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Board Gender Diversity, Esg, And Corporate Performance, Novena Sutiono

Honors Theses

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Behavioral Aspects In Operational Decisions. Applied Factor Investigations On The Micro (Individual) And Meso (Cluster) Levels, Lyudmyla Starostyuk

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations - Archive

Normative theoretical models in operations management have been widely utilized by businesses and scientists to explain multiple phenomena. They assume that operating systems are managed by fully rational decision-makers who always choose the most profitable solution. However, decision-makers are human beings with behavioral and cognitive biases which influence their choices. In this thesis we argue that a change in the social and operating environments explains the choice deviation from the normative theoretical predictions. We present three independent studies of behavioral patterns on the individual and cluster levels. In the first study we observe the effect of human faces on the …

An Assessment Of The Decision-Making Units' Efficiency In Service Systems, Maoloud Yakhlif Dabab

Dissertations and Theses

Most tools and models of performance and quality of service management are generic and do not solve complex technical systems. The critical components of the system need such tools to assess their efficiency to make a better decision about them. One of the primary objectives in the service systems is to improve the ability of efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of critical assets. One of the challenges with improving critical assets is the amount of major capital spending needed to upgrade a technology infrastructure with a high obsolescence rate. This along with usage and reliability issues, makes evaluating mobile cells to …

Business Analytics In The 21st Century From The Perspective Of Academic Journals, Qiang Ruan

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations - Archive

Do research trends in business and statistics predict or even reflect the emergence of analytics in business practice and programs in the 21st century? My dissertation explores the answer to this question from several perspectives. The first and second essays explore knowledge sharing among statistics and business academic journals. Both essays use citation and abstract data from 24 business journals and 12 statistics journals for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015 from the Web of Science. The first essay employs multidimensional scaling with factor analysis simple structure groups to analyze both citations and abstracts. The similarity of citations among …

Hustle Culture And The Implications For Our Workforce, Arianna Balkeran

Student Theses and Dissertations

This study defines hustle culture as an unspoken agreement between supervisors and employees concerning a designated workplace commitment compliance, which determines the minimum expectation of an employee's productivity capability. As such, this research paper aims to explore hustle culture within the workforce and how employee engagement, or lack of, affects the quality of professional relationships within the workplace. By doing so, we can begin a broader discourse on employee and managerial accountability in the relational aspect of supervisor-employee relationships and work dyads. With current changes to employment opportunities, such as the sudden influx of remote corporate workers resulting from COVID-19, …

Identifying Human Trafficking Networks In Louisiana By Using Authorship Attribution And Network Modeling, Hassan Marzoughi Ardakani

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Human trafficking or modern slavery is a problem that has plagued every U.S. state, in both urban and rural areas. During the past decades, online advertisements for sex trafficking have rapidly increased in numbers. The advancement of the Internet and smart phones have made it easier for sex traffickers to contact and recruit their victims and advertise and sell them online. Also, they have made it more difficult for law enforcement to trace the victims and identify the traffickers. Sadly, more than fifty percent of the victims of sex trafficking are children, many of which are exploited through the Internet. …

Exploring The Role Of Transformational Leaders In The Mentorship Of Top-Level Administrators: A Case Study Of The Veterans Health Administration (Vha) Visn Lead Program, Frederick Giovanni White Jr.

Dissertations and Theses

Despite the proliferation of studies focused on transformational leadership, there is a lack of clarity related to how transformational leaders are developed in public organizations and the impact of mentors in this process. This is particularly troubling given a 2017 Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate that over 44% of the current U.S. workforce is 45 years or older.

In public and private settings, organizations are challenged to develop the competencies critical at higher levels of management in their future leaders, specifically advanced human and conceptual skills. These skills are most useful for emerging leaders that will have the responsibilities to …

Saturday Night Live Club Lamb Sale, Tyler P. Wilkerson

Agricultural Education and Communication

“Competition is said to be the backbone of the stock show industry,” (Davis, 1998). A statement spoken in a 1998 thesis paper on the junior livestock industry still holds water in today’s world. Youth livestock exhibition, especially in California, continues to grow in the number of youth participants and the number of livestock entries at shows (Switzer, 2019).

