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Adam Smith, Market And Social Change: Then And Now, Dominique Bouchet May 2017

Adam Smith, Market And Social Change: Then And Now, Dominique Bouchet

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

Adam Smith (1723-1790) provided us with a remarkable synthesis of the economic and political ideas of his time and developed a conceptual system to analyze social interactions that mattered for the wealth of nations. He proposed a radically different roadmap for the future development of the society he lived in. The fact that his original analyses were rooted in a given historical context and were founded on a well thought-through conceptual system should not be ignored. The dribs and drabs of Adam Smith ideas that are bandied about, particularly to support ‘free’ market and anti-regulatory policies, are a far cry …


The Fifth Epoch: Socio-Economic Approach To Sustainable Capitalism, David M. Boje, Yue Cai Hillon May 2017

The Fifth Epoch: Socio-Economic Approach To Sustainable Capitalism, David M. Boje, Yue Cai Hillon

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

The purpose of this conceptual essay is to challenge the inevitability of living with the destructive beast of speculative market economics in the 4th epoch of global capitalism. We are facing an existential socio-ecological threat from the short-term excesses of financial capitalism, a socially irresponsible form that consumes without producing value and without bearing entrepreneurial risk, benefitting only the few. The fate of roughly 90% of humanity hangs in the balance. The primary contribution of this paper proposes a 5th epoch of capitalism, inspired by Savall and Zardet’s socio-economic and sustainable approach that restores human potential and value …


Is A New Epoch Possible?, Deniz Atik, Nikhilesh Dholakia May 2017

Is A New Epoch Possible?, Deniz Atik, Nikhilesh Dholakia

Markets, Globalization & Development Review

No abstract provided.


Organizational Factors Associated With Quality Perinatal Care, Lisa H. Akers May 2017

Organizational Factors Associated With Quality Perinatal Care, Lisa H. Akers

Dissertations, 2014-2019

Provisions for perinatal care are an integral part of quality healthcare and are increasingly moving to the forefront of quality care measures in the healthcare setting (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2012; National Quality Forum, 2012; & The Joint Commission, 2010). Previous literature specifically focused attention to general quality of care, but recently there has been a call for a more comprehensive approach to measuring quality in the perinatal care setting, which necessitates the need for a better understanding of what is currently being offered (Collins & Draycott, 2015). Until now the literature has remained limited on the association …


Cultural Influences On Nonprofit Servant Leadership, Sungil Chung May 2017

Cultural Influences On Nonprofit Servant Leadership, Sungil Chung

Dissertations, 2014-2019

This research explores national and cultural differences in nonprofit leadership. Despite the global expansion of nonprofit organizations, limited research is found in the literature that studies national and cultural differences in nonprofit leadership specifically. This research is designed in two phases to address the overall research question of whether national cultures influence servant leadership in nonprofits. The first phase is a comparison study between U.S. nonprofit employees and South Korean nonprofit employees to examine if there are national differences on people’s preferences for nonprofit leadership. The second phase explores the relationship between Hofstede’s six cultural dimensions (i.e. power distance, individualism …


Beyond Beneficiaries Of Corporate Philanthropy: The Practice Of Corporate Social Responsibility In Nonprofit Firms, Roxann Allen May 2017

Beyond Beneficiaries Of Corporate Philanthropy: The Practice Of Corporate Social Responsibility In Nonprofit Firms, Roxann Allen

Dissertations, 2014-2019

While the nonprofit sector yields to isomorphic pressures to become more like their for-profit counterparts, they can adopt practices from the sector to move beyond beneficiaries to practitioners of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) framework, the practice of which leads increased financial performance in the for-profit sector. This study tests two main hypotheses to answer the research question, “Is the practice of CSR effective for nonprofit organizations?” The results of multiple regression analyses suggest that the people bottom line management of CSR as measured by inclusion in The NonProfit Times “Best Nonprofits to Work For “list positively predicts a more …


