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2013-August-10-Spotlight: Kempton, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-01-New Signs, New Street Names Etsu Main, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-09-Basler Visits Etsu, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-08-Stewardship Award, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-08-Small Business Classes, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-08-Cotrel Wins Award Cotrel, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-08-Wilsie Bishop Honor, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-08-Shakespeare Controversy, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Biogenesis, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It is likely that Marvin Miller is spinning in his grave. Bud Selig may have achieved something that baseball owners have long wanted in their battle with the Major League Baseball Players Association. And that something would be a victory, or at least something resembling a victory, over the players.

2013-August-07-Reecewolf, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2013-August-06-Reverse Transfer, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Two Essays On The Efficiency, Diversification, And Performance Of Financial Institutions, Abu Khan

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In the first chapter I investigate the change in operating performance, efficiency and value addition of US bank merger and acquisition after GLBA. I extend the previous research by combining all the previous methodology used in merger literature and added a new methodology namely Expected EVA improvement. I will test whether these performance metrics have similar results or the performance of merger vary depending on the measurements. I will also examine the factors that have significant impact on the change in the banks’ performance.

My results show that industry-adjusted operating performance of merged banks increases significantly after a merger.I also …

Three Essays In Financial Economics, Ivan F. Julio

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

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Impact Of Financial Market Development On Holdings Of Us Assets And Equity Carve-Outs And Macroeconomic Activity, Ravigsida Dorcas Compaore

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The first part of this dissertation examines the impact of financial development on different countries holdings of U.S securities. The difference between the US weight in the global market capitalization and the US weight in developed and developing countries is tested through a panel data analysis. We find that most countries tend to overweight their US debt portfolio which is strongly related to their financial market development. When holdings of US debts and equity are low, financial market development is high; in developing countries, holding less US equity in their portfolio causes country to get better financial development. In developed …

Ada News - 08/05/2013, 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.

2013-08-05 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for August 5, 2013.

2013-08-05 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for August 5, 2013.

Accounting Hall Of Fame: Sir David Philip Tweedie, Remarks, Citation And Response, Anaheim, California, August 5, 2013, American Accounting Association, Ohio State University

Accounting Hall of Fame Brochures

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How A Goat-Farming Immigrant Changed Everything, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, William F. Shughart Ii, J. Fish Smith

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

In the dozens of articles and obituaries written about George Mitchell, who died late last month at 94, the Texas oilman, entrepreneur and philanthropist was remembered mostly as the "father of the fracking boom," whose innovations led to the shale-gas revolution.

Big Brother Declares War On Consumption, Usu Jon. M Huntsman School Of Business, William F. Shughart Ii, J. Fish Smith, Michael Thomas, Adam Hoffer

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Doctors routinely advise patients to avoid a wide range of unhealthy behavior, such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, a poor diet, and lack of exercise. Beyond these salutary suggestions, however, there is also a growing paternalistic trend to prohibit activities like smoking—and through targeted taxation, governments are taking aim at food deemed unhealthy for having too much fat, preservatives, salt, or sugar. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban on large, sugary drinks was just ruled unconstitutional in a unanimous decision by the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division—but this ruling isn't likely to discourage hardened advocates.

The User’S Communication Patterns On A Mobile Social Network Site, Youngsoo Kim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

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Building From Within: Designing A Values-Based Cultural Template, Joseph P. Hester, H. Darrell Young

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Lifelong education and prolific writer Joseph Hester, together with businessman and philosopher H. Darrell Young, combine their years of knowledge and experience to introduce the reader to a cultural business plan designed for rebuilding businesses and organizations on a values foundation.

Values And Reflections From The Field: An Informational Interviewing Experience And Collections From The Harvard Leadership Studio, Juliet Siena Okoroh

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Background: Leadership has been described as the organization of people to achieve a goal, which often entails characteristics such as charisma and intelligence. While the Trait Model in leadership is often used to define characteristics of effective leaders, little is known about how many public health leaders transcend these leadership qualities and values in making decisions, particularly in situations of great uncertainty.

