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Human-Algorithm Collaboration Works Best If Humans Lead (Because It Is Fair!), David De Cremer, Jack Mcguire

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Autonomous algorithms are increasingly being used by organizations to reach ever increasing heights of organizational efficiency. The emerging business model of today therefore appears to be one where autonomous algorithms are gradually expanding their occupation into becoming a leading decision-maker, and humans by default become increasingly more subordinate to such decisions. We address the question of whether this business perspective is consistent with the sort of collaboration employees want to have with algorithms at work. We explored this question by investigating in what way humans preferred to collaborate with algorithms when making decisions. Using two experimental studies (Study 1, n …

High Sex Ratios And Household Portfolio Choice In China, Wenchao Li, Changcheng Song, Shu Xu, Junjian Yi

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper studies how high sex ratios (more men than women) affect household portfolio choice. Using data from a nationally representative Chinese household finance survey, we find that a 1 standard deviation increase in the sex ratio would raise the stock market participation rate by 2.9 percentage points or 52.2 percent for families with a son relative to families with a daughter. Our estimates imply that rising sex ratios explain around 10 percent of the significant growth in China’s stock market size in recent decades.

Fit To Be Good: Physical Fitness Is Negatively Associated With Deviance, Kenneth Tai, Yuchuan Liu, Marko Pitesa, Sandy Lim, Yew Kwan Tong, Richards Arvey

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

While modern organizations generate economic value, they also produce negative externalities in terms of human physical fitness, such that workers globally are becoming physically unfit. In the current research, we focus on a significant but overlooked indirect cost that lack of physical fitness entails—deviance. In contrast to early (and methodologically limited) research in criminology, which suggests that physically fit people are more likely to behave in a deviant manner, we draw on self-control theory to suggest the opposite: that physically fit people are less likely to engage in deviance. In Study 1, concurrent as well as time-lagged analyses of a …

Externalization In The Platform Economy: Social Platforms And Institutions, Liang Chen, Sali Li, Jiang Wei, Yang Yang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The growing platform economy has revived the debate on the applicability of internalization theory in contemporary contexts. In moving this debate forward, we draw on insights from hybrids research and property rights theory to complement the internalization school. Our core contribution lies in a reconceptualization of platforms as a hybrid organizational form enabling the exchange of property rights between platform owners and complementors. Using social platforms as an example, we propose that improvement in a host country's intellectual property protection will increase the multinational platform's (MNP) level of internalization, and that the platform firm's governance capabilities may weaken the effect …

Pricing Under Uncertainty: Forward And Option Pricing In Sports Markets, Preethika Sainam, Sridhar Balasubramanian, Shantanu Bhattacharya, Lin L. Ong

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Tickets to popular elimination style tournaments (e.g., NFL Super Bowl) are expensive and scarce. Sports organizations sell these tickets well in advance of the final game. Fans hesitate to buy them because they are unsure about whether their favorite team will play in it. We present two alternatives to the current practice: consumer forwards and options. A fan pays a reserve price to secure her team-specific forward ticket. If that team makes it to the final game, the fan must (in the option case, has the choice to) pay an exercise price to purchase the ticket. If the team does …

It's So Boring - Or Is It? Examining The Role Of Mindfulness For Work Performance And Attitudes In Monotonous Jobs, Andreas Wihler, Ute R. Hulsheger, Jochen Reb, Jochen I. Menges

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We examine the role of employee mindfulness in the context of highly monotonous work conditions. Integrating research on task monotony with theorizing on mindfulness, we hypothesized that mindfulness is negatively associated with the extent to which employees feel generally bored by their jobs. We further hypothesized that this lower employee boredom would relate to downstream outcomes in the form of job attitudes (job satisfaction and turnover intentions) and task performance. We examined both objective task performance quality and quantity to shed light on the complexity of the mindfulness-task performance relation, which has so far mostly been investigated using subjective supervisor …

On The Test Accuracy And Effective Control Of The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study In Singapore, Guang Cheng, Sarah Yini Gao, Yancheng Yuan, Chenxiao Zhang, Zhichao Zheng

