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Do Venture Capitalists Add Value To Small Manufacturing Firms? An Empirical Analysis Of Venture And Non-Venture Capital Backed Initial Public Offerings, Richard Brown, Dr. James C. Brau Jan 2014

Do Venture Capitalists Add Value To Small Manufacturing Firms? An Empirical Analysis Of Venture And Non-Venture Capital Backed Initial Public Offerings, Richard Brown, Dr. James C. Brau

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Venture capital funding of young and high-risk companies is a topic of great interest to both finance practitioners and researchers. A venture capitalist gives funds to privately held companies in hopes of earning a high return on the investment. Venture capitalists also provide more than money: they are viewed as sources of expert advice, both in the industry that the new firm is in, and in the various stages of developing a company. In return for their services, venture capitalists receive equity positions in the monitored firm that potentially offer enormous monetary rewards.

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Ceo Gandin Le To Speak On Masculinity And Feminism, Lindenwood University Jan 2014

Ceo Gandin Le To Speak On Masculinity And Feminism, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Super Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 2014

Super Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Here we are once again at the most important weekend in American sport. The Super Bowl is Sunday and that means that Americans across the land will create scenes reminiscent of Thorstein Veblen’s classic, The Theory of the Leisure Class. Veblen’s original vocabulary describing the rich of the late 19th century is as appropriate now as it was then. Such phrases as “conspicuous consumption,” “conspicuous waste” and “conspicuous leisure,” seem to have been coined for the Super Bowl.

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2014-January-31-Martin School Of The Arts To Welcome Julia Dault, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Jan 2014

2014-January-31-Martin School Of The Arts To Welcome Julia Dault, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-January-31-Football Signing Day, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Jan 2014

2014-January-31-Football Signing Day, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

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Sweepstakes Craze, Andrew Eaton, Dr. Doug Dean Jan 2014

Sweepstakes Craze, Andrew Eaton, Dr. Doug Dean

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In the rage of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” and popular voyeur reality TV shows with prize money of a million dollars, offering cash and prizes as incentives to visit a Web site is a popular trend among companies trying to compete for attention among hundreds of thousands of consumer sites on the Internet.

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The Impact Of Chinese Reunification On Hong Kong’S Future Economic Development, Anthony Lam, Dr. Bryan Sudweeks Jan 2014

The Impact Of Chinese Reunification On Hong Kong’S Future Economic Development, Anthony Lam, Dr. Bryan Sudweeks

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Asia suffered a devastating blow to its economy in February of 1997 with the Asian Financial Crisis. The Asian Tiger economies fell to currency speculation and bank debt, beginning with Thailand. Hong Kong, one of the premier business centers in Southeast Asia, was also adversely affected through trade effects. That same year, on July 1, Hong Kong ended its ninety-nine year term as a colony of the United Kingdom and returned to Chinese rule. The “one country, two systems” policy was put in place to ensure Hong Kong’s continued success. Hong Kong would remain a democracy but be part of …

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The Super Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 2014

The Super Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Here we are once again at the most important weekend in American sport. The Super Bowl is Sunday and that means that Americans across the land will create scenes reminiscent of Thorstein Veblen’s classic, The Theory of the Leisure Class. Veblen’s original vocabulary describing the rich of the late 19th century is as appropriate now as it was then. Such phrases as “conspicuous consumption,” “conspicuous waste” and “conspicuous leisure,” seem to have been coined for the Super Bowl.

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The Santa Clara, 2014-01-30, Santa Clara University Jan 2014

The Santa Clara, 2014-01-30, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Delay Discounting Affects Entrepreneurial Intention And Action, Tyson Barrett Jan 2014

Delay Discounting Affects Entrepreneurial Intention And Action, Tyson Barrett

Research on the Hill (Salt Lake City)

Delay discounting impacts every decision a human makes when given the option of a sooner or a later receipt of a reward. This tendency results in individuals giving up bigger, later rewards for smaller, sooner ones. However, individuals differ in their level of discounting according to their innate tendency and the situation. For example, some individuals naturally discount future rewards more, resulting in preferring even smaller rewards sooner. Because delay discounting affects such a broad spectrum of decision making, the authors hypothesized that delay discounting affects when, or if, an individual intends on starting a business. If an individual starts …

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Enterprise Technology On Trial, M. Cody Woods, Dr. Conan Albrecht Jan 2014

Enterprise Technology On Trial, M. Cody Woods, Dr. Conan Albrecht

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Corporations in today’s high-tech business world must be fully networked internally and externally to be competitive. Quick development and employment of connection applications is vital to a corporation’s success. Only by effectively connecting internally to all divisions and externally to customers, suppliers and partners, can companies gain advantage over their competitors. Two major software companies, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft, have each developed new technologies that promise to change the way corporations connect to each other and do business today by providing a common development standard.

