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Analyst Non-Gaap Reporting: When Do Equity Analysts Adjust Gaap Earnings – An Application Of Text Based Firm Complexity, Patrick Chen Jan 2021

Analyst Non-Gaap Reporting: When Do Equity Analysts Adjust Gaap Earnings – An Application Of Text Based Firm Complexity, Patrick Chen

CMC Senior Theses

Equity analysts adjust GAAP earnings to report non-GAAP figures that they believe better represent a firm’s current and future performance. The importance of such non-GAAP(street) figures has been determined and accepted by the literature, but the process in which analysts arrive at such figures is less understood. I apply a newly defined measure of firm complexity using text based analysis of firm annual reports and investigate its effect. When complexity increases, it becomes harder to individuate different components of a system. When that system is a firm, complexity then increases the difficulty in determining an accurate measure of performance. The …


Diversifying Investment Portfolios With Collectible Sneakers: Expected Returns And Benefits Of Diversification, Samuel Soo Jan 2021

Diversifying Investment Portfolios With Collectible Sneakers: Expected Returns And Benefits Of Diversification, Samuel Soo

CMC Senior Theses

This thesis seeks to identify if collectible sneakers can provide diversification benefits to an investor’s portfolio. Using data from a global collectible sneaker marketplace, StockX, I constructed an index to compare it with other traditional assets, including the S&P 500 index and 5-year US Treasury Bills. By calculating key metrics including expected returns, volatility, and correlation, I analyzed the risk-return characteristics of the collectible sneaker asset class compared to other traditional asset classes. From the data analysis I performed, I found that collectible sneakers did not outperform returns significantly compared to traditional asset classes, but had low correlations, which provides …


So, You Want To Be An Entrepreneur: Potential Factors That Lead To Founder And Startup Success, Joshua Robert Tatum Jan 2021

So, You Want To Be An Entrepreneur: Potential Factors That Lead To Founder And Startup Success, Joshua Robert Tatum

CMC Senior Theses

Throughout the last two decades, entrepreneurship and startup companies have skyrocketed. Adding significant value to the economy, entrepreneurialism has immense power to spark technological and social change in the world. Given the importance of entrepreneurialism, this paper will use a data-driven approach to discover significant factors that influence founder and startup company success. Founding startups is growing easier and becoming more prominent, yet the failure rates of these companies continue to settle around 90%, leaving many companies without the chance to reach their potential and have their full impact. Using a new dataset I have collected, I analyze company and …


Spac Success Factors: Determinants Of Post-Acquisition Share Price Growth, Cade Moffatt Jan 2021

Spac Success Factors: Determinants Of Post-Acquisition Share Price Growth, Cade Moffatt

CMC Senior Theses

This paper examines characteristics of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) as determinants of post-acquisition success. I collected data on all SPACs which merged with a target firm between 2016 and the start of 2021. The data set controls for a host of variables including the contractual design of the SPAC, management team characteristics, founder compensation structure, key underwriter data, and performance metrics measured throughout the SPAC’s lifecycle. Using a multivariable regression, I find new and robust insights into the SPAC market. Contrary to current literature, I conclude that the misaligned incentives caused by the initial at-risk capital supplied by founders …


Are There Differences In Music Preferences Following Major Events?, Ian A. Grant Jan 2021

Are There Differences In Music Preferences Following Major Events?, Ian A. Grant

Honors Theses and Capstones

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Social And Human Capital Contributions Of Diverse Board Members, Sharifa Ife Batts Jan 2021

Social And Human Capital Contributions Of Diverse Board Members, Sharifa Ife Batts

Theses and Dissertations

While most firms serve a diverse population, many have no minorities or women serving as Members on their board. Boards are disadvantaged when their composition fails to align with Their employee population or the stakeholder groups they serve; they are neglecting the Contributions of women and minorities as their voices are unheard. The purpose of this multiple Case comparison study builds on current boardroom diversity and board effectiveness research by Exploring how the unique human and social capital contributions of women and minority board Members increase the boards’ capabilities and impact board governance. I qualitatively examined Six boards of varied …


Feeling Depleted? If English Is Not Your First Language, You Might Be Experiencing Stereotype Threat, Mingang K. Geiger Jan 2021