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This study examines the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test accuracy (i.e., sensitivity and specificity) on the progression of the pandemic under two scenarios of limited and unlimited test capacity. We extend the classic susceptible–exposed–infectious–recovered model to incorporate test accuracy and compare the progression of the pandemic under various sensitivities and specificities. We find that high-sensitivity tests effectively reduce the total number of infections only with sufficient testing capacity. Nevertheless, with limited test capacity and a relatively high cross-infection rate, the total number of infected cases may increase when sensitivity is above a certain threshold. Despite the potential for …

Platform Governance Design In Platform Ecosystems: Implications For Complementors' Multihoming Decision, Liang Chen, Jingtao Yi, Sali Li, Tony W. Tong

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Extant platform research focuses on how platform owners' governance behaviors directly affect complementors. This study explicates the multilateral interdependence among different groups of producers within a platform ecosystem. We theorize about how platform owners' governance design may create frictions between platform providers and complementors. While open governance grants greater autonomy to platform providers, it also cultivates a more complex ecosystem for complementors. Since ecosystem complexity raises the cost of product customization, complementors will be less willing to port an existing complement to a more complex ecosystem, that is, less likely to multihome. The negative effect is weakened as the complementor …

Declining Discount Rates In Singapore's Market For Privately Developed Apartments, Eric Fesselmeyer, Haoming Liu, Alberto Salvo

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

Singapore's market for new privately developed apartments exhibits wide quasi-experimental variation in ownership tenure. We develop an empirical model in which prices are decomposed into the utility of housing services and a factor that shifts with asset tenure and the discount rate schedule, which we discipline to vary smoothly over time. We estimate discount rates that decline over time and, to accommodate the observed price differences, fall to 0.5-1.5% p.a. by year 400. The finding that households making sizable transactions do not entirely discount benefits accruing centuries from today is relevant, with the appropriate risk adjustment, for evaluating climate-change investments.

Analyzing The Impact Of Digital Payment On Efficiency And Productivity Of Commercial Banks: A Case Study In China, Haopeng Wang, Aldy Gunawan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Digital payment has become one of the most popular payment methods all around the world, especially in countries that witnessed the rapid development of internet. As a traditional financial institution, commercial banks have been impacted by newly developed payment technology since third payment platforms have attracted customers to use the digital payment for daily consumption, transferring, and even investment. This paper focuses on analyzing whether and how the commercial banks in China have been affected by digital payment by using empirical methods. Systematic Generalized Method of Moments (SYS-GMM) is used to test the relationship between the productivity of commercial banks …

Coordinated Delivery To Shopping Malls With Limited Docking Capacity, Ruidian Song, Hoong Chuin Lau, Xue Luo, Lei Zhao

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Shopping malls are densely located in major cities such as Singapore and Hong Kong. Tenants in these shopping malls generate a large number of freight orders to their contracted logistics service providers, who independently plan their own delivery schedules. These uncoordinated deliveries and limited docking capacity jointly cause congestion at the shopping malls. A delivery coordination platform centrally plans the vehicle routes for the logistics service providers and simultaneously schedules the dock time slots at the shopping malls for the delivery orders. Vehicle routing and dock scheduling decisions need to be made jointly against the backdrop of travel time and …

Equity Fund Monthly Report, March 2022, Bryant University, Archway Investment Fund

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2022-March-01-Appalachian Love Story, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – To conclude its 2021-22 season, the Department of Theatre and Dance at East Tennessee State University will present the Appalachian love story musical “Bright Star.” The show will be performed in the Bert C. Bach Theater at the Martin Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. on April 1-2 and 7-9, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays, April 3 and 10.

“Bright Star” is written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. The score is inspired by the pair’s 2013 collaboration bluegrass album, “Love Has Come for You.” The Old Globe Theater in San Diego performed …

2022-March-01-Amanda Moorhouse Named Jcddc Director, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 1, 2022) – Amanda S. Moorhouse has been named director of the ETSU Health, College of Nursing, Johnson City Downtown Day Center (JCDDC) after serving as interim director since April 2021.

Amanda S. Moorhouse

The JCDDC provides accessible, high-quality and compassionate primary care …

2022-March-01-Articulation Agreements Expand Online Opportunities For Advanced Health Sciences Degrees, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Students interested in a career in medicine now have a new pathway to achieve that goal thanks to two articulation agreements between East Tennessee State University and Carteret Community College that expand advanced degree opportunities offered 100% online.