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September 11, 2001: How Did The Airlines Account For This Tragic Event?, Terry H. Jackson, Dr. Ted Christensen Jan 2014

September 11, 2001: How Did The Airlines Account For This Tragic Event?, Terry H. Jackson, Dr. Ted Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

September 11, 2001 will be a day long remembered by Americans and for people around the world. The destruction to the World Trade Center and the Pentagon not only led to the loss of many lives, but these events also affected our economy in a dramatic way. Many industries have been affected by the terrorist attacks, but the industry that has been most directly affected is the airline industry. On the balance sheet, American Airlines and United Airlines only lost two used airplanes each. However, cancelled flights, a decrease in demand for flights, lawsuits, and increased security costs have lead …

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Factors Influencing The Growth And Development Of Nicaraguan Small Businesses, Seth Sunderland, Dr. Ted Christensen Jan 2014

Factors Influencing The Growth And Development Of Nicaraguan Small Businesses, Seth Sunderland, Dr. Ted Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The term “small business” is relative to who is applying the term. The United States Small Business Administration classifies any business with 1 to 499 employees as a small business. In 1999 the Peace Corp issued a study on Nicaraguan businesses that defined small businesses as employing 1 to 20 employees. The same Peace Corp study found that 79 percent of Nicaraguan labor force is employed by businesses employing 20 or less people. The Peace Corp also found that only 13 percent of the Nicaraguan labor force works for a business that employs more than 100 people. These numbers indicate …

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Has “Regulation Full Disclosure” Helped Level The Playing Field For Investors?, Chad Larson, Dr. Ted Christensen Jan 2014

Has “Regulation Full Disclosure” Helped Level The Playing Field For Investors?, Chad Larson, Dr. Ted Christensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Securities and Exchange Commission requires companies to file special reports, called Form 8-K reports, within five to fifteen days of important events that could affect shareholders’ investment decisions. For example, required filings include announcements of events such as mergers and acquisitions, changes in auditors, changes in top management, and other events the filing company deems important to investors. Companies file these reports under nine different item headings. Item Five is the only disclosure that is “optional,” and the nature of Item Five disclosures allows them to contain an array of information and diverse types of information. Electronic copies of …

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A Key Ingredient In Fraud Detection: The Net Worth Method, Chad O. Albrecht, Dr. W. Steve Albrecht Jan 2014

A Key Ingredient In Fraud Detection: The Net Worth Method, Chad O. Albrecht, Dr. W. Steve Albrecht

Journal of Undergraduate Research

When someone is suspected of committing fraud within a business, one of the most effective procedures to determine if the person is actually committing fraud is to determine their net worth by performing a calculation known as the net worth method.

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The Causes Of The Increase Of Tax Evasions In Moldova, Natalia Virlan, Dr. Gary Mckinnon Jan 2014

The Causes Of The Increase Of Tax Evasions In Moldova, Natalia Virlan, Dr. Gary Mckinnon

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The constant honest tax payment by every citizen and firm of the country is a serious problem, which arose in the Republic of Moldova (an ex-member of the Soviet Union) after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then until the present time the tax evasion by physical and juridical persons has not stopped or decreased, and the government does not know when it will.

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Cost-Effective Service Recovery: Knowing Which Customers To Keep, Aaron R. Brough, Dr. Kristie Seawright Jan 2014

Cost-Effective Service Recovery: Knowing Which Customers To Keep, Aaron R. Brough, Dr. Kristie Seawright

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Service failures are inevitable. When firms fail to deliver a service as promised, customers will generally be dissatisfied. Such customers will not likely do business with the company in the future. Some companies may shrug their shoulders and look for new customers. However, research shows that in many cases it is considerably more profitable for a company to keep customers who have experienced failures than to try to find new customers. Service recovery is anything companies do to recover the satisfaction and loyalty of customers who have experienced a service failure.

