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2014-February-21-Etsu’S Alliance For Continued Learning To Offer Spring Classes, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-February-21-Etsu To Host Interstate Career Fair, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-February-21-Russian Piano, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Food Sciences Moving To Innovation Campus, Chris Dunker

Nebraska Innovation Campus Materials

The University of Nebraska added $4.5 million in leased space at Nebraska Innovation Campus Friday, bringing its total lease commitment at the research and technology park to $7.8 million. The NU Board of Regents approved a plan adding 117,000 additional square feet of space tothe campus and moving the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Food Science and Technology Department to the campus in 2015. NU committed in 2012 to more than 31,000 square feet of office space in the Innovation Commons -- the former 4-H Building at the old State Fair Park -- expected to open later this year. Last year, NU …

2014-February-21-Story Slam Events Moving To Nelson Fine Art Center For Spring, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-February-21-Natural History Museum To Host ‘Fossil And Artifact Id Night’, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-February-21-Scott Nelson To Appear At Etsu, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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The Santa Clara,2014-02-20, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Private Equity Firms' Reputational Concerns And The Costs Of Debt Financing, Rongbing Huang, Jay R. Ritter, Donghang Zhang

Faculty Articles

A popular view is that private equity (PE) firms tend to expropriate other stakeholders of their portfolio companies. Bonds offered during 1992-2011 by companies after their initial public offerings (IPOs) do not reflect this view. We find that yield spreads on bonds offered by PE-backed companies are on average 70 basis points lower, holding other things constant. We also find that PE-backed companies have more conservative investment and dividend policies after bond offerings compared to non-PE-backed companies. These results suggest that PE firms’ reputational concerns dominate their wealth expropriation incentives and help their portfolio companies reduce the costs of debt.

2014-February-20-Nashville Railroads At Carter Railroad Museum’S February Heritage Day, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-February-20-Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker Lee Daniels To Visit Etsu, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-February-20-Reality Vs. Make-Believe, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Rams Coo Demoff To Speak With Karraker At Harmon Hall, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Employers Invited To Register For Nonprofit Reverse Career Fair, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Stock Market Overreaction And Unnecessary Risk, Todd M. Yost, Dr. Steven Thorley

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The original hypothesis behind this study was that the stock market would overreact to news events. So when positive news about a specific company develops the stock price would increase more than would be rational. Conversely when the news was negative the price would decrease more than is warranted. To test the hypothesis, I took several trials consisting of the best and worst performers from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq stock exchange. I then followed the stock prices for several weeks to see if the price adjusts to reflect the real value of the information.

2014-February-19-'Simple Gifts' To Be Performed By Cashore Marionettes, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Book Review: 21 Success Sutras For Leaders By M.S. Rao, M. Ganesh Sai, M. Ramakrishna Sayee

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Professor M. S. Rao’s 21 Success Sutras for Leaders (“Success Sutras”) offers keen, managerial insight into the benefits of learning from the experiences of others — whether disadvantageous, banal, or extremely useful. Acclaimed as an international, authoritative resource on leadership, Success Sutras equips the reader with 21 leadership tools and techniques designed to minimize mistakes and maximize leadership effectiveness. Its 22 chapters and 176 pages provide examples and illustrations of international leaders and their respective styles of principled leadership paradigms.

The Pontificate Of John Paul Ii: A Pastoral Model For Effective Leadership, Justin M. Udomah

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Throughout the course of human history, there have been individuals whose lives have transformatively impacted entire generations In the Catholic Church. One such person was Pope John Paul II. This paper attempts to designate him as an effective leader by analyzing his personal life, pastoral engagements, and relationships with others through the lens of value-based, authentic, and positive leadership. The resources for this analysis were based on documents and archival materials. Upon analyzing the data, it was concluded that John Paul II’s pontificate was an era of effective leadership. From this conclusion, the implications for contemporary leaders at different levels …

Motivating Strategies Leaders Employ To Increase Follower Effort, Michael L. Schwartz, Patricia A. Castelli

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

The purpose of this research was to determine which motivating strategies followers desire from their leaders and what motivating strategies are actually displayed by their leaders to increase followers’ effort. Additionally, this research assessed the followers’ level of self-reported extra effort and the amount of extra effort followers perceive their leaders exert. From this data, conclusions were drawn regarding the relationships between followers’ self-reported extra effort and the followers’ perception of their leaders’ extra effort. This quantitative research study was conducted via LinkedIn using Survey Monk ey and is based on Keller’s 42 item ARCS Model (attention, relevance, confidence, and …

Authentic Corporate Social Responsibility Based On Authentic Empowerment: An Exemplary Business Leadership Case, Pamala J. Dillon, Robin M. Back, Charles C. Manz

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Authors Dillon, Back, and Manz examine the underpinnings of genuine or authentic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), noting the direct nexus between stakeholder empowerment and the socially-responsible actions of authentic leaders. Such an empowering leadership approach– involving structural, psychological, developmental, and financial components – is particularly exemplified by a family-owned (Back) wine and cheese company (Fairview Trust), situate in South Africa.