Feeling Depleted? If English Is Not Your First Language, You Might Be Experiencing Stereotype Threat, Mingang K. Geiger

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

An estimated 67.3 million people are nonnative English speakers in the U.S. Research has shown that nonnative English speakers are often perceived to be less competent in communication, less intelligent, and less reliable in English-speaking environments, regardless of their actual capability. Given that English is a common tool for business communication, the nonnative English speaker stigma is likely to be particularly salient in the workplace. For example, empirical research evidence has shown that nonnative English speakers are less likely to be hired or promoted to managerial positions and are more likely to fail to receive funding for their business due …


Traditional Media Marketing And The Panther Marching Band, Adam James Herzog Jan 2021

Traditional Media Marketing And The Panther Marching Band, Adam James Herzog

Honors Program Theses

The Panther Marching Band is the largest student organization on campus and is an outward symbol of the University of Northern Iowa. The Panther Marching Band (PMB) recruits new students to participate throughout the year. Recruitment is necessary tool for the PMB to maintain student participation and encourage growth. This creative thesis entails the research, strategy, design, and revision of printed promotional materials for the Panther Marching Band. A successful promotional identity must address the target audience it wishes to reach and encourage interaction. Promotional handouts are an effective way to present information in a clear, succinct manner.I chose to …


Large-Scale Renewable Energy Penetration – A Quantitative Analysis Of Political Determinants Of Renewable Energy And Its Impact On Electricity Price Volatility Transmission And Corporate Financial Performance, Abdul Abban Jan 2021

Large-Scale Renewable Energy Penetration – A Quantitative Analysis Of Political Determinants Of Renewable Energy And Its Impact On Electricity Price Volatility Transmission And Corporate Financial Performance, Abdul Abban

Theses

This thesis presents four studies on renewable energy. In this thesis, we analyse the political determinants of renewable energy investment in Chapter 2, evaluate the interaction effect between government system and governance quality on renewable energy investment in Chapter 3, estimate the impact of renewable energy on electricity prices and volatility transmission across the Australian regional markets in Chapter 4 and finally investigate the bi-directional causation between environmental and financial performance in Chapter 5.

The findings from Chapter 2 show that both the left and central-orientated governments promote renewable energy investment more than the right-orientated government. Although the presidential system …


Capital Structure Choices In Australian Indigenous Corporations: An Investigation Into The Health And Community Service Industry, João Manuel Da Costa Canoquena Jan 2021

Capital Structure Choices In Australian Indigenous Corporations: An Investigation Into The Health And Community Service Industry, João Manuel Da Costa Canoquena

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The growing significance of incorporated legal structures of exclusive use for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has been sustained by both an increase in the registration of Indigenous corporations (ICs) and their recent low rate of deregistration. This progress can be undermined by ineffective debt management, which has, thus far, been handled by the regulator mostly through the tightening of the legal framework under which ICs operate.

Despite its importance in protecting members’ accumulated funds and keeping ICs solvent, debt management by ICs has not benefited from the literature on capital structure choices (the choices between financing through debt …


The Role Of Emotions In Consumer Behavior, Aysu Senyuz Jan 2021

The Role Of Emotions In Consumer Behavior, Aysu Senyuz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023

Feelings and thoughts are inseparable in decision making process. As social beings, individuals frequently integrate their emotions in relation to other people in their consumption choices. In my two dissertation essays, I seek to examine the role of emotions on consumption decisions. In the first essay, I explore the impact of self-transcendent emotion of awe on preferences for limited edition products. Findings across seven studies indicate that awe-eliciting appeals commonly used in the promotion of limited edition products decrease consumer preferences towards those products. This effect is due to reduced feelings of connection for individuals feeling awe in response to …


Subjective Evaluation Of Professional Employees: Work-Day Duration As A Heuristic To Evaluate Output, Sara Wick Jan 2021

Subjective Evaluation Of Professional Employees: Work-Day Duration As A Heuristic To Evaluate Output, Sara Wick

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The purpose of my dissertation is to investigate how information that should not signal output quality influences managers’ evaluations. To address this objective, I pose the following research question: In a setting where professional employees generate output that cannot be evaluated objectively, will managers use work-day duration to subjectively evaluate the quality of their output?

