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Dealerfox Data Visualization, Zoe Berthold '21

2020 Intern Reports

Dealer Fox is a start-up that provides data visualization and consulting for advertisements of car dealerships online to help increase efficiency of sales. The business project was to streamline the process of data visualization, from collecting the data to presenting it using Infogram.

Marketing Internship, Alejandro Carrillo '21

2020 Intern Reports

Qooley is a company focused on providing the best travel experience for tourists by connecting them with knowledgeable locals in the area they are visiting. The purpose of this business project was to help Qooley develop their marketing techniques and to increase the number of people that viewed their product. The business project included creating a pipeline of possible partners, finding out which categories are the most liked, creating social media content,and analyzing the Qooley website. Over the course of six months, the company provided portunities to gain experience in market research, website design, and composition, and how to connect …

Marketing With Sat Analysis, Aryan Gandhi '21

2020 Intern Reports

As an intern at Coursetars, I was introduced into the tutoring industry. I had never received or given tutoring before, unless it was my little sister, so it was very informative to see how these companies worked. One thing that I worked on which is standard amongst most tutoring companies is recruitment for tutors. Coursestars was trying to expand more into tutoring college students, and to do so, I reached out to contacts at UIUC to spread the word and put up fliers. From an industry standpoint, tutoring college students is one of the biggest markets out there, simply because …

Wesolv: Business Project Final Report, Doreen Xiao '20

2020 Intern Reports

WeSolv is an innovative technology platform with a driven mission to advance equity in the career hiring field. WeSolv works with companies from Salesforce to Pinterest, to identify key skills companies prioritize for certain positions to create personalized Case Challenges for MBA students. These Case Challenges measure presentations, deliverables, and teamwork to see how students would actually perform in the job to ultimately reduce bias in the hiring process.

Business Project Final Report, Elasia Rodriguez '21

2020 Intern Reports

The STEM Pathways Project Team and I work with the Center for Innovation and Inquiry (IN2) on implementing the College and Career Pathway Endorsements program (CCPE)through the Post-Secondary Workforce Readiness Act (PWRA or PWR act). I am the lead intern, Elasia Rodriguez, and the rest of the project team consists of Gloria Wang, Jaelynn Abdullah,and Aryan Gandhi under the advisory of Betty Hart. The focus of the project is to assess IMSA’s courses and offerings and how they can assist students in college-readiness and prepare students for the future of work. The CCPE program is a planned high-school pathway that …

Medical Billing Application Development Project, Ji Yoon Lee '20

2020 Intern Reports

The following report gives a detailed description of the internship carried out by Ji Yoon Lee throughout the duration of the 2019-2020 internship cohort at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. The final product created, the process followed in order to create the product, as well as the research and methods are explained. The report documents the imitations and constraints encountered throughout the project creation and development duration. An inclusion of values, skills, and information resulting from the internship experience are detailed below as well as recommendations on how to improve the results for both the business and for future …

Building The Coursestars Brand, Melena Braggs '21

2020 Intern Reports

The main purpose of this project was to build the brand of Course Stars, a small tutoring business based in Illinois. This brand building was done through Facebook and Instagram, and the project lasted from November 2019 to March 2020. In that time, the analytics from Facebook and Instagram were tracked and analyzed. While there was a slight increase in the amount of interactions from the sites combined, there’s still few followers on Instagram. Marketing on social media is generally helpful, but in this project it did not make a large difference.

Environmental Justice In Little Village: A Case For Reforming Chicago’S Zoning Law, Charles Isaacs

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

Chicago’s Little Village community bears the heavy burden of environmental injustice and racism. The residents are mostly immigrants and people of color who live with low levels of income, limited access to healthcare, and disproportionate levels of dangerous air pollution. Before its retirement, Little Village’s Crawford coal-burning power plant was the lead source of air pollution, contributing to 41 deaths, 550 emergency room visits, and 2,800 asthma attacks per year. After the plant’s retirement, community members wanted a say on the future use of the lot, only to be closed out when a corporation, Hilco Redevelopment Partners, bought the lot …

Preparing For The Future: The Effects Of Financial Literacy On Financial Planning For Young Professionals, Tanay Singh

Senior Theses

Purpose – Many people between the age of 20 and 34 have not considered planning financially for the future in any significant capacity and in doing so, they limit their potential savings. The purpose of this study is to examine what financial expectations are for people in the early stages of their career and determine if improving financial literacy and revealing financial realities helps to produce more accurate or realistic expectations. Ultimately, the goal is to better prepare participants in the study for the working world and increased responsibilities outside of the college/university environment by getting them to start thinking …

From The Pits To The People, William J. Robertson

Senior Theses

This thesis explores the current and future status of authentic barbeque in the State of South Carolina. It begins by introducing the topic, exploring the background of barbeque in the state, and then introduces the issues at hand – the importance of advertising the restaurants and the impending question of age of the restaurants’ owners, operators, and pitmasters. In the literature review, the issues are given background and the typical authentic barbeque restaurant is described. Five restaurants are examined in the methodology and research, selected due to their locations in each of the regions of South Carolina (Midlands, Lowcountry, Upstate, …