Objective: To understand values of leaders in the decision-making process, using informational interviews at the Harvard School of Public Health as well as collections from the Harvard Leadership Studio, Voices from the Field Programming, and other symposiums.

Methods: …

Core Values And Attitudes Among Swedish Conscripts Volunteering For International Missions: An Exploratory Study, Johan Österberg, Leif W. Rydstedt

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

The purpose of this study was to assess core values and attitudes among conscribed soldiers volunteering for international peacekeeping missions (n=146), by a comparison with conscripts from the same class and regiment that did not apply for international missions (n=275).The sample consisted of an entire class of conscribed soldiers whereof 389 completed all three repeated surveys. There were no demographical differences between the groups. Volunteers expressed higher altruistic basic values and held more positive attitudes toward their military education. The findings in this study are of importance for the Swedish armed forces as success in international missions is dependent on …

Turning Around An Academic Institution Through Transformational Leadership, M. S. Rao

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Professor M.S. Rao uses a real life institutional crisis to demonstrate the machinations of the transformative style of leadership. Success in one's career ‒ as well as for one’s collective team ‒ requires a firm yet open disposition, regular dialogue and feedback between stakeholders, and above all, the willingness to risk.

Values-Based Leadership: The Foundation Of Transformational Servant Leadership, Darrell Peregrym, Randy Wollf

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Through case study examination, these writers describe how the practice of transformational servant leadership (TSL) is predicated upon values-based leadership (VBL) and explain that while VBL involves identifying and cultivating one’s core values, TSL requires a strong orientation to values to enable leaders to serve their people well while engaging in efforts that transform their respective organizations.

Playing Above The Breaks..., Ritch K. Eich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

In his attempt to gain an understanding of true leadership traits, Eich assembled a cadre of well-known successful leaders from academe, law enforcement, journalism, foreign affairs, and athletics. What he discovered was a common thread between them: a “true” leader recognizes his or her own fallibility, resists blaming others for unsuccessful choices, and seeks the continuous feedback of an adroitly-assembled team.

Environmental Attitudes And Environmental Stewardship: Implications For Sustainability, Ron Sookram

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Although shareowners and boards are critical to shaping a firm’s environmental behavior, this paper gives focus to management practitioners based on their operational functions within the firm. It argues that environmental stewardship is determined by the worldview of managers from which their attitude and ethical response to environmentally-related issues are shaped. The New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale is applied to determine the environmental attitude of managers, but the discussion also considers the Dominant Social Paradigm (DSP) to provide further valuable insights to enhance the implications of worldviews on sustainability.

The Role Of Nhs Leaders In Times Of Austerity, Marisa Alvarez

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This paper evaluates the role of leadership in the NHS in times of austerity, times that are characterised by budgetary cuts and privatisation. As state employees, the role of today’s NHS leaders is to enforce austerity measures by administering thought and praxis, socially reproducing, at micro-levels, ideologies and politics that are circumscribed by the government that employs them. The paper inspects the moral worth of NHS leaders and the mechanisms they utilise upon the workforce to enable them to take forward austerity, that is, to fulfill their role.

Buy High Sell Low: Redefining Bean Counting In The Coffee Industry For A Sustainable Future, Charles C. Manz, Karen P. Manz, Robert D. Marx, Pamala J. Dillon

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Charles Manz returns to the JVBL providing ‒ together with several fellow researchers/writers ‒ a case study of a socially responsible business within the coffee industry. Familiar CSR concepts are examined such as Fair Trade and sustainability which foster parity in dealing with buyers while maintaining product quality and reasonable income. The practices of Dean’s Beans, a progressive coffee organization, are examined as a notable demonstration of how a business can fiscally succeed while maintaining a commitment to the triple-bottom-line considerations of people, planet, and profits.