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The Impact Of Smart Device's Interactivity On Customer Activity In The Sports Industry, Dae-Eun Kim

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of smart device's interactivity on customer value co-creation in the sports industry through bridging social capital and collective efficacy. A total of 262 students participated in the study, and a structural equation modeling (SEM) was carried out to measures the relationship between variables in the conceptual model. The results revealed that interactivity consisting of user control, responsiveness, and synchronicity had a significant impact on bridging social capital. In addition, both technological interactivity and bridging social capital were positively associated with collective efficacy. Lastly, collective efficacy had a positive influence on …

Operating An Interior Design Firm In Saudi Arabia: Opportunities And Challenges For Professional Female Employees, Najah Alsaffaf

Theses and Dissertations

Empowering women is the aim of the research. Saudi Arabia is the research location and interior design is the subject of the investigation. Saudi Arabia is on the path of empowering women through education and facilitating job opportunities. There is vast research about entrepreneurship and obstacles that women face in Saudi Arabia, but there is no evidence of research on the interior design field in Saudi Arabia in both education and job opportunities. Finding out that the art and design scene is thriving in education indicates that there would be a need for creating jobs and employment options for design …

The Teacher Pay For Performance Phenomenon, Deborah Viscardi

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The purpose of this dissertation research was to explore the link between teacher motivation and performance-based compensation. This topic has been a controversial issue over the last decade across the country. There is a critical need for more research on teacher pay-for- performance systems, especially as it relates to motivation, student achievement, and the profession of teaching. Qualitative in design, the intent of this research study was to make meaning of teachers’ perceptions about the influence of performance-based compensation on the profession and practice of teaching. This study extends the current understanding and adds to the discussion of compensation policy …

Information Quality Maturity: Examining The Progress Of Data Quality Management And Identifying A Path Forward, Russell Eye

Theses and Dissertations

Data quality has become a large focus of businesses in recent years, as the impact of poor data quality has become more widely recognized. One of the early steps in data quality management is to conduct a maturity assessment. However, it appears that little progress in data quality management has been made in recent years. Implementing a data governance framework can help alleviate data quality maturity issues. Big data presents its own challenges, making data quality management a more difficult task, but big data cannot be addressed until overall data quality is tamed. This thesis sets out to identify current …

The Impact Of Local On Meat Purchasing Decisions, Steven Mclennan

Master's Theses

The research examines the target market for a meat product produced by the local university. Further, desirable attributes of meat and how consumers definition of “locally produced and/or raised” are identified. A total of 290 personal interviews were completed in San Luis Obispo County, California on the consumers’ willingness to purchase Cal Poly meat. Likely purchasers are found to be 31 percent of the San Luis Obispo population. The target buyer of Cal poly meat products are both male and females, who tend to be older, and make more than $60,000 a year. Local is defined by 31 percent of …

Drug Use And Abuse In Sport, Mike Moran

Sport Management Undergraduate

Performance enhancing and prescription drugs were a growing issue in professional football, as more players in recent years have fallen victim to drug testing; resulting in lengthy suspensions and fines. This research aimed to show that the culture of using performance enhancing and prescription drugs in order to play football starts at the college level or even earlier. Past research had laid the foundation for this study and through the use of a random sampling method; colleges and universities from across the country were asked to take a survey. From their responses, some patterns had started to develop. Results from …

Factors That Affect The Outcome Of A General Fund Referendum In Indiana, Andrew Charles Sargent

Open Access Dissertations

School finance elections in Indiana were a relatively rare occurrence prior to a series of new legislation enacted in 2008 that, through the imposition of property tax caps statewide, resulted in sweeping reforms to education funding. These new laws coupled with a national recession resulted in many school districts not having the necessary financial resources to maintain programming and personnel consistent with their needs. With this in mind, many of these districts turned to the General Fund referendum as a mechanism to raise more revenue for their districts through an increase in local property taxes as decided by the voters …

College Athletics Recruitment: A Deeper Analysis, André Remillard

Sport Management Undergraduate

The college athletics recruiting landscape is one littered with many different factors. While previous studies have analyzed institutional and social factors as impacting a prospective student-athletes’ recruitment process, there’s a gap in understanding the role an athletes’ demographics play in how athletes make their college decision. Previous literature has indicated that the impact social and institutional factors play during the recruitment process varies based on individual demographics. This research uncovers any correlations between athlete demographics and how they weigh the importance of recruitment components. Surveys were administered to 1,029 randomly selected Division I student athletes. One team from each conference …

Youth Sport Specialization: Study Of Athletic Directors, Connor Morris

Sport Management Undergraduate

This study is focusing on the topic of youth sport participation, specifically the perceptions of high school athletic directors. The reasoning behind this study is to expand on the research that has already been done by studying subjects that have not been looked at before. Prior research has shown that there are many different effects of sport specialization on the youth athlete. Some may be positive and but also can be negative or hindering in nature. The results of this study refute and support previous findings as well as add new and credible information to the topic at hand. The …

The Effects Of Advertised Exclusivity On Consumer Behavior, Danny Clyde Upshaw Jr.

