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American League East Draft Tendencies, Tim Sylvester

Sport Management Undergraduate

This study examined the drafting practices of teams in the American League East Division and the business implications that correspond to these results. Each team has their own drafting strategy and by analyzing this you will gain a better understanding as to why certain decisions are made. The research explored the relationship between teams in the American League East with regards to when and how to draft players. To answer this question an analysis of each of these five team’s draft picks from 1998-2007 was completed by comparing each draftee by point of entry and round drafted in. The results …

Female Athletes In The Media, Christopher J. Maley

Sport Management Undergraduate

Within the arena of sport, there is a common belief that female athletes are inferior and incapable athletes. The media plays a role in reinforcing this stereotype. This study examines the article patterns of female athletes in Time magazine from 2007 to 2009. The study will inspect the length and content of articles in every issue distributed in this time frame to see if these athletes are given appropriate exposure. If past research indicates future findings, the sample will show that female athletes are seen less for their athletic accomplishments and more for their off-the-field endeavors. Furthermore, the athletes that …

The Importance Of Financial Management For Professional Athletes And The Prevention Of Bankruptcy, Christopher Danowski

Sport Management Undergraduate

This research explores the importance of financial management and fiscal responsibility for professional athletes. Professional athletes within the four major leagues earn a salary above six-figures, yet a previous report has suggested that over 78% of professional athletes within two years of retirement experience financial distress or file bankruptcy. Professional athletes earn large amounts of money over a short career span, which averages around 5 years or less where upon retirement, it is a drastic change socially and mentally for these athletes which a lot of them are not prepared for. Agents and financial advisors believe athletes’ bankruptcies are completely …

The Effect Alternate Player Efficiency Rating Has On Nba Franchises Regarding Winning And Individual Value To An Organization, Anthony Van Curen

Sport Management Undergraduate

For NBA organizations, it can be argued that success is measured in terms of wins and championships. There are major emphases placed on the demand for “superstar” players and the ability to score. Both of which are assumed to be a player’s value to their respective organization. However, this study will attempt to show that scoring alone cannot measure success. The research uses statistics from the 2008-2011 seasons that can be used to measure success through aspects such as efficiency, productivity, value and wins a player contributes to their organization. The analysis shows there is a correlation between those factors …

Understanding Professional Sport Organizations Use Of Facebook, Marc Mancini

Sport Management Undergraduate

Facebook has rapidly grown since its inception in 2004. Due to this the purpose of this study is to find out what sport organizations are doing to interact with fans on their Facebook pages. Content analysis was performed to place 930 Facebook posts by sport organizations into one of four categories: interactivity, diversion, content, and promotional (Table-1). This research is important because social media is a growing industry. The study of NFL teams concluded 49% Content, 33% Interactivity, 11% Diversion, and 8% Promotional. The study of NHL teams concluded 35% Content, 17% Interactivity, 34% Diversion, and 14% Promotional.

Fan Safety At Sports Facilities, Benjamin G. Ward

Sport Management Undergraduate

Accidents involving fans occur at sports facilities around the globe. The purpose of this research was to discover the reactions of local facility managers and their customers to fan accidents at sports venues, recommendations to address safety concerns at their sports facilities, opinions of customers expressed to their facility managers regarding possible installation of additional safety measures as related to the fan experience at sports events, and opinions of facility managers to the possible elimination of the assumption of risk or “baseball” rule. Baseball is the sport with the most reported fan accidents at their stadiums but other sports have …

Service Quality Determinants Of College Students Attending A Live Sporting Event, Stephen N. Gonzalez

Sport Management Undergraduate

Service quality can be defined as striving to make every interaction with a consumer a quality encounter, and has steadily become an important facet of the experience of attending a live sporting event. While many studies have been done to examine how consumers determine quality of service, little research has focused on college aged students. This study was done using Michael Brady’s hierarchical framework of service quality determinants applied to college students age 18-24. Results indicated that determinants of service quality change as college students grow older, it identified that interaction quality was the primary determinant for this age group, …

