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Organic Restaurant Business Plan, Jesse Adam Godsey

Agribusiness

This study was undertaken to determine if it is feasible to open an organic restaurant in San Luis Obispo, CA.

All collected data went into the development of a bare bones business plan for the organic restaurant. The report utilizes two techniques for analysis of this data. A strategic analysis was used to determine if the restaurant could be a legitimate competitor among the many local restaurants of San Luis Obispo. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats were outlined, given weights according to their impact, and used to develop a SWOT matrix. Strategic goals were set after reviewing the matrix and …

Firm Impact Of Cal Pacific Specialty Foods Establishing A Diverse Customer Base, Anthony Luis De Alcuaz

Agribusiness

When Cal Pacific was established it was imperative to establish a diverse customer base. This study proved through empirical evidence that Cal Pacific's establishment of a new and diverse customer base, after being founded, paved the way for the vast success of the company in past years. The sales reports, balance sheets, income statements, and depth interview responses exemplify the correlation of Cal Pacific's success to its customer base. As a result of the Company having many customers, sales increases were recorded and exemplified in the sales reports. Sales increases occurred over multiple one year periods. Overall firm value has …

United States Raisin Export Market Trends In The United Kingdom, Paul Mcchesney

Agribusiness

One of the agricultural products that the United States exports to England in large quantities is raisins. Raisin exports from the United States to England increased dramatically by 84% from 2007-2008 (USDA 2009). This study was sought to discover the cause of this large increase of raisin exports from 2007-2008, as well as to assess the current international raisin market.

To determine the cause of the increase in raisin exports to England, the top four raisin exporting countries in the world were analyzed to determine if their export quantities had a factor in the United States raisin exports to England. …

The Applications And Limitations Of Printable Batteries, Matthew Delmanowski

Graphic Communication

This study focuses on the potential applications for printed batteries and how they could affect the printing industry. It also analyzes the main problems associated with manufacturing this technology and what needs to be done to overcome these issues. To find the answers to these questions, two methods of research were used. The first was through the elite and specialized interviewing of Dr. Scott Williams of Rochester Institute of Technology and Professor Nancy Cullins from Cal Poly. The second form of research was a common, yet useful, method called secondary research. This entailed looking at recent written research papers about …

White Supremacy Culture : A Barrier To Career Upward Mobility For Malaysian Employees In Multinational Corporations (Mncs)?., Chong Kean Woon

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study examines factors that influence White Supremacy Culture, a potential modern discrimination within multinational companies (MNCs) local subsidiaries in Malaysia. Over the years, Malaysia foreign direct investments (FDI) grew substantially, with MNCs from the United States and countries from the Europe being the important sources of Malaysian FDI. As a result, the use of white expatriates from the western countries to hold key posts in local subsidiaries has increased, with the aim to facilitate managerial and technical development as well as knowledge transfer to Malaysians. However, as time goes by, the decision power and autonomy of the local subsidiaries …

Politikat Fiskale Në Kosovë, Ajete Kosumi

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi i ketij Punimi Diplome është të kuptojmë ndikimin dhe rolin e Politikave Fiskale në zhvillimin ekonomik të Kosovës.

Duke pasur parasysh rëndësinë e politikave fiskale në zhvillimin ekonomik të vendit me anë te këtij punimi do të mundohemi të rekomandojmë një politikë të qëndrueshme fiskale që do të zhvillohej me kombinimin e ndryshimeve të sistemit ekzistues dhe inkuadrimin e komponenteve të reja siç janë:

- Harmonizimi i ngarkesës fiskale në mes të komunitetit të biznesit dhe popullatës,

- Mbështetja më e madhe e saj në nevojat e zhvillimit ekonomik të Kosovës

- Një politikë e tillë të jetë në …

Design, Plant And Manage 20 Acres Of Almonds In Modesto, Ca, Louie Ott

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

To develop the most efficient method to plant a 20 acre block almonds. Taking into account all matters and deciding how to earn the most profit. The project includes: removal of old almond field, preparation of field, planting the correct varieties of trees that meet the requirements, decide and install a correct irrigation system, how to manage the field, harvest, pruning, and more. The result will be how much it costs to plant a field of 20 acres, how to correctly mange it, and how long until a profit may be seen. It will take into account current prices and …

Cost Analysis Of Single And Multiple Use Drip Irrigation Tape Used For Strawberries, Alexander (Alex) Walker

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

This senior project evaluates and compares the cost analysis of both single and multiple use irrigation drip tape used for strawberries in the Santa Maria Valley.