Clicks, Likes, And Shares: Using The Theory Of Planned Behavior, Self-Efficacy, And Impression Management To Predict Digital Activism Activities, Aaron Noland May 2017

Clicks, Likes, And Shares: Using The Theory Of Planned Behavior, Self-Efficacy, And Impression Management To Predict Digital Activism Activities, Aaron Noland

Dissertations, 2014-2019

Social media has evolved as a space for connection, advocacy, and commerce in recent years. Nonprofit organizations have been called to engage stakeholders on the Internet generally, and social media specifically as the pervasiveness of online presence has increased. In addition, nonprofit organizations have struggled to sustain engagement with the millennial population over the same time. Millennials have been termed digital natives and use social media proficiently. The convergence of these two mandates for nonprofit organizations – to engage via social media and to engage millennials – represents the importance of this study. To begin to help nonprofit organizations develop …


Correcting Millennials Work Performance, Timothy Izzo May 2017

Correcting Millennials Work Performance, Timothy Izzo

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

Millennials are the fastest growing segment in the workforce today. There are many different stigmas and ideas about this current work generation. They have lived with the Internet their entire lives. Papers claim this workforce is so connected that they need to be constantly stimulated. This paper looks into the stigmas to see if they are true and whether our training program should be Computer Based Training (CBT). A segment of our learners, predominantly aged 22-28 is having trouble applying the sales techniques we teach. Unsure if this is a training issue or a generational issue, we sent out a …


2017-May-04-Rotc Commissioning, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2017

2017-May-04-Rotc Commissioning, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2017-May-04-Renaissance Child, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2017

2017-May-04-Renaissance Child, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Automated Scientifically Controlled Screening Systems (Ascss), Nathan W. Twyman, Jay F. Nunamaker May 2017

Automated Scientifically Controlled Screening Systems (Ascss), Nathan W. Twyman, Jay F. Nunamaker

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The ability to detect when a person is hiding important information has high value in many applications. A new class of systems, termed autonomous scientifically controlled screening systems (ASCSS), is designed to detect individuals' purposely hidden information about target topics of interest. ASCSS represents a systematic synthesis of structured interviewing, orienting theory, defensive response theory, non-invasive psychophysiological measurement, and behavioral measurement. To evaluate and enhance the design principles, an automated screening kiosk (ASK) system was constructed. The ASK system has been used in a physical security screening scenario in which participants constructed and attempted to smuggle a fake improvised explosive …


2017-05-04 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate. May 2017

2017-05-04 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter for May 4, 2017.


2017-05-04 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate. May 2017

2017-05-04 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes for May 4, 2017.


The Institutional Factors That Affect The Academic And Financial Success Of Mid-American Conference Schools, Mckayla Johnson May 2017

The Institutional Factors That Affect The Academic And Financial Success Of Mid-American Conference Schools, Mckayla Johnson

Sport Management Undergraduate

Athletic departments and institutions are spending an increasing amount of money on athletics. They believe that increasing spending will meet their mission to improve student-athletes’ academic success. However, the question arises, is the money being spent on athletics actually contributing to that goal? Secondary data was correlated to find the relationship between the institutional, academic, and financial factors. The results of this study found that the majority of these relationships were not significant meaning that these factors are not working together to meet that mission. Therefore, those institutions who participate in the athletic department arms races will not see an …


Factors Contributing To Consumers Decisions To Attend A Sporting Event, Sarah Gensler May 2017

Factors Contributing To Consumers Decisions To Attend A Sporting Event, Sarah Gensler

Sport Management Undergraduate

Previous research on consumer attendance patterns has explored the impact of single factors on desired outcomes. This is problematic because people rarely have a single motive behind their decision making to attend a sporting event. This study aimed to determine which factors were the most important to college students when deciding to attend sporting events. Using a cross-sectional survey, the research found that desire for excitement, geography, and social media all had statistical significance in influencing decision making. Contradictory to existing research, on field promotions, level of fandom, and consumer emotion were not found to be tied to their decision …