Sports Illustrated Coverage Of Player Arrests In Sports, Jacob P. Quinn

Sport Management Undergraduate

There are numerous studies that exist which discuss the issue of race along with media coverage. This issue exists as studies often find that the coverage of white athletes is significantly different than that of black athletes. Many of these previous studies are centered around the main concept of the Critical Race Theory. This study went more in depth with this theory and examined if the specific coverage of player arrests differed by race. A content analysis was performed that looked at the featured articles from Sports Illustrated dealing with player arrests over a three year period from 2008 to …

Utilization Of Social Media Platforms In The National Hockey League, Josh Schroeder

Sport Management Undergraduate

The rise of social media has created a plethora of new opportunities for the savvy sport marketer. Despite the existence of data pertaining to social media marketing, there is a distinct lack of literature regarding its implementation within the evolving sports industry. Using content analyses of the official National Hockey League and team websites, this study identifies patterns of social media usage around the league. Specifically, it looks into the ways that social media and other forms of web content are used on both the traditional and mobile versions of National Hockey League websites. From the findings, conclusions regarding the …

The Way Consumers View Male And Female Athletes, Kayla M. Kent

Sport Management Undergraduate

American society has created separate and unequal gender roles for men and women. It logically follows that male and female athletes also receive unequal treatment. This inequity has been shown in the quantity of media coverage each receives as well as the consumption patterns of the general public. Using a survey method, this study sought to uncover responses of consumers when presented with four different types of images of athletes. Results indicated that for image conditions of athletic competence and sexy, male and female respondents showed distinct behavioral differences. Adjective descriptors of athlete images also revealed significant insights into how …

The Art Of Promotions: The Side You Don’T See, Trevor Stearns

Sport Management Undergraduate

Baseball organizations are always looking for new ways to fill the seats in their stadiums. Promotions have a positive effect on whether or not a fan will attend a minor league baseball game. This study examines the motivational elements of fans and why promotions have a role in persuading fans to attend a game. After polling the St. John Fisher College campus on their attitudes toward promotions, it was clear that promotions had a large affect on whether or not they would attend a game. For the professionals that were surveyed, it was clear that each had similar processes that …

Fantasy Sports: What Is The Appeal?, Andrea Keane

Sport Management Undergraduate

This research aimed to find the motivations and appeal of fantasy sports in today’s society. Research has found that there are various types of motivations that lead a person to participate in a fantasy sports league. The more frequent motivations are for intrinsic, or internal, purposes. Past research has looked at males, but this study will use a survey to look at both males and females within the Saint John Fisher College undergraduate population. The results further clarified the reasons for participation in fantasy sports. Males showed that they had more reasons why they participate in fantasy sports, while females …

Rookie Contracts In The Nfl, Brian Shuman

Sport Management Undergraduate

One of the most analyzed and crucial aspects of the National Football League is the annual draft held every April. The contracts received by rookies each year has been steadily increasing, and the hopes of a franchise can sometimes lie in the success these rookies have, making the draft process increasingly difficult for franchises. The aim of this paper was to discover what factors teams use in drafting a player and determining their starting rookie salary. Factors that were analyzed include race, market size, player specialization and even attendance. The analysis of the research done attempted to find trends that …

Recruitment Procedures, Fjolla Uka

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to review the process of recruitment in the organization of Kosovo Credit Information Service. This organization provides appropriate information for the borrower of all Banks and Microfinance Institutions in Kosovo. The intention was to find out how effective is the process of recruitment in this organization. My survey has gone through an important job position that was required, which was for the administration position that requires a high capacity of knowledge, skills, flexibility and concentration to fulfill the required criteria’s in the best way.

The results of the questionnaire revealed a high level of …

Motivimi Si Faktor I Menaxhimit Në Kompani (Motivimi Dhe Performanca E Punëtorëve Në Institucionet Bankare), Vjosa Gashi

Theses and Dissertations

Motivimi duket të jetë një prej mjeteve kryesore të menaxhmentit të burimeve njerëzore. Organizatat dizajnojnë sistemin e motivimit për t’i inkurajuar punëtorët që të performojnë në mënyrën më efektive të mundshme. Çelësi për të krijuar këte sistem efektiv të motivimit është përgjigjja në pyetjen se çka në të vërtete i motivon punëtorët.

