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Rule Based, Automated Control And Compliance Systems: The Strategic Alignment Between Accounting And Data Mining, Catherine Dwyer, Susanner O'Callaghan

Cornerstone 3 Reports : Interdisciplinary Informatics

No abstract provided.

Imsa360: Summer 2010, Imsa Fund

IMSA Fund Reports

IMSA’s 22nd class graduated in June 2010. Members of this class will always be special to me because we began our IMSA journey together in 2007 with a mixture of exhilaration and trepidation, pride and panic, hope and humility. We knew that we were privileged to join this innovative community, a distinguished international leader and exemplar in mathematics and science education. From day one, we understood that the words of the mission statement about “advancing the human condition” were meant for us, and we all had the formidable responsibility to make a tangible difference to our colleagues, friends and to …

A Tentative Recovery, Eric Thompson, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln

Business in Nebraska

U.S. Macroeconomic Outlook

The U.S. economy is persevering in its transition to a self-sustaining recovery fueled by private consumer spending and business investment. But, that transition is tenuous, with factors both encouraging and discouraging growth. Among factors encouraging growth, consumer spending and business investment continue to expand, supported by rising wage income and profits. As is typical in an economic recovery, profits have rebounded as businesses which cut costs during the recession are benefiting from rising revenue. The labor market also has begun to recover. While gains have been limited, the U.S. economy has added private sector jobs over the …

اثر استخدام الانترنيت على تسويق خطاب الكراهية من وجهة نظر المحللين وذوي الخبرة والعلاقة والفنيين من مختلف شرائح المجتمع الاردني, ظاهر رداد حسن القريشي, تيسير محمد العفيشات

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

استهدفت الدراسة الكشف عن أثر استخدام الانترنت تسويق خطاب الكراهية”، وقد استخدمت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليل في منهجيتها، ولخصوصية وحساسية موضوع الدراسة فقد اختار الباحثان وحدة معاينة الدراسة من ذوي الخبرة والمعرفة واساتذة جامعيين وصحفيين ومحللين سياسيين واجتماعين وفنيين من مختلف شرائح المجتمع الاردني، والذين تم تحديدهم بناءً على دراسة استطلاعية قام بها الباحث قبل توزيع استبانات الدراسة، وقد تم تصميم استبانة مخصصة لغايات جمع بيانات الدراسة من وحدة المعاينة، حيث تكونت الاستبانة من (68) فقرة لتجيب على أسئلة الدراسة من خلال استطلاع أراء مفردات وحدة المعاينة، تم توزيع (100) استبانة، وتم استرجاع (92) استبانة أي بنسبة (92%) من مجموع …

Promoting Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Through High Involvement Human Resource Practices And Organizational Justice Among Hotel Frontline Employees In Malaysia : An Attempt To Reduce Turnover Intention., Wee Yu Ghee

Student Works (2010-2019)

Acknowledging the need to pool human capital in the light of strong relational infrastructure so as to increase employees retention, this study examines the possibility of inducing organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) through human resource (HR) philosophy embraced by the organizations, high involvement HR practices and organizational justice administered at the workplace. Two bases which form the relational infrastructure, namely leader-member exchange and trust in supervisor are posited to be potential mediators. Based on the social exchange theory, an integrated model with three sets of predicting variables (human resource philosophy, high involvement human resource practices and organization justice), two mediating variables …

Financing The Next Silicon Valley, Darian M. Ibrahim

Faculty Publications

Silicon Valley’s success has led other regions to attempt their own high-tech transformations, yet most imitators have failed. Entrepreneurs may be in short supply in these “non-tech” regions, but some non-tech regions are home to high-quality entrepreneurs who relocate to Silicon Valley due to a lack of local financing for their start-ups. Non-tech regions must provide local finance to prevent entrepreneurial relocation and reap spillover benefits for their communities. This Article compares three possible sources of entrepreneurial finance—private venture capital, state-sponsored venture capital, and angel investor groups—and finds that angel groups have distinct advantages when it comes to funding innovation …

International Encyclopedia Of Gambling, J. Cory Tucker

Library Faculty Research

An update to the author's Gambling in America (CH, Apr'02, 39-4347). this excellent encyclopedia provides detailed information on the gambling phenomenon throughout the world. In more than 300 entries, this two-volume set covers a wealth of information on a wide variety of topics related to gambling.

Biztech Summer 2010, Southern Adventist University

BizTech – School of Business Newsletter (Retired)

The summer 2010 Edition of BizTech features articles on Entrepreneurship in Africa, the new admissions process, and SIFE.

Financimi I Biznesit Privat Në Kosovë, Pleurat Konjufca

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi I këtij punimi është të kuptojmë ndikimin e kredive në shtimin e numrit të punëtorëve në ndërrmarrjet private të vogla dhe të mesme në komunën e Lipjanit.