Fandom: A Study On How College Students Selected A Favorite Professional Sports Team, Zachary R. Brown May 2017

Fandom: A Study On How College Students Selected A Favorite Professional Sports Team, Zachary R. Brown

Sport Management Undergraduate

This research aimed to uncover key factors in how college students select a favorite sports team. An important issue in today’s sport industry is recognizing fans motives for supporting their favorite sport teams. Sport managers need to better understand fan’s motives in order to address the team's needs and increase the fan base. Also, the team needs to cultivate a relationship for fan involvement to garner economic benefits. The subjects for this study were college students at St. John Fisher College. Using an online survey, the results of this uncovered that team factors were the most important in someone supporting …


Media Constructed Retirement Articles Of Professional Baseball Players, Kevin T. Berge May 2017

Media Constructed Retirement Articles Of Professional Baseball Players, Kevin T. Berge

Sport Management Undergraduate

The career of an athlete may shape the narrative that the media uses when writing articles on that player when they retire. Many people fail to understand how the media constructs articles the way they do on Major League Baseball (MLB) players upon retirement. This research study used a mixed method approach to show how the media covers certain professional MLB players when they retire. The researcher counted how many times chosen variables were mentioned in two different articles of sixteen retired MLB players, and then extracted quotes from those articles. This study found that superstar pitchers and superstar hitters …


What Factors Affect An Athlete's Injury Reporting Decisions, Zachary Mallard May 2017

What Factors Affect An Athlete's Injury Reporting Decisions, Zachary Mallard

Sport Management Undergraduate

The purpose of this research was to find out what factors impact or have an influence on the decisions and coping behaviors athletes after they have sustained an athletic injury. Semi-structured interviews with 11 SJFC student-athletes explored their thought processes and behaviors during the process of dealing with injury. Time loss factors play a critical role in their thinking about reporting and dealing with injuries. Eligibility concerns and role on the team also shape their reporting and return to play. Throughout the entire process, athletes discussed their identity changes when coping with injuries.


An Accounting Student’S Place In The Job Market, Danya Marhamo May 2017

An Accounting Student’S Place In The Job Market, Danya Marhamo

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


2017-May-03-Called Bot Meeting, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2017

2017-May-03-Called Bot Meeting, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2017-May-03-Dr. Paul Kamolnick, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University May 2017

2017-May-03-Dr. Paul Kamolnick, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Migrating Behavior Search’S User Interface From Swing To Javafx, An Nguyen Dang May 2017

Migrating Behavior Search’S User Interface From Swing To Javafx, An Nguyen Dang

Celebration of Learning

Agent-based models (ABMs) is a genre of computer modeling that simulates actions and interactions between individual entities (agents). ABM is widely used to simulate behavior in many fields, including biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, economics, and social science. NetLogo is a well-known agent-based programming language that provides a powerful platform to build and examine ABMs. However, to fully analyze a model one must run the model many times with different parameters, which can be a very daunting task. Therefore, Dr. Forrest Stonedahl developed BehaviorSearch, a software tool to help with automating the exploration of ABMs. The software interfaces with the NetLogo …


One Hundred Dollars Now Or A Half Million Dollars Later?, Phuong Nguyen, Dr. Sheila Goins May 2017

One Hundred Dollars Now Or A Half Million Dollars Later?, Phuong Nguyen, Dr. Sheila Goins

Celebration of Learning

Most people do not think about retirement savings early enough and miss years of compound interest earnings. According to Investopedia, the average 55-64 year old American has approximately $104,000 in retirement savings, which translates into $310 income per month. The prospect of millions of seniors living well below the poverty level is not ideal. The purpose of our study is to determine if different methods of envisioning the future can prompt millennials to increase their savings early in life. Land-use management experts use a “backcasting” approach to generate future scenarios that enable planners to easily identify strategies to achieve those …