Stakeholders Management In The Indian Construction Industry: Insights Into The Approach At Larsen & Toubro’S Construction Division, Shashank Shah

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This case study is comprised of an interview with Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna, former Deputy Managing Director of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T), India. Dr. Ramakrishna oversaw the construction of major infrastructure projects and the ensuing expansion of L&T into overseas markets through the formation of international joint ventures. He stressed that the success of these undertakings was largely due to the acknowledgement that one company is simply a microcosm of the global market and without inter-personal collaboration, cooperation, integration of development, mutual understanding, and employment of others’ skills ‒ all in concert with the natural environment ‒ a company’s success …

The System Has A Hole In It: Why Leaders Don’T Follow Their Heroes’ Examples, John Renesch

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Despite good intentions, leaders’ desires to follow and implement the teachings and actions of their heroes often become empty promises and meaningless platitudes. Without commitment to intentionally leading by example, workers remain uninspired and organizations decay. To create a more conscious company and functional enterprise, true leaders embrace risk and all of its consequences.

Exploring The Relationship Of Ethical Leadership With Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, And Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Laurie A. Yates

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

The impact of ethics on recent leadership practices has assumed a prominent role in both practical and theoretical discussions of organizational leadership successes and failures. A leader's ability to affect followers' attitudes and behaviors is important in this pursuit because it can result in greater job performance (Tanner, Brugger, Van Schie, & Lebherz, 2010). Ethical leadership may provide an effective approach for fostering positive employee outlooks and actions. Employees respond positively to the ethical leader's principled leadership, altruism, empowerment, and reward systems, suggesting that improved employee attitudes and work-related behaviors may follow (Brown & Trevino, 2006).

Three established measures of …

Leadership Trails: Lessons From The Lakota Sun Dance, Daniel P. Modaff

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This essay argues that while having a vision as a leader is important, that often means that the future is afforded more value than the past and the present. The past demonstrates the leadership trails, or the evidence for what has and has not worked for the organization as the leaders and members enact the leadership vision. Here I offer a leadership model that embraces leadership trails, one based on a decade of research on traditional Lakota life, particularly their most sacred ceremony, the Sun Dance. The Lakota-based leadership model consists of six elements: mitakuye oyasin (“we are all related”), …

Letter From The Editors

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Thomas Pinckney, Agent At Virginia, Tennessee And Georgia Air Line (Railroad), Inquires With W.G. Macdowell, Treasurer Of N.& W. Railroad (Norfolk & Western?), As To The Status Of A Claim Made By Shippers Compress Co., Thomas Pinckney

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Thomas Pinckney, agent at Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line (railroad), inquires with W.G. Macdowell, treasurer of N.& W. Railroad (Norfolk & Western?), as to whether or not a claim of $1690.33 made by Shippers Compress Company has been paid to N. & W. October 25, 1887.

Report On Status Of Mycobacterium Ulcerans (Buruli Ulcer), David R. Nielsen, Dr. Warner Woodworth

Journal of Undergraduate Research

First discovered in 1947 in a small community in Australia, the Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium Ulcerans) has become the third largest mycobacterial disease in the world, next to leprosy and tuberculosis. Dobos et al. estimate that the severity of the Buruli Ulcer will soon reach that of leprosy. In a 10-year study conducted in Ivory Coast, villages were surveyed to assess the degree of infection. In some communities, the rate was shown to be as high as 16%, with current estimates as high as 22%.

The Economic Development Of Laos And Its Future Membership In The Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Sean C. Luangrath, Dr. Stanley E. Fawcett, Brent D. Wilson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In 1997, Laos was admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This membership in a free-trade area has accelerated Laos’ economic growth but only to a certain extent—free trade is limited to only Southeast Asian countries. The two main economic groups in Southeast Asia are the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Many people argue that these associations are too bureaucratic and protectionalistic to be effective. How has Laos benefited since its admission into ASEAN in July 1997? Should Laos pursue membership in APEC? How economically effective is APEC? What are …

2014-February-18-Leon Kiser Memorial Tribute Concert To Support Etsu Scholarships, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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The Effects Of Extreme Market Volatility On Option Trading, Bradley D. Heitmann, Dr. Steven Thorley

Journal of Undergraduate Research

An in-depth understanding of financial-markets volatility and how it relates to option prices is of prime importance for any options professional. Volatility is a key variable of the various option-pricing models, the Black-Scholes model being the most widely applied, that have evolved over the past twenty years. Volatility can be thought of as the standard deviation of return for the prices of the asset underlying an options contract. Generally speaking, volatility is positively correlated with options prices. This is fairly intuitive, for a long position in an option is a position with limited downside risk and unlimited upside potential. If …