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Lewis, John, 1747-1825 (Sc 6), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 6. Letter written by J[ohn] Lewis of Fredericksburg, Virginia, to his son, Gabriel Lewis, Georgetown, Kentucky, discussing business matters relating to the settlement of debts, Kentucky lands purchased by the Lewis’ and prices of flour, cotton and sugar.

2012-May-23-Americas Best Award - 2012, University School, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Ada News - 05/21/2012, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Facebook Ipo, Steven D. Dolvin

All Chapters

Facebook went public on Friday, May 18. Although the trading was flawed (as Nasdaq admitted), the initial price action was quite typical of an IPO. Shares were offered at $38, but spiked to almost $42 shortly after hitting the secondary market. Shares closed just above the offering price. For about the last 15 years, the average level of underpricing (or first day return) has been 15%. So, in these terms, the Facebook IPO was not that successful.

Employee Work Motivation In Japanese Fitness Clubs, Yuko Mizuuchi

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify factors that motivate fitness club employees, as well as, to investigate the relationship between 10 job-related motivational factors in Japanese fitness club employees. Participants for this study were 179 employees working in one of three fitness clubs in Japan, located in Tokyo, Osaka, or Yamaguchi. The questionnaire used was adapted from the ten job-related motivational factors developed by Kovach (1980). The results showed that "Sympathetic Help with Personal Problems" was the most important motivator, while "Good Wages" was the least important motivator. Additionally, there were statistically significant differences between the 10 job-related …

94th Connecticut College Commencement Address, Louis B. Susman

Commencement Addresses

HE Ambassador Louis B. Susman told the graduates "This not a country where individuals are born with title, rank or royalty. Instead, we emerge into life carrying only our personal dreams and desires. And we allow ourselves to claim pursuit of those dreams as a cherished and fundamental right. Your challenge is to begin building a future that is worthy of your dreams, a future worthy of your parents and this college, a future worthy of the values of America."

Metta, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Maybe I missed the memo. Perhaps I wasn’t paying close enough attention. Or somehow it wasn’t big enough news in London. Whatever the case may be, I was a startled when I read recently that someone named Metta World Peace was playing basketball in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers. I remember World B. Free of the NBA and He Hate Me of the XFL, but Metta World Peace was a new one.

Nebraska Monthly Economic Indicators: May 18, 2012, Eric Thompson, William Walstad, Adam George

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

The Leading Economic Indicator – Nebraska (LEI‐N) increased at a moderate 0.44% rate during April 2012. The increase in the LEI‐N, which predicts economic growth in the state six months in the future, signals that the Nebraska economy will grow during the fall of 2012. However, recent evidence signals modest growth. The LEI‐N grew by 0.44% in April but declined during March. Further, there was mixed evidence of growth among the underlying components of the leading indicator. Rising manufacturing hours, positive business expectations, and declining initial unemployment claims all point to future growth. But, other components declined. Building permits and …

Risk Management From A Strategic Perspective, Jay Noel, Steven Slezak

Agribusiness

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Book Review: Open Source Web Applications For Libraries, Todd Bruns

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

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Lu Archaeology Field School To Conduct Digs In St. Charles, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Book Review: Open Source Web Applications For Libraries, Todd Bruns

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

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Fear Of Asking: Factors That Inhibit Latinos In Seeking And Obtaining Credit For Small Business, Brenda Hernandez

College of Management Honors Theses

Latino owned businesses and any minority business in general are important for the economy of the United States. They generate money that helps the economy grow and work. In the fiscal year of 2010, the Minority Business Development Agency of the United States Department of Commerce created 6,397 new jobs and helped minority owned businesses obtained almost 4 billion in contracts and capital. The numbers are record highs for the MBDA and it shows that minority businesses are growing now more than they were ever before. While the number is growing, the number of minority owned businesses is still small …

Innovation In Treasury Futures: Examining Volatility Patterns Before And After The Shift From Open-Outcry To Electronic Trading, Lucjan T. Orlowski, Bluford Putnam

WCBT Faculty Publications

Key objectives: Identify major stages of transformation of U.S.10Y Treasury futures trading from open-outcry to Globex electronic. Examine major features of institutional changes at each stage of this transformation.

A Comparison Of Profiles And Expenditures Between Volunteer And Leisure Tourists For The New Orleans Metropolitan Statistical Area, Ksenia Kirillova

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This research compared the expenditure patterns, profiles, and trip characteristics of volunteer and leisure tourists in New Orleans. Survey research methods were used to obtain a sample of voluntourists that was compared to a leisure tourist sample obtained from secondary data. Visitors’ expenditures across six types of spending, demographics, and travel information were collected. Data analysis included eight t-tests that revealed that voluntourists’ spending was lower in five out of six categories, total daily expenditures, and total trip spending. Voluntourists spent more on local transportation but preferred cheaper accommodations and dining, seldom gambled, shopped little at the destination, and rarely …

Two Essays: “Does Corporate Governance Affect The Adjustment Speed Towards Target Capital Structure?” And “Do Option Traders On Reits And Non-Reits React Differently To New Information?”, Li-Kai Liao

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The first chapter investigates how corporate governance influences firms’ capital structure behavior. Based on the premise that costs associated with deviations from the target capital structure are positively correlated to the extent of deviation, we hypothesize that the initial deviation from the target will be shorter for a firm with good corporate governance than for a firm with poor corporate governance. We also hypothesize that the former group will employ a higher speed of adjustment towards target than the latter group due primarily to the following reasons. First, a firm with well-placed governance system will adjust at a faster rate …