I address my research question using two experiments where I vary employees’ work-day duration relative to their peers (short versus equal) and the purpose of the evaluation (bonus versus promotion) while observing how supervisors make subjective quality evaluations about their output. I find that when …


Three Essays On Addressing Risks Under The Servicizing Business Model, Tina Arabian Jan 2021

Three Essays On Addressing Risks Under The Servicizing Business Model, Tina Arabian

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In view of the recent trend to prioritize access to a product over ownership, manufacturers may consider switching from selling their product to servicizing. The benefits of the servicizing business model, under which a firm sells the use or functionality of a product rather than the product itself, extend beyond providing firms with new economic opportunities. It is also recognized as a sustainable business model because it encourages firms and customers to be more conscious of product design and consumption patterns, respectively. Although this business model offers opportunities to the environment and the economy, it entails the risks of product …


Three Essays On Financial Economics, Zhe Peng Jan 2021

Three Essays On Financial Economics, Zhe Peng

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Essay 1 deals with a topic in market microstructure. It examines a type of trading mechanism called a speed bump. The speed bump was introduced to slow down incoming orders to reduce the informational advantage of certain high-speed traders who could exploit their information to take advantage of slower traders. In 2016, the Investors Exchange (IEX) became the first securities exchange in the US to introduce a speed bump. In our first essay, we use trading data from IEX to study this issue. IEX's speed bump includes two layers of delays: a fixed delay on displayed orders and a contingent …


Foundations Of Publicly Subsidized Sport Stadiums: The Case Of U.S. Bank Stadium, Tanner P. Jerome Jan 2021

Foundations Of Publicly Subsidized Sport Stadiums: The Case Of U.S. Bank Stadium, Tanner P. Jerome

Health and Nutritional Sciences Graduate Students Plan B Capstone Projects

This study aims to address the common considerations concerning publicly subsidized sport stadiums. To provide an in-depth illustration into this process, a case study narrative of the Minnesota Vikings’ journey to receiving a public subsidization totaling $498 million for the construction of the U.S. Bank Stadium is presented. As sport stadiums seemingly incorporate more luxurious amenities each year, it is not uncommon to see the price tag for a professional stadium to surpass a billion dollars. Given this colossal cost, it has become difficult for private investments to finance an entire stadium alone. Therefore, combining the private financing of a …


Local Restaurants’ Marketing And Sponsorship Within Collegiate Athletics, Brianna M. Vig Jan 2021

Local Restaurants’ Marketing And Sponsorship Within Collegiate Athletics, Brianna M. Vig

Health and Nutritional Sciences Graduate Students Plan B Capstone Projects

Corporate sponsorships, trademark licensing, and broadcasting rights within college athletics have become a multibillion-dollar business over the past decade. However, a gap in research exists within local businesses sponsorship of college athletics. Many college towns heavily rely on local businesses, specifically restaurants, to attract and retain sports fans. The purpose of this study is to examine local restaurants’ marketing strategies, community relations, and other sponsorship donations impacting the involvement of its collegiate sport sponsorship at the mid-major conference level. Purposeful sampling was used to include two local restaurant owners who participate in sport sponsorship in a Midwest college team. Semi-structured …


Covid-19’S Impact On The United States Labor Market, Sean Patrick Orr Jan 2021

Covid-19’S Impact On The United States Labor Market, Sean Patrick Orr

Honors Theses and Capstones

The goal of this paper is to investigate how COVID-19 impacted the US labor market, but more specifically how stay-at-home orders and other COVID policies adversely impacted the United States labor market. Using working papers from other economists, we can see who was so adversely affect and why. Also, how governments COVID policies impact the labor market. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Local Area Unemployment data, the Center for Disease Controls Case Surveillance Public Use data, and state COVID-19 policies, I created graphs illustrating these factors. I found that when there was a large decrease in cases, those unemployment rates …


ผลกระทบและการปรับตัวในสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโควิด 19 ในกลุ่มอาชีพนักดนตรี, ธิดาพร สันดี Jan 2021

