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2017-09-29 President's Message, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Message from the president delivered to the faculty and staff on September 29, 2017.

The Santa Clara, 2017-09-28, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

School Of Health Sciences Professor Authors Key Position Stands, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

2017-09-28 Agenda Book, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

Agenda booklet for the Board of Regents for September 28, 2017. Included in the booklet are the meeting minutes for June 8, 2017 and August 24, 2017, diversity plan, and reports on property leases and service contracts.

1017-September-28-Curtain Up!, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Corporate Environmental Responsibility And Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations In China, Zhaojun Yang, Weihao Liu, Jun Sun, Yali Zhang

Information Systems Faculty Publications

In China, environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) play an important supervisory role to address ecological issues together with government regulation and enterprise implementation. This study examines the effect of ENGO presence on corporate environmental responsibility (CER) performance, along with internal factors as covariate variables. With a sample of 677 enterprises, it operationalizes the independent variable in terms of the number of ENGOs within certain distances from each enterprise, and the dependent variable based on the corporate social responsibility report using the specific criteria in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting guidelines. The results of Tobit regression analyses indicate that ENGO …

Newsroom: Gutoff, Nixon On Puerto Rico 09-28-2017, Katie Warren, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Accessibility And Usability Of Government Websites In Tanzania, Joel S. Mtebe, Aron W. Kondoro

The African Journal of Information Systems

The government of Tanzania has been embracing information systems specifically websites in order to widen access to government services, lower administrative costs, and to increase public participation in decision making. As a result, almost every ministry, department, and agency (MDA) has developed a website of different kind. However, the majority of existing websites were developed without sufficiently considering user needs which indicates that they do have some usability and accessibility problems. This study used SortSite tool to evaluate accessibility and usability of government websites taking a sample of 22 websites. The report from the SortSite tool was then checked against …

An Evaluation Of Educational Values Of Youtube Videos For Academic Writing, Gbolahan Olasina

The African Journal of Information Systems

The aim is to assess the impact of YouTube videos about academic writing and its skills on the writing performance of students. Theoretical perspectives from constructivism and associated learning models are used to inform the purpose of the research. The contextual setting is matriculation students awaiting admission to higher institutions. The population is 40 students belonging to a class aimed at assisting disadvantaged students in their academic writing in Scottsville, Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The students are broken into two groups – control/traditional teaching and the treatment/YouTube facilitated groups. Consequently, a dominant qualitative approach is adopted using focus group …

1017-September-27-Entrepreneurs' Club Speaker, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

1017-September-27-Walk Of Hope, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Enhancing The Internet Of Things Architecture With Flow Semantics, Allen Ronald Deserranno

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Internet of Things (‘IoT’) systems are complex, asynchronous solutions often comprised of various software and hardware components developed in isolation of each other. These components function with different degrees of reliability and performance over an inherently unreliable network, the Internet. Many IoT systems are developed within silos that do not provide the ability to communicate or be interoperable with other systems and platforms. Literature exists on how these systems should be designed, how they should interoperate, and how they could be improved, but practice does not always consult literature.

The work brings together a proposed reference architecture for the IoT …

The Roles Of Product Type And Product Newness In Consumer Value Co-Creation For Luxury Brands, Qi Lu

Lingnan Theses

The study examines the effect of consumer co-creation in different new product development stages on consumer loyalty, purchase intention and word-of-mouth. It also examines (a) the mediating role of consumer perceived value, (b) the moderating effect of product type (search goods vs. experience goods) and (c) the influence of product newness (high-level vs. low-level) on the moderating effect of product type. Two scenario-based experiments on real luxury buyers in China were conducted to test the proposed hypotheses.

The findings show that co-creation at the early (vs. late) stage have a greater positive impact on consumer loyalty, purchase intention and word-of-mouth. …

Leonard J. Arrington Centennial Conference, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

This summer, the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business was honored to host the Leonard J. Arrington Centennial Conference which was sponsored by Cache Valley Bank and Siegfried—Jensen.

