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Forecasting In Blockchain-Based Local Energy Markets, Michael Kostmann, Wolfgang Karl Hardle

Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics

Increasingly volatile and distributed energy production challenges traditional mechanisms to manage grid loads and price energy. Local energy markets (LEMs) may be a response to those challenges as they can balance energy production and consumption locally and may lower energy costs for consumers. Blockchain-based LEMs provide a decentralized market to local energy consumer and prosumers. They implement a market mechanism in the form of a smart contract without the need for a central authority coordinating the market. Recently proposed blockchain-based LEMs use auction designs to match future demand and supply. Thus, such blockchain-based LEMs rely on accurate short-term forecasts of …

Public Relations Litigation, Kishanthi Parella

Scholarly Articles

Conventional wisdom holds that lawsuits harm a corporation’s reputation. So why do corporations and other businesses litigate even when they will likely lose in the court of law and the court of public opinion? One explanation is settlement: some parties file lawsuits not to win but to force the defendant to pay out. But some business litigants defy even this explanation; they do not expect to win the lawsuit or to benefit financially from settlement. What explains their behavior?

The answer is reputation. This Article explains that certain types of litigation can improve a business litigant’s reputation in the eyes …

Iba Newsletter [July 2019], Communications Department, Iba

IBA News

No abstract provided.

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 4, Summer 2019, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - PROTECTING THE HEART To grow the campus, we must care for the thing unchanging at its center—its Mission. Take a journey through the restoration of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. By Lander Eicholzer ’19.

22 - A LOBBY FOR JUSTICE What do you do when it is impossible for the innocent to prove their innocence? Change the law. The Northern California Innocence Project teamed up with state lawmakers and others to do just that. By Deborah Lohse.

26 - FINDING CENTER Outgoing Frank Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts Taye Diggs reflects on celebrating who are you, where …

An Exploratory Study Of Airline Passenger Technology Use: A Customer Experience Perspective, Steven Leon

Journal of Transportation Management

Airline passengers have many choices and preferences in the way they interact with airlines. This creates numerous challenges for airlines. This research examines technology preferences by Millennials when interacting with airlines. Seven common airline interaction scenarios were evaluated using repeated measures Analysis of Variance with data collected from an online survey. The results show that Millennial generation airline passengers vary their preferences for technology when interacting with airlines. One intriguing finding of this study is that using mobile devices does not rank high as one of their preferred choices.

Auditor’S Responsibilities Relating To Other Information Included In Annual Reports; Statement On Auditing Standards, 137, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.

Overcome Fomo: Five Easy Steps, One Social Media Platform At A Time, Nurin Nazifa Binte Mohd Yusoff

Social Space

I recently came across a CNN article1 that discussed social media’s impact on mental health. It highlightedthe findings of a UK-based study conducted by the RoyalSociety for Public Health, and involved around 1,500 young people aged between 14 to 24 years. Entitled#StatusofMind, it reported that out of many popular social media platforms, Instagram demonstrated the most negative effects on users’ mental health, evoking in them feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, depression, loneliness, worthlessness and body image issues. Snapchat came closely behind, followed by Facebook and Twitter. YouTube, on the other hand, was found to have a positive effect on mental health.

Forming An Opinion And Reporting On Financial Statements Of Employee Benefit Plans Subject To Erisa; Statement On Auditing Standards, 136, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Statements on Auditing Standards

No abstract provided.

Health Status In The U.S. With A Focus On East Texas - July 2019, Manuel Reyes-Loya, Marilyn Young, Ayush Kumar

Hibbs Newsletter

In this issue of the Hibbs Newsletter, we discuss health status in the U.S. with a focus on East Texas. Since this topic is broad, we will be discussing the topic in two issues of the newsletter, July and September

Dental Practice Success Vol. 6 No. 2, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

Dental Practice Success

No abstract provided.

