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Catering Driven Substitution In Corporate Payouts, Manoj Kulchania

Finance Faculty Research and Publications

This paper investigates catering as a motivation for substitution between share repurchases and dividend payments. I hypothesize that firms cater to investor demand by repurchasing shares when investors place a premium on the stock price of firms that repurchase shares, and by paying dividends when investors place a higher value on dividend-paying firms. I propose a proxy to measure the relative preference for repurchases over dividends — the difference premium. Results show that the decision to repurchase shares or to pay dividends depends on this premium. Firms channel higher fractions of the additional payout dollars toward share repurchases when this …

Responsiveness In The Supply Chain: A Possible Decision-Driver For Location Of New Subsidiaries?, Ronald Tavares, Cristiane Biazzin Villar, Jane Siegler

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

This study explores possible new drivers that may be integrated into the decision-making models for establishing the location of subsidiaries. More precisely, it seeks to answer the following research question: "Does the degree of responsiveness in the supply chain influence decisions regarding decisions the location of multinational subsidiaries?" Based on the theoretical approaches of the Uppsala School, the Eclectic and RBV, this research in the case of a large multinational agribusiness sector, aiming to explore the recent decision-drivers for the location of new subsidiaries and the influence of the current competitive market in this context.

The Mink Framework: Developing Metrics For The Measurement Of Individual Knowledge, Amr Arisha, Mohamed Ragab

Conference papers

Knowledge is the currency of the current economy and a vital resource for the sustainability of performance quality in today’s knowledge intensive business environment. To avoid the detrimental consequences of knowledge loss, managers are urged to identify where knowledge stocks exist and how knowledge flows within their organisations by keying out wellsprings of knowledge among their employees. Although some studies have attempted to measure knowledge on an organisational level using different methods, very few studies have addressed the individual knowledge carrier. Moving from a critical literature review of the existing approaches to knowledge measurement, this paper proposes a novel framework …

Would Women Leaders Have Prevented The Global Financial Crisis? Teaching Critical Thinking By Questioning A Question, Julie A. Nelson

Economics Faculty Publication Series

Would having more women in leadership have prevented the financial crisis? This question, raised in the popular media, can make effective fodder for teaching critical thinking within courses such as gender and economics, money and financial institutions, pluralist economics, or behavioural economics. While the question, as posed, demands an answer of 'Yes - sex differences in traits are important' or 'No - gender is irrelevant', students can be encouraged to question the question itself. The first part of this essay briefly reviews literature on the sameness-versus-difference debate, noting that the belief in exaggerated behavioural differences between men and women is …

Social Media Assimilation In Firms: Investigating The Roles Of Absorptive Capacity And Institutional Pressures, Pratyush Bharati, Chen Zhang, Abhijit Chaudhury

Management Science and Information Systems Faculty Publication Series

Firms are increasingly employing social media to manage relationships with partner organizations, yet the role of institutional pressures in social media assimilation has not been studied. We investigate social media assimilation in firms using a model that combines the two theoretical streams of IT adoption: organizational innovation and institutional theory. The study uses a composite view of absorptive capacity that includes both previous experience with similar technology and the general ability to learn and exploit new technologies. We find that institutional pressures are an important antecedent to absorptive capacity, an important measure of organizational learning capability. The paper augments theory …

Libraries And Total Quality: Making The Patron A Partner, Todd Bruns, Rendong Bai

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Libraries began to see service competition for the first time in the 1990s, due to the Internet and Google. The necessity of being more customer-focused became apparent, and this resulted in the creation of LibQUAL+, a tool developed to quantitatively measure the quality of customer service (Saunders, 2007). While LibQUAL+ serves as a first step toward increasing quality and value for patrons, library commitment to responding to survey results is essential.

Although LibQUAL+ has been used by a wide range of libraries, this paper focuses on the use of LibQUAL+ by academic libraries, using two university libraries (Vanderbilt University and …

Getting A Good Read, Todd Bruns, Rendong Bai

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Libraries began to see service competition for the first time in the 1990s, due to the Internet and Google. The necessity of being more customer-focused became apparent, and this resulted in the creation of LibQUAL+, a tool developed to quantitatively measure the quality of customer service (Saunders, 2007). While LibQUAL+ serves as a first step toward increasing quality and value for patrons, library commitment to responding to survey results is essential.