It is the responsibility of livestock breeders to breed, raise, and sell their livestock to maximize the opportunity for youth to acquire livestock to show. In his research, Wendt discusses the capabilities of purchasing livestock through online platforms. He speaks to the …

Increasing Groundwater Recharge Activity In The San Joaquin Valley Of California, Jacob Willhite, Jacob Willhite

Agricultural Education and Communication

Over the past several decades, groundwater has become a primary source of water used for agriculture in California. Surface water available for agricultural use has depleted due to declining rain totals and reallocation to environmental purposes. As a result, groundwater overdraft has become a severe challenge, especially in the San Joaquin Valley of California. This excessive overdraft causes a plethora of issues, one of the most serious being land subsidence (Faunt, Sneed, Traum, & Brandt, 2016). Studies suggest some areas of the San Joaquin Valley have experienced more than a 28-foot drop in the land level since the 1970’s (Alley …

Job Satisfaction Among Faculty Members At Cccu Institutions, Heather C. Vaccaro

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

The purpose of this research study was to determine whether any significant differences existed between generational cohorts, gender and employment status, and reported levels of job satisfaction among faculty at institutions within the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). This study aimed to influence institutional objectives and values to make any necessary adjustments in the attraction and retention of faculty members. The Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ) was used to survey participants. The data suggested factors that impact job satisfaction among faculty members within CCCU institutions are not those related to generational cohort, gender, or employment status. This study …

Yeti: A Cooler Way To Market Your Product, Alana Trnavsky

Experience Industry Management

With the increased use of technology, marketing has evolved to primarily use social and digital media as the platform utilized to share content. Brands have creatively implemented new ways to market their products and services to distinguish themselves from other brands. The purpose of this study was to examine YETI’s marketing strategies. YETI is a high-end outdoor gear brand that is known for its sturdy coolers and drinkware. The research was gathered using a case study guide developed by the researcher, which outlined YETI’s current marketing practices. Within this study, there is an instrument used as a guideline to evaluate …

Dancing In The Desert: A Case Study On The Digital Marketing Techniques Of Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival, Colleen R. Cranny

Experience Industry Management

Digital marketing is a marketing strategy that helps companies grow in multiple ways. Digital marketing and the five Ds (digital devices, digital platforms, digital media, digital date, digital technology) represents the evolution of marketing in the modern era. The purpose of this study was to examine the digital marketing practices of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Coachella and its digital marketing techniques are strategically planned in order for the festival to reach its target audience. Research for this study was conducted using a case study. The results indicated that Coachella’s digital marketing is effective in reaching the target audience …

Product Photography For Agricultural Products, Madison Ann Somerday

Agricultural Education and Communication

The E-commerce space is growing and E-commerce is dependent upon product photography. The product photograph is one of the most important elements of an online visual marketing strategy. When selling online, the only sense a customer can use to judge the product is sight. The picture is what your customers will utilize to decide whether they want to purchase the product or not. In the 2017 Bazaarvoice’s Shopper Experience Index, product photos are shown to be able to create a 111% conversion boost and a 180% revenue boost per visitor for top retailers and brands. The picture of a product …

Central Coast Creamery Marketing Pamphlet, Camille E. Silvera

Agricultural Education and Communication

The author researched how to create an efficient pamphlet to effectively market and promote Central Coast Creamery's new catering services.

Stock Market Information And Security Prices, Haoyuan Li

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Chapter 1: Analyst report content and stock market anomalies A series of recent papers document that security analyst recommendations tend to contradict stock-mispricing signals. This seems at odds with the large prior literature on the investment value of analyst recommendations. What justifications do analysts make when they write reports on mispriced stocks? I use the latest techniques in machine learning and textual analysis to categorize the qualitative information in a large sample of analyst reports. I find that report content can be intuitively classified into five categories or topics: 1) Growth, 2) Earnings, 3) New developments, 4) Management transactions, and …

Informing The Creation Of A Financial Literacy Tool For Cal Poly Students, Kelly Michelle Carroll

Communication Studies

This research project examines the wants, needs, and desires of Cal Poly students to inform the creation of a financial literacy tool (tentatively named “MoneySmart”) to be created by another student. The methodologies used to gauge these metrics were a literature review and questionnaire. The literature review aids in understanding research regarding the current state of student financial literacy in the United States, including student attitudes toward the topic. Subsequent findings were used to create the questionnaire, which inquired about students’ financial stress, confidence in their abilities to manage their personal finances, specific interests for the design and contents of …

Followers’ Reactions To Leader Differentiation, Yuchuan Liu

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Leaders generally differentiate their relationships with followers, for example, by providing some with more respect, trust, support, or information than others (Liden & Graen, 1980). However, the effects of such leader differentiation on followers remain inconclusive such that research suggests that leader differentiation may have negative, positive, or null effects on favorable employee work-related outcomes (for a recent review, see Martin et al., 2018). To better understand the effects of leader differentiation, utilizing leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, I considered three inherently connected properties in the leader differentiation process – LMX differentiation, LMX quality and LMX social comparison (Martin et al., …

Politika E Tregtisë Ndërkombëtare Rast Studimi: (Marrëveshja Cefta Dhe Vendosja E Taksës 100%), Bashkim Hyseni