ผลกระทบและการปรับตัวในสถานการณ์การแพร่ระบาดของโควิด 19 ในกลุ่มอาชีพนักดนตรี, ธิดาพร สันดี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ผลกระทบเชิงลบจากการแพร่ระบาดของโควิด 19 ต่ออาชีพต่างๆ ล้วนสร้างปัญหาต่อแต่ละกลุ่มอาชีพต่างกัน กลุ่มอาชีพนักดนตรีเป็นกลุ่มหนึ่งที่ได้รับผลกระทบอย่างรุนแรง การศึกษาในครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาพัฒนาการ และการเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพการทำงานของนักดนตรีในภาวะโควิด 19 2) เพื่อศึกษาผลกระทบและการปรับตัวของนักดนตรีในภาวะโควิด 19 3) เพื่อเสนอแนะแนวทางการปรับตัวที่เหมาะสมของนักดนตรีในภาวะวิกฤติ กลุ่มตัวอย่างในการศึกษาคือนักดนตรีที่ทำงานในช่วงเวลากลางคืนตามสถานบันเทิง ประกอบด้วยผับบาร์ ร้านอาหารกึ่งผับบาร์ สวนอาหาร เพื่ออธิบายถึงชีวิตความเป็นอยู่และผลกระทบที่ได้รับของนักดนตรีในช่วงโควิด 19 เลือกใช้ระเบียบวิธีวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ ประกอบด้วย การวิจัยเอกสารร่วมกับการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึกนักดนตรีจำนวน 7 คน ผลการวิจัยพบว่า 1) นักดนตรีมีสภาพการจ้างงานที่ไม่เหมาะสม เช่น ไม่มีสัญญาจ้าง ขาดความมั่นคงทางรายได้ 2) ผลกระทบหลักจากการแพร่ระบาดของโควิด 19 คือด้านการทำงาน โดยเฉพาะการมีรายได้ที่ลดลง จากการปิดสถานบันเทิงหรือปิดกิจการสถานที่ที่นักดนตรีไปทำงาน และรูปแบบการจัดงานดนตรีเปลี่ยนไป ทำให้นักดนตรีถูกลดงานหรือเกิดการเลิกจ้าง ผลกระทบด้านสุขภาพจิต เกิดความเครียดจากภาวะว่างงาน และผลกระทบด้านการดำรงชีวิตความเป็นอยู่โดยเฉพาะภาระค่าใช้จ่ายที่ยังเท่าเดิมหรือเพิ่มขึ้น ส่งผลให้ต้องปรับตัวในวิถีชีวิตแบบใหม่ และ 3) การว่างงานของนักดนตรีที่ส่งผลต่อเศรษฐกิจทำให้มีรายได้ไม่เพียงพอในการดำรงชีวิต เกิดแนวทางการปรับตัวด้วยการหาอาชีพที่สอง เช่น อาชีพขนส่งอาหารเดลิเวอรี่ ครูสอนดนตรี ผู้ช่วยผู้จัดการร้านอาหาร และเกิดการเปลี่ยนเวลาการทำงานจากกลางคืนเป็นกลางวันเป็นการทำงานที่บ้าน (Work From Home) เช่นการทำงานลงเสียงดนตรี แต่งเพลง การแสดงดนตรีผ่านทางสื่อออนไลน์เช่นเฟชบุ๊ค (facebook) การฝึกฝนทักษะใหม่ๆเพิ่ม และการประหยัดร่วมกับการลดค่าใช้จ่าย ซึ่งนักดนตรีไม่มีความแตกต่างจากอาชีพอื่น เช่น รูปแบบการทำงานที่เปลี่ยนไป เกิดการประหยัด และ วางแผนอนาคตมากขึ้น


การออกแบบกระบวนการจัดซื้อเครื่องใช้สำนักงานของธุรกิจขุดเจาะน้ำมันนอกชายฝั่ง : กรณีศึกษาบริษัท Abc Drilling, มินตรา มณีฉาย Jan 2021

การออกแบบกระบวนการจัดซื้อเครื่องใช้สำนักงานของธุรกิจขุดเจาะน้ำมันนอกชายฝั่ง : กรณีศึกษาบริษัท Abc Drilling, มินตรา มณีฉาย

