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Exchange Consolidation, Steven D. Dolvin Aug 2013

Exchange Consolidation, Steven D. Dolvin

All Chapters

BATS and Direct Edge, two large electronic exchanges, are merging to form the second largest exchange operator in the United States, taking over the ranking currently held by Nasdaq. This change exhibits the transformation of the industry toward electronic trading. While electronic increases speed and likely lowers trading costs, it doesn't come without risks, as the recent Nasdaq outage illustrates. See article here, Wall Street Journal.


Thorpe, Herbert C., 1873-1904 (Sc 2764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2013

Thorpe, Herbert C., 1873-1904 (Sc 2764), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2764. Letters of Herbert C. Thorpe, General Manager and Assistant Treasurer, United States Gas, Coal, and Coke Company, to his wife and father. Writing from Sturgis and Paducah soon after his arrival in Kentucky from New Jersey, Thorpe describes the stresses of his new management responsibilities and the challenges to the company in the event of a miners’ strike, and criticizes the work ethic of the miners. Thorpe died in Paducah of typhoid fever on 31 July 1904.


The Learning Advantage: The Effect Of Operational Focus On The Rate Of Organizational Learning, Jeffrey Savage, Dr. Peter Madsen Aug 2013

The Learning Advantage: The Effect Of Operational Focus On The Rate Of Organizational Learning, Jeffrey Savage, Dr. Peter Madsen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

My ORCA project is primarily focused on organizational learning. I am working closely with Peter Madsen, my mentor, to gather data and find supporting literature. Our hypothesis is that strategic focus will increase the rate at which organizations learn. In a nuclear power plant, this can be measured by the number of delays for maintenance that occur in a plant. We hypothesize that organizations that operate in a narrowly defined domain will learn faster than other companies in that domain, even if they have the same level of aggregate experience. This topic is currently under debate in the management literature; …


Examining The Relationship Between Expected Market Returns And Political Variables Using Generalized Method Of Moments Procedures, Ian Wright, Dr. Keith Vorkink Aug 2013

Examining The Relationship Between Expected Market Returns And Political Variables Using Generalized Method Of Moments Procedures, Ian Wright, Dr. Keith Vorkink

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Investors, economists and financial analysts are constantly seeking to develop models that may help them learn what the stock market will do and how it functions. They do this so that they may take advantage of any market anomalies as soon as they appear and try to make “easy money.” Various pricing models (see Sharpe (1964), Litner (1965) and Fama and French (1993) for example1) have been and continue to be constructed that try to predict returns, and variables suspected to be correlated with returns have been included in these models in an attempt to determine specific predictors of returns.


2013-August-27-Quillen, Hematology, Tocotrienol, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-27-Quillen, Hematology, Tocotrienol, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-27-Solar Heating, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-27-Solar Heating, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


“Working To Put Food On The Table”: Fractured Identities And Mission Drift In A South African Nonprofit Organization, Eric C. Darsow, Dr. Christopher Meek, Dr. Warner Woodworth Aug 2013

“Working To Put Food On The Table”: Fractured Identities And Mission Drift In A South African Nonprofit Organization, Eric C. Darsow, Dr. Christopher Meek, Dr. Warner Woodworth

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) face a tradeoff between activities which further their mission and those which generate revenue to pay salaries and bills. For many NPOs, management’s increasing attention to cash flow suppresses the organization’s service-oriented mission and alienates staff. This ORCA grant funded a case study of this phenomenon at RSEF, a small development NPO in South Africa. I use organizational identity theory to explore ways in which a loss of mission focus affects how staff identify with their work, and how decreased identification impacts the organization’s ability to serve society. By understanding the relationship between job commitment, organizational identification, …


Financial Literacy Amongst University Students, Adam Trone, Dr. James Brau Aug 2013

Financial Literacy Amongst University Students, Adam Trone, Dr. James Brau

Journal of Undergraduate Research

My interest in financial literacy and my decision to pursue an ORCA grant in this subject began in the fall of 2007. Many remember the upheaval that devastated financial markets beginning at this time. This upheaval is not just a memory because similar economic and financial conditions continue to this day. As a casual observer of this crisis as shown on the news, I began to think. I began to think about my own finances, saving for retirement, taxes, and the job market. These thoughts never became a serious bother but I was mildly concerned. I began to realize that …


Film Series Receives Grant From Missouri Arts Council, Lindenwood University Aug 2013

Film Series Receives Grant From Missouri Arts Council, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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2013-August-26-Geocaching, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-26-Geocaching, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-August-26-Pride Baseball, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-26-Pride Baseball, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


A Study On The Introduction Of Company Performance To Psc In The Impact Of Nir, Qiuyang Xing Aug 2013

A Study On The Introduction Of Company Performance To Psc In The Impact Of Nir, Qiuyang Xing

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.


