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Modeling The Impact Of Adding Cryptocurrency In A Portfolio, Ashley Pineault

Honors Theses and Capstones

This study examines the backgrounds of Bitcoin and Ethereum. How they came about, where they differ from one another in functions, and what investors believe will be a better cryptocurrency stock as an investment to include in an optimized portfolio. It will also study the impact of adding two leading cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, into a hypothetical, optimal investment portfolio. Data collection includes the adjusted closing price of 30 diversified stocks from 2016 to 2021. Those adjusted closing prices are the beginning of determining the optimal portfolio for three separate portfolios. One has the Ethereum cryptocurrencies, the other has Bitcoin …

The Ethicality And Political Skill Of Leaders And Subordinate Job Satisfaction: A Study Of Accounting Faculty, Donald L. Ariail

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Using a sample of 539 accounting faculty teaching in the United States, this study explored perceptions of the ethicality and political skill of their direct supervisors and self-reported levels of job satisfaction. Ethicality was measured with the Ethical Leadership Scale (ELS) and the Behavioral Integrity (BI) Scale. These measures, which were highly correlated, were proxy measures for accounting faculty perceptions of the tone-at-the-top (TATT)—the ethical leadership under which faculty teach and research. The results indicated that while the majority of accounting faculty perceived their direct supervisor as being ethical, about a third (28% BI, 34.8% ELS) of them did not …

Improving Financial Management Skills Among Small Business Owners, Jonathan Jackson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small business owners (SBOs) lack of financial management skills can negatively impact small businesses' profitability and result in business failure. SBO’s limited understanding of financial management skills increases the likelihood of business failure and negatively impacts local and national economies. Grounded in the stakeholder theoretical framework, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies SBOs use to improve financial management. Data were collected from five small business owners' successful years of freight business experience in Central Mississippi using semi-structured interviews, annual organizational reports, and member checking. Data were analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six-step thematic …

Relationship Between Perceived Quality Of Student Learning Experience, Perceived Quality Of Mentoring, And Student Satisfaction, George Edwin Thorpe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Entrepreneurship education (EEd) is essential to addressing youth unemployment, which reached 30% in Nigeria in 2018. Understanding the role of learning experience and mentoring is vital for EEd leaders to enhance student satisfaction from self-employment after graduation. Grounded in the direct performance-satisfaction link model of the expectancy disconfirmation theory of customer satisfaction and Kram’s mentor role theory, the purpose of the quantitative correlation study was to examine whether the perceived quality of learning experience and mentoring predicted student satisfaction in EEd institutions. The participants were 47 students of two EEd institutions in Lagos who had completed at least 50% of …

Strategies For Sustaining Automotive Dealerships Beyond 5 Years, Lyndon Fitzgerald Taylor

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small businesses in the United States employ 48% of the workforce, and only 50% percent of small businesses survive beyond 5 years. Business leaders are concerned with strategies to retain and expand their customer base to mitigate business failure and enhance survivability. Grounded in the leader-member exchange theory, the purpose of my qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies automotive dealership business leaders used to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. The participants comprised five business leaders in the automotive industry in the Central and Southwest U.S. State of Michigan. Data were collected using semistructured face-to-face interviews and a …

Human Capital Management Strategies To Sustain Profitability Of Private Sector Companies In Jamaica, Peta Gay Nadia Waugh

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Eighty-two percent of Jamaican workers are employed by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, but only 5.1% of private sector entrepreneurial endeavors remain open after 42 months of operations. This low survival rate can inhibit the ability of Jamaican business owners to support their families and provide goods and services to benefit local communities. Grounded in human capital theory, general systems theory, and social change theory, the purpose of this qualitative descriptive multiple case study was to explore strategies CHROs used to sustain the profitability of their private sector companies. Participants comprised three private-sector CHROs officers and three human resource officers …

Technology Strategies To Sustain Small Business Enterprises Beyond 5 Years, Eunice Colon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractSmall businesses employ over half of the U.S. labor force, yet only 50% of small businesses survive beyond five years. Small business owners who do not sustain their businesses force employees to seek new employment and adversely impact the local economy. Grounded in Porter’s five forces model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore technology strategies used by small businesses to achieve and maintain sustainability beyond the first five years of operations. The participants were four small business owners from Maryland who implemented successful technology strategies to achieve and maintain sustainability for more than five years. …

Entrepreneurial Strategies For The Survival Of Small Business Enterprises In Uganda, Rita Kabatunzi

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Only 46% of small businesses in Uganda survive beyond 5 years, yet some small business owners lack entrepreneurial leadership strategies to innovate and sustain their businesses. The failure to sustain businesses can lead to employee loss of jobs and degrade individuals’ economic prosperity. Grounded in the strategic entrepreneurship model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore entrepreneurial leadership strategies small business owners in the travel and tourism industry in Kampala, Uganda use to innovate and sustain their businesses for more than 5 years. The participants comprised 5 small business owners who successfully sustained their businesses beyond 5 …