Top Finish In National Real Estate Investing Competition, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

A team of Huntsman School students placed third in a national real estate competition, ahead of Harvard, BYU, Wisconsin Madison, Pepperdine and others in the 2016 Real Confidence University Challenge. The annual competition, comprised of 32 universities and colleges with over 190 students, gives hands-on learning experience in public and private commercial real estate investing. The performance of each sectorʼs weighted investment selection was calculated with its respective benchmark return data provided by NAREIT, NCREIF, Markit and Giliberto-Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index. Each university team is allocated $1 billion in theoretical capital among a variety of commercial real estate investment …

Translation Of Viral News Topics Into Digital Marketing, Eba Diab

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

In today’s digital marketing driven environment, it is essential that organizations understand the strategies behind technology in advertising. Unfortunately, many marketers do not have a strategy when they begin utilizing digital marketing strategies. The purpose of this study is to understand how viral topics translate into digital marketing. The research includes a case study on United Airlines, followed by in-depth interviews with digital marketers, and accompanied by an analysis of the business’ digital marketing campaigns. Analysis of the campaigns reveal the different digital marketing strategies organizations use to build and maintain relationships with consumers. The study concludes with a discussion …

Homecoming Scheduled For Oct. 10-15, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Social Impact Measurement: Current Approaches And Future Directions For Social Entrepreneurship Research, Hans Rawhouser, Michael Cummings, Scott L. Newbert

Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology Faculty Research

Despite the importance of social impact to social entrepreneurship research, standards for measuring an organization’s social impact are underdeveloped on both theoretical and empirical grounds. We identify a sample of 71 relevant papers from leading (FT50) business journals that examine, conceptually or empirically, the measurement of social impact. We first describe the breadth of definitions, data sources, and operationalizations of social impact. Based on this analysis, we generate a typology of four approaches to conceptualizing social impact, which we use to organize insights and recommendations regarding improved measurement of the social impact of entrepreneurial ventures.

Informed Institutional Shareholding : Evidence From Political Promotion, Chi Zhang

Lingnan Theses

Are institutional investors informed to the political promotion events? This paper examines the informed trading of institutional investors in the context of political promotion. Institutional investors have superior information environment compared to retail investors. It can establish private information channel with firm management, financial analysts, regulatory bodies and other types of institutions. Since contemporary economic activities are more or less influenced by politics, promotion of important officials can bring favorable local economic development opportunities to companies. If institutional investors are informed to the political promotion events, they are supposed to react in advance of the occurrence of promotion events. We …

Entry Fees As A Responsible Gambling Tool: An Economic Analysis, Kahlil Philander

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Entry fees or levies have received increased interest as a responsible gambling tool and have been implemented or proposed in an increasing number of jurisdictions. Using comparative statics, this study applies economic theory to understand the distributional consequences of entry fees on players with and without gambling related problems. Overall, it appears that there is relatively weak theoretical support for entry fees’ use as responsible gambling tool as they primarily distort the demand of more price sensitive recreational gamblers. This creates a potentially large dead weight loss in the economy, and likely increases the share of revenue from players with …

How I Spent My Summer, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

This summer, I spent several weeks in Southeast Asia on a Global Learning Experience with the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. We traveled to Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Hong Kong to meet with businesses, government agencies, and international organizations. Our group included Dean Anderson, Dr. Vijay Kannan, Dr. Zsolt Ugray, and 13 students in various majors in the Huntsman School of Business.

Homecoming Alumni Tailgate Party - October 10, 2017, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Maverick Stadium Parking Lot

• Free lunch from Leilaʼs Luau food truck
• Chocolate chip cookies from Baked
• Corn hole & Spike Ball
• Prizes

Alumni Unscripted: Homecoming 2017, Western Michigan University

Haworth College of Business News

Alumni Unscripted blog post about Homecoming 2017.

1017-September-25-Cma Training, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

1017-September-25-Melanie Demore, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

1017-September-22-Killmeyer Recital, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

1017-September-22-Pet Portraits, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

1017-September-22-Renaissance Child, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Isscm Newsletter, Volume 20, September 22, 2017, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

ISSCM Newsletters

A seventeen page newsletter from the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management in the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University.

Geographic Distance And The Impact Of Investor Sentiment On Stock Prices, Yan Yang

Lingnan Theses

Based on China’s stock market, this study investigates how firms’ geographic distance from a financial center affects the sensitivity of stock prices to investor sentiment. I find that firms located closer to a financial center are more affected by investor sentiment than firms located far from a financial center. This distance effect holds for different geographic cutting boundaries and after excluding firms located in financial centers. Besides, using China’s High Speed Railway (HSR) as an exogenous shock, I find that HSR connection significantly decreases the effect of geographic distance on the sentiment-driven stock price relationship. In addition, firms with shorter …