A Study On The Application Of Information System In Patrol Vessel Management, Lei Li Aug 2013

A Study On The Application Of Information System In Patrol Vessel Management, Lei Li

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.


Study On Measures To Optimize The Training System For Pscos In, Dong Xu Aug 2013

Study On Measures To Optimize The Training System For Pscos In, Dong Xu

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.


Research On The Establishment Of Promulgation System Of Maritime Safety Information In Chengshan Jiao Vts Center, Yunjiang Liu Aug 2013

Research On The Establishment Of Promulgation System Of Maritime Safety Information In Chengshan Jiao Vts Center, Yunjiang Liu

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.


Study On Officer Supply In Mainland China, Yali Cao Aug 2013

Study On Officer Supply In Mainland China, Yali Cao

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.


Analysis And Conception Of Chinese Cruise Ship Tourism, Runzi Cai Aug 2013

Analysis And Conception Of Chinese Cruise Ship Tourism, Runzi Cai

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.


2013-August-25-Spotlight: Blair, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-25-Spotlight: Blair, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements, Attestation Standards: Clarification And Recodification, July 24, 2013,Comments Are Requested By October 24, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2013 July 24, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Aug 2013

Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements, Attestation Standards: Clarification And Recodification, July 24, 2013,Comments Are Requested By October 24, 2013; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2013 July 24, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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Management As A Liberal Art (Seattle), C. William Pollard Aug 2013

Management As A Liberal Art (Seattle), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In these opening remarks recorded for a fall seminar at Seattle Pacific University, Pollard outlines Peter Drucker's theory of management as a liberal art and details the ways in which it was implemented in the ServiceMaster organization. He also notes why such a vision is important for contemporary management education.


2013-August-23-Faculty Awards, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-23-Faculty Awards, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-August-23-Decorating, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-23-Decorating, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-August-22-Fossil Id Aug. 13, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-22-Fossil Id Aug. 13, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Small Business Development In Southern Africa, Nathan Feliz, Dr. Warner Woodworth Aug 2013

Small Business Development In Southern Africa, Nathan Feliz, Dr. Warner Woodworth

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The focus of my research was to observe the process of economic development at the grassroots level in Southern Africa. In Capetown, South Africa I found an organization that was working closely with marginalized youth in the townships and squatters camps. The Center For Opportunity Development (COD) works with youth, (ages 18-35), teaching business skills. The Center For Opportunity Development had just changed to a new approach of more practical learning when I joined with them. Instead of spending more time in the class room the thought was to get the students out working more. Each student would spend a …


2013-August-22-Mabk Bonsai, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-22-Mabk Bonsai, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


The Process Of Social Media Migration Among Young Professionals: A Grounded Theory, Maria Hermosa, Frauke Hachtmann Aug 2013

The Process Of Social Media Migration Among Young Professionals: A Grounded Theory, Maria Hermosa, Frauke Hachtmann

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to develop a theory that explains the process of social media migration among young professionals. The theoretical propositions that emerged from this qualitative study explain how different causal, intervening, and contextual conditions interact with and affect the phenomenon of social media migration. Internal and external pressures have an effect on young professionals’ decision to join new social media sites while abandoning others. Intervening and contextual conditions provide specific circumstances in which social media migration might occur. Integrating useful and organizational features to ease the use of social networks were important strategies in the process …


Order To Compel Production Of Documents (Melamud Et Al. V. Page, Perry & Associates), Melvin K. Westmoreland Aug 2013

Order To Compel Production Of Documents (Melamud Et Al. V. Page, Perry & Associates), Melvin K. Westmoreland

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Order On Plaintiffs' Motion To Strike The Expert Opinion Of Jeffrey Kerr And For Litigation Expenses (Melamud Et Al. V. Page, Perry & Associates), Melvin K. Westmoreland Aug 2013

Order On Plaintiffs' Motion To Strike The Expert Opinion Of Jeffrey Kerr And For Litigation Expenses (Melamud Et Al. V. Page, Perry & Associates), Melvin K. Westmoreland

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


2013-August-21-Sticks & Strings, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-21-Sticks & Strings, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-August-21-Rr Museum Heritage Day, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University Aug 2013

2013-August-21-Rr Museum Heritage Day, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.