Asserting Librarian Expertise And Value In Strategic Marketing Efforts, Memo Cordova, Elizabeth Ramsey

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

This case study of librarian-led marketing efforts at a mid-size academic library examines workarounds to obstacles that librarians frequently encounter when taking on marketing for their libraries. These obstacles often stem from a combination of misunderstanding and/or misplaced priorities at both the unit and administrative levels. Challenges in this case study include a number of factors: no marketing strategy at the administrative level, a lack of understanding from colleagues generally, little time to complete tasks or improve marketing skills, and no dedicated funding. To address these challenges the authors embarked on an internal marketing campaign engaged extensively on social media …

The Impact Of Campus Facilities On The Recruitment Of Students In Higher Education, Lucinnda Sue Mcdonald

Dissertations

The statement often has been made over the years that university recruitment efforts are strongly impacted by campus facilities. The subject has been a topic of research over the past several decades. This study indicates that as generations change and times change, the significance of various aspects of the university to the prospective student change as well.

This research effort is a mixed-methods study to provide insight on the facilities current students deem most important when determining which college or university they will attend. The research for this study was conducted through an online survey asking students to:

• Choose …

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 60 Number 3, Summer 2019, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - PROTECTING THE HEART To grow the campus, we must care for the thing unchanging at its center—its Mission. Take a journey through the restoration of Mission Santa Clara de Asís. By Lander Eicholzer ’19.

22 - A LOBBY FOR JUSTICE What do you do when it is impossible for the innocent to prove their innocence? Change the law. The Northern California Innocence Project teamed up with state lawmakers and others to do just that. By Deborah Lohse.

26 - FINDING CENTER Outgoing Frank Sinatra Chair in the Performing Arts Taye Diggs reflects on celebrating who are you, where …

Center For Real Estate Quarterly, Volume 13, Number 3, Portland State University. Center For Real Estate

Center for Real Estate Quarterly

Table of Contents:
-- Economic Analysis by Jerry Johnson
-- Single Family Home by Jarrod Howard
-- Multi-Family Residential Report by Chase Bennington
-- Office Market Analysis by Wubet Biratu
-- Industry Market Analysis by Michael Lowes
-- Retail Market Analysis by Michael Lowes

Career Pathways Program Annual Report, 2018-2019, Wie Yusuf

Career Pathways

Career Pathways launched in August 2017 as the university-wide initiative to provide graduate student professional development. It encompasses both the Preparing Future Faculty program and the Preparing Future Professionals Certificates. The Preparing Future Faculty Certificate was an existing program, started in 2007, while the Preparing Future Professionals Certificate was launched concurrently with Career Pathways. The Career Pathways program prepares graduate students for successful transition into thriving careers. Career Pathways is a gateway to resources, programs, events, and planning tools for ODU graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Career Pathways events are also available to NSU graduate students.

Medicare Access And Chip Reauthorization Act And Rural Hospitals, Erica Kelley, Rhea Lipscomb, Jennifer Valdez, Natesh Patil, Alberto Coustasse

Management Faculty Research

The cost of health care within the United States has continued to increase, whereas the quality of patient care has generally decreased in some areas. With the continued use of Medicare's former physician reimbursement algorithm, termed sustainable growth rate, national expenditures within the United States have been expected to increase 5.6% annually. To modernize the delivery and financing of care, Congress has introduced the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), which has permanently eliminated and replaced the sustainable growth rate. The purpose of this study was to review MACRA and its implementation to determine how it would …

International Welfare Spillovers Of National Pension Schemes, James Staveley-O'Carroll, Olena Staveley-O'Carroll

Economics Department Working Papers

We employ a two-country overlapping-generations model to explore the international dimension of household portfolio choices induced by the asymmetric provision of government-run pensions. We study the resulting patterns of risk-sharing and the corresponding welfare effects on both home and foreign agents. Introducing the defined benefits pay-as-you-go system at home increases the welfare of all other agents at the expense of the home workers and improves the degree of intergenerational risk sharing abroad. Conversely, a defined contributions system leads to welfare losses of both home cohorts accompanied by gains abroad, but does increase the extent of intergenerational risk sharing at home.