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi i këtij hulumtimi është të tregoj se pengesat në tregtinë e lirë nuk sjellin dobi në vend, duke i demantuar tërësisht ndërhyrjet politike që janë me qëllim ta bllokojnë atë, por jo edhe ta rregullojnë. Çështjet të cilat i trajton hulumtimi janë si pengesat ndaj tregtisë: distanca, barrierat dhe kufijtë, argumentet për mirëqenie kombëtare kundër tregtisë së lirë, shpërndarja e të ardhurave dhe politika tregtare, modelimi i procesit politik, negociatat ndërkombëtare dhe politika e tregtisë, zonë e tregtisë së lirë kundrejt unionit doganor (ngjashmëritë me CEFTA). Në këtë hulumtim është përdorur metodologjia e mbledhjes së të dhënave sekondare. Gjatë …

Ndërhyrjet Kirurgjike Në Ezofag, Zijavere Drogobuzhda

Theses and Dissertations

Ky punim do të shtjellojë tema që kanë të bëjnë me ezofagun.Në kuadër të kapitujve fillestarë do të shtjellohen tema që tregojnë për funksionin e ezofagut,pastaj do të përshkruhen patologjitë e ezofagut. Në kapitujt në vazhdim është paraqitur pasqyra klinike,ekzaminimi dhe mjekimi i patologjive të ezofagut varësisht se a është kirurgjik apo konzervativ.Gjithashtu pas përshkrimit të patologjive dhe mjekimit të tyre,janë paraqitur edhe të dhënat dhe statistikat e një hulumtimi sa i përket të sëmureve me ndonjërën nga patologjitë e ezofagut , ku janë të paraqitura të gjitha statistikat që lidhen me numrin e rasteve, moshën dhe gjininë e atyre …

Zbulimi I Mashtrimit Me Karta Të Kreditit, Durim Ratkoceri

Theses and Dissertations

Mashtrimi i kartave të kreditit mund të përkufizohet si një rast kur një person përdor kartën e kreditit të dikujt tjetër për arsye personale, ndërsa pronari dhe autoritetet lëshuese të kartave nuk janë të vetëdijshëm për faktin se karta po përdoret. Për shkak të rritjes dhe përshpejtimit të E-Commerce, ka pasur një përdorim të jashtëzakonshëm të kartave të kreditit për blerjet në internet që çuan në sasi të lartë mashtrimesh që lidhen me kartat e kreditit. Në epokën e dixhitalizimit, nevoja për të identifikuar mashtrimet e kartave të kreditit është e nevojshme. Zbulimi i mashtrimit përfshin monitorimin dhe analizimin e …

Ndikimi I Kostove Në Investimet Afatgjate Në Bizneset E Meseme Dhe Të Vogla Në Kosovë, Egzona Gashi

Theses and Dissertations

Kosto dhe investimet në llojet e ndryshme të bizneseve të mesme dhe të vogla për investime afatshkurta është temë diplome e punuar me qëllim që në detaje të shpalosë kostot afatshkurtra në llojet e bizneseve në Kosovë në mënyrë shumë të afërt të i shpalosim në detaje mënyrat e investimit të bizneseve që ofrojnë në treg dhe fal një investimi me kostot të ulët në të mirë që të arrijnë suksesin e tyre në biznese. Biznesët të cilat ofrojnë në tregun e ekonomisë me kohën kanë treguar se një menaxhim i mirë i një kosto rritë investimet dhe ndërmarrjen e …

Zhvillimi I Një Marke Të Re Dhe Faktorët Që Ndikojnë Në Suksesin E Saj Në Treg, Ermir Gashi

Theses and Dissertations

Gjithnjë e më shumë firma e organizata të tjera kanë ardhur në përfundim se një prej aseteve të tyre më të vlefshme janë emrat e markave të cilat lidhen me produktet ose shërbimet e tyre. Në botën tonë gjithnjë e më komplekse, të gjithë ne, si individët ashtu edhe menaxherët e biznesit, ballafaqohen me më shumë zgjedhje dhe me më pak kohë për t’i bërë ato. Kështu, aftësia e një marke të fortë për lehtësimin e marrjes së vendimeve, zvogëlimin e rrezikut dhe përcaktimin e pritjeve është e paçmim. Krijimi i markave të forta të cilat japin këtë premtim, mirëmbajtja …

Inferring Big Five Personality Factors Using Text Analysis Its Assessment And Impact On Prosocial Behavior And Is Security Compliance, Bouabre Jean Baptiste Koffi

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations - Archive

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general and text mining in particular have resulted in a number of services and applications that infer and provide personality measures from text. The validity of these services, however, has not been subjected to serious empirical scrutiny. The first essay is conducted to validate three services/programs, namely, IBM Watson Personality Insights, Indico, and Personality Recognizer. Specifically, this essay compares the results of these services with those obtained from traditional personality questionnaires. Simple and short essays written by two hundred and fifty-six university students/subjects served as inputs to the personality service programs, while traditional personality …