Managing An Agri-Marketing Team, Brandon Banner

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

This senior project is a manager’s perspective of the creation of a marketing plan from start to finish. The project begins with the team assembly process in which fifteen students were hired to execute different parts of the marketing plan and continues all the way through the completion of the project and presentation of the marketing plan at the National Agri-Marketing Association conference in Kansas City, Missouri. The marketing plan was a product repositioning strategy for a unique variety of grape tomatoes. Through consumer research, healthy eating trends in the United States along with an increasing demand for snack foods …

The Relationship Between Stock Price And Currency Exchange Rate In Malaysia : The Case Before Pegging And After Depegging Of Ringgit Malaysia., Ooi Beng Hooi

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study examines the relationship between stock price and currency exchange rate in Malaysia for the periods before pegging and after depegging of Ringgit Malaysia. Various econometrics tests are performed to find out the coefficients of correlation, beta coefficients, stationary of stock price and currency exchange rate, cointegration and Granger causality. It is found that stock price and strength of Ringgit are strongly and positively correlated, unilateral causality from stock price to currency exchange rate before pegging of Ringgit. However, the relationship between the two variables has become less significant as the correlation and degree of cointegration has become weaker …

Factors Affecting Brand Loyalty Among Malaysian Consumers In Their Choice Of Mobile Phone Brands., Bel Lew Lee Peng

Student Works (2010-2019)

Purpose Brand loyalty is a key factor that explains brand choice with which the consumer expresses his/her satisfaction with a brand. It is also one of the key constructs predicting consumer behavior. This study proposes and tests a five-factor model that explains the variations in the choice of mobile phone brands among Malaysian consumers. These factors include brand name, brand design, perceived quality, price and promotion. Design/ Methodology/ Approach A survey questionnaire was used as the research instrument for data collection in this study. The methods of collecting the quantitative survey data included self-administered and e-mailed questionnaires. Data was collected …

Organic Grower And Distributor Business Plan, Nicholas Thorp

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

The main objective for this project was to design a business plan that can meet the consumer’s needs and those of the evolving produce market. Creating a business that offers a variety of produce to the consumer following the roles of a CSA while offering more choices with orders for the customer. By offering the consumer the control of their own purchases, allowing them to customize their own packages. By offering such an incentive the company hopes to gain the confidence of the customer and ease them to feel as comfortable as possible.

Is Virtualization An Appropriate Method Of Disaster Recovery For The Hospitality Industry?, Manognya Murukutla

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Organizations across all business sectors are making increasing use of IT today. While other industries have understood the consequences of this dependence in the event of IT disasters and placed a large emphasis on disaster recovery plans and technology, the hospitality industry is lagging behind. One of the reasons why the hospitality industry does not place as much of an importance to disaster recovery is the cost. However, IT disaster is a very damaging occurrence, and measures should be taken to mitigate the event. Loss of a property's information technology (IT) functions can cause chaos in a hotel’s operations leading …

Firm Value And The Tax Benefits Of Debt : A Study On Public Listed Company In Malaysia., Izam Syaharadzi Ahmad Sofian

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study has three main objectives. First, to empirically defines the relationship between firm value and debt of Public Listed Company in Malaysia once endogeneity of contemporaneous debt is corrected. Secondly the study looks into the possibility impact of alternative theories such as Free Cash Flow and Debt Signaling Hypotheses to the relationship between firm value and debt. Finally, it examines the influence of managerial ownership towards firm value and how it affects the benefits of debts. This study uses interest expense scaled by total assets as proxy of debt. The relationship between firm value and debt is statistically tested …

Malaysian Attitude Towards Standardisation Versus Adaptation : A Study Of Print Advertisements., Keng Siew Li

Student Works (2010-2019)

Global advertising has becoming essential with the popularity of businesses penetrating into international market. This has indirectly created high demand of marketing products and services offering internationally. Therefore, understanding consumers’ favourable attitude towards advertising would be the key factor in sustaining effective international marketing. For instant, the globally well known brand “Coca-Cola” which has gotten its image recognized globally due to its standardisation strategy, has said that going localised is the essential key to success by the company’s CEO in Financial Times (27 march 2000). For that reasons, identifying and understanding of these key factors towards whether to standardise or …

The Effect Of Firm Characteristics On Capital Structure : An Empirical Study., Andrew Hon Ming Chong

Student Works (2010-2019)

