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The Coevolution Of The Six Ancient Kilns And Japanese Postwar Local Identity, Benjamin Lewis Rothstein

CISLA Senior Integrative Projects

The arts have long been tools used to prop up political visions, and Japan’s traditional crafts are no exception to this trend. Japanese ceramics in particular have enjoyed, or perhaps endured, era after era of patronage by successive governments and movements over their more than a millennium of history. Appropriated by a wave of nationalism in the Meiji period, the rokkoyō (six ancient kilns), long famous for their rustic style and acclaimed tea wares, were converted along with many other traditional crafts into symbols of the Japanese national spirit. In the postwar period, however, without necessarily losing their national importance, …

Local Institutional Investors And Corporate Monitoring: Evidence From Cross-Listed Korean Stocks In The Us Market, Changhwan Choi, Chune Young Chung, Jun Myung Song

Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics

Using Korean firms that are cross-listed in the US market, this paper investigates whether there are standalone effects of geographic and market proximity of institutional investors on monitoring performance. We find that Korean institutional ownership is negatively associated with earnings management while the US institutional ownership has no impact on earnings management. This suggests that there is the geographic proximity advantage over the market proximity advantage in the emerging markets. Furthermore, we also show that the impact of geographic proximity is stronger for firms with high informational opacity

Institutional Herding And Investor Sentiment, Xu Guo, Chen Gu, Chengping Zhang, Shenru Li

Faculty Publications - College of Business

We investigate the role of investor sentiment in institutional herding behavior and its impact on stock prices. We find that institutional investors exhibit more herding behavior during periods of high sentiment, which has a significant impact on stock prices. Our results show that herding has a stabilizing effect on the stock market when investor sentiment is low, while it causes price distortions when sentiment is high. We also show that the impact of sentiment on price is particularly pronounced for small, non-profitable, low tangibility, high-growth firms.

2024 Veterans, Service Members & Dependents Viewbook, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

The 2024 Morehead State University Veterans Viewbook.

2024 Welcome To Morehead State Viewbook, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

The 2024 Morehead State University undergraduate viewbook.

2024 Guide To Planned Giving Booklet, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

2024 Morehead State University Guide to Planned Giving Booklet.

Equity Fund Monthly Report, January 2024, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

No abstract provided.

Fixed Income Fund Report, January 2024, Archway Investment Fund

Archway Investment Fund

No abstract provided.

Lumina: Illuminating The World Of Holistic Beverage Branding With Switchel, Lily Lang

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This Capstone Experience project establishes a compelling brand identity for the beverage switchel, under the name Lumina. Through a comprehensive branding blueprint, a strategic framework is crafted to guide brand development. This framework encompasses industry, competitor, and strategic analyses alongside consumer insights, a communication strategy, and cost of implementing ideas. With these insights, the project extends beyond theoretical constructs to practical applications, including label design, and website prototyping. By integrating elements of advertising and design, this project aims to not only reimagine switchel, but also to establish Lumina as a distinctive and resonant presence in the beverage industry. Through strategic …

Hempcrete Curtain Walls, Anh Bui

2024 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity - Documents

This research aims to scrutinize the performance, durability, and viability of hempcrete in curtain wall applications—an exploration critical to advancing sustainable construction practices. Comprising hemp hurds and lime binders, hempcrete stands as an emerging sustainable building material with promising ecological benefits. Despite its potential, there exists a notable research gap concerning its application in curtain walls, which demand rigorous structural and weatherproofing standards. The primary objective is to subject full-scale hempcrete curtain wall assemblies to ASTM standard test methods, comparing their performance with conventional materials like stone and glass. The research hypothesis posits that hempcrete will exhibit satisfactory strength, fire …

The 4 Ps Of Marketing In Film: Examining The Relationship Between Power, Perspective, And Product Placement On Consumer Perception, Julia Haddad

Honors Projects in Marketing

In today's society, automobiles are the most used type of transportation and with that comes vast marketing opportunities for vehicles. However, with the growing popularity of media forms of television and film, marketing techniques such as the use of product placement have also become more common. This paper analyzes the effects of power through point of view in product placement, specifically through automotive advertising. By showing the population movie and television clips both from a driving, 1st-person perspective or an out of car, 3rd-person perspective, after a power priming question, it portrays the relationship between them. Additionally, the data collected …