Duke pasur parasysh numrin e madh të të papunëve në Kosovë ne do të mundohemi të kuptojmë se cfar ndikimi kanë kreditë në rritjen e numrit të punëtorëve në ndërrmarrjet e vogla dhe të mesme në komunën e Lipjanit.

Ne në fillim filluam të marrim informata të përgjithshme në lidhje me financimin e biznesit në Kosovë, mirëpo me formulimin e pyetësorit dhe me intervistat e bëra ne arritëm të kuptojmë se cfar …

Consumer Resistance To Green Innovations: Developing A New Scale And An Underlying Framework, Marius Claudy, Aidan O'Driscoll, Rosanna Garcia, Michael Mullen

Conference papers

The development and marketing of green innovations provide great potential to reduce carbon emissions, ease fossil fuel dependency and stabilize energy costs. The diffusion of many green innovations among consumers, however, remains low and they are often referred to as resistant innovations. Consumer resistance to green innovations is a generally under-researched area and empirical evidence is scarce. The objective of this study is therefore twofold. Building on recent advances in the literature, the study firstly aims to operationalize and empirically validate a measure of consumer resistance to green innovations. Secondly, the research aims to anchor this measure in a theoretically …

The Antecedents And Consequences Of Salesperson Deviance: A Question Of Fit, Mahmoud Darrat

Doctoral Dissertations

The linkages between salesperson-organization fit and salesperson deviance behaviors have not received adequate attention in the marketing literature. Salespeople can be viewed as either a tremendous asset for the realization of an organization's long term goals or as a potential threat to its overall success. This research addresses the importance of managing salesperson-organization fit in mitigating subsequent anti-normative behaviors. The study employs a conceptual model of sales-specific organizational congruence factors (work/nonwork demands fit, compensation structure fit, and values congruence) which drive salesperson deviance behaviors. The study examines how deviant behaviors are employed as a coping mechanism by salespeople who do …

The Accelerator, Volume 4 Issue 6, Summer 2010, Christa Santos

The Accelerator

No abstract provided.

The Four F’S Of Facilitation: The Secret To Successful Meetings, Carol A. Watson, Wendy E. Moore

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

Facilitating is about successfully guiding a group of people through the process of acting on the tasks that need to be addressed by the group. While facilitating a meeting is easier when you are leading it, even if you are just an attendee, you can still use these secrets of facilitation to improve the meetings you attend.

Two Essays On Investor Sentiment And The Profitability Of Contrarian And Momentum Strategies, Changmei Zhang

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

This dissertation, by employing different trading strategies, addresses the trading profitability issue in a broad scope of different markets.

In the equity market, I construct a group of BUY-SELL portfolios based on prior stock returns, and find that contrarian and momentum strategies are both significantly profitable. Investor sentiment, in addition to firm-specific risks, provides behavioral explanations to the profitability. Three popular sentiment measures are used for the purpose of study: two reduced-formed sentiment indexes that are constructed by Baker and Wurgler (2006) and the survey-based University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index. Several interesting findings are revealed: (1) extreme sentiment levels …

Grade Inflation In The School Of Real Estate And Construction Economics, Dermot Kehily

Articles

No abstract provided.

Professional Product Review Vol. 5 No. 3, American Dental Association, Council On Scientific Affairs

Professional Product Review

A user-friendly newsletter from the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs offering scientifically sound, unbiased, and clinically relevant information to member dentists about professional dental products tested by the ADA. This collection is historical and may not reflect current standards. For up-to-date information contact the ADA.

Hopping Mad : The Metroscape Has A Tall, Cold, Crafty One, Laura Nicole Cesafsky

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

Discusses the state of the craft brewing industry in Portland, as well as its roots and future direction.

New Expanded Health Services Benefit Florida Uninsured, 7/2010, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A news release about new expanded health services benefit Florida uninsured from July, 2010.

Tourism To Japan: Quantitative Analyses On Perceived Image Of Japan As A Travel Destination, Abraham Pizam, Tadayuki Hara

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

While some previous reports in Japanese claimed several factors as important and effective to attract foreign visitors to Japan, namely inbound visitors, this report may be the one of a few with scientific and quantitative data analysis to back up the findings. Respondents' profiles were collected at the same time so that we can not only view the general profiles of respondents but also conduct advanced statistical analyses.

5 Simple Things You Can Do To Engage Volunteers Using Social Media, Jennifer Kelley

Library Scholarship

A presentation given to DuPage Association of Volunteer Administration members.