Global Identity: Conceptualization, Measurement, And Implications For Marketing Strategy, Irem Yoruk

Wayne State University Dissertations

Identity is an important predictor in consumer behavior; but marketing managers’ understanding of global identity is limited. This dissertation develops a more comprehensive conceptualization of the construct of global identity than those currently proposed in the literature. Anchored in identity and social identity theories, this work develops a multidimensional scale for measuring global identity, and validates this scale across two cultural environments, Turkey and the United States. This new scale is composed of four dimensions that explain the domain of global identity, three of which are comprised of two sub-dimensions. This work shows that these converge into a third-order global …

Effective Strategies To Reduce Voluntary Employee Turnover Intentions In The Retail Sector, Connie Latoyia Owens

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Voluntary employee turnover is a complex business problem that hurts organizations’ productivity and profits. High employee turnover rates require retail business leaders to implement strategies to help prevent employees from leaving their jobs. Grounded in transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore leadership strategies retail store managers use to reduce voluntary employee turnover. The participants included six retail managers from two mid-to-large retail food organizations in Chicago who successfully reduced voluntary employee turnover. Semistructured interviews and public company information were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using Yin’s five-step method. Four themes were …

Bank Management Compliance Strategies To Avoid Regulatory Sanctions, Henry Emetseme Akiotu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Fines and penalties assessed against a bank for failure to comply with regulatory sanctions result in loss of revenues and reputation. Bank managers who fail to implement effective strategies to prevent sanctions compliance could experience reduced bank profitability, reputational loss, and possible bank failure. Grounded in Goldratt’s theory of constraints, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore compliance strategies bank managers use to avoid regulatory sanctions. The participants were three senior bank compliance managers from the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area with a minimum of 5 years of experience who have successfully implemented strategies to avoid regulatory …

Talent Management Strategies For Managing Employee Career Advancement At Fortune 500 Companies, Kimberly Chennel Burke

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The focus on attracting talent versus an internal focus on advancing talented employees has become costly for corporations. Senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies need to advance the careers of internal employees to achieve their business objectives. Grounded in the path-goal theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore the talent management (TM) strategies senior leaders at Fortune 500 companies use to manage the career advancement of internal employees. Methodological triangulation was used to analyze data collected from semistructured interviews and company documentation. The participants were six Fortune 500 leaders in the United States Midwest region who …

Strategies To Retain Seasoned Federal Acquisition Employees, Patricia Dianne Wells

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Failure to retain seasoned acquisition employees negatively impacts an organization’s performance and outcomes. Managers need retention strategies to retain seasoned employees, as failure to retain seasoned employees results in capability gaps, decreased productivity, and increased expenses associated with recruiting and training new hires and transfers. Grounded in the social exchange theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies midlevel managers use to retain seasoned acquisition employees. The primary participants consisted of six midlevel federal acquisition managers of a federal agency who used strategies to retain seasoned acquisition employees. The secondary participants were five employees from …

Business Planning Strategies To Sustain Hair Salons, Charity T. Adams

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small businesses employ most Americans in the workforce; however, more than half of small businesses fail within the first 5 years of operation. Small business owners who lack business planning strategies are at a higher risk of failure. Grounded in the sustainable activity model, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies hair salon owners used to sustain their business beyond 5 years. The participants comprised seven hair salon owners in the Southern region of the United States who successfully sustained their business beyond 5 years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews and reviews of organization documents …

Retention Strategies For Human Service Nonprofit Employees, Ebonee F. Shaw

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Human resource challenges are a pressing issue for nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit leaders who do not successfully implement retention strategies negatively impact organization performance and turnover rates. Grounded in the motivational needs theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore retention strategies leaders use to reduce turnover in the nonprofit industry. Study participants included three nonprofit leaders who successfully implemented retention strategies in human service agencies focused on children and families in North St. Louis County. Data were collected using semistructured interviews, a review of the current strategic plan, employee retention statistics, public records published by Guidestar, …

Impact Of Islamic Financial Principles On Mitigating The Covid-19 Financial Crisis In Pakistan, Mohammed Monzur Murshid

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global financial crisis. Governments and central banks around the world took unprecedented measures to mitigate the effect of the pandemic-triggered financial crisis and maintain the stability of the financial system. The purpose of this cross-sectional quantitative study was to examine the capability of the Islamic financial system to mitigate the effect of the pandemic-induced financial crisis on the economy of Pakistan in 2020. The International Monetary Fund enhanced dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (IMF-DSGE) model provided the framework for this study. Data collection included conventional financial sector parameters, Islamic financial sector parameters, and country-level macroeconomic data …