Momentum, Nonlinear Price Discovery And Asymmetric Spillover: Sovereign Credit Risk And Equity Markets Of Emerging Countries And, Geoffrey M. Ngene

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In Chapter 1, I hypothesize that there is a differential response by agents to changes in sovereign credit or default risk in both quiet (low default risk) and turbulent markets (high default risk). These market conditions create two different states of the market (world) or regimes. Investors and policy makers respond differently in the two regimes but the response in the turbulent market condition is amplified as policy makers attempt to smoothen the fluctuations and uncertainty while investors rebalance their portfolios in an attempt to hedge against downside risk of wealth loss. In the two regimes, the short run and …

Two Essays In Islamic Finance And Investment, Hesham J. Merdad

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The main purpose of this dissertation is to lessen the gap in the Islamic finance and investment literature by providing new answers to the most vital question raised in that literature: Is the adherence to the Shariah law associated with at any cost?

The first chapter provides a primer on Islamic finance. It discusses several restrictions and necessary adaptations that must be made to have a Shariah-compliant product. The takeaway is that Shariah law mandates is related to fundamentals and, thus has a direct effect on the risk-return profile of all sorts of different products. This is referred to as …

From Private Regulation To Public Policy: The Case Of Corporate Non-Financial Reporting, Matthew Maguire

Faculty Publications, School of Management

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Lindenwood University To Host Criminal Justice Institute, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Whole Foods Market ™ Case Study: Leadership And Employee Retention, Kristin L. Pearson

MBA Student Scholarship

Employee retention can be a challenge for Human Resources in today’s business climate, especially in retail food service occupations due to long and sometimes unpredictable hours, limited benefits, and growth potential to name a few. Despite the obstacles, Whole Foods Market has been able to overcome such limitations allowing employees flourish and as a result have set an industry benchmark for reducing voluntary turnover. This case study research is an examination of Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey and his modern approach to leadership and its effect on employee retention. The purpose of the research is to examine the association …

Origins Of Money, Alla Semenova

Economics Invited Speakers

Alla Semenova, Assistant Professor of Economic, Dickinson College, presented on the Origin of Money. The seminar is part of the Pisediscalzi Lecture Series. Dr. Nicholas Pisediscalzi was the founding chair of the Religion Department and a life-long student of the dialectic of Religion and Culture—especially Art, literature, and Politics. The seminar was cosponsored by the Departments of Religion, Philosophy and Classics and the Department of Economics, Wright State University.

Chef Liam Kavanagh (1926-2011), Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Articles

This article celebrates the life of Liam Kavanagh, a great Irish chef who worked in Ireland, England, America and around the world on the Cunard Shipping Lines. His education and apprenticeship is covered along with the trajectory of his career up to his post-retirement second career as a culinary arts lecturer in the Dublin Instutute of Technology and Crumlin College of Further Education.

Spring Meeting Of Council, May 16 - 18, 2012, Volume 2, Jw Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue Nw, Washington, D.C, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Spring Meeting Of Council, May 16 - 18, 2012, Volume 1, Jw Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue Nw, Washington, D.C., American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Rancho Santa Fe Foundation (Rsff) Plan-To-Plan Report, Scott Campbell, Karen Gould, Jessica Hanson York, Susan Pyke, Christy Wilson

Strategic Planning

Over the past two months, a USD project team conducted extensive research to inform the strategic planning process of the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation (RSFF). The team identified three key questions that will be important for the RSFF to address as it positions itself for growth. Those questions are: 1) What is the identity of the RSFF, both internally and externally; 2) How should the RSFF define community; and 3) How should the RSFF define growth?

Personal Social Networking: Affects On Companies Hiring Decisions, Damaris Betances, Robert Solarczyk, Cathy Bellows

MBA Student Scholarship

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate the effects personal social networking sites had on candidate’s opportunities for obtaining employment and how and to what extent hiring managers used this information in the hiring process. Hiring managers across four industries: Retail, Banking, Healthcare and Hospitality were surveyed to learn how they are using social media sites to “screen” potential mid-level (and above) managers for their organizations. Additionally, the researchers wanted to determine what social media content was most influential in developing negative perception of the candidate. The results of the study showed contrasting results to prior studies which …

Risk Aversion And Former Collegiate Athletes As Financial Investors, Tyler Buccetti

College of Management Honors Theses

Risk aversion is a concept that tries to understand an individual’s choice, when two options are presented with different levels of risk and reward. This concept can be applied to finance when looking at investors decisions to invest in options with different levels of risk and returns. This study examines if having played a collegiate sport will impact the level of risk aversion an investor has. In order to determine this, an experiment was given to Graduate students working on a Master’s degree in business. The experiment consisted of six different stock options representing different levels of risk. From this …

Application Of Intelligent-Objects Simulation To Manufacturing Process Efficiency Analysis: A Case Study, Justin Hamilton

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Science and Technology at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by Justin Hamilton on May 12, 2012.

The Growing Concern Of Poverty In The United States: An Exploration Of Food Prices And Poverty On Obesity Rates For Low-Income Citizens, Catherine Gillespie, Kathy Gray, Ethan Bailey, John Zivalich

Undergraduate Economic Review

Studies demonstrate the link between income and obesity, determining factors to explain the strong correlation between high body mass index and low socioeconomic status. Many focus on uncovering predictors but few use a systems approach: identifying the interaction among predictors and their relative magnitude concerning obesity. This study asks: do poverty or food price indicators have a statistically stronger relationship with obesity?

By collecting data, evaluating trends, and analyzing statistics, this study extends research by revealing a stronger relationship between obesity and food prices as opposed to obesity and poverty.