Although LibQUAL+ has been used by a wide range of libraries, this paper focuses on the use of LibQUAL+ by academic libraries, using two university libraries (Vanderbilt University and …

Getting A Good Read, Todd Bruns, Rendong Bai

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Libraries began to see service competition for the first time in the 1990s, due to the Internet and Google. The necessity of being more customer-focused became apparent, and this resulted in the creation of LibQUAL+, a tool developed to quantitatively measure the quality of customer service (Saunders, 2007). While LibQUAL+ serves as a first step toward increasing quality and value for patrons, library commitment to responding to survey results is essential.Although LibQUAL+ has been used by a wide range of libraries, this paper focuses on the use of LibQUAL+ by academic libraries, using two university libraries (Vanderbilt University and the …

Lean Processes Without Compromising Controls, Robyn L. Raschke, Michael T. Lee, Arti Mann

Accountancy Faculty Publications and Presentations

In today’s economic environment, governments feel the pressure to operate more efficiently, and many are therefore considering the gradual and continuous process improvement that Lean provides. Lean begins by examining a process from beginning to end, without departmental barriers; identifying the parts of the process that are inefficient; making a case for Lean improvements; and improving the process by reducing activities and waste that don’t add value to the consumer of the process.

Comments From The Editors, Rick Mathisen, Michael Mccall, Mike Musante

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

Welcome to Volume 4 Issue 1 of the Journal of Applied Marketing Theory. With this edition we present some interesting articles that we think offer research in the true spirit of the Journal of Applied Marketing Theory. We are particularly pleased to present to you a practitioner driven article. As we move forward, we see the opportunity to present to you, research that is academically rigorous and practically relevant. Our goal is to present articles that have actionable managerial relevance and we encourage you to submit your best work to the Journal. We present to you the following articles and …

The Marketing And Economic Implications Of Select Bankruptcies In North American Professional Sports Since The Start Of The Global Economic Crisis, Eric C. Schwarz, Patrick Ryan Murphy, Barbara Caldwell

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

The purpose of this paper is to look at the effects of the global economic crisis on the North American professional sports industry, and more specifically some of the examples of how the significant change in the global economic landscape has had a direct effect on the sport business industry. The most interesting of these effects is the increase in the number of bankruptcies that have occurred over the past five years. An analysis of these bankruptcies in professional sports over the recent past will be described, including their causes and results. Specific analysis will focus on the marketing implications …

The 23rd Annual Research Conference Abstract Booklet, Mulu Aderie Alemu, Nikki Lynn Rogers

University of Gondar Research Conferences

Staff members, postgraduate and senior undergraduate students of the University, invited guests and speakers participated in the conference. The annual conference of the University is meant to share experiences in research activities among juniors and seniors, staff and students, and invited guests. It is also meant to motivate students and young faculty to engage in research and also to initiate and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations. The findings of the studies and the resulting recommendations are expected to be used in solving the diverse societal problems we have been facing.

Research activities at the University of Gondar are primarily aimed at solving …

Key Findings: 2013 Atrs Global Airport Performance Benchmarking Project, Tae Hoon Oum, Yap Yin Choo, Chunyan Yu

Publications

The ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Project measures and compares the performance of several important aspects of airport operations: Productivity and efficiency, unit costs and cost competitiveness, financial results and airport charges. The report also examines the relationships between various performance measures and airport characteristics as well as management strategies in order to provide a better understanding of observed differences in airport performance. This report includes 195 airports and 26 airport groups of various sizes and ownership forms in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. This presentation highlights key findings on efficiency and cost.

Effect Of Deposit Money Banks' Credit On The Performance Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises In Nigeria, G. O. Evbuomwan, V. O. Okoruwa, A. E. Ikpi

Economic and Financial Review

This paper set out to empirically evaluate the effect of deposit money banks' credit on the performance of MSMEs in Nigeria, with the aid of a vector autoregression and error correction mechanism (ECM) technique. Results of the empirical investigation confirmed credit had a positive effect on GDP of MSMEs in Nigeria as the coefficient of CAM (credit to MSMEs) was positive (1.0569) and significant at 1.0 per cent level. It was, therefore, recommended that every effort should be made to improve access to credit by MSMEs, so that they could play their potential roles of employment generation and wealth creation …

اثر القياس والإفصاح عن راس المال الفكري على مستخدمي القوائم المالية, اسعد منشد محمد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

اتجهت المجتمعات في الاونة الاخيرة الى تبني المعرفة في تعزيز وتقوية اقتصادياتها الامر الذي استوجب الاهتمام بالعنصر البشري . والمحاسبة بوصفها اداة مجتمعية لم تكن بعيده عن هذا الاهتمام فتفاعل المحاسبة مع التطورات التكنولوجية والمعرفة الاقتصادية من زاد اهتمامها بالعنصر البشري والموجودات غير الملموسة ، وهذا بدوره يتطلب القياس والإفصاح عن هذه الموجودات في صلب القوائم المالية بهدف تعزيز قراءة مستخدم القوائم المالية . اذ ان القوائم المالية تقتصر في القياس والإفصاح عن راس المال المادي ، وهنا يأتي البحث كمحاولة من الباحث لغرض الوصول الى محاسبية سليمة للقياس والإفصاح عن راس المال الفكري وكانت اهم النتائج التي توصل اليها: …