The agreement provides students who achieve an Associate of Applied Science degree in Medical Assisting or Science Radiography at Carteret Community College, located in Morehead City, North Carolina, with the opportunity to transfer those credits to ETSU to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree.

“Classes in the Bachelor of Science in Allied Health Leadership and Radiologic Science programs …

2022-March-01-Etsu Professor Will Speak On Experiences With Womens Soccer, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Dr. Natalie L. Smith of the Department of Sport, Exercise, Recreation and Kinesiology at East Tennessee State University will share her experiences and upcoming research project in “Women’s Soccer: A Creative Opportunity” at noon on Wednesday, March 23, via Zoom. View the livestream here: etsu.zoom.us/j/94614011367. 

This free virtual talk is part of the “Women on Wednesdays” series sponsored by the ETSU Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.  

Drawing on her experiences working in professional women’s soccer, Smith will explore the current state of women’s soccer on a global scale and introduce her New Zealand-based …

2022-March-01-Etsu Earns Top Pharmacy Award For Service, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy earned a top national award for service to the community, part of its continuing mission to serve the rural and underserved in the Appalachian Highlands. Students from ETSU Bill Gatton of Pharmacy help check in patients at the annual RAM Clinic held each November in Gray.

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) awarded ETSU the Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award, which is presented annually to one college or school of pharmacy across the United States demonstrating a major institutional commitment to addressing unmet …

2022-March-01-Etsu Professor's Covid-19 Research To Be Focus Of Podcast, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 2022) – How journalists talk about journalism practice can actually change the way reporters work in a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.  

That’s according to East Tennessee State University’s Dr. Mildred F. “Mimi” Perreault, an assistant professor in the Department of Media and Communication. She, along with Appalachian State University’s Dr. Gregory Perreault and University of Vienna Ph.D. candidate Phoebe Maares, recently published “Metajournalistic Discourse as a Stabilizer within the Journalistic Field: Journalistic Practice in the Covid-19 Pandemic.” 

This research will be the focus of an upcoming episode of “The J Word: A Podcast …

2022-March-01-Etsu Ranked By Forbes Among Americas Best Employers, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – East Tennessee State University has been recognized by Forbes in its 2022 listing of America’s Best Employers.

The listing on Forbes.com was compiled by Forbes and Statista based on data from an independent survey taken by approximately 60,000 employees working for companies with more than 1,000 workers in the United States. The evaluation was based on direct and indirect recommendations from respondents who were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their own employer to friends and family.

In total, 1,000 employers were recognized across 25 different industry sectors. The list is divided into two rankings: …

2022-March-01-Etsu Scientist Playing On A Global Stage, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 2022) – Late last month, Dr. Aruna Kilaru wrote a piece aimed at addressing food insecurity and climate change using agricultural biotechnology. 

Suggesting how both farmers and government agencies can work together to reduce harmful emissions and minimize food waste, the article appeared as part of her work as a science, technology and policy fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and science adviser and international trade policy officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service, New Technologies and Production Methods Divisions.

Dr. Aruna Kilaru

It means that Kilaru, a professor …

2022-March-01-Etsu Student Pharmacists Earn National Honor For Drug Misuse Education, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – A student organization at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy finished Third-year student pharmacists Tess Willcoxon (vice president, patient care), Morgan Thomas (chapter president), Regan Bell (chapter member), Hillary Owens (vice president, membership) celebrate their national honor.  among the top service organizations in the country for educating the community about prescription drug misuse.   

The college’s American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists Operation Substance Use Disorders (SUD) committee (formerly Generation Rx) was national first runner-up for the APhA-ASP Operation Substance Use Disorders Chapter Achievement Award in 2020-21.

This is the ninth consecutive year that …

2022-March-01-Etsu Students Deliver Strong Performance In Regional Investment Competition, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – A team of East Tennessee State University business students performed strongly in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge.

The team of four students in the ETSU Equity Valuation team gained real-world experience as they assumed the role of research analyst. The 2022 CFA Institute Research Challenge, held in Middle Tennessee, involved more than 1,000 schools and 5,000 students. CFA, a global nonprofit organization of investment professionals, sponsors the intercollegiate competition. 

The competition requires teams to present their valuations and analysis of a company to a group of investment professionals. Under the direction of Dr. …

2022-March-01-Inaugural Etsu Heroes Recognized During Ceremony, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Inaugural ETSU Heroes

JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University celebrated the extraordinary and impactful stories of the inaugural recipients of the ETSU Heroes during a ceremony on March 30. The ETSU Heroes recognition program honors the exemplary service of those who “embody excellence and contribute significant and innovative accomplishments” to the university.

Recipients of …

2022-March-01-Kingsport Alliance For Continued Learning Releases Spring Schedule, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Kingsport, Tenn. – The Kingsport Alliance for Continued Learning (KACL), in partnership with East Tennessee State University at Kingsport, will offer a series of informal in-person and virtual class options beginning Tuesday, March 22, focusing on a variety of subjects from science, local history and literature to a Pearl Harbor National Memorial overview.

This six-week series of non-credit courses is open to anyone. Classes will continue through Thursday, April 28, and will be held at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education (KCHE), 300 W. Market Street. The cost to participate is $30 and covers all KACL spring courses. Some …

2022-March-01-Meet Allen Archer, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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After working several years in the field of aerospace quality, Allen Archer decided to take the knowledge he’d learned on the job and combine it with his interest in various areas of health care to pursue a career in medicine.

Archer has lived in many places but calls Asheville, North Carolina, his hometown. By the time he graduated from high school, he’d already begun working. He started as a painter at an automation company that built robots and manufacturing machinery, and later worked his way up to a quality engineer in an aerospace manufacturing company before changing directions to pursue …

2022-March-01-Njcaa Visits Esports, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – (March 10, 2022) Leaders from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) recently visited the ETSU esports arena to talk with staff about gaming, partnerships and possible new opportunities for college students.

The NJCAA is the governing body for two-year sports programs and recently set up a governing body for esports programs at two-year schools.

Dr. Christopher Parker, president and CEO of NJCAA, and Jeff White, vice president for Compliance, Legal, Diversity and IT, met with Head Coach Jeff Shell to learn more about ETSU’s esports program and to see the training facility, which includes the new …

2022-March-01-Poetry Reading At Etsu Is March, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – An upcoming poetry reading at East Tennessee State University will pay tribute to ETSU’s Dr. Jesse Graves, whose first collection of poetry was published a decade ago.

Dr. Jesse Graves

Publishers are releasing a 10th anniversary reissue of “Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine,” heralded by the American Poet Ron Rash as “more than an extraordinary first book. These poems have the music, wisdom and singular voice of a talent fully realized …”   

The poetry reading is at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, at the Reece Museum.  

Matthew Wimberley, of Lees-McRae College, will make an …

2022-March-01-Renowned Classical Group Will Perform At Etsu Martin Center, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 2022) – Heralded by The New York Post as “the biggest classical music sensation in years,” a renowned quintet will perform next month in Johnson City. 

The 5 Browns are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, in the Grand Hall of the East Tennessee State University Martin Center for the Arts. 

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The 5 Browns

“This will be a wonderful evening of classical music,” said Dr. Esther Park, an associate professor in ETSU’s Department of Music. “Book your tickets now for what will be an …

2022-March-01-Us News Ranks Etsu College Of Public Health Among Best, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health was listed among the “Best Graduate Schools – Public Health Programs” in the 2023 rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.

The ETSU College of Public Health was ranked No. 63, which makes it:

• among the top third of all schools and programs in the country;
• among the top 10 schools in the southeast (including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee); and
• the top-ranked public program in Tennessee.

In addition, ETSU improved more from its previous ranking – from …

2022-March-01-Spotlight On Biomedical Sciences Graduates, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

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Graduate Spotlight

East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity (CIIDI) caught up with three recent graduates of Quillen College of Medicine’s Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program to find out what they are doing since they participated in their hooding ceremony at ETSU’s Commencement on Dec. 11, 2021:
 

Dr. Min Fan

Dr. Min Fan has continued to earn national recognition for her research with an American Heart Association (AHA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. 

The AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship promotes mentorship of postdoctoral Fellows who are embedded in a senior researcher’s …