Is There An Economic Case For The Olympic Games?, Chris Dempsey, Victor Matheson

Economics Department Working Papers

The Olympic Games are a major undertaking that promise both large costs and potentially large benefits to host cities. This paper lays out the potential economic benefits of hosting the Olympics and details how, in the vast majority of cases, these gains are unlikely to cover the costs of hosting the event. The ideas are then applied to the experience of Boston in its ultimately unsuccessful bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

An Investigation Of Problem Gambling And Young Sports Players In An Irish Amateur Sporting Organisation., Maurice Murphy

Dept. of Management & Enterprise Conference Material

The gambling industry is huge in Ireland. The betting firm Paddy Power alone had an operating profit of €163.8million in 2014. The activity has become more popular and accessible in recent years due to its move online. In fact, anybody with a smartphone can gamble wherever they may be. While research within Ireland has been limited, there are some startling statistics related to gambling addiction in Ireland with roughly 7% of gamblers at risk of developing a gambling problem and approximately 30-35% of the gambling industry’s revenues coming from those who have gambling issues. According to the Institute of Public …

Community Involvement And Leadership In Nonmetropolitan Nebraska: Rural Poll Research Report 19-1, Rebecca Vogt, Cheryl A. Burkhart-Kriesel, Randolph Cantrell, Bradley Lubben, L. J. Mcelravy, Timothy Meyer, Jason L. Weigle

Rural Futures Institute: Publications

Community leadership and involvement are important parts of community development. Rural communities rely on volunteers for many community development activities as well as local leadership positions. In smaller communities in particular, community members often take on multiple roles. Given these challenges, how involved are rural Nebraskans in community and political activities? How do they feel about the leadership in their community? How often do they have social interactions with others during a typical month? This paper provides a detailed analysis of these questions. This report details 1,776 responses to the 2019 Nebraska Rural Poll, the 24th annual effort to understand …

The Funding Of Start-Up Nonprofits: An Exploration Of Funder Perceptions, Attitudes, And Advice, Christina George

VA Engage Journal

With the rapid expansion of the nonprofit sector, there is approximately 43 percent of nonprofits that are not surviving past five years of operation. As there are many misconceptions about start-up organizations, this may affect their growth and financial viability. A qualitative study was conducted to understand the perception of start-up nonprofit organizations and how that may influence funder giving behaviors. Interviews were administered with three funders of Greater Richmond area foundations and corporations. Five major themes were developed from the findings to include mission alignment, life cycle stages, perception, elimination of bias, and organizational barriers and common mistakes. Funder …

A Credit Rating Model In A Fuzzy Inference System Environment, Amir Karbassi Yazdi, Thomas Hanne, Yong J. Wang, Hui-Ming Wee

Marketing Faculty Publications

One of the most important functions of an export credit agency (ECA) is to act as an intermediary between national governments and exporters. These organizations provide financing to reduce the political and commercial risks in international trade. The agents assess the buyers based on financial and non-financial indicators to determine whether it is advisable to grant them credit. Because many of these indicators are qualitative and inherently linguistically ambiguous, the agents must make decisions in uncertain environments. Therefore, to make the most accurate decision possible, they often utilize fuzzy inference systems. The purpose of this research was to design a …

Incumbency Or Innovation: Why A Collective Agency View Of Cross-Border Payments Means Private Blockchains Cannot Prevail, Boaz B. Goldwater

Cornell International Law Journal

The abstract below was generated using an artificial intelligence tool. It has not been endorsed by the author.   This Note examines the global cross-border payments system through the lens of collective action theory, arguing that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) functions not merely as a financial messaging network but as a collective agent essential to the stability and legitimacy of international finance. While technological innovations—particularly blockchain-based platforms such as Ripple—promise improvements in speed, cost, and efficiency, the author contends that these advantages alone are insufficient to supplant SWIFT. The cross-border payments system requires not only technical functionality …

Corporate Governance Of Innovation In Singapore Chinese Family Business, Geok Chwee Ong

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Despite the large number of research publications on innovation management matters, there is still a gap in the understanding of effective innovation governance at corporate levels. The mechanisms that drive effective governance at firm level to ensure the “alignment of goals, allocation of resources and assignment of decision-making authority for innovation across the company, and with external parties” (Deschamps, 2013) remain unclear. Given the importance of family firms in Asia (and beyond), there is an urgent need to examine those family factors that influence the effectiveness of corporate governance of innovation in Asian enterprise. Against this background, this study attempts …