قانون ساربينز – اوكسلي وأثره على كفاءة وفاعلية نظام التقدير الذاتي في التحاسب الضريبي, محمد حلو داود الخرسان, جابر حسين علي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يتوقف نجاح الدولة في اختيار نظامها الضريبي على معرفة كاملة بأوضاع المجتمع الاقتصادية والاجتماعية والسياسية والأهداف التي يسعى إلى تحقيقها، ومن هذا المنطلق تحاول الدراسات الضريبية الارتقاء بالعمل الضريبي على أكمل وجه عن طريق استخدام الأساليب العلمية الحديثة التي تنعكس إيجاباً على عملية التحاسب الضريبي ، وتقديم أفضل الخدمات للمكلفين بدفع الضريبة، ومنها نظام التقدير الذاتي، والذي بموجبه يقوم دافعي الضرائب بإعداد حساباتهم الختامية وتقديمها مع نماذج معينة تعدها الإدارة الضريبية ، ومن ثم تسديد مبلغ الضريبة المترتبة بذمتهم بشكل مباشر وفق الدخل الذي قام بتحديده المكلف. ويقترن هذا الأسلوب وجود نظام تدقيقي فعال يوضع من قبل الإدارة الضريبية يتيح …

توظيف القدرات المميزة لتعزيز التسويق الريادي دراسة تحليلية لآراء مدراء مصرف الرافدين, سناء جواد كاظم, رونق كاظم حسين شبر

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تختبر الدارسة الحالية علاقة الارتباط والتأثير بين القدرات المميزة والتسويق الريادي بأبعاده ( قادة التطوير التسويقي ، أنشطة التسويق الريادي ، العوامل المحددة للمصرف ، العوامل المحددة للريادي) وتحددت الدراسة بفرضية رئيسة مفادها “وجود علاقة ارتباط وتأثير ذات دلالة معنوية بين القدرات المميزة والتسويق الريادي” تنبثق منها أربع فرضيات فرعية، وقد وقع الاختيار على مصرف الرافدين ” الإدارة العامة ” كمجتمع للدراسة لكونه من اكثر المصارف عراقة، وجمعت البيانات عن طريق استمارة أستبيان مكونة من جزءين، الأول يختص بالقدرات المميزة والثاني يختص بالتسويق الريادي، وقد تم توزيع ( 50) أستبانة على مدراء ومعاوني المدراء ورؤساء أقسام المصرف، أعيدت بالكامل وقد …

أثر برامج الخصخصة على مؤشرات التنمية الإقتصادية في دول عالم الجنوب, حيدر اسماعيل صالح

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

بعد مرور ما يقارب من ثلاثة عقود من الزمان لمسيرة برامج الخصخصة عالمياً وتعدد وجهات النظر بين مؤيد ومعارض لتلك السياسات، اختلفت الاثار التي تركتها تلك البرامج من ناحية المكاسب والآثار الاجتماعية من دولة الى اخرى والتي تتوقف على جملة من السياسات التي يجب على الدولة ان تنتهجها ومن ابرزها تعزيز المنافسة ووضع الاطار التنظيمي الخاص بمنع الكيانات الاحتكارية وأساليب بيع المؤسسات العامة التي لابد ان تتسم بالشفافية، بالإضافة الى تصميم البرامج الخاصة بتعويض الخاسرين وفي تهيئة الرأي العام بالشكل الذي يمكنه من تقبل تلك العملية اقتصادياً واجتماعياً بعد عقود طويلة من سيطرة الدولة على النشاط الاقتصادي، كما ان ايجاد …

مبادىء المحاسبة المالية (نظرة معاصرة), Saud Jayed, Ali Naim Jassim, Asaad Munshid Muhammad

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

انــــه يحتوي على فصلا خاصـــا في موضوع حوسبة العمليات المالية , وهذا ما ينسجم مع حالة التطور الالكتروني في تعليم مهنــــة المحاسبــــــــــة .علاوة على ان هذا الكتاب تم اعداده بطريقة علميــــة تتفق مع المستوى العلمي المطلوب لطلبتنا الاعزاء في التعليم الجامعي وينسجم كذلك مع مفردات اللجنــــــــة القطاعيـــــة المحاسبية التي تعنى بإعداد المفردات للمواد الدراسية ضمن اطــــار عمل هذه اللجان في وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي .ولذلك فان هذا الكتاب يتضمن ثلاثة عشر فصلا تناول الفصل الاول تاريخ ونشأة المحاسبة واهدافها وطبيعة مستخدمي المعلومات المحاسبية ، وعلاقة المحاسبة بالحقول الاخرى بالاضافة الى مستويات الاطار النظري للمحاسبة ، في حين تناول الفصل …

