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2019-October-30-Nationally Recognized, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Thinking Outside The Checkbox: Examining The Benefits Of Depression In The Workplace, Tyler L. Jensen

Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Two, Four, Six, Eight, How Many Ingredients Do You Appreciate? An Exploration Of Cocktail Ingredients, Hannah Daab

Scholars Week

Two studies examine the effect of cocktail menu description on consumer order intention. Findings show that consumers are more likely to order a cocktail with a greater number of ingredients and the effect is driven by perceptions of beverage complexity and premiumness.

The Impact Of Media On Religious Conflict In Egypt, Morris Kalliny, Mary Kalliny, Anshu Saran

Rohrer College of Business Departmental Research

No abstract provided.

Infusing Critical Thinking Into Business Programmes. Video Case Studies:, Roisin Donnelly

Papers, presentations and other resources

Thinking critically about media content and contexts, Be an entrepreneur for a day: Market Trader Project.

Henneman Catching Footballs And The Eyes Of Nfl Scouts, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

2019-October-29-Women On Wednesdays With Angela Hagaman, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2019-October-29-Roan Scholars Boone Dam Tour, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Threat Recognition In Incumbent Firms: A Case For Organizational Velocity, Alan Amling

PhD in Business Administration Dissertations

Change is not new, but the speed of change is new. Fueled by a combination of connecting and thinking technologies, the business environment is becoming increasingly dynamic and uncertain. Incumbent firms face a wider variety of threats that vary in frequency of occurrence and financial impact. How effectively firms see these threats, internalize them as important (or not) and act on them in a timely manner (or not) can be critical to their survival. However, the academic literature is incomplete on how firms navigate this threat recognition process from initial observation through action and across different organizational contexts.

This qualitative …

2019-October-29-Quillen 100 Raises More Than $6,000 For Tri-Cities American Heart Association, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Design And Implementation Of Electronic Gemba Boards, Lindsey R. Childs

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Elmer R. Smith College of Business and Technology at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by Lindsay R. Childs on October 28, 2019.

2019-October-28-Dental Hygiene Program Celebrates 50 Years, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2019-October-28-Etsu Pharmacy School Partners To ‘Flip The Pharmacy’, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Faculty And Staff Participate In Habitat For Humanity's Women's Build Day, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

2019-October-28-Shifting Strategies Of Political Cinema, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Tell Me Your Business: Assessing The Teaching Needs Of Undergraduate Business Faculty, Nora Allred, Lauren Movlai, Jennifer Sams

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Academic libraries often fill a variety of roles in response to the needs of teaching and research faculty while simultaneously navigating a rapidly changing information landscape. As higher education embraces students’ desire for active learning, experiential learning, and service learning, the support needs of teaching faculty also change. In the spirit of providing high-quality, relevant support, librarians at Michigan Technological University partnered with Ithaka S+R to explore the evolving teaching needs of Business Faculty. Nine faculty members from Michigan Tech's School of Business and Economics were interviewed, and interviews were coded and analyzed. Major themes identified included: students' information and …

2019-October-28-Etsu Pharmacy School Partners To Flip The Pharmacy, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Oct. 28, 2019) East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy was recently selected to be part of a regional group participating in a national movement to transform and expand the role of community pharmacy.

 By joining the nationally sponsored Flip the Pharmacy initiative during the October launch, faculty and students at the college of pharmacy will serve area community pharmacies as they move from traditional point-in-time, prescription-level care processes to outcomes based, patient-level care models. Services will include one-on-one coaching, administrative support, research and innovation-inspired efforts.

 We are excited to join this nationwide initiative to expand …

The Business Case For Industrial Safety: Revealing The Comprehensive Value Of Ergonomic Investments For Manufacturing Enterprises In Industry 4.0, Shane Stan

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

How can today’s manufacturing enterprises construct, implement, and optimize modern safety initiatives in a manner that will present maximum return on investment and facilitate enterprise growth? Furthermore, how can these manufacturers assure individual ergonomic investments become part of a larger strategy to facilitate organizational change in safety? This work addresses these questions by placing industrial ergonomics in a business improvement context which comprehensively presents the financial returns and growth opportunities poised by modern safety initiatives. Additionally, to further strengthen the business case for industrial safety, an ergonomic action planning framework is established to guide the creation of holistic safety programs …

Auditing Standards Board (Asb), Agenda, October 28-31, 2019 New York, Ny, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Auditing Standards Board Asb Meeting, October 28-31, 2019, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Applying Online Educational Technology To Foster Financial Literacy: Financial-Institution Leaders’ Insights, Hazel W. Lee Ed.D

The Qualitative Report

Financial literacy deficiency is a prevailing problem in United States raising the need for effective financial education. Financial-institution leaders can play a crucial role in promoting financial literacy with their practical experience and expertise. This article sheds new light on the application of online technology to promote financial literacy by exploring the perceptions of financial-institution leaders. Supported by Dewey’s pragmatic constructivist paradigm and the PEST conceptual framework, a qualitative inquiry research through in-depth telephone interviews with 20 leaders from banks and credit unions in Texas was conducted. The findings revealed some common ways to provide online financial literacy education, including …