2019-July-01-Etsu Pharmacy Students Earn Research Awards, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2019-July-01-Faculty/Staff Professional Activities, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Llojet E Letrave Me Vlerë Dhe Indekset Bursiere, Vjosa Salihu

Theses and Dissertations

Ambientet në të cilat operojnë bizneset në ditët e sotme, njihen të jenë shumë rigoroze në aspektin e dinamikës dhe ndryshueshmërisë së shpejtë të faktorëve ndikues e vartës për firmat. Kjo zvogëlonë vazhdimisht hapësirën e komoditetit të operimit të bizneseve, dhe në anën tjetër tregu imponon fleksibilitet më të madh për organizatat biznesore. Këto kaose krijojnë klima për vendimmarrje të nxituara dhe joefiçiente nga menaxherët, që jo rrallë herë i shpien drejt kostove e dështimeve. Mjediset si këto, janë pengesa permanente edhe për strukturën më të thjeshtë organizative, e kur është fjala për korporata, bëhen analiza të hollësishme në këtë …

Vlerësim I Ndikimit Të Sistemit Të Sofistikimit Biznesor Dhe Inovacionit Në Konkurrueshmëri Ekonomike Në Kosovë, Bajram Ilazi

Theses and Dissertations

Niveli i konkurrueshmërisë në Kosovë është mesatarisht në rritje, për të krijuar një konkurrueshmëri adekuate më së shumti duhet investimi në Stabilitet politiko-ekonomik dhe Edukim. Cdo ditë e më shumë cmimet e produkteve bien në krahasim me periudha të caktuara pasi shumë vende po investojnë në krijimin e një konkurrueshmërie të shëndetshme në krahasim me vendet tjera. Konkurrueshmëria e një vendi pasqyrohet nga efikasiteti i 12 (dymbëdhjetë) shtyllave kryesore (Global Competitiveness Report), shfrytzimi i këtyre kapaciteteve investuese dhe rregullimi i shtyllave kryesore mund të shpie në një stabilitet të gjatë dhe të forcuar ekonomikisht si dhe konkurrueshmëri të shëndetshme në …

Strategjitë E Marketingut Të Përdorura Nga Kompanitë Që Merren Me Shitjen E Produkteve Dhe Shërbimeve Online, Dylbere Rrustemi

Theses and Dissertations

Ky punim ka për qëllim që t’u japë përgjigje ndërmarjeve të Kosovës, dhe tema ime i referohet përdorimit të strategjive të përdorura nga kompanitë që merren me shitjen e produkteve dhe shërbimeve online, e që rast konkretë kam marrë komaninë Girafa.

Qëllimi kryesor i këtij punimi është analiza e gjendjes ekzistuese, e njohjes dhe e zbatimit në praktikë të strategjive të marketingut dhe dhënia e rekomandimeve për përmirësime në hartim dhe zbatim të strategjive të marketingut nga ana e kësaj kompanie.

Për të realizuar këtë punim, më është dashur të rishikoj literaturë të autorëve të ndryshëm ndërkombëtarë dhe atyre shqiptarë …

Integrimi Ekonomik I Evropës, Drilon Demaku

Theses and Dissertations

Procesi i vazhdueshëm i integrimit ekonomik në Evropë ka arritur ndryshime të thella, e që kanë gjasa të manifestohet edhe me shumë ndryshimë për popullin evropian. Përbrenda Evropës, ekonomitë qëndrore sic ishte planifikuar, tani janë bashkuar dhe janë pjesë e Unionit Evropian, me synim për unifikimit të politikave, valutës dhe tregjeve. Në një shkallë më globale, fermerët në vendet në zhvillim kërkojnë të integrohen në sistemin tregtarë botërorë për të hequr pabarazitë e eknomive në zhvillim. Megjithatë, cështjet që lidhen me pabarazitë ekonomike nuk janë më të kufizuara vetëm për ekonomitë në zhvillim. Në të vërtetë, ndërgjegjësimi i pabarazive të …