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"People Just Don't Seem To Be Listening": A Case For A Functional Approach To Reputation Management, Stephen E. Gustafson

Theses

This paper focuses on the growing study of corporate reputation management and the potential benefits of focusing management attention on building, sustaining, and defending the corporate brand's reputation. Specifically, the purpose of the paper is to provide a logical justification for major corporations to add the role of chief reputation officer to their organizational structures in order to properly manage this significant intangible asset.

Secondary research of print and electronic news media coverage was conducted to document a case history of the reputation crisis and ultimate demise of Big Five accounting firm Andersen (more commonly known as Arthur Andersen). The …

Does The Recent History Of Labor Relations In Professional Baseball Reflect Strategies And Perceptions About The Current Overall State Of Labor Relations In American Industry?, Joseph C. Horton

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Harley Davidson, A Spirit Of American Freedom For 100 Years, Joseph W. Lynch

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

No abstract provided.

Integrated Marketing Communications At Harlequin Enterprises: The Marketing Of Happily Ever After, Pamela M. Dungee

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

No abstract provided.

Deconstructing The Construction Industry: The Effects Of Labor Law 240/241 On The Home Building Industry In New York State, David E. Hay

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Corporate Corruption: Building Public Confidence During Times Of Mistrust, Kara Keszkowski

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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The Impact Of Government Policy On Technology Transfer: An Aircraft Industry Case Study, David King, Mark L. Nowack

Management Faculty Research and Publications

This case study explores the interaction between domestic and foreign governmental policy on technology transfer with the goal of exploring the long-term impacts of technology transfer. Specifically, the impact of successive licensing of fighter aircraft manufacturing and design to Japan in the development of Japan’s aircraft industry is reviewed. Results indicate Japan has built a domestic aircraft industry through sequential learning with foreign technology transfers from the United States, and design and production on domestic fighter aircraft. This process was facilitated by governmental policies in both Japan and the United States.

Human Resources' Role In Successful Mergers And Acquisitions, Vanessa Loecke

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

In comparing the success of AOL Time Warner's merger and Hewlett-Packard Compaq's merger, it's easy to see who came out the winner. In comparing their merger strategies, including their focus on HR issues, it's also easy to see why mergers and acquisitions need to be analyzed well in advance and include due diligence, including cultural due diligence, integration planning, and analysis of HR issues, including communication and employee retention. If more companies who are considering merging with or acquiring another company would put as much time as they do money into the merger, and analyze some of the key people-related …

E-Commerce: Choosing The Appropriate Tax Model, Jeffrey A. Scudder

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

The Internet's economic role has increased dramatically over the past decade. Along with many benefits, e-commerce has brought with it some important policy questions. One question relates to tax policy, and whether Internet transactions should be subject to sales or use taxes. This paper examines that question, considering factors such as feasibility, efficiency, fairness (virtual v. "brick-and-mortar" retailers), and legality. The relationship between ecommerce tax policy and state and local government revenues will also be addressed. Based on these factors, the evidence suggests that taxing Internet sales would be feasible, efficient, and provide revenue for important public services.

Contents, Discovery Editors

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Men's Basketball Media Guide 2003-2004, Indiana State University

Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

The Strategy Of Sustainability: A Systems Perspective On Environmental Initiatives, Scott Marshall, Darrell Brown

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

The article presents a systems perspective on environmental initiatives as they relate to the efforts of firms looking to become environmentally sustainable. To achieve environmental sustainability, firms need to implement principles, policies, and practices (such as budgeting systems, job design, recruitment and selection, and organizational structures) from the standpoint of long-term ecosystem viability. Because this process requires firms to establish challenging goals, managers are often confronted with significant conflicts between the financial and the environmental and social considerations when introducing socially or environmentally oriented decision making. The author recommends the adoption of a commonly shared corporate vision to allow for …

Housing Analysis For Cleveland Lakefront Development, Thomas Bier, Charles Post, Rick Seifritz

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The Center for Housing Research & Policy conducted this survey and analysis of housing on Cleveland’s lakefront for the Cleveland Lakefront Partners, which is composed of the city of Cleveland, Cleveland Tomorrow, the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, and the Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation. The report includes both the results of the survey of residents in the multi-county Cleveland region and a comparative study of waterfront populations in the cities of Milwaukee, Chicago, Portland, and Baltimore. The survey results showed that at least 6,000 and possibly up to 9,000 middle and upper-income households would be interested in living on the lakefront …

Research Opportunities In Internal Auditing, Audrey A. Gramling, Sridhar Ramamoorti

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

No abstract provided.

Perceived Fairness Of And Satisfaction With Employee Performance Appraisal, Marie Burns Walsh

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Employee performance appraisal is one of the most commonly used management tools in the United States. Over 90 percent of large organizations including 75 percent of state employment systems require some type of annual performance appraisal (Seldon, Ingraham & Jacobson, 2001). Performance appraisal is one of the most widely researched areas in industrial/organizational psychology (Murphy & Cleveland, 1993). However, the traditional research agenda has done little to improve the usefulness of performance appraisal as a managerial tool. Recent research has moved away from studies of rater accuracy and psychometric measures to themes of employee reactions towards performance appraisal as indicators …

Cultural Competence Of Faculty Of Baccalaureate Nursing Programs, Lorinda J. Sealey

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the level of cultural competence among faculty teaching in baccalaureate nursing programs in Louisiana and to identify associated factors. A survey was mailed to all 313 faculty members identified as actively involved in teaching in any baccalaureate nursing program in Louisiana and 163 valid responses were obtained. The Cultural Diversity Questionnaire for Nurse Educators, a researcher designed instrument intended to measure cultural competence, was the instrument used. It included Likert-type items organized into five subscales representing the components of cultural competence according to Campinha- Bacote’s model of cultural competence (i.e., cultural awareness, …

The Effects Of Employee Service Quality Provision And Customer Personality Traits On Customer Participation, Satisfaction, And Repurchase Intentions, Jeannie Denise John

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This research investigates customer-employee interaction during service encounters, and whether the relationships between customer personality traits and quality of the employee’s service delivery will impact the customer’s participation, satisfaction, and repurchase intentions. Consumer personality is differentiated in terms of the self-monitoring (Snyder 1987) and locus of control (Rotter 1966) traits. Service quality provision is manipulated in terms of technical versus functional quality inputs, and whether these inputs are provided in a positive (i.e., good/superior) or negative (i.e., bad/poor) manner. These manipulations yield four combinations of service quality inputs: 1) positive technical and functional quality inputs; 2) positive technical, but negative …

Internal Auditing: History, Evolution, And Prospects, Sridhar Ramamoorti

Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty

No abstract provided.

Cewa: An International, Interdisciplinary, Educational, Environmental Partnership, Brenda Bushell, Pratibha Dangol, Beverly Kracher, Bridget Lyons

WCBT Faculty Publications

This chapter reports the international, interdisciplinary partnership that supports the Creative and Educational Welfare Affiliation (CEWA). We begin by describing CEWA, its various projects, and the genesis of the partnership that supports the CEWA card project. We describe the first year's achievements as well as the difficulties with the CEWA card project. We conclude with recommendations for how to create successful international, interdisciplinary educational partnerships.

From Intrapreneurship To Entrepreneurship: Is Technical Expertise Sufficient?— A Case Study, John Woodilla

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Following a successful career in industry, Dr. Douglas V. Shick, a newly minted entrepreneur, established NRS Associates, LLC, to perform consulting services based on two highly technical computer-modeling programs. Doug was heavily involved in the development of one program, an innovative computer simulation software for modeling a particular manufacturing process, through intrapreneurial activity during his corporate experience. Doug established his business on September 1, 2001, and on September 10 announced his services by e-mail to everyone he knew. The unforeseen events of the next day, September 11, produced some unexpected aftereffects that Doug had to factor into his developing business.

Ethical Issues In Open Source Software, Frances Grodzinsky, Keith W. Miller, Marty J. Wolf

School of Computer Science & Engineering Faculty Publications

In this essay we argue that the current social and ethical structure in the Open Source Software (OSS) Community stem from its roots in academia. The individual developers experience a level of autonomy similar to that of a faculty member. Furthermore, we assert that the Open Source Software Community's social structure demands benevolent leadership. We argue that it is difficult to pass off low quality open source software as high quality software and that the Open Source development model offers strong accountability. Finally, we argue that Open Source Software introduces ethical challenges for universities and the software development community.

Planting Rate Effects On Sugarcane Yield Trials, Albert Joseph Orgeron

LSU Master's Theses

New varieties are provided to the Louisiana sugarcane industry by researchers at Louisiana State University AgCenter, the United States Department of Agriculture-ARS, and the American Sugar Cane League of the USA, Inc. Currently, Louisiana farmers plant sugarcane at rates ranging from two to five or more whole stalks. A two-stalk planting rate is used to plant all stages of the LSU AgCenter’s sugarcane variety development program. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of planting rate on sugarcane variety trial data and interpretation. A planting rate by variety experiment was conducted at the LSU AgCenter’s Sugar Research …

Asymptotic Solutions Of Diffusion Models For Risk Reserves, Sally S. L. Shao

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

We study a family of diffusion models for risk reserves which account for the investment income earned and for the inflation experienced on claim amounts. After we defined the process of the conditional probability of ruin over finite time and imposed the appropriate boundary conditions, classical results from the theory of diffusion processes turn the stochastic differential equation to a special class of initial and boundary value problems defined by a linear diffusion equation. Armedwith asymptotic analysis and perturbation theory, we obtain the asymptotic solutions of the diffusion models (possibly degenerate) governing the conditional probability of ruin over a finite …

Cattle Industry Biosecurity Plan, Department Of Agriculture Western Australia

Biosecurity published reports

StockGuard has been initiated to develop a series of biosecurity plans for the animal industries in Western Australia. Through StockGuard, representatives from the animal industries have been working with the Department of Agriculture Western Australian to identify potential threats to each of the animal industries and to develop action plans detailing how these threats can be managed. The overall purpose of StockGuard is to highlight threats to the animal industries before they occur and to develop effective ways to minimise the potential impact of these threats.

The recommendations of the working group are based on detailed strategic assessments of the …

Reconsidering Gender And Investment In The Intrahousehold Decision-Making Process, Lin Johnson Iii

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

In the very recent past, the economics of the household and the economics of development appear to be edging toward a new convergence of concern around the nature and use of assets. However, these two literatures of economics continue to exist in separate spheres. I draw from both bodies of literature in order to examine gender differences in asset portfolios. I find systematic differences in the way that certain assets held by husbands versus wives influence household decision outcomes. A clear understanding of the nature and functions of various types of assets in hands of husbands and wives is necessary …

Emotional Intelligence Competencies In Physician Leaders: An Exploratory Study, Michael J. Deegan

Student Scholarship

A theory of behavioral competencies associated with emotional intelligence that influence job performance, was tested in physicians who hold leadership positions in their organization. An emotional intelligence competency ( EIC ) survey ( the ECI-2 ) that measured eighteen competencies distributed among four cluster groups ( self awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship management ) was administered to physician leaders and their supervisors, peers and direct reports. The resulting 360 degree assessment permitted a comparison of the physician leaders self assessment scores with one another and those working closely with them. In addition, independent objective and subjective measures of physician …

2003-2004 Prentice Hall Accounting Faculty Directory, James R. Hasselback

Individual and Corporate Publications

No abstract provided.

A Study For The Effectiveness Of Advertising In The Daily Universe, Serhiy Dutchak, Matthew Day

Student Works

The market study will provide various data showing the effectiveness of these ads, including how often students read the Daily Universe, how often students notice the "Did you know?" ads, what students think about the ads, how students feel the ads would be more effective, and what products and services the students know are at the bookstore. In addition to the effectiveness of the ads, we also will be identifying preferences, opinions, and possible misconceptions the students have that would help the bookstore know how to better market its products and services. DayChak Consulting is comprised of Serhiy Dutchak, Matthew …

Comprehensive Market Research Analysis Prepared For Wasatch Academy / Prepared By Marriott Student Marketing, Shannon Fabbri, Alexia Fenton, Carrie Stran

Student Works

Marriott School Marketing (MSM) worked with Robert Booth, Assistant Head of Advancement, in conducting market research on behalf of Wasatch Academy. The purpose of this research was to provide the school with information which would help them better understand some fundamental aspects of their school, and in turn help them to better define the focus of the school. MSM gathered some data related to the general boarding school market, but the focus was on specific issues concerning Wasatch Academy. Marriott Student Marketing is comprised of Shannon Fabbri, Alexia Fenton, and Carrie Stran. At head of title: Wasatch Academy Founded 1875

Remedez Hair Spa: A Study On How To Best Target College-Aged Adults, Stephen Gray, Kim Mccandless, Erika Miller, Guy Robinson

Student Works

Research was conducted for Remedez Hair and Spa during the Fall of 2003. Stephen Gray, Kim McCandless, Erika Miller, and Guy Robinson conducted the research. After several meetings with the client, the research team was able to determine the basic objective of the research project. The purpose of the research study was to determine how Remedez can best target college-aged adults, in order to increase the number of service clients served per week. The project was divided into the following three areas: focus groups, surveys, and recommendations. BYU team comprised of Stephen Gray, Kim McCandless, Erika Miller, and Guy Robinson.