Doctoral Dissertations

Retailers routinely counter price competition by matching or beating competitors' prices. However, in addition to offering price-matching guarantees many retailers are increasingly adopting a differentiation or product assortment strategy of using "advertised retailer exclusive products" (AREPs) that are not directly comparable to competitor offerings. Such goods may offer added utilitarian and hedonic benefits to the consumer. With this tactic, products are advertised and labeled as "exclusive," but the nature of the exclusivity may range no further than an exclusive label to more pronounced differences, such as unique or additional features. However, the effectiveness of such tactics at: (1) decreasing search …

Roli I Migrimit Dhe Parave Të Dërguara, Erona Deshishku

Theses and Dissertations

Evidenca prej vendeve të ndryshme tregon se efektet e diasporës dhe remitancave mund të jenë

domethënëse për ekonominë e një vendi. Në përgjithësi, efektet ekonomike të diasporës dhe

remitancave mund të jenë pozitive, mirëpo gjithashtu ekzistojnë edhe disa implikime negative.

Emigrimi nga Kosova për në vendet e perëndimit ka filluar në fund të viteve të „60-ta dhe në

fillim të viteve të „70-ta dhe mund të ndahet në katër faza: 1) 1960-1988, 2) 1989-1997, 3) grupi

i refugjatëve të luftës së vitit 1998/99 në Kosovë, dhe 4) 2000-20012. Faza e parë është

karakterizuar me emigrim të punëtorëve të përkohshëm shqiptarë, …

Investimet Ne Zonat E Lira, Andrra Sylqe

Theses and Dissertations

Njëra ndër mënyrat më të mira për të tërhequr investime të huaja është krijimi i zonave të lira në vendet në zhvillim.Zonat e lira janë zonat më të përshtatshme për të siguruar kushte për tregti të lirë të një vendi , me ç’rast këto kushte mund të jenë ekonomike ose sociale.

Krijimi i zonave të lira, sidomos në vendet në zhvillim mundëson krijimin e vendeve të reja të punës, trasnferimit teknologjik dhe investimit e cila ndikon në rritjen nacionale të të ardhurave dhe këmbimin e të ardhurave të huaja. Përmes implementimit dhe fuksionimit të zonave të lira, sigurohen kushte shumë …

Marketingu I Destinacionit Turistik-Rasti Rugova, Luljeta Shaqiri

Theses and Dissertations

Turizmi është një nga veprimtaritë më komplekse të shoqërisë së sotme moderne. Në vendet e zhvilluara, por edhe në disa shtete në tranzicion turizmi është produkt i rëndësishëm dhe gjeneratorë i punësimit,përfshirë një gërshetim të gjërë dukurish dhe raportesh që lindin gjatë kohës së udhëtimit turistik, ndërsa në realizimin e tij futet thellë jo vetëm në aspektin ekonomik, por edhe në aspektin ekologjik, social dhe kulturor të jetës.

Edhe në Kosovë, turizmi është degë e rëndësishme ekonomike, ku marketingu ka ndikim shumë të rëndësishëm në funksionalizimin e saj.Pra, në këtë punim trajtohen konceptet e marketingut duke i parë ato në …

Pse I Nevojitet Bursa - Kosovës, Ismet Gosalci

Theses and Dissertations

Punimi i diplomës “Pse i nevojitet bursa - Kosovës” kryesisht merret me arsyet se pse duhet të kemi Bursë në Kosovë, përparësitë e ekzistimit të saj, ku janë pengesat që nuk e kemi deri tani, në sa hapa dhe çfarë drejtimi duhet fokusuar procedurat e hapjes së saj ashtu që edhe Kosova të rangohet me vendet e rajonit që kanë Bursa të hapura, çka duhet ndërmarrë nga ana e aspektit Ligjor që ky hap i nevojshëm të ketë dyer të hapura në Kosovë. Dhe e gjithë kjo që ne si shoqëri të fokusohemi dhe të zhvillohemi gjatë këtij shekulli të …

Ndikimi I Inovacioneve Në Produktivitetin E Ndërmarrjeve, Sherif Gosalci

Theses and Dissertations

Punimi i diplomës “ndikimi i inovacioneve në produktivitetin e ndërmarrjeve” fokusohet kryesisht në rolin dhe ndikimin e inovacioneve në ndërmarrësi, sidomos tani kur globalizmi dhe zhvillimet teknologjike kanë bërë që suksesi të varet nga një konkurrencë e jashtëzakonshme në betejën për mbijetesë ekonomike.