The effect of firm characteristics on capital structure has been tested for thisstudy. Sample is randomly drawn from 60 manufacturing firms listed in theMain Market of Bursa Malaysia for a period from year 2004 to 2008 which totalling 300 data. A regression model is formed amongst one dependentvariable, five independent variables, and one dummy variable to study the relationship and effect between firm characteristics and capital structure. The results reveal that firm size has a positive relation to capital structure whereas interest coverage ratio, profitability, and growth opportunities have an inverse relation to capital structure. While tangibility alone is found …

What Happens After Erp Implementation : Understanding The Impact Of Is Sophistication, Interdependence And Differentiation On Plant-Level Outcomes., Chan Ming Ming

Student Works (2010-2019)

This research explores the determinants of a successfully Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation at the post implementation view in Malaysia. This research presents a model of the organizational and technological impacts of ERP systems. The Organizational Information Processing Theory (OIPT) and IS Sophistication Theory was used as a lens to understand the factors that impact on the ERP intermediate benefit at the subunit level. Interdependence and Differentiation are the two important elements in the OIPT theory. The theory suggests that ERP will be a relatively better fit when interdependence is high and differentiation is low. IS Sophistication is conceptualized in …

Determinants Of Corporate Share Buybacks : The Malaysian Experience., Nura Lina Md Elias

Student Works (2010-2019)

This paper seeks to examine the impact of identified financial variables on the decision of the firm to repurchase. Both repurchase and non-repurchase firms are considered in this study. Thus, the determinants of corporate share buybacks is the result from the real motives of share buybacks itself together with additional comparison in terms of financial characteristics of repurchase and non-repurchase firms. The study investigate the determinants of share buybacks based on developed hypothesis of information signalling hypothesis, optimal leverage ratio hypothesis, free cash flow hypothesis and take-over deterrence hypothesis. The most important explanation comes from variables associated with optimal ratio …

Moderating Effect Of Knowledge Workers On Pay Satisfaction, Formal And Informal Organization Career Management With Affective Organization Commitment., Yong Jing Ren

Student Works (2010-2019)

Knowledge Workers (KW) are identified as the most important factor going into the 21st century, largely due to the elimination of national borders through globalization. Knowledge Workers are sought-after employees throughout the world that would play an important role towards the future of an organization. This coincides with Malaysian government’s effort to retain its KW work force while trying to attract Malaysian KW in other countries to return to the mother nation in the effort to move towards Vision 2020. A conceptual model exploring the effect of Pay Satisfaction, Formal and Informal Career Management towards Affective Organization Commitment is created …

Acceptance Of Electronic Tax Filing : A Study Of Malaysian Taxpayers Adoption Intentions., Nor Haida Abdul Hamid

Student Works (2010-2019)

E-government plays an increasingly dominant role in efforts to foster effective and efficient delivery service enabling the government to become more responsive to its citizens needs. However, the successful implementation of egovernment is contingent upon understanding factors affecting citizens’ adoption intentions. This study emulates the research by Featherman and Pavlou (2003) that integrated perceived risk facets within the Technology Acceptance Model. IRB’s e-filing system, one of Malaysia’s most important e-government initiatives was used to explore users’ risk perceptions of e-government and the factors affecting their adoption intentions. A survey questionnaire was administered to registered individual taxpayers at IRB offices in …

Investment Performance Of Domestic And International Equity Funds In Malaysia., Choo Chih Tung

Student Works (2010-2019)

The a exploration on the performance of the unit trust funds in Malaysia is becoming more and more important nowadays as there is an increased demand and it is perceived to be able to provide better returns by diversifying its investment portfolio. This study focus on the excess returns provided by the unit trust funds when compare with the four market indexes. The returns from both Domestic Equity Funds and International Equity Funds were compare with the Bursa Malaysia (KLCI), Morgan Stanley World Index (MXWO), Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific ex-Japan (MXAPJ) and Europe, Australia and Far East Index (MXEA).