Qëllimi i këtij punimi është elaborimi i rolit të motivimit si faktor i menaxhimit dhe faktorëve më motivues për punëtorët e institucioneve bankare në Prishtinë. Për të marrë përgjigjje në këto pyetje përveç shqyrtimit të literaturës janë zhvilluar edhe intervista me anë të pyetësorëve me punëtorë të institucioneve …

Identifikimi, Pozicionimi Dhe Menaxhimi I Talentit Në Organizatë, Abide Ramadani

Theses and Dissertations

Sipas fjalorit të tanishëm të Oksfordit talenti është një dhunti apo aftësi e lartë mentale. Kur organizatat i rekrutojnë punëtorët ata bazohen në kërkesat e tyre dhe përdorin teknika të ndryshme të rekrutimit që t’i përzgjedhin individët për të cilët mendojnë se do t’i arrijnë objektivat e departamentit të organizatës. Të gjithë këta njerëz procedojnë një aftësi apo potencial të veçantë për zhvillim (Oxford Dictionary 1988)[1].

Në termat më të gjerë të mundshëm, është menaxhimi strategjik i qarkullimit të talentit nëpër një organizatë. Qëllimi është që të sigurohet se oferta e talentit është në dispozicion që të vihen …

Linking Authentic Leadership To Positive Employee Health, Behavioral Engagement, And Job Performance, Yan Liu

Doctoral Dissertations

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the emerging field of positive organizational behavior. The field of Positive Organizational Behavior (POB) has its roots in the concept of "positive psychology" (Bakker & Schaufeli, 2008) but is more narrowly defined as "the study and application of positively oriented human resources strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and effectively managed for performance improvement in today's workplace" (Luthans, 2002, p.698). More and more researchers have begun to emphasize what is right with people rather than focusing on what is wrong with people.

Given this opportunity, this dissertation explicitly …

Sustainability Of Mfis Through Governance Mechanisms: A Cross-Country Analysis Of Regulation On Outreach And Operational Self Sufficiency, Daniel Muwamba

College of Management Honors Theses

Poverty is an age long problem that has been part of mankind ever since civilization and the fight against poverty is as old. There are many efforts to fight poverty of which microfinance is one. One theory to explain prevalence of poverty especially in the age of capitalism is that poor enterprising people cannot lift themselves out of poverty because they lack capital to develop their enterprises. Start up businesses and enterprises commonly start operations with credit support from financial institutions but there are prerequisites to attaining this credit and numerous poor individuals do not possess these prerequisites. Such individuals …

Arguments For A Living Wage In The United States: Prospects For Persuasion And Expansion, Corinne Bazzinotti

College of Management Honors Theses

This thesis explores the living wage, and in particular the varied arguments that support the adoption and spread of the living wage. A “living wage” is a decent wage. “It affords the earner and her or his family the most basic costs of living without need for government support or poverty programs,” and takes into account a, “complete consideration of the cost of living.” The topic is timely, as the economy in the United States remains in decline, and now more than ever the American workforce is struggling to stay afloat, along with businesses across the country.

I want to …

The Correlation Between Off-Shoring And Tax Avoidance, Elena Svetlov

College of Management Honors Theses

This research paper intends to examine the relationship between U.S Multinational Corporation off-shoring and tax avoidance. This paper will address the following research question: How does off shoring affect the difference between taxable and book income of U.S. multinational firms? The research is conducted via statistical analysis of data from the Off shoring Research Network (ORN) database. The findings of this research paper will potentially be valuable to tax economists, policy makers, and business managers as the findings will provide a better understanding of worldwide tax allocation. Also, the findings of this research may be useful for the potential establishment …

Effect Of Corporate Venture Capitalism On The Post-Ipo Performance Of Companies, Devansh Bajaj

College of Management Honors Theses

There is substantial evidence that Corporate Venture Capitalists (CVCs) backing provides value to companies. This study aims to find what the benefits provided by CVCs are to public companies after they have gone through their initial public offerings (IPOs) and have begun trading on the stock market. Matched by CVC backing, Tobin q, leverage ratio, research and development (R&D) ratio, size of market capitalization, and the sector in which the firm operates, over a given period of time, this study explores whether or not CVCs add value to companies. Additionally, this study analyzes the success companies backed by CVCs. The …