Sipas Schumpeter, procesi krijues i zhvillimit ekonomik mund të ndahet në tri faza të dallueshme: në shpikje; inovacione (komercializimit) dhe imitim. Sipas kësaj teorie, shpikja dhe inovacioni kërkojnë aftësi të posaçme. Bashkimi i tyre rritë mundësitë e komercializimit të suksesshëm.

Zhvillimi i hovshëm teknologjik ka bërë që inovacionet “të lehtësojnë” jetën e qytetarit çdo ditë e më …

Ndërtimi Dhe Rëndesia E Planit Të Marketingut Në Ndërmarrje, Saranda Shala

Theses and Dissertations

Një punimi i Diplomës bachelor është një punim shkencorë, që ka një strukturë dhe një qëllim të caktuar përmes të cilit student edhe simbolikisht i përfundon studimet, në rastin tim studimet themelore.

Edhe unë jam përpjekur që në këtë punim ti përmbahem disa rregullave formale dhe strukturore dhe që bashkë me një përmbajtje të plotë e bëjnë punimin sa më të plotë.

Në pjesën e parë jam përpjekur që të ofroj konceptet kyçe të marketingut në ndërmarrjet në ekonominë e tregut në Kosovë.

Më pas në vazhdim jam përpjekur të ofroj informata bazë lidhur me funksionet dhe strategjitë e marketingut …

Effects Of Psychological Contract Breaches On Mergers And Acquisitions, Kristine M. Murphy

Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigates breaches in the psychological employment contract during mergers and acquisitions. An employee's contract is incomplete in regards to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). In its place, psychological contracts are formed. Common psychological contracts breached in the M&A process include raises, bonuses, promotions, job responsibilities, job security, and career development. Employees who have experienced an M&A were surveyed to test the severity of various psychological contract breaches and their effect on employee performance, organizational citizenship behavior, job satisfaction, organizational deviance, and turnover using t-tests, Structural Equation Modeling, and ANOVA. The mediating effect of feelings of violation was also tested. …

An Assessment Of The Assimilation Of Lean And Supply Chain Management Practices In The Construction Industry, Helen S. Nunez

Open Access Theses

The purpose of this research was to identify and assess the success factors corresponding to Lean and Supply Chain Management that are currently applicable to the construction industry. These factors were originally extracted from manufacturing research and practice and corroborated construction industry literature and expert validation. Using Pearson's correlation coefficients, the researcher was able to identify the correlation among factors and with the identified measures of overall performance. Another important output of this research was the ability to compare the construction industry response level with a preceding study from manufacturing. The data was collected through a survey sent to general …

The Effect Of Six Sigma On Corporate Performance In The Manufacturing And Service Sectors, Luis F. Ojeda

Open Access Theses

As global competition becomes more intense, organizations try to implement strategies that allow them become more efficient, increase quality and productivity, and stay ahead of their competition. Over the years, there have been different programs or methodologies that companies have adopted with the purpose of achieving enhanced operational performance and bottom line impact. Six Sigma is one of the strategies that have gained more popularity during recent years, being adopted by companies in both manufacturing and service. There have been numerous claims by adopting companies about the financial benefits of implementing Six Sigma. However, the number of studies conducting empirical …

Customer Envy At Service Encounters, Gerardo Anaya

Open Access Theses

Envy has been regarded as a complex emotion which can produce both positive and negative outcomes for consumers. This study explored the subjective experience of customer envy at service encounters in order to better understand how customers respond to unflattering comparisons with an envied customer. A questionnaire was designed to measure the cognitive appraisals, emotional responses, and consequences of customer envy. Study participants were also asked to share their envy incidents in the survey. A sample of 300 participants was collected and used for analysis. The findings illustrate that distinctively different patterns of cognitive appraisals such as preferential treatment, are …

The Effects Of Acquisition On Restaurant Firms’ Performance: Different-Sector Versus Same-Sector Acquisitions, Yongjin Lee

Open Access Theses

This study examines the postacquisition accounting performance of acquiring firms in the restaurant industry between 1992 and 2012. Specifically, this study investigates the effects of different-sector and same-sector restaurants acquisitions between full-service and limited-service restaurants on restaurant firms' performance. Additionally, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and regression model are used to examine return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) for the accounting performance of the acquiring restaurants.