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Mining For Gold Inside Your Organization, J. Scott Dutcher, Dr. William H. Baker Jan 2014

Mining For Gold Inside Your Organization, J. Scott Dutcher, Dr. William H. Baker

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Making the most of the information that is available to you is what data mining is all about. Surprisingly, large numbers of organizations have yet to incorporate data mining techniques that drive many of their operations and decisions. Instead, upper management is trying to solve many puzzles without looking at the pieces. For those organizations that currently use data mining strategies, better mining methods can always be found. These missed mining opportunities have resulted in poorer service, lost revenue, security threats, and more. Data mining will be essential for the survival of businesses and organizations in the 21st Century. …

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Successful Marketing Strategies In Emerging Markets, Young Chan Kim, Jai Hak Chung, Hyung Sik Jung Jan 2014

Successful Marketing Strategies In Emerging Markets, Young Chan Kim, Jai Hak Chung, Hyung Sik Jung

Asia Marketing Journal

The global market is facing numerous changes nowadays, and also is the Southeast Asian market. Among those of some other regions, the Southeast Asian market is especially important to Korea for many reasons since it is one of the rapidly emerging markets, is geographically close to Korea, and has fair conditions for investigation. And in order to succeed in Southeast Asian markets, thorough examination about the countries is in need. This article catches a glimpse of the global market, the current status and changes of Southeast Asian markets, and Korean firms now doing business in these markets. Also, the article …

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Is Corporate Rebranding A Double-Edged Sword? Consumers` Ambivalence Towards Corporate Rebranding Of Familiar Brands, Grace Ing Phang Jan 2014

Is Corporate Rebranding A Double-Edged Sword? Consumers` Ambivalence Towards Corporate Rebranding Of Familiar Brands, Grace Ing Phang

Asia Marketing Journal

Corporate rebranding has been evident in the qualitative corporate rebranding studies as an imposed organizational change that induces mixed reactions and ambivalent attitudes among consumers. Corporate rebranding for the established and familiar corporate brands leads to more ambivalent attitudes as these companies represent larger targets for disparaging information. Consumers are found to hold both positive and negative reactions toward companies and brands that they are familiar with. Nevertheless, the imposed change assumption and ambivalent attitude, in particular corporate rebranding, have never been widely explored in the quantitative corporate rebranding studies. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive empirical examination of …

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Diversification Strategy Through Market Creation, Jae Seok Jeong, Nam Jung Kim, Hyun Joo Lim, Kang, Jung Hoon Moon Jan 2014

Diversification Strategy Through Market Creation, Jae Seok Jeong, Nam Jung Kim, Hyun Joo Lim, Kang, Jung Hoon Moon

Asia Marketing Journal

The purpose of this paper is to investigate upon a diversification strategy through market creation of CJ Group, which has contributed in positioning of the firm as one of the leading conglomerates in South Korea. With such objective, the background of CJ Group, followed by its business diversification strategies were explored, with reference to several case studies. The history of CJ Group began with establishment of CheilJedang Industrial Corporation in 1953, as the first domestic sugar producer and exporter of South Korea. The corporation gradually expanded its business ever since at both national and global level, to include the fields …

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Exploring The Role Of Preference Heterogeneity And Causal Attribution In Online Ratings Dynamics, Wu Jin Chu, Min Jung Roh Jan 2014

Exploring The Role Of Preference Heterogeneity And Causal Attribution In Online Ratings Dynamics, Wu Jin Chu, Min Jung Roh

Asia Marketing Journal

This study investigates when and how disagreements in online customer ratings prompt more favorable product evaluations. Among the three metrics of volume, valence, and variance that feature in the research on online customer ratings, volume and valence have exhibited consistently positive patterns in their effects on product sales or evaluations (e.g., Dellarocas, Zhang, and Awad 2007; Liu 2006). Ratings variance, or the degree of disagreement among reviewers, however, has shown rather mixed results, with some studies reporting positive effects on product sales (e.g., Clement, Proppe, and Rott 2007) while others finding negative effects on product evaluations (e.g., Zhu and Zhang …

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How Much Change Is Optimal When A Brand Is Newly Rebranded?, Kyoung Hee Chu, Doo Hee Lee, Min Sun Yeu, Park Jan 2014

How Much Change Is Optimal When A Brand Is Newly Rebranded?, Kyoung Hee Chu, Doo Hee Lee, Min Sun Yeu, Park

Asia Marketing Journal

There are many cases of rebranding and its numbers are growing. However, rebranding is still under research in the academic field, and there is no guideline on the effective way to change brand name. The objective of this paper is to integrate two inconsistent predictions from categorization theory and schema incongruity theory: a negative linear relationship (categorization theory) versus an inverted-U-shape relationship (schema incongruity theory) between brand name incongruity and consumer evaluation into one framework. Specifically, this study examines how the effect of incongruity between an existing brand name and a new brand name (hereafter called “brand name incongruity”) on …