Fashion Enthusiasts, Casey Finigan

College of Management Honors Theses

The focus of this study is to explore the fashion industry’s “fashion enthusiast” in comparison to the “average” fashion consumer, and to take that understanding of these fervent consumers as a tool to observe the underlying patterns and factors which comprise these consumers to be enthusiastic ones in this particular industry. The aim of this study is to benefit the fashion industry from a marketing standpoint, by developing a much better understanding of what comprises heavy fashion users, and what drives them more than other fashion not-so-heavy fashion users. The fashion industry is constantly changing and has several media outlets …

The Decoy Effect And Investors' Stock Preferences, Brittany Paris

Honors Theses and Capstones

The decoy effect is a well-known phenomenon that has received a lot of attention in the field of marketing. This study’s purpose is to discover whether or not the decoy effect applies to the finance. More specifically, whether the decoy effect has any influence on investor’s stock preferences.

Microbrewing In The Us: An Overview Of The Microbrewery Industry And A Business Plan For Future Success, Kevin Lapoint

Honors Theses and Capstones

This thesis takes a look at the history of craft brewing, the current trends, and where the industry is going. It takes a look at a number of different business models in the market and analyzes their respective advantages and challenges. After viewing these models and trends it takes a look at what would be needed for a successful microbrewery to start in seacoast New Hampshire.

White Collar Crime And The United States' Economy, Megan Graham

Honors Theses and Capstones

This paper attempts to study white collar crime and the cost it has on the United States' economy. White collar crime has many ripple effects including job loss, stock price changes, consumer price increases, jail costs, and court costs, and each of these comes at an enormous cost to society. Overall, this paper argues that more resources are needed for white collar crime prevention in order to save a large sum of money each year.

Higher Education Marketing To The Hispanic Student Population, Kimberly Greenwood

Honors Theses and Capstones

The Hispanic population in the United States is growing at an unprecedented rate. The U.S. Census Bureau projects the Hispanic population to make up nearly 25% of the entire United States population by the year 2050. This population growth points at a large market for products and services in the U.S., including higher education. This thesis discussion will address characteristics of the Hispanic population in the United States of America, explore the importance of a diverse student population including Hispanic students on a college or university campus, evaluate the competitiveness University of New Hampshire’s current situation with regard to Hispanic …

The Late Night Snacking Scene At The University Of New Hampshire: Promoting Healthier Options And Winning Back Market Share, Alicia Papandrea

Honors Theses and Capstones

This thesis takes a look at how late night snacking at UNH can be improved toward a healthier way, while at the same time winning back market share for the UNH-operated food stores. After conducting segmentation and positioning analyses, I found that the problem lies in the fact the UNH food stores, Pita Pit in particular, are not being promoted effectively.

Overcoming Obstacles: Women Entrepreneurs Taking The Lead In Nonprofit Businesses, Theresa Kedinger

Professional Projects

Few theoretical models clarify the ways in which a learning experience contributes to entrepreneurial behavior or directly pursuing entrepreneurism. The purpose of this research is to better recognize how women use values, motivations, and desires, through learning experiences, to start a nonprofit organization. Results reveal that, in order to increase the likelihood of females becoming entrepreneurs, they must put themselves in positions where they can have many different experiences. They must be willing to establish networks, overcome societal barriers as well as self-imposed barriers, and reflect upon the experiences they find themselves in, whether they are positive or negative. Such …

Detecting Fraud: Utilizing New Technology To Advance The Audit Profession, Gabriella Stanton

Honors Theses and Capstones

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Consumer Attitudes Towards Using Qr Codes In A Retail Setting, Chris Thayer

Undergraduate Distinction Papers

Corresponding with the increased use of smartphones and other mobile devices equipped with a camera, quick response (QR) codes have been introduced. QR codes allow large amounts of data (e.g., product information, discounts, usage suggestions) to be compressed into a small, printed square. To access the information, consumers must scan the QR code with a smart device (smartphone, tablet, etc). Korean and Japanese consumers appear more willing to scan QR codes in retail settings compared to their American counterparts. This reluctance is explored through the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).

Furthermore, consumers’ motivation toward QR code use is made explicit and …