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาปัญหาด้านการจัดซื้อเครื่องใช้สำนักงานของบริษัทขุดเจาะน้ำมันที่ดำเนินการในประเทศไทย เพื่อเสนอข้อเสนอแนะในการจัดซื้อเครื่องใช้สำนักงานของบริษัทขุดเจาะน้ำมันทั้ง 3 แท่นขุดเจาะของบริษัท ABC Drilling เพื่อปรับปรุงประสิทธิภาพและเป็นมาตรฐานเดียวกัน เพื่อนำเสนอรูปแบบการจัดซื้อ (Purchasing Model) ที่มีประสิทธิภาพของบริษัท ABC Drilling และจัดทำ Organization Model ด้านการจัดซื้อจัดหา โดยเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลการจัดซื้อของปี พ.ศ.2563 เพื่อวิเคราะห์ผลงานการจัดซื้อและใช้แบบสอบถามเพื่อจัดทำข้อสรุปและข้อเสนอแนะ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า การทำสัญญาจัดซื้อจัดหา (Fixed Price Agreement) ร่วมกับการทำประมูลแบบอัตโนมัติ (Automatic Bidding) ทำให้แท่นขุดเจาะที่ 1 สามารถประหยัดต้นทุน 5.39 % ส่วนแท่นขุดเจาะที่ 2 สามารถประหยัดต้นทุน 5.90 % และแท่นขุดเจาะที่ 3 สามารถประหยัดต้นทุน 8.03 % ดังนั้นเมื่อบริษัท ABC Drilling ทำสัญญาซื้อขาย (Fixed Price Agreement) ร่วมกับการทำประมูลแบบอัตโนมัติ (Automatic Bidding) จะทำให้บริษัทประหยัดต้นทุนโดยเฉลี่ย 6.44 % และผู้ให้สัมภาษณ์ทุกรายเห็นด้วยว่าควรมีการจัดซื้อแบบไฮบริด (Hybrid Procurement) โดย 85.71 % คิดเห็นว่าสินค้าหมวดหมู่ A ซึ่งเป็นสินค้าที่มีการสั่งซื้อเป็นประจำ โดยมีการสั่งซื้อสินค้าตั้งแต่ 6 รายการขึ้นไป และมียอดสั่งซื้อตั้งแต่ 20,000 บาทต่อปี ควรมีระบบการจัดซื้อแบบรวมอำนาจไว้ที่ส่วนกลาง (Centralization Purchasing) 57.14 % คิดเห็นว่าสินค้าหมวดหมู่ B ซึ่งเป็นสินค้าที่หาซื้อได้ทั่วไป ราคาถูกควรมีระบบการจัดซื้อแบบรวมอำนาจไว้ที่ส่วนกลาง (Centralization Purchasing) และ 71.43 % คิดเห็นว่าสินค้าหมวดหมู่ C ซึ่งเป็นสินค้าที่มีความเฉพาะเจาะจงและต้องตรวจสอบควรมีระบบการจัดซื้อแบบกระจายอำนาจ (Decentralization Purchasing)


การกำหนดนโยบายการสั่งซื้อวัตถุดิบ : กรณีศึกษาบริษัทผลิตและจำหน่ายผลิตภัณฑ์นมในประเทศไทย, สมใจ พิพัฒน์ผลสกุล Jan 2021