Ceo Pay And Layoffs, Kevin F. Hallock

Economics Faculty Publications

Whether CEO pay is linked with job loss or mass layoffs is not really a new question. The study that got the author started, and raised very interesting issues about job loss and compensation, looked at CEOs at a few dozen companies over one year. Separating companies into those that made a layoff announcement in the previous year and those that didn't, you will find that the CEOs who made at least one large layoff the previous year make a lot more than those who made no layoffs in the previous year. But, once one starts controlling for company and …

The Majority Approach To Arbitration Waiver: A Workable Test Or A License For Litigants To Play Games With The Courts?, James Savage

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “The freedom of parties to agree to arbitrate their disputes is enshrined by contract law and federal law. By inserting a mandatory arbitration clause in a contract, both parties agree that, should a dispute arise between them, they will not bring the matter to court. Instead, they agree to submit any disputes to a mutually-agreed-to third party, such as the American Arbitration Association; this third-party acts like a judge and resolves the dispute. Arbitration has many advantages, such as reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of dispute resolution. Because of these reduced costs and greater efficiency, businesses can …

Cal Poly Brocade Challenge 2013, Chandler Morehardt, Alexa Coburn, Juan Silva, Kerry Sun, Greg Wang, Raul Chagoya, Jd Torres

Architectural Engineering

No abstract provided.

Gender Discrimination In The Workforce, Natalie Hays, Katherine Morrow

Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Business Strategy For A Newly Designed Husk Fly Trap, Taylor Denney

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

This senior project discusses the analysis, evaluation and business strategy for a newly designed Husk Fly Trap from Ag Chem Wholesalers located in Yuba City, California. This prototype is designed to hold 2 to 3 weeks’ worth of Ammonium Carbonate and alleviate the hassle of monitoring the Walnut Husk Fly. This system is cost affective, able to hold the same amount, or 2 – 3 weeks, of Ammonium Carbonate as a “supercharged” trap. The Prototype Trap is easier to handle by not having to replace blown away traps or ruined sticky cards saving Pest Control Advisors time and allowing them …

Marketing In A Multimedia Era, Jamie Armstrong

Music

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Smarter Teamwork: System For Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, And Remediation For Teamwork, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, Richard A. Layton, Rebecca Lyons, Daniel Michael Ferguson, Kyle Heyne, Tripp Driskell, David Jonathan Woehr, Hal R. Pomeranz, Eduardo Salas, Andrew Caleb Loignon, Shirley S.C. Sonesh

Management: Faculty Publications

SMARTER Teamwork: System for Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, and Remediation for TeamworkThe rapid adoption of Team-Maker and the Comprehensive Assessment of Team MemberEffectiveness (CATME) tools for team formation and peer evaluation make it possible to extendtheir success to have a significant impact on the development of team skills in higher education.The web-based systems have been used by more than 110,000 students of more than 2400faculty at more than 500 institutions internationally—the figure below shows the growth of theuser base. 2400 The system has had 113,373 unique student users. 2200 Fitted curves are third order. 2000 1800 Faculty and staff …

The Asian Century: But What Do Comparative Histories Tell Us About Practice?, Gregor Halff, Anne Gregory

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

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Liquidity And Crises In Asian Markets, C. Charoenwong, David K. Ding, Y. C. Yang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

No abstract provided.

Compliant Sinners, Obstinate Saints: How Power And Self-Focus Determine The Effectiveness Of Social Influences In Ethical Decision Making, Marko Pitesa, Stefan Thau

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In this research, we examine when and why organizational environments influence how employees respond to moral issues. Past research has proposed that social influences in organizations affect employees' ethical decision making, but has not explained when and why some individuals are affected by an organizational environment and some disregard it. To address this problem, we drew on research on power to propose that power makes people more self-focused, which, in turn, makes them more likely to act upon their preferences and ignore (un)ethical social influences. Using both experimental and field methods, we tested our model across the three main paradigms …

Designing Trustworthy Organizations, Robert F. Hurley, Nicole Gillespie, Donald L. Ferrin, Graham Dietz

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Companies often blame trust violations on ‘rogue employees', but these violations are predictable in organizations that allow dysfunctional, conflicting or incongruent activities to take root.