The …

Acceptance Of E-Payment For Tax Purposes In Malaysia., Nor Aizah Sumedi

Student Works (2010-2019)

Many studies have been done on the on acceptance of e-filing to amongst taxpayers. One of it carried out by Fu, Farn and Chao (2005) that conducted a survey in China. However, not many studies focus on tax e-payment yet. Therefore, this study is done in order to really examine and investigate in the real world, how is the acceptance of Malaysian taxpayers in using e-payment, especially in paying their tax liability. The main objective of the study is first is to compare the criteria of both manual and electronic taxpayers towards the usage of e-payment method in paying their …

Macroeconomics Stress Testing On Malaysia Commercial Banks' Credit Portfolios., Foo Chii Shia

Student Works (2010-2019)

In the research paper, quarterly data on Non-performing Loan (NPL) for commercial banks in Malaysia over the time period of quarter 1, 1998 to quarter 4, 2009 together with 5 macroeconomic indicators i.e. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumer Price Index (CPI), FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (KLCI), Unemployment rate and House Property Index are collected to form a credit risk model. The estimated model is employed to analyse banking credit risks conditional on current macroeconomic conditions. Stepwise multiple regression method has been used which to select the useful subsets of variables and to evaluate the order of importance of variables. Furthermore, …

Promoting Wellness Programs To College Students: Relax Program At Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Danielle Tucker

Social Sciences

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Web Design Practices For Small Businesses, Kate Nickerson

Graphic Communication

The purpose of this study was to discover the most effective and successful strategies of web design and development for small businesses. A small business’ web site is an increasingly critical marketing tool that can even drive profits if used correctly. This study makes an example of a web site redesign for Linnaea’s Café, a coffee house, art gallery, and music venue in San Luis Obispo, California. The web site redesign was developed using a dynamic content management system to allow easy, frequent updates to the site by the café’s manager.

To determine what consumers want and expect to see …

Impact Of Lean Practices On Printing Companies, Jenna Bodolay

Graphic Communication

The purpose of this study was to bring understanding to what Lean and sustainable practices are most efficient and popular within printing companies. The information and data collected provides insight into what companies are doing to be Lean. The data exhibits what Lean and sustainable techniques that provide positive effects for companies and identifies potential pitfalls for why companies have not been able to be productive with Lean strategies.

This study collected and analyzed data on Lean and sustainability efficiency through historical case studies and descriptive research surveys. Case studies in the printing industry were studied and compared on the …

Business Plan-Ryanair In The United States, Tessa Davis

Journalism

Traveling within the United States is extremely costly. Low-cost airlines such as Southwest Airlines do exist but they do not provide the prices and efficiency that Ryanair, a United Kingdom based airline, does. Traveling throughout Europe is cheap and easy, jet setting to an Italian villa, when one lives in the middle of London would be considered completely normal. The United States is an enormous country, and unfortunately airline companies and airports do not provide easy, cheap methods of flying around the country. As a student or middle-class citizen, travel throughout the United States should be accessible and viable. If …

Is Premium Pricing Strategy A Viable Option To Pursue Higher Revenue Performance? A Case Study Of Relative Pricing Strategy In The Singapore Lodging Market, Xiaorong Chen

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This is an exploratory research paper on how relative pricing affects an individual hotel’s revenue performance in the Singapore lodging market. First, it measures the REVPAR effects for both a discounting and premium pricing strategy at a local hotel against its competitive set. The findings conclude that a premium pricing strategy is a better way to improve REVPAR performance due to the inelastic nature of the demand curve for hotel rooms in the Singapore market. The findings also show that there is a price limit to a premium pricing strategy, beyond which the growth of REVPAR stagnates because customers were …

The Impact Of Rebranding On Guest Satisfaction And Financial Performance: A Case Study Of Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre, Pingshan Huang

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Existing literature has shown that effective branding/ re-branding can positively impact customer purchase preferences and intentions, satisfaction and loyalty and a firm’s financial performance. Building on these links, this paper investigated if there was a significant improvement in the Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre’s guest satisfaction (OSAT) and financial performance after its rebranding. Paired-samples analyses were conducted on the hotel’s pre- and post-rebranding guest satisfaction, occupancy, average daily rates (ADR), revenue per available room (RevPAR), revenue and net operating profit (NOP). Overall, the results revealed that after the rebranding, HISOCC’s occupancy and RevPAR increased significantly; ADR and OSAT reflected …

Variance Reduction Techniques For Estimating Quantiles And Value-At-Risk, Fang Chu

Dissertations

Quantiles, as a performance measure, arise in many practical contexts. In finance, quantiles are called values-at-risk (VARs), and they are widely used in the financial industry to measure portfolio risk. When the cumulative distribution function is unknown, the quantile can not be computed exactly and must be estimated. In addition to computing a point estimate for the quantile, it is important to also provide a confidence interval for the quantile as a way of indicating the error in the estimate. A problem with crude Monte Carlo is that the resulting confidence interval may be large, which is often the case …