Sample-Based Hip-Hop Music And Fair Use Laws In The Age Of Streaming Services, Michael Vanbuhler

Senior Theses

This thesis takes an in depth look at the history and processes behind creating sample-based music. Sampling was popularized during the beginnings of hip-hop music and now a wide variety of genres use samples or techniques created by sample-based music. Early hip-hop beats took samples of drum breaks or a portion of a track from another artist or band. As hip-hop grew in the late 80s and early 90s, the use of samples became a question of intellectual property rights and if it was acceptable to sample someone’s copyrighted work. Lawsuits in the early 90’s helped to create new caselaw …

Permanent Equity: Successfully Finding And Buying A Small Business, Lewis Wang

Senior Theses

This thesis aims to build off the existing research on the advantages of permanent equity within the micro-cap market space. This strategy combines many advantages from private equity, venture capital, small-cap, and value / quality investing in order to generate a differentiated return. While the pros and cons of these various strategies have been explored by previous academic research, not much has been written on the actual implementation and choices practitioners must make when they decide how to deploy capital. In order to dive deeper into implementation, this thesis presents several anecdotes of various firms that invest in this space …

Understanding The Impact Of Cross-Cultural Communication Between American And Japanese Businesses, Scott Jenkins

Senior Theses

This thesis aims to investigate the cultural differences between American and Japanese society most relevant to successful business collaboration in relation to SIOS Technology Group. First, by providing an examination of the issues SIOS Technology Group has experienced as a company with businesses in both Japan and the United States, this case will provide context for the use of relevant frameworks for researching cultural differences. Second, this thesis analyzes relevant theories of cross-cultural research such as the CAGE Distance Framework, Hall’s Cultural Elements, Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions, and Schwartz’s Cultural Values in order to apply their concepts to SIOS Technology Group’s …

A Scenario-Based Analysis On The Impact Of Covid-19 On The Public Sector, Private Sector, And International Business, Charles Nastopoulos

Senior Theses

Drawing on four years of academic education received from the #1 International Business Program at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina Honors College, this is a comprehensive and forward-thinking strategic thought piece addressing the international business world and its potential post-pandemic reality. This thesis will answer the overarching question: What are the short- and long-term impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on international business?

The Macroeconomic And Cultural Microcosms Of Global Groceries, Emily C. Mccluskey, Stephanie A. Barton

Senior Theses

The aim of this thesis is to understand the global grocery market and to present a framework to assist sector players in developing go-to-market strategies as they expand abroad. In order to holistically study the cultural and economic implications of grocery stores across the world, we first selected six unique countries to focus our research: Singapore, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Germany, and the United States. In addition to having personally traveled to each of these countries, we chose to analyze these six very different markets in order to include a wide range of cultures and levels of economic development. We found …

2020-April-01-Future Operations Planning, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Dear ETSU Community, 

As the spring semester draws to a close and we finalize plans for our Virtual Commencement ceremony on May 9, advising and registration continues for our summer and fall terms.  Here in Tennessee and across the nation, conversations are also emerging about how businesses and government will begin the process of resuming operations at levels similar to how they were prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

The safety and health of the ETSU community remains our highest priority as we continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty and staff will continue to work from remote locations through …

2020-April-01-Faculty And Staff Appreciation Week, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Everyday routines have changed dramatically for many ETSU employees working remotely, as well as those conducting essential responsibilities on campus. During these unprecedented times, the ETSU campus has developed a can-do attitude and remains dedicated to our mission – to improve the lives of the people in our region. 

During spring break, our faculty and staff worked tirelessly to move courses and campus resources online. This work did not go unnoticed. Thank you for what you do each day to motivate and engage students and colleagues, multi-task in a remote work environment that may be shared by many, and for …

2020-April-01-Live Town Hall With President Noland, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

This Town Hall occurred in 2020. Click here to view a recording of the livestream. 

Join ETSU President Brian Noland for his next Virtual Town Hall on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. The town hall will be streamed on ETSU's Facebook page.

Send your questions to [email protected].

2020-April-01-Meet Dr Kevin Breuel, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

When ETSU Health turned its attention to setting up a drive-through testing site to increase the availability of COVID-19 testing in the region in mid-March, Dr. Kevin Breuel and his laboratory team at ETSU Clinical Labs (ECL) played a pivotal role in making it happen.  

By working with outside reference labs, they were able to ensure that ETSU Health would get enough test collection kits to provide this vital service to the community. They also worked closely with the COVID leadership team to monitor and decrease turnaround time for test results.  

Read more about Breuel, who joined ETSU in 1991 …

2020-April-01-Mentor Services For Small Businesses, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (April 1, 2020) – The Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) at East Tennessee State University has partnered with the College of Business and Technology’s Department of Management and Marketing to provide guidance, information, and resources to small businesses in our region amidst the COVID-19 crisis.

TSBDC is offering weekly free Zoom webinars to explain available Small Business Administration (SBA) funding and other financial assistance available.   More information is available on the TSBDC Facebook page.