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Mpc, Yong June Kim, Hak Kyun Kim Jan 2014

Mpc, Yong June Kim, Hak Kyun Kim

Asia Marketing Journal

MPC is a specialized CRM company providing one-stop service through contact centers and has built a No. 1 “MPC Brand" in the industry. Founded in 1991, MPC has expanded into CRM solutions and services by launching businesses with database marketing. On Dec. 12, 2005, MPC became listed as the first company in the CRM industry on KOSDAQ. Now, MPC reserves 2,932 seats nationwide. MPC provides inbound/outbound services through various channels, such as phone and e-mail, and analyzes operating results in various aspects to improve services and make suggestions. MPC offers specialized training based on analyses of customers` requirements. Also, MPC …

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2014-January-30-Family Mediation Training, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Jan 2014

2014-January-30-Family Mediation Training, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-January-30-Dr. Brad Deweese Preparing Athletes For Winter Olympics, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Jan 2014

2014-January-30-Dr. Brad Deweese Preparing Athletes For Winter Olympics, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

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Cointegration And Causality Between Financial Development And Economic Growth: Evidence From Morocco, Abdellatif Chatri, Abdelouahab Maaruf Jan 2014

Cointegration And Causality Between Financial Development And Economic Growth: Evidence From Morocco, Abdellatif Chatri, Abdelouahab Maaruf

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

The debate on the relationship between economic growth and financial development has been steadily growing in these recent years. However, the existing theoretical and empirical literature provides conflicting views in this respect. This Headline topic proposes an empirical investigation of the nature of this relationship in the Moroccan context. More precisely, it explores the cointegrating and the causality issue between economic growth and financial development. The later is measured by largely used indicators. In particular, we use capital market proxy, in addition to the traditional indicators of financial intermediation. The findings show that financial development explains significantly the growth, but …

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Month Of The Year And Pre- Holiday Effects In Indonesia And Malaysia Shari’Ah Compliance, Helma Malini, Mohammad Jais Jan 2014

Month Of The Year And Pre- Holiday Effects In Indonesia And Malaysia Shari’Ah Compliance, Helma Malini, Mohammad Jais

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

This paper investigates the existence of two anomalies in Indonesia and Malaysia Shari’ah compliance; the month of the year and pre-holiday effect, and their implication for stock market efficiency. Investing in Shari’ah compliant is different from investing in conventional stock. Conventional stock market followed the capital market set of rules and law, while Shari’ah follows not only followed the capital market set of laws but also the Islamic principles. Most of the previous studies investigated issues related to the conventional stock market, this study take one step further by investigating issue related to Shari’ah compliant instrument and make comparison between …

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The Impact Of Pre-Closing Implementation To Price Efficiency In Indonesia Stock Exchange, Gilang Pradityo Jan 2014

The Impact Of Pre-Closing Implementation To Price Efficiency In Indonesia Stock Exchange, Gilang Pradityo

The Indonesian Capital Market Review

Indonesia Stock Exchange has really concerned about improving stock market quality these days. One of the effort is pre-closing trading session implementation. It refers to Decision of the Board of Directors of The Indonesia Stock Exchange Number Kep-00399/BEI/11-2012, regarding Amendment to Rule Number II-A concerning Equity-Type Securities Trading. The rule is effective on 2nd Januar, 2013 and Indonesia Stock Exchange has implemented it since that date. The purposes of pre-closing implementation are to mitigate marking the close, which is the practice of buying security at the very end of the trading day at a significantly higher price than the current …

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Willingness To Pay For Eco-Friendly Products, Soon Hee Joung, Sun Wook Park, Yoon Jin Ko Jan 2014

Willingness To Pay For Eco-Friendly Products, Soon Hee Joung, Sun Wook Park, Yoon Jin Ko

Asia Marketing Journal

Environmental concern has been an important issue for a few decades, and the extent of consumer demand for eco-friendly consumption has been increased. This study seeks to investigate consumers` willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for eco-friendly cosmetics. This study evaluates how much more a consumer is willing to pay for eco-friendly cosmetics and examines significant factors influencing consumers` WTP for eco-friendly cosmetics. Consumers` WTP is measured using four different ecofriendly cosmetics: low-priced skin care cosmetics, low-priced makeup cosmetics, high-priced skin care cosmetics, and high-priced makeup cosmetics. This study uses the contingent valuation method (CVM) to estimate consumer`s WTP for …

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