality. Understanding whether and when the commitments are valid proxies for action is essential because they are used by environmentally conscious stakeholders to assess firm environmental performance in anticipation of buying from, investing in, working for, or selling to a firm. Results from examining 442 U.S. manufacturing firms show that firms generally follow through on such commitments. Larger firms …

[Abstract For] Using Excel’S “Lambda” Function To Compute Modified Duration, Dollar Duration, And Bond Convexity, Tom Arnold, Joseph Farizo, Andrew C. Szakmary, Nancy Tran

Finance Faculty Publications

We create a modified duration function that is more accessible than Excel’s current Macaulay duration function (=DURATION) which requires several details about the bond.

The dollar duration and convexity functions are not currently available in Excel’s default functions. When these functions are copied to a second Excel file, the functions automatically become available as functions within the second file without the need for recreating the functions.

We provide instructions on how to implement the =LAMBDA function to more than just the creation of the bond application functions.

Earning Accruals In Complex Firms: The Case Of Multi-Jurisdictional And Multi-Product Insurers, Willie Dion Reddic, M. Martin Boyer

The Lender Center for Social Justice

This working paper investigates accrual earnings management in complex insurance firms that operate across multiple jurisdictions and product lines. It highlights how firm complexity influences financial reporting and regulatory oversight.

What Are The Contrasting Types Of Proactivity That Manifest At Work? A Systematic Literature Review, Content Analysis, And Future Directions, Rawia Ahmed, Said Al-Riyami, Nisar Ahmad, Aqsa Bibi

All Works

Purpose This study summarizes widely dispersed literature on proactivity at work in its many different forms and highlights contrasts between the various themes in detail. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on systematic literature review of proactivity at work using 1708 peer reviewed articles published between 1969 and 2021 using R and Vos viewer software; a content analysis of the 100 most cited articles in proactivity research; and synthesis and integrative literature review to develop future research directions. Findings This study uncovers many interesting facets of knowledge, including proactivity-related themes that have emerged over 50 years of research, time-related publication trends, …

Creating A Business In 50 Minutes With Ai, Mark A. Rider Vanarsdale Chair In Entrepreneurship, School Of Business

Artificial Intelligence, 2024-25

This lesson plan explores using artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the process of business idea generation and validation. Over a dynamic 50-minute workshop, students will engage with AI tools, particularly Microsoft's Copilot, to develop viable business concepts aligned with their personal interests and market needs.

The session begins with the Ikigai exercise, guiding students to identify their passions, strengths, and potential economic opportunities. Following this, students will use AI to engage in divergent thinking, generating a wide range of business ideas and refining them through iterative prompts until they find promising concepts.

In the validation phase, students will employ AI …

Oil And A Slippery Path To Conflict: Conocophillips, Guyana, And The Hostile Elephant In The Room, Vivian M. Williams

Publications and Research

The increasing involvement of States and their surrogates in cross-border commercial activities has heralded an urgent need for codification of the well-established public international law rule of sovereign immunity. The problem is particularly thorny in international arbitration when corporate entities seek to enlist the courts of one State to seize the property of another state to enforce an arbitral award. The complex nature of sovereign immunity in a globalized economy and the challenge it poses for courts in the Caribbean, was highlighted in enforcement proceeding brought by oil giant, ConocoPhillips against Venezuela’s State corporations. This article therefore discusses (a) the …

Revealing The Double-Edged Sword: Introducing The Technology And Consumer Well-Being Paradox Model, Graeme Mclean, Nina Krey, Jennifer Brannon Barhorst

Rohrer College of Business Departmental Research

While discourse on technology and consumer well-being has been at the forefront of academics' and practitioners' agendas, the theoretical understanding of the complex interplay between technology and consumer well-being has remained tenuous. To address this gap in our understanding of technology's influence on consumer well-being, this research provides a comprehensive literature review of recent articles published in Psychology & Marketing. Findings indicate a double-edged sword where technology has the propensity to not only foster a state of negative well-being but can also enhance consumers' well-being. Additionally, a technology well-being paradox is uncovered whereby technology is used to manage the negative …

2024-August-24-University School Receives Governor's Civics Seal, University School, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

The College Of Science, Technology, And Health Welcomes New Faculty, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Macroeconomic Shock Effects On Beef Carcass Premiums, Scott W. Fausti, Hernan A. Tejeda, Matthew A. Diersen

College of Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

An overview of how macroeconomic shocks affect beef quality-grade premiums and discounts in the U.S. fed cattle market is discussed. We review the shock transmission linkages along the beef industry supply chain and determine the economic implications for the finished cattle market. The analysis provides insight into how the fed cattle market responds to macroeconomic shocks. The economic implications of financial risk associated with the behavior of beef carcass quality-grade premiums and discounts associated with the Great Recession and the COVID pandemic are contrasted and assessed.