Meaningful Work And Remote Employee Engagement During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Monique Foster

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the remote working trend, causing workplace leaders to be challenged and remote employees to feel meaninglessness and lose interest in their work. The subjective nature of meaningful work and enforced remote work is a relatively recent socioeconomic phenomenon, creating a gap in the literature regarding how middle managers foster meaningful work for employees in a remote work environment. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry study was to understand how middle managers fostered meaningful work for employees in a remote work environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected from semistructured interviews with 10 middle managers …

ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการยอมรับการใช้งาน Online Platform กรณีศึกษาบริษัท Xyz, ฐิติกร แก้วดวงเด่น

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

โครงงานพิเศษฉบับนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์ เพื่อศึกษาปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิต่อการยอมรับการใช้งานเทคโนโลยีสำหรับผู้นำเข้าส่งออกและตัวแทนผู้ให้บริการขนส่งสินค้าทางทะเลระหว่างประเทศเนื่องจากปัจจุบันอุตสาหกรรมทางด้านขนส่งสินค้าทางทะเลหรือสาสยเรือนั้นมีการแข่งขันกันสูงมากขึ้นโดยเฉพาะทางด้านบริการ ในแง่ของการบริการทางสายเรือ จึงจำเป็นต้องพัฒนาระบบให้การทำงาน มีความรวดเร็วในการให้บริการ ถูกต้องแม่นยำ ข้อมูลเข้าถึงได้ง่าย และผู้ใช้บริการรับรู้ถึงประโยชน์ของการใช้งาน โดยบริษัทกรณีศึกษาเป็นสายการเดินเรือรายใหญ่ โดยใช้แบบสอบถาม เก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลจากผู้นำเข้าส่งออกและตัวแทนผู้ให้บริการขนส่งสินค้าทางทะเลระหว่างประเทศ จำนวน 350 คน ทำการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลโดยใช้สถิติเชิงพรรณนา และการวิเคราะห์ถดถอยเชิงพหุ เพื่อหาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการยอมรับการใช้งาน Online Platform กรณีศึกษา บริษัสายเรือ XYZ จำนวน 4 ด้าน และความตั้งใจที่จะใช้งาน ผลการศึกษาพบว่า ด้านความคาดหวังในประสิทธิภาพ ด้านสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก ด้านอิทธิพลทางสังคม และ ด้านความง่ายต่อการใช้งาน ซึ่งพบว่า ปัจจัยที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการเลือกใช้ Online Platform อย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ 0.05 มีจำนวน 3 ปัจจัย คือ ด้านสิ่งอำนวยความสะดวก ด้านอิทธิพลทางสังคม และ ด้านความง่ายต่อการใช้งาน

Attracting Applicants With Corporate Social Responsibility: A Social Dilemma Perspective, Shin Han

CGU Theses & Dissertations

There has been a surging interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in society, and business leaders perceive that CSR is essential in business operations. However, CSR can lead to unsatisfactory outcomes when not appropriately understood or practiced. Therefore, I conducted two studies to provide an alternative CSR perspective (Study 1) and empirically test how firms can benefit the most from CSR in applicant attraction (Study 2). In Study 1, I analyzed CSR as an organizational social dilemma (Rockmann & Northcraft, 2018), where the conflicts among stakeholders and between short- and long-term outcomes are inevitable. To minimize these conflicts, firms need …

The Global Impact Of Covid-19 And Tourism On Conservation Rangers' Guardianship Capabilities, Zachary Bockler

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted wildlife rangers with an emphasis on the influences of tourism rates. Two sets of data are used: one is a survey of rangers around the world and the other looks at global governmental tourism data. While coming from a routine activities perspective, the problem of decreased capable guardianship becomes apparent in the form of massively decreased tourism arrivals and troubling ranger perceptions. This data allows for the establishment of tourism trends and changes during COVID. The findings of this thesis link the downturn in tourism with impacts on formal and informal …

Strategies Automotive Purchasing Managers Use For Managing Material Costs, Obundah Wenah

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractBusiness leaders continually face challenges with the rising cost of materials. Automotive purchasing managers need to develop strategies to manage the cost of materials. Grounded in resource dependency theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies purchasing leaders in the automotive industry use for managing material costs. Data collection included semistructured interviews and documentation, including purchasing policies and directives. The participants comprised four automotive purchasing managers who formulated and implemented material cost strategies. Five themes were identified using thematic analysis: (a) negotiation, (b) total cost of ownership, (c) reducing design complexity, (d) supplier strategic relationship, …

Towards A Better Understanding Of The Development Of Collaborative Consumption Pricing, Funda Sarican

2022

With the rise of social platforms, consumers started creating value by sharing human and physical resources. As a result, there has been an increase in collaborative consumption. My papers focus on the peer-to-peer travel accommodation service Airbnb, a popular online market for short-term housing rentals.