Creating Content For A Healthy New Life, Valeria C. Borja Lopez

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Creating Content for a Healthy New Life is a project consisting of the development of a web page to connect holistic practitioners to people. This page will also allow for the promotion and sale of Ayurvedic Skincare products and services. For the capstone project, I developed a business model for the enterprise. This model offers an educational component by educating our customers to understand the importance of using holistic approaches rather than traditional ones. For this, two videos were developed to educate customers about Ayurveda and the science behind the proposed products and services. I am an experienced Holistic Practitioner, …

Building A Handmade Business, Jordan Khusnulgatin

Theses

The purpose of this project is to build a small scale handmade product and business from scratch with innovative ways to incorporate sustainable practices. There are many factors that make up a business. For this project in particular, the main concern will be centered around all aspects of the product and customer experience, including finding a niche, the aesthetic, branding, packaging, pricing, sustainable practices, conducting sales, marketing, and creating a business plan. This project will follow the steps described above to discover a niche and the basis upon which this handmade business will be 3 derived from, providing a physical …

Konceptet E Menaxhimit Strategjik Rast Studimit: “Liftkos” Sh. P. K, Defrim Hajdaj

Theses and Dissertations

Vlerësimi i ndikimit të strategjive të mundshme mbi përformancen e kompanive është qëllimi i këtij studimi. Me përpjekjen për të marrë përgjigje sa më reale për këtë marrëdhënie, janë kontrolluar 4 hiptoeza. Kontributi në shkencë, ky punim do ta sjellë me rastin e rekomandimeve që do të jap në këtë studim lidhur me metodat më adekuate që duhet të përdoren nga bizneset dhe gjetjen e principeve më të përshtatshme që ngritin nivelin e shfrytëzimit efikas, efektiv të strategjive për ngritjen dhe maksimizimin e fitimit të kompanisë.

Qëllimi i menaxhimit strategjik në sektorin privat dhe publik ka një rol të vecant …

Building For Culture: How Municipal Ownership Of Cultural Facilities Influences Annual Arts Funding In American Cities, Adam M. Sachs

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This thesis explores how local government support for arts and culture varies across 24 American cities. It has proven to be challenging for researchers to accurately measure municipal arts support. Research on cultural policy has also often focused on the federal level, despite total city expenditures far exceeding national or state government support. This thesis attempts to take an accurate pulse of city expenditures in 2017 and correlates those spending levels to the variation in city ownership of arts facilities. Rooted in the historical perspectives of the ‘new institutionalism’ and path-dependency, this paper argues that past decisions about taking ownership …

How Much Does Imprecision In Accounting Measurement Enhance Value?, Ying Liang

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Theory on real effects suggests that more precise accounting does not necessarily improve investment efficiency. However, with investment efficiency mostly unobservable, empirical assessment of the theory is rare. This paper develops an empirical framework based on Kanodia et al. (2005) to structurally estimate the effect of imprecision in accounting measurement on investment efficiency. My estimates suggest that imprecision in accounting measurement has mitigated over-investment in capital expenditures and R&D by 28.6% and 4.9%, respectively. On average, firms still over-invest relative to the first-best full-information benchmark. In counterfactual analyses, my estimates suggest that the optimal investment efficiency could be achieved by …

Secret Ingredients: A Comparative Analysis Of Fine-Dining Experience Design For Selected Michelin Star Restaurants, Spencer Green

Experience Industry Management

The elevated nature and intentional design of fine dining set it apart from the normalcy of eating food and create an environment where guests are valued. The purpose of this study was to compare the fine-dining experience design practices of selected Michelin star restaurants. Restaurants Azurmendi and Per Se were selected for examination in this study. Both restaurants’ Yelp and Tripadvisor reviews were analyzed using an instrument developed by the researcher. Conclusions were drawn from the findings, indicating that Azurmendi and Per Se have well-executed experience design practices with few areas for improvement in customer service, atmosphere, and food and …

Analysis Of The Internal Factors That Affect Consumer Buyer Behaviour Of Gendered Fashion Items Within The Lgbtq+ Community In Ireland., Danela Lovera Teixeira

Business ETD Collections

Studying consumer behavior is key to understanding what influences consumers’ buying decisions, as a result this understanding can help producers to decide on a product they can fill in the gap in the market and identify the products that are needed and the products that are obsolete. As a result the purpose of this research is to critically analyze the internal factors that affect the consumer buyer behavior of gendered fashion items within the LGBTQ+ community in Ireland. The focus of this research is the analysis of internal factors: motivation and perception. The results indicate that the individual's consumer buyer …