An Autoethnographic Report On Freelance Employment In The Malaysian Oil And Gas Industry During Uncertain Economic Conditions, Fathullah Akmal Khalid, Wai Meng Chan, Azlina Abdul Jalil

The Qualitative Report

In this paper we present our study of the role of freelancers in the modern labour market, especially during times of economic downturns. Using an autoethnographic research approach, it presents the personal journey of Fathullah working as a consultant in the oil and gas industry in Malaysia. The study focuses on the impact of the 2014 oil price crash and his subsequent plight in taking his career forward during times of uncertainty. Based on the autoethnographic account, it explores various aspects of life as a freelancer such as the issues of job security and job satisfaction. Fathullah found that he …

2019-October-27-Martin Nekola Lecture, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Alternative Energy Generation And Its Economic Impact On Developing Countries: A Case Study Of Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, And Northern Macedonia, Ruzhdi Matoshi, Isa Mulaj

UBT International Conference

Energy as a comprehensive source of economic development has undergone transformation and is evolving into alternatives. Due to the concerns about pollution, energy generation is constantly seeking an alternative that is friendly to the environment, or at least with substantial lower harmful effects. This effort involves costs of investment, especially in developing countries. Investment in alternative, cost efficient and friendly environment energy is no longer the sole isolated objective of a country, thus it may involve several countries, especially neighboring ones to coordinate their efforts. This paper looks into the state and prospects of alternative energy in four small developing …

Globalization Of Banking Business And Risk Management, Arbiana Govori, Qemajl Sejdija

UBT International Conference

Risk management is a vital component of internal control and refers to the process of identifying and analyzing risks in achieving the organization's objectives and in defining a suitable risk mitigation response. This means:

✓Identification of the risk

✓Risk Assessment and Classification

✓ Assessing the organization's appetite for risk

✓ Prepare a Risk Response

Also, risk management should be reviewed and reported in order to monitor whether a risk profile is changing or not, to obtain guarantees that risk management is effective and to identify further action that is needed.

Typical problems related to risk management that are encountered are: …

Consumer Protection And Care In Kosovo, Hamëz Rama

UBT International Conference

Based on the principle, a state is made up of social communities, respectively society in general, while the consumption structure is made up of the individual, the family, the social communities, companies and institutions, but in a word they are all consumers. Kosovo after the war has accepted the market economy system, ie the law of value, competition, the supply and demand.

In economic systems dominated by a market economy, but also in Kosovo, consumer protection refers to infrastructure and legal provisions sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Kosovo and approved by the Assembly of the Republic of …

Modeling The Estimated Fundamental Value Of The Kosovo Commercial Banks, Florin Aliu, Fisnik Aliu, Arton Nuhiu, Lenka Dokoupilova

UBT International Conference

Valuation is an important component of the bank appraisal since it determines the financial position of the common stocks. The work identifies the deviation of the intrinsic value from the shareholders book value, not the market price of the Kosovo commercial banks. The study use accounting items composed from the audited financial statements of the 10 selected banks operating in the Kosovo banking industry. The methodology stands on the discounted cash flow model adjusted for the bank specific characteristics. The absence of the Kosovo Stock Market generated certain limitations during the valuation process where the cost of equity and beta …

Control Activity And Monitoring As Coso Framework Elements And Their Impact On The Performance Of Entity: Case Study Republic Of Kosovo, Gresa Mjaku

UBT International Conference

This paper aims to investigate the impact of two elements of the COSO framework such as Control activity and Monitoring on the performance of Institutions of the Republic of Kosovo. Therefore, public institutions and audit agencies in our country need to work more than ever before to promote law enforcement, fight against corruption, honesty, the efficient use of public funds and the increase of government competencies and responsibilities in order to increase the performance of the entity. We employ primary data due to lack of data by secondary data from other relevant institutions. The data set includes a sample of …

Effect Of Leadership Evaluation By Employees In An Enterprise, Bardha Mulhaxha

UBT International Conference

CEOs are those who have the task of leading the company, building good relationships with others and achieving the objectives. All of this is achieved through human resources, the most basic resource of the company, which by working in their fields, make it able to meet the company's objectives and why not maximize profit. To date, in various companies, we have often encountered CEOs or managers who evaluate employees' performance from time to time, but rarely or at least we did not encounter employees who in their view evaluated the performance of their chiefs. This is because employees did not …

Vat Reduction In 8% And Impact On Household Budget, Mustafe Hasani, Vahide Hasani

UBT International Conference

Increased care, implementation, and greater importance in creating fiscal policies that impact in the economy and family consumption began after the declaration of Independence in 2008, when the first tax reforms were made. But the fiscal reforms called the "Fiscal Package 1" which started its enforcement by the end of 2015, especially the VAT reduced rate for household consumption from 16% to 8% had the main effect on the consumer basket and the family budget, which is also the main approach of this paper. Based on the analysis of many indicators, statistical data and questionnaire we have verified how much …