The Effect Of National Origin And Skin Color On Playing Time In The Wnba, Nola Agha, David Berri, Akash Bhatt, Jennifer Van Gilder

Sport Management

This article uses data from the 1997-2022 seasons to investigate the role of bias in the distribution of playing time in the WNBA. We evaluate national origin, a fixed and objective measure, and improve upon past uses of subjective, perception-based measures of race by using a more objective measure of skin tone. More specifically, via a fixed-effect estimation of 2,949 WNBA player-year combinations we find no evidence that the national origin of either players or coaches is related to the provision of playing time. Similarly, skin tone of players or coaches (n=893), either alone or in combination with national origin, …

Exploitation In College Sports: No Longer Just A “Man's Game”., Nola Agha, David A. Berri, Stacey L. Brook, Courtney Paulson

Sport Management

Previous studies of college athlete compensation have generally focused on the “revenue sports” of football and men’s basketball. Hence, wage exploitation is often considered a “man’s game.” In the 50 years since Title IX, many women’s college sports have reported millions of dollars in revenue, suggesting wage exploitation is possible in college softball. Data on 19,760 athletes from 294 universities from 2012-2021, combined with two different sources of athletic revenue reach the same conclusion: wage exploitation exists in college softball. Furthermore, thousands of players generate more revenue in college than the wages they are likely to earn playing professional softball.

Measuring Financial Statement Disaggregation Using Xbrl, Joseph A. Johnston, Kenneth J. Reichelt, Pradeep Sapkota

Faculty Publications - Accounting

We develop a measure of disclosure quality using disaggregation of financial statement items from the Form 10-K XBRL filing. Our measure (ITEMS) extends Chen, Miao, and Shevlin’s (2015),DQ measure and is distinct from R. Hoitash and U. Hoitash’s (2018) ARC measure. Our measure provides a simple measure of disaggregation by counting the balance sheet and income statement line items, it does not depend on the data aggregators’ collection process and is readily available shortly after the Form 10-K is filed. We validate ITEMS by showing that firm fundamentals correlate to ITEMS in the predicted direction using …

The Pittsburg Micropolitan Area Economic Report, Quarter 1, 2024, Pittsburg State University, Gladys A. Kelce College Of Business

Pittsburg Micropolitan Reports

The Pittsburg Micropolitan Area Economic Report is created by the Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) at Pittsburg State University.

The Pittsburg Micropolitan Area Economic Report, Quarter 4, 2024, Pittsburg State University, Gladys A. Kelce College Of Business

Pittsburg Micropolitan Reports

The Pittsburg Micropolitan Area Economic Report is created by the Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) at Pittsburg State University.

College Athlete Unionization, Roberto L. Corrada

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2021 decision in NCAA v. Alston has opened the door to serious consideration of the potential for college athlete unionization and collective bargaining. The ruling, highlighted by Justice Kavanaugh's concurring opinion, suggests collective bargaining as a potential solution to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's ("NCAA's") antitrust vulnerabilities. This Article delves into the initial legal and strategic questions surrounding the prospect of unionization, focusing particularly on NCAA Division I football and basketball, due to their significant revenue generation making them prime candidates for unionization efforts.

The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") is positioned to …

What Are The Key Factors Influencing The Successful Integration Of Ai In Healthcare?, Gabe Herman

Graduate Research Projects

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Core Curriculum Design In An Undergraduate Business And Management Programme In A Technological University In Ireland, Pat Kenny, Joe Fitzgerald, Eoghan Fitzgerald, Roisin Donnelly

Presentations

This presentation will share current design thinking on a longstanding, highly regarded undergraduate programme in Business and Management in a Technological University in Ireland. Technological universities offer programmes that are vocationally and professionally oriented. The 4-year programme has remained consistently popular with students throughout the life cycle of recruitment, orientation, delivery and performance. There is a strong legacy in case teaching and inquiry learning in this programme. This is evidenced through group discussion and solving of complex problems, and current case studies facilitate development of the higher levels of cognitive, interdisciplinary learning. They are used to highlight connections between specific …