Data analysis indicates that macroeconomic shocks affect the quality-grade premium pricing mechanism for finished …

Leadership Coaching In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Ray Forbes

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Today’s world of extraordinary change follows a long history of technology-driven industrial revolutions. Author Alvin Toffler eloquently identified, categorized, and named the first three of them: Agricultural, Industrial, and Informational. Likening these revolutions to major waves of change, Toffler also described their impact on the social, political, economic and environmental ethos of the times in which they occurred. Recently, a number of knowledgeable commentators have suggested that we are now on the cusp of a fourth industrial wave. This large-scale transformational groundswell is being propelled by a dramatic acceleration in the rate of change itself. It is characterized by major …

Review Of The Interlinked Environmental, Economic, And Social Realms Of Sustainability, Tony Kealy

Books/Book chapters

Sustainable development (sustainability) objectives are achieved when environmental, economic, and social/human aspects are respectfully considered in organisational public and private decision-making. This study reviews and critiques these three main components as attempts are made to achieve sustainable business development. The results allow decision-makers to identify issues that need to be considered when making decisions regarding environmental, economic, and human resources. A literature review methodology is utilized. The findings highlighted flaws in all three main sustainability components. Renewable energy generators are benefiting the environmental component of sustainability, but at a slower pace than anticipated. Global indicators of environmental degradation are on …

Achieving Destination Sustainability: How Tourist-To-Tourist Interaction Quality Affects Tourist Loyalty?, Junli Gao, Fang Meng Ph.D., Weifeng Guo, Baomin Lin

Faculty Publications

Although tourist-to-tourist interaction (TTI) has been identified as an essential element in tourist experiences, the effect of TTI quality on tourist loyalty, and the mechanism underlying this effect is scarcely discussed in the literature. Based on the self-determination theory, this study aims to examine whether and how TTI quality influences tourist loyalty, representing a significant means to achieve destination sustainability. More specifically, this study tested a moderated mediation model in which basic psychological needs satisfaction mediated the relationship between TTI quality and tourist loyalty, while sociability moderated the link between TTI quality and basic psychological needs satisfaction. A survey research …

Are Short-Selling Restrictions Effective?, Yashar H. Barardehi, Andrew Bird, Stephen A. Karolyi, Thomas G. Ruchti

Business Faculty Articles and Research

Despite strong theoretical predictions based on disagreement, limited empirical evidence links short-selling restrictions to higher prices. We test this relationship using quasi-experimental methods based on rule 201, a threshold-based policy that restricts aggressive short selling when intraday returns cross −10%. When comparing stocks on either side of the threshold in the same hour of trading, we find that the restriction leads to 8% lower short-sale volume and 35 basis points higher daily returns. These price effects do not reverse after the restriction is lifted.

2024-08-22 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes For The New Term, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from August 22, 2024.

2024-08-22 Faculty Senate Final Meeting Minutes For The Term, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from August 22, 2024.

Nebraska Monthly Economic Indicators: August 21, 2024, Eric Thompson

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

The Leading Economic Indicator-Nebraska rose by 1.72% in July 2024. The increase in the leading indicator, designed to predict economic growth six months into the future, implies that the Nebraska economy will grow through early 2025. There was an increase in building permits for single-family homes and manufacturing hours worked in July. Business expectations were also positive. Respondents to the July Survey of Nebraska Business reported plans to increase sales and employment over the next six months. Initial claims or unemployment insurance also dropped in July, as a sign of strength for the Nebraska labor market.

Markets Gone Hybrid: Institutional Complexity And Work Toward Market Hybridization, Leandro Bonfim, Andréa P. Segatto

Faculty Journal Articles

Objective: the goal of this article is to theorize how institutional complexity and work can lead to the hybridization of markets. Methods: we draw upon a critical and reflexive analysis of institutional complexity and work, as well as the literature on the sociology of markets, to deductively develop a theory of market hybridization. Results: we theorize that hybrid markets arise when institutional work to define the formal and informal rules and norms underlying economic and social transactions (regulation), the infrastructure and resource allocation (allocation), the actors allowed to participate in market exchanges, the roles performed by them (classification), and the …

College Of Arts And Humanities Welcomes Nine Outstanding Faculty, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Monthly Economic Indicators: August 21, 2024

Bureau of Business Research Publications

Nebraska Monthly Economic Indicators: August 21, 2024, Bureau of Business Research, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Summary

The Leading Economic Indicator-Nebraska rose by 1.72% in July 2024. The increase in the leading indicator, designed to predict economic growth six months into the future, implies that the Nebraska economy will grow through early 2025. There was an increase in building permits for single-family homes and manufacturing hours worked in July. Business expectations were also positive. Respondents to the July Survey of Nebraska Business reported plans to increase sales and employment over the next six months. Initial claims or unemployment insurance also dropped in …

Crypto Currency Exchange And Mining Excel Simulations, Tom Arnold, Joseph Farizo, Jonathan M. Godbey

Finance Faculty Publications

The mathematics underlying blockchain-based cryptocurrencies is beyond the scope of most undergraduate finance programs. However, students should understand the intuition behind blockchain so that they might better understand how to apply this technology to future cases. In this paper, we develop a mathematically simple digital signature example and a mathematically simple proof-of-work simulation for classroom use.

Why I Think Linkedin Is Age Neutral And How It Bridges Generational Gaps, Essraa Nawar

Library Articles and Research

"Earlier this morning, during a lively conversation with my Information Gone Wild podcast co-hosts— Maurice Coleman , Paul Signorelli , our marketing consultant, Abbie Fentress Swanson —we brainstormed strategies to better market our newly launched series. As we debated which platforms could effectively reach our diverse audience, I suggested focusing more on LinkedIn. My reasoning? LinkedIn is one of the few digital spaces that feels genuinely 'age-neutral.' Unlike platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, or TikTok, where generational lines are sharply drawn, LinkedIn is where people of all ages—from my 19- and 21-year-old sons who (shockingly) like my posts there, to my …