Parkview Pet Hospital: Veterinary Practice Management System Development, Ian T. Wiedenman May 2017

Parkview Pet Hospital: Veterinary Practice Management System Development, Ian T. Wiedenman

Honors Thesis

Parkview Pet Hospital is continuously searching for new deployments in their information technology architecture. As such, the organization needs a centralized system for recording and tracking key business processes and the data/metadata they create, as well as storing data regarding the company's inventory, employees, clients, client’s pets, and critical organizational actions. The problem, as it stands, is that the hospital lacks a robust system for storage of data, as well as templates for data entry, and reporting services that reliably produce the properly formatted data that serves both employees and clients alike. Parkview Pet Hospital has used many practice management …


Exploring The Meaning Of Luxury To Gen Z, Lauren Mabuni May 2017

Exploring The Meaning Of Luxury To Gen Z, Lauren Mabuni

Honors Thesis

In an age when marketers are spending five times more to reach Millennials than all other demographics combined (Swant 2015), Generation Z, Millennials’ entrepreneurial and diverse younger siblings born from the mid-1990’s to 2010’s, are quietly becoming one of the of the most powerful consumer segments in the U.S. and around the world. Despite the fact that most brands are still clamoring for their piece of the Millennial pie, Generation Z is already influencing a staggering $829 billion in household spending in the U.S. alone (IBM 2017). Diverse, ambitious and predicted to account for 40% of the population in key …


Basic Knowledge Training For Vfx Production Assistants And Coordinators, Sharon Anne Roberts May 2017

Basic Knowledge Training For Vfx Production Assistants And Coordinators, Sharon Anne Roberts

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

Visual Effects (VFX) is a part of the film-making process that takes place during the broader phase of film-making known as post-production. There are two broad groups of individuals who are responsible for the outcome of the VFX project - artists and production. The groups work in conjunction to achieve the team goals. At present, there is no formalized training available for production individuals and much of the required learning is done on the job. This projects explores a basic training course for individuals looking to increase their basic knowledge of VFX production. Grounded in industry research conducted by the …


Dr. Harold C. Smith Fund Of Ursinus College Official Prospectus, May 2, 2017, Johnathan Myers, Benjamin R. Klybor, Isaac Abrams, Daan Slaats, Parker Wolf, Sam Sjosten, Scott Deacle May 2017

Dr. Harold C. Smith Fund Of Ursinus College Official Prospectus, May 2, 2017, Johnathan Myers, Benjamin R. Klybor, Isaac Abrams, Daan Slaats, Parker Wolf, Sam Sjosten, Scott Deacle

Ursinus Student-Managed Investment Fund Prospectus

This prospectus contains investment strategy and performance for the following stocks in the managed fund: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Garmin Ltd., Pioneer Natural Resources and WalMart Stores, Inc.


The Status Of Women Leaders In Utah Business: A 2018 Update, Susan R. Madsen, Shirlayne Quayle, Robbyn T. Scribner May 2017

The Status Of Women Leaders In Utah Business: A 2018 Update, Susan R. Madsen, Shirlayne Quayle, Robbyn T. Scribner

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

In 2014, the Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) released a research and policy brief titled “The Status of Women Leaders in Utah Business.” The document was one of four released in 2014 that focused on understanding the status of women’s leadership in politics, education, nonprofits, and business. This brief provides a four-year update to determine what, if any, progress has been made in women’s leadership within Utah’s business sector. The brief compares Utah data with national data and reviews the applicable literature dealing specifically with women in the highest levels of business leadership, including C-level positions and presence on …


In Re Endochoice Holdings, Inc. Order On Motions To Dismiss, Elizabeth E. Long May 2017

In Re Endochoice Holdings, Inc. Order On Motions To Dismiss, Elizabeth E. Long

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

No abstract provided.


Student Advertising Team Wins Accolades At National Competition, Lindenwood University May 2017

Student Advertising Team Wins Accolades At National Competition, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.