The Marketable Me: A Personal Branding Exploration, Amanda Prichard

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The concept of personal branding was introduced in 1997 by Tom Peters in an essay entitled “The Brand Called You”. Since that term was introduced, there has been an explosion of media written about it and many different perspectives formed. In this social media driven age, much of the public understands personal branding as something for influencers and celebrities, when in reality it can, and should, be used by everyone. This project was created to be an intrinsic case study of my own personal branding experience as a college student looking to create a smooth transition into the post-graduation world. …

Advocating For Tap Dance Through The Study Of Tap Dance Pedagogy, Lindsey Simpson

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

In private dance studios today, less importance is placed on students learning tap dance technique compared to other genres of dance, which is likely due to a lack of available teachers with the proper training and understanding of the tap dance technique and pedagogy. As a result, students in many private dance studios are left with limited training opportunities in tap dance, and older dancers that lost the chance to train in tap dance at a young age often become discouraged and uncomfortable with the genre. Because of this, older students need an opportunity to train in tap dance at …

Digital Genome And Self-Regulating Distributed Software Applications With Associative Memory And Event-Driven History, Rao Mikkilineni, W. Patrick Kelly, Gideon Crawley

Barowsky School of Business | Faculty Scholarship

Biological systems have a unique ability inherited through their genome. It allows them to build, operate, and manage a society of cells with complex organizational structures, where autonomous components execute specific tasks and collaborate in groups to fulfill systemic goals with shared knowledge. The system receives information from various senses, makes sense of what is being observed, and acts using its experience while the observations are still in progress. We use the General Theory of Information (GTI) to implement a digital genome, specifying the operational processes that design, deploy, operate, and manage a cloud-agnostic distributed application that is independent of …

Machine Intelligence With Associative Memory And Event-Driven Transaction History, Rao Mikkilineni, W. Patrick Kelly

Barowsky School of Business | Faculty Scholarship

Digital machine intelligence has evolved from its inception in the form of computation of numbers to AI, which is centered around performing cognitive tasks that humans can perform, such as predictive reasoning or complex calculations. The state of the art includes tasks that are easily described by a list of formal, mathematical rules or a sequence of event-driven actions such as modeling, simulation, business workflows, interaction with devices, etc., and also tasks that are easy to do “intuitively”, but are hard to describe formally or as a sequence of event-driven actions such as recognizing spoken words or faces. While these …

High-Cost Drug Formulary Stewardship: Health System Evaluation Of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (Ivig) Utilization, Christine J. Hurteau Pharmd, Christopher Flores Pharmd, Pcscp, Rebecca Pulk Pharmd, Ms, Bsp

Posters

• Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy is essential for treating various immune mediated conditions
• Dosing and duration of IVIG varies based on indication, and there is lack of consensus for some indications on ideal dosing strategy
• IVIG is a high cost medication that is being used at higher rates in a five hospital health system compared to similarly sized institutions
• Given the high utilization rates, evaluation of IVIG prescribing patterns and clinical appropriateness was

Jetblue Airways Corporation, Jeffrey S. Harrison, Gabby Petrizzo

Robins Case Network

JetBlue commenced operations on February 11, 2000. The company was founded by David Neeleman, an extremely dedicated entrepreneur who, consistent with his Christian roots, wanted to create an airline with more humanity. Neeleman first started working at his grandfather's convenience store when he was just nine years old. The store had a heavy emphasis on customer service. On NPR’s “How I Built This” podcast, Neeleman explained that when the store didn't have something in stock that a customer was looking for, his grandfather would go to another store down the street, buy it, and then deliver it. Consistent with its …

Microsoft And Activision Blizzard: The Rise Of The Video Gaming Giant, Ramid Kadirov, Jeffrey S. Harrison

Robins Case Network

Satya Nadella, appointed CEO of Microsoft since February 2014, envisioned Microsoft at the forefront of the video gaming competition. In September of that year, Nadella led the company in the acquisition of video-gaming publisher Mojang, popular for its world-building game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion.2 In 2015, Microsoft released Windows 10, which elevated its gaming features such as built-in support for Xbox Live and game streaming functionality. Further enhancing its Xbox offerings, Microsoft launched Xbox Game Pass in 2017, which was essentially “Netflix for video games,” allowing users to play games by paying a subscription fee. A year later, Microsoft introduced …

Ten Library Perks For Students, Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Ten Library Perks For Umsl Staff, Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Level Closed, Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Floor Plans Stairs, Judy Schmitt

Library Faculty Works

No abstract provided.