การกำหนดนโยบายการสั่งซื้อวัตถุดิบ : กรณีศึกษาบริษัทผลิตและจำหน่ายผลิตภัณฑ์นมในประเทศไทย, สมใจ พิพัฒน์ผลสกุล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อกำหนดนโยบายการสั่งซื้อที่สามารถช่วยควบคุมต้นทุนของการสั่งและต้นทุนการถือครองวัตถุดิบคงคลังให้อยู่ในระดับที่ต่ำที่สุด ผู้วิจัยได้ศึกษารูปแบบการสั่งซื้อวัตถุดิบและวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลของบริษัทกรณีศึกษา ซึ่งเป็นผู้ผลิตและจำหน่ายผลิตภัณฑ์นมในประเทศไทย โดยพบว่าบริษัทมีระดับวัตถุดิบคงคลังในปริมาณที่สูงเมื่อเทียบกับสัดส่วนความต้องการใช้จริงของการผลิต อีกทั้งยังขาดเครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการคำนวณวิเคราะห์ปริมาณการสั่ง โดยใช้แต่เพียงการคาดเดาและประสบการณ์ของผู้บริหารในการตัดสินใจสั่งซื้อวัตถุดิบแต่ละครั้ง จากปัญหาดังกล่าวผู้วิจัยจึงได้ประยุกต์ใช้โปรแกรมสำเร็จรูป SPSS เพื่อพยากรณ์ความต้องการใช้วัตถุดิบและทดสอบค่าความคลาดเคลื่อนเพื่อเลือกวิธีการพยากรณ์ที่เหมาะสม จากนั้นนำผลลัพธ์ค่าความต้องการวัตถุดิบที่ได้มาคำนวณทดสอบหานโยบายสั่งซื้อด้วยแบบจำลองการสั่ง 2 รูปแบบ คือ แบบจำลองจุดสั่งซื้อใหม่ (Reorder Point: ROP) และแบบจำลองระดับคงคลังเป้าหมาย (Order Up-to Level: OUL) จากผลการคำนวณพบว่าการสั่งซื้อวัตถุดิบด้วยแบบจำลองระดับคงคลังเป้าหมายเป็นนโยบายที่เหมาะสมกับบริษัทกรณีศึกษาเพราะให้ผลของค่าใช้จ่ายรวมน้อยที่สุด รวมถึงระดับวัตถุดิบคงคลัง ณ สิ้นเดือนที่ลดลงเช่นกัน เมื่อเทียบกับนโยบายปัจจุบันบริษัท สามารถลดค่าใช้จ่ายรวมต่อปีลงได้ 425,438,792.40 บาทหรือประมาณ 15.23%


Nurse Retention Strategies In The Healthcare Industry, Luke Anthony Nicholson Jan 2021

Nurse Retention Strategies In The Healthcare Industry, Luke Anthony Nicholson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Nurse turnover in the healthcare industry is detrimental to the quality-of-care patients receive, organizational financial health, and nurse job satisfaction. Nurse managers who lack effective nurse retention strategies might struggle to reduce voluntary turnover, which can adversely impact nurse job satisfaction and patient care quality. Guided by the unfolding model of voluntary employee turnover and job embeddedness theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore retention strategies nurse managers use to reduce the voluntary turnover of nurses. The participants were three nurse managers at three hospitals in central and southern Illinois with proven strategies to reduce …


Strategies For Small Business Entrepreneur Sustainability For 5 Years And Beyond, Ralph A. Heath Iii Jan 2021

Strategies For Small Business Entrepreneur Sustainability For 5 Years And Beyond, Ralph A. Heath Iii

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractSmall business failures impede entrepreneurs' sustainability in localities, the state, and the U.S. economy. Small business entrepreneurs are concerned about strategies to target and minimize obstacles from business inception for business survival because the failure rate increases as the business develop. Grounded in the entrepreneurial theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies for small business entrepreneur sustainability beyond five years. Participants comprised three small business owners in Southeast Virginia who effectively used strategies to sustain their business beyond five years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, analysis of participants’ business documentation, and research of …


Strategies To Handle Complaints Or Incidents Of Suspected Workplace Misconduct, Vonetta Ford-Thompson Jan 2021

Strategies To Handle Complaints Or Incidents Of Suspected Workplace Misconduct, Vonetta Ford-Thompson

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractBusiness leaders often fail to investigate cases of workplace misconduct effectively, costing organizations millions of dollars in losses each year. Effective investigation of cases of workplace misconduct is essential to avoid costly lawsuits. Grounded in Adams’ equity theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies business leaders use to investigate complaints of workplace misconduct. The participants were three business leaders from three different organizations in Georgia, United States, with successful strategies to investigate complaints of workplace misconduct. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, organizational documents, and artifacts. Yin’s five-step process guided the data analysis. Two …


Business Strategies For Small Business Success In Obtaining Federal Defense Contracts, Christina K. Firth Jan 2021

Business Strategies For Small Business Success In Obtaining Federal Defense Contracts, Christina K. Firth

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has one of the largest federal agency budgets for small business set-asides; yet, billions of dollars remain unawarded each fiscal year. Despite the multitude of Congressional programs for small businesses, small business leaders’ engagement with the programs and receipt of successful awards remains low. Grounded in agency theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies five small business owners operating in the southeastern U.S. use to secure and conduct DOD procurement contracts. Data were collected through semistructured interviews, business websites, and archival data. Through thematic analysis, four themes emerged: …