“The College of Business and Technology and the Department of Management and Marketing are here to serve this region and we strongly …

Having Newcomers In Diverse Teams: The Effects Of Subgroup Identification And Established Faultlines On Newcomer Information Seeking And Team Creativity, Xing Liu

Theses and Dissertations

The current literature has demonstrated the importance of newcomers’ information seeking on their socialization in teams and the consequences of newcomers on team outcomes such as team creativity. However, there is limited knowledge on the antecedents of newcomer information seeking and team creativity in diverse teams after the entry of a newcomer. In this dissertation, with a focus on newcomers in diverse teams, I investigated two phenomena at the individual level and team level, respectively. At the individual level, I explored the influence of newcomers’ subgroup identification on information seeking via their feelings of psychological safety and the role of …

Unpacking The Burnout Phenomenon: Understanding Daily Influences On Burnout, Emily Houk

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Burnout is a work-related phenomenon that is not bound to the work domain. As such, experiencing burnout can be particularly detrimental for employees because effects of burnout can spill over into other life domains. The present study serves to examine the burnout phenomenon; specifically, I examined the direct effect of daily job stress on perceptions of burnout, as well as explored daily work-related affective rumination as a mediating effect in the relationship between daily job stress and burnout. Work-related affective rumination is a mechanism that potentially helps to explain how buildup of daily job stress influences the development of burnout. …

The Hr Connection, Georgia Southern University

Human Resources Newsletter

• A message from university president Dr. Marrero
• Goodbye People Admin
• Comp Time Payout in June
• Summer 2020 TAP Deadline Soon
• April HR Calendar
• Wellness Corner
• Help Wanted

Strategjitë Në Tregtinë Ndërkombëtare Rast Studimi (Marrëveshja Cefta Në Ballkan), Gresa Pronaj

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi i hulumtimit është kryesisht të shfaqë dobishmërinë e tregtisë së lirë edhe nga perspektiva e vendeve të vogla, apo ku edhe këto vende të vogla kanë ekonomi të vogël sikur se rasti me Kosovën. Hulumtimi do të përcillet nga të dhënat sekondare, duke marrë parasysh seriozitetin e çështjes marrim si bazë vetëm deklarimet dhe vendimet nga institucione të akredituara shtetërore. Përmes korrelacionit me SPSS do të i përpunojmë të dhënat e hulumtuara, në këto të dhëna do të merr marrin pjesë bilancet tregtare të shteteve, GDP e tyre ndër vite, ndryshimet në nivelin e papunësisë, kapacitetet prodhuese. Rezultatet pritet …

Menaxhimi I Prodhimit Të Produkteve Në Ndërmarrjet Vendore – Plani I Biznesit Rast Studimi-Industria E Mishit “Calabria Natura”, Jetë Selimi

Theses and Dissertations

Në kohën e sotme ku ne po jetojmë biznesi dhe ndërmarrjet biznesore kryesisht ndërmarrjet tregtare janë gjithmonë e më shumë në rritje, e sidomos në Republikën e Kosovës, që ndoshta edhe pse vend i vogël, pjesa e të bërit biznes nuk mungon dhe është mjaftë e madhe. Duke u përsosur secili në mënyrën e tyre ne tani hasim në shumë ndërmarrje biznesore si ato të vogla, të mesme por edhe nga ato të mëdha si në Industri. Megjithëse egziston një numër i madh i bizneseve, të bërit biznes është mjaftë sfiduese e sidomos kur sot të arrish të mbijetosh duke …

Zhvillimi I Sistemit Së Qeverisë Elektronike (E-Qeverisja), Bardh Fetahu

Theses and Dissertations

Në këtë punim do të trajtohet kuptimi, zhvillimi, analiza dhe vlersimi i qeverisë elektronike (E-Qeverisja). Me zhvillimin e teknologjisë jeta në përgjithësi është përmisuar dukshëm duke gjetur zbatim në shumë fusha, duke i ndihmuar organizatave të ndryshme në lehtësimin e punëve dhe në përshpejtimin e tyre. Teknologjia ka gjetur zbatim shumë të madh dhe shumë të rëndësishëm edhe në fushën e E-Qeverisë, duke e bërë shumë më të lehtë ndërveprimin mes qytetarëve dhe qeverisë së tyre, mes qeverisë dhe agjensioneve tjera qeverisëse, mes qeverisë dhe qytetarëve, mes qeverisë dhe të punsuarëve dhe poashtu mes qeverisë dhe bizneseve. Gjithashtu në këtë …

Investimet Në Letrat Me Vlerë, Marigonё Nikçi

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi kryesor i këtij punimi është për të treguar dhe për të shqyrtuar nocionin e përgjithshëm dhe karakteristikat e ekzistencës së letrave me vlerë.Letrat me vlerë mund të themi që janë dokumente të shkruara me të cilat mund të përcaktohet ndonjë e drejtë pasurore e cila është inkorporuar në letër dhe është e patjetërsueshme pa ekzistimin e letrës me vlerë. Letra me vlerë është karakteristike se i takon atij që e mban që nënkupton se është e lidhur ngushtë me subjektin që e mban. Gjithashtu roli i letrave me vlerë