In paper one, an integrated framework for collaborative consumption pricing is developed by adopting the hedonic demand theory and leveraging the multilevel modeling method that accounts for various factors from nested data. This paper contributes to the research literature by extending the usage of multilevel modeling across cities to consider city effects and broadening the …

Audit Firm Culture: An Evolution Of The Audit Profession In Response To External Forces, Christina T. Alberti

2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting business operations throughout the world, including the working procedures of audit professionals. Yet, to date, research on COVID-19’s impact on auditing is limited. This is despite its potential long-term implications. Thus, my dissertation uses a mix of research methods to examine auditors’ response to, and regulators’ evaluation of auditors’ response to, COVID-19.

The first paper (co-authored) synthesizes research on audit firm culture (AFC) over the past decade, reviewing recent developments in research on AFC and its influence on audit quality and auditors’ work attitudes. Using a three-phase model based on prior research and professional guidance, …

Health And Healthcare In The Financial Reporting And Audit Environments, Landi Morris

2022

This dissertation is comprised of three papers that integrate analyses of health, health crises, and healthcare entities in the financial reporting and audit processes. The first paper considers how physical health influences audit outcomes via auditors’ cognitive processing. The second paper considers a global health disruption that impacts the audit process. In the third paper, I examine financial and tax reporting of hospital entities. I describe each paper in further detail below.

The first paper, co-authored with Rani Hoitash, examines whether influenza (flu), a potential threat to the conduct of public company audits, is associated with audit outcomes. Because the …

Three Papers On Sell-Side Financial Analysts, Zheng Liu

2022

This first paper (co-authored) tests the effect of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), which entered into force on 3 January 2018, on European-based sell-side financial analysts. We find that MiFID II, in part, unbundles brokers’ execution and research services. We assess the effectiveness of MiFID II in unbundling and find that the trading volume generated by the brokers that issued recommendation revisions declined significantly after the enactment of MiFID II. Further, in addition to a smaller price reaction to EU broker analysts’ recommendation revisions in the post period than in the pre period, these broker analysts appear …

Optimizing Pension Outcomes Using Target Volatility Investment Concept, Zefeng Bai

2022

The target volatility strategy is a very popular investment concept in financial marketplace. For my dissertation, I focus on studying the target volatility investment concept in application to pension accumulation as well as decumulation stages. Additionally, I extend a basic target volatility strategy by introducing trading boundaries to its asset allocation mechanism. My dissertation study follows a three-paper format.

In paper one, we propose a new pension strategy that aims at improving the protection of a long-term pension plan in volatile market conditions. Over a hypothetical twenty-year pension scheme, we show that our newly proposed strategy, which attaches a target …

Strategies That Weekly Print Newspapers Use In The Digital Age, Mia Alexander-Davis

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The development of Web 2.0 transformed the distribution of information in the United States and challenged the print newspaper business model to develop an online presence. As a result, some weekly print newspaper managers were forced to develop digital strategies to maintain the viability of their organizations in a changing market. Grounded in Kotter’s change management model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies weekly print newspaper managers used to create an online presence. The data sources were semistructured interviews with three weekly print newspaper managers and publicly available documents, including company archives, website data, …

Strategies To Retain Bank Tellers In The Banking Industry, Travis Deandre Houser

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Bank and credit union managers face challenges in preserving bank productivity and competition. Understanding the factors contributing to teller retention is vital for bank and credit union managers to create and implement employee retention strategies. Effective retention strategies may help retain the best tellers to remain competitive in the banking industry. Grounded in Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to identify successful strategies bank managers use to improve bank teller retention. The participants were six managers from two banks and one credit union in Montgomery, Alabama, who successfully implemented teller retention strategies. Data were …

International Expansion Strategies For Small Businesses, May Alkhudari

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small businesses in the United States struggle to globalize and compete in a globalized economy, which diminishes their growth and investment opportunities. Small business owners in the United States struggle to expand their business globally due to the lack of information, which limits their profitability. Grounded in Porter's five forces theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore small retail business owners' strategies to improve their profitability opportunities through global expansion. The participants were five small retail business owners in the Northeast region of the United States who successfully expanded their business internationally. Data were collected …

Motivational Strategies Warehouse Managers Use To Improve Employees’ Performance, Brooks Latonya Demming

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Failure to improve employee performance can have unfavorable organizational outcomes. Organizational leaders are concerned about employee performance because improving employee performance is critical for achieving organizational goals. Grounded in Vroom’s expectancy theory of motivation, the purpose of this multiple-case study was to explore strategies warehouse managers use to improve employees’ performance. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with three warehouse managers, member-checking interviews, and a review of public company documents. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Three themes emerged: organizational communication, employee empowerment, and a supportive work environment. A key recommendation for warehouse managers is to communicate expectations to employees …