Strategies To Sustain Small Construction Businesses Beyond The First 5 Years Of Operation, Catherine Nyasha Mukopfa Jan 2021

Strategies To Sustain Small Construction Businesses Beyond The First 5 Years Of Operation, Catherine Nyasha Mukopfa

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small business owners employ over half the U.S. labor force, yet only 50% of small businesses survive beyond 5 years. When small business owners understand the factors that lead to their business failure, they can develop strategies to remain sustainable and profitable within the first 5 years, thus reducing the potential of business failure. Grounded in the resource-based theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies five small construction owners in central Georgia used to remain in business beyond 5 years. Data were collected from semi structured interviews, a review of organization income statements and …


Strategies To Improve The Survival Rate Beyond 5 Years For Small Business In Guyana, Wayne Forde Jan 2021

Strategies To Improve The Survival Rate Beyond 5 Years For Small Business In Guyana, Wayne Forde

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractIn Guyana, small business entrepreneurs with less than 25 employees without a success strategy fail at a high rate. These entrepreneurs need to develop strategies to improve survivability beyond 5 years. Grounded in Porter’s five forces theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies used to assist small business entrepreneurs in Guyana to sustain profitability beyond 5 years. Participants were four business owners in the manufacturing and accounting sectors who sustained their business beyond 5 years of operations. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and a review of organizational documents, including websites and meeting notes. …


Competitive Planning Strategies To Sustain An Online Small Business Beyond 5 Years, Dana N. Mccall Jan 2021

Competitive Planning Strategies To Sustain An Online Small Business Beyond 5 Years, Dana N. Mccall

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Online businesses have a failure rate of over 50% within the first 5 years of operation. Local politicians and online business leaders are concerned with sustainability to ensure the livelihood of local community members. Grounded in the digital discipline’s theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore strategies online small business owners use to sustain their companies beyond 5 years. The participants were five small online business owners in the east coast region of the United States who sustained their companies beyond 5 years. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, company documents, and company social media platforms. …


Strategies To Improve Survival Rate Among Small Businesses In The Construction Industry, Douglas Bonuke Jan 2021

Strategies To Improve Survival Rate Among Small Businesses In The Construction Industry, Douglas Bonuke

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy, yet only 50% of all small business establishments survive beyond the first 5 years of operation. Survivability is a concern for small businesses owners, as the construction industry experiences the lowest survival rates compared to other sectors. Grounded in entrepreneurship theory, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small business owners in the construction industry used to sustain their businesses beyond the first 5 years of operation. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with six small business owners in the construction industry in central New Jersey. Thematic …


Strategies To Integrate Innovation Into Business Practices In The Nigerian Private Sector, John Nbanefo Chukwudifu Jan 2021

Strategies To Integrate Innovation Into Business Practices In The Nigerian Private Sector, John Nbanefo Chukwudifu

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Business leaders not integrating innovation into their business practices exhibit lower financial performance. Business leaders integrating innovation into their business practices increase operational and financial performance. Grounded in the diffusion of innovation theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies business leaders in the Nigerian private sector use to effectively integrate innovation into their business practices to increase financial performance. Study participants were three business leaders who developed successful strategies to effectively integrate innovation into their business practices to increase financial performance. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, organizational documents, and artifacts. Thematic analysis was …


Effect Of Servant Leadership On Job Satisfaction In Nigerian Mortgage Banks, Adedayo Aderemi Olatunbode Jan 2021

Effect Of Servant Leadership On Job Satisfaction In Nigerian Mortgage Banks, Adedayo Aderemi Olatunbode

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

AbstractSeveral researchers examined the relationship between servant leadership and job satisfaction in organizations and reported a significant positive correlation between the two variables. However, the generalizability of these results was limited because 97% of the studies were conducted in the West and China, and none were conducted in Nigeria or in mortgage banks. The purpose of this nonexperimental, quantitative, correlational study was to examine the relationship between servant leadership and job satisfaction in a high-power distance culture, specifically in the mortgage bank industry in Nigeria. The theoretical frameworks were the leader-member exchange theory and motivation-hygiene theory. The research questions addressed …