The ROA and ROE reveal that the profitability is significantly negative up to 5 years after firms are acquired. However, negative effects are strongest within the first year after acquisition and decrease …

Essays On Corporate Bank Loan Contracting, Leann G. Pashnyak

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation is comprised of two essays on corporate bank loan contracting. The purpose of the first essay is to investigate the effect of loan's designated purpose on loan agreement contracting terms, as well as to examine whether lenders apply different standards to assess the value of borrower's corporate governance for each type of loan purpose. Using a large sample of private bank loans, the results indicate that both price and non-price loan terms vary significantly by loan purpose. Specifically, the spread yield varies by about 182 basis points (bps) for loans made for different purposes. Further, borrowers of operations …

Essays On Pricing Of Cardinality Bundles, Jianqing Wu

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation studies the pricing of cardinality bundles, where firms set prices that depend only on the size of the purchased bundle, a practice that is increasingly being adopted by industry. The first essay develops a fast combinatorial technique to obtain the optimal prices for cardinality bundles. The second essay extend the basic model to solve the problem when there exists fixed costs or economies of scale. The third essay relax a key assumption in cardinality bundling literature, which restricts each consumer to purchase no more than one bundle.

Project Portfolio Evaluation And Selection Using Mathematical Programming And Optimization Methods, Hugo Caballero

Open Access Dissertations

Project portfolio selection is an essential process for portfolio management and plays an important role in accomplishing organizational goals. This research explores the feasibility of developing a project portfolio selection tool by using mathematical programming and optimization models, specifically 0-1 integer programming (one objective portfolio) and goal programming (multiple objectives portfolio). These methods select the set of projects which deliver the maximum benefit (e.g., net present value, profit, etc.) represented for objective functions subjected to a series of constraints (e.g., technical requirements and/or resources availability) considering the scheduling of selected projects in a planning horizon, interdependence relationship among projects (e.g., …

Accounting For Financial Instruments: Difficulties With Fair Value Measurement And Reporting, Lindsey T. Byrne

Honors Theses and Capstones

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Repayment Determinants For Egyptian Microfinance Institutions, Reem Nabil Hashad

Theses and Dissertations

Finance is one of the core development axes and is the basis for job creation, income, poverty reduction and economic growth. Financial resources in Egypt are both idle and misallocated. Access to finance is a major constraint especially to the poor stratum of the Egyptian society. Microfinance is one of the means through which the poor can gain access to finance. However, Egyptian microfinance institutions (MFIs) are inefficient and are unable to supply 90% of the demand for microcredit. This research focuses on how the supply-demand gap of microcredit in Egypt can be reduced. Hence this paper examines what are …

The Shadow Banking System In The United States, Bhakti Joshi

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In 2008 the United States suffered a devastating economic collapse. Millions of Americans were unemployed; families lost their homes; and long time businesses were forced to shut down. These events put the United States into an economic depression so deep that the country has yet to fully recover. The crisis was not a natural disaster but varieties of private sector agents such as banks and hedge funds were responsible for its efficient cause. Even though the housing and stock bubbles were generated largely by market forces rather than by government policies, the US government policies and institutions also played a …

Dynamic Asset Allocation: A Bayesian Approach, Yalan Feng

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The first half of this dissertation consists of two essays addressing dynamic asset allocation problem by exploring time-varying volatility and covariance between different assets.

In the first essay, I propose a time-varying Bayesian approach based on autoregressive models. To allow a parsimonious specification while improving predictive power, I specify a step function that considerably decreases the number of parameters to be estimated. To reduce data dimensionality, I use orthogonal portfolios instead of correlated assets in estimation and forecast. Finally, a Bayesian estimation is applied to dynamically update coefficients and error variance. I combine Bayesian time-varying autoregression with step function restriction …

Bicultural Social Identity: Do Biculturals Assess Workplace Deviance Differently Across Different Ethnicities?, Andy Y. Chiou

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Research on biculturals has informed us much regarding their cognition and identity integration, however little as to the bicultural perception of in- and out-groups, and whether it can be primed. I examined this question in a workplace setting using the black sheep framework, specifically: Given the activation of one of a bicultural's specific cultural identities, will he or she allocate punishment to deviant employees of different cultural backgrounds differently based on whether he or she views them as an in-group or out-group member? In Study 1, I show that Asian-American biculturals do assess deviant employees of different cultural backgrounds differently …

An Investigation Of The Key Factors That Affect The Adoption Of Smartphones In Global Midmarket Professional Service Firms, Mark S. Kocour

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The evolution and proliferation of mobile devices (m-devices) in the workplace have been rapid. In comparison to conventional services provided by mobile phones (m-phones), smartphones feature sophisticated functionality, such as Internet access, video/audio streaming, and business productivity applications. As a consequence of increased demand for smartphones in the workplace, an understanding of the factors that determine the decision to adopt smartphones in business settings is necessary. The goal of this investigation was to identify the key factors that have an impact on the adoption of smartphones.

This dissertation investigation provided an understanding of the key factors that affect the adoption …