A First Course In Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, Part I, Alex Stewart

Management Faculty Research and Publications

This two-part article offers ideas for teaching students who are interested in entrepreneurship but unprepared for the widely-taught business plan course. Their lack of preparation is due less to a lack of business knowledge than it is to an awareness of their life and career needs and of the realities of entrepreneurial careers. Course content ideas are presented to help these students develop competencies in four areas: self-understanding, knowledge of entrepreneurial careers, a realistic sense of what ventures would work for them, and business-relevant creativity.

Psychological Contract Breach, Perceived Discrimination, And Ethnic Identification In Hispanic Business Professionals, Robert Gregory Delcampo, Kristie M. Rogers, Kathryn J. L. Jacobson

Management Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Can The Presence Of Online Word Of Mouth Increase Product Sales?, Alanah Mitchell, Deepak Khazanchi

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Publications

The power and potential impact of online word of mouth has increased substantially. Consumers have come to accept and rely upon online word of mouth, so it is important to understand how it works and what kind of impact it has on online product sales. This article provides an assessment of this question through an analysis of sales and online word of mouth data from a multi-product e-commerce retail firm.

Cover & Front Matter

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.

Testing Conflicting Political Economy Theories: Full-Fledged Versus Partial-Scope Regional Trade Agreements, Xuepeng Liu

Faculty Articles

We apply a duration analysis to test the conflicting predictions of the median voter model and the lobbying model using panel data on regional trade agreement (RTA) formation. Our results show that the pro-labor prediction of the median voter model is supported by the full-fledged free trade areas and customs unions (FTAs/CUs), while the pro-capital prediction of the lobbying model is supported by the partial-scope preferential trade arrangements among developing countries. This finding holds better for the country pairs with more different capital-labor ratios as a result of the stronger distributional effects of RTAs. The support for the median voter …

The Association Between Corporate Culture And Employee Outcomes : Examining The Mediating Effect Of Person-Environment Fit., Kayathry Veerapandian

Student Works (2010-2019)

Purpose - Research has suggested that understanding corporate culture as a management philosophy is essential to managing an organization in improving its overall performance. This study examines the association between corporate culture and employee outcomes. Specifically, this study examines four dimensions of corporate culture, namely teamwork, communication, rewards and recognition and training and development on employees’ outcomes explicitly job satisfaction, organizational commitment and turnover intention. The influence of person-environment fit dimension as a mediating variable was further explored. Design/methodology/approach – Data were gathered from two hundred and four employees from various Malaysian organizations. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, factor …

The Influence Of Organizational Climate On Innovative Behaviour In A Malaysian Public Sector Agency., Azizah Lockman

Student Works (2010-2019)

This research attempts to identify the determinants that can stimulate and undermine the innovative behaviour among the public servants in Malaysia. The relationship between organizational climate and innovative behaviour was investigated in a sample of 200 employees. A questionnaire was used for the data collection. The results from the study have shown that stimulant scales (organizational encouragement, supervisory encouragement, teamwork support, freedom, challenging work and sufficient resources) have significant positive relationship with the innovative behaviour. Surprisingly this study reveals that organizational impediments have a weak significant positive relationship with innovative behaviour. It is found that workload pressure has no significant …

The Role Of The Ethical Brand And Its Effect On Industrial Buyers' Responses., Sulaiman Sulaiman

Student Works (2010-2019)

The main aim of the present study is to empirically test the ethical brand (EB) as a construct and to discuss about mediation impact – what is the most influencing result? Conceptually, the notion of the ethical brand has been established as a brand that considers responsibility toward its stakeholders. Definition the ethical brand is brand as a moral actor that is responsible toward social, economic and environment has the integrity to do the right thing and gives superior value to its stakeholders. The present study adds the concept of the ethical brand in a model to relate with company …

Investor Knowledge And Investment Barriers., Steven Doman

Student Works (2010-2019)

The world of investing in the various products related to the stock and bond markets is confusing for many people. This is a problem since financial investments often represent a large portion of an individual’s personal assets. As regulators begin to search for answers about what caused the economic crisis of 2008-2009 and try to pass regulations that will prevent it from happening again, investors will continue to look to the products of investment firms to help accomplish their financial goals. Unfortunately for investors, many will continue to choose investments based on very limited personal knowledge. Investment firms will in …

Target Status And Method Of Payment : A Perfomance Analysis Of Acquisitions In Malaysia., Lee Siew Peng

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study investigates firms performance in acquisition based on the target status and methods of payment in the Malaysian market over the period 2000-2004. To measure the acquiring and target firms abnormal returns around the acquisition announcements, the study employs the market model with Scholes-Williams adjustments for thin trading. For long-term analysis after acquisition, we use the market-adjusted model and buy-and-hold abnormal approach. The study finds that, in the short-term, acquisition activities create positive gain to both acquiring and target firms, most of which go to the target firms. Further, most of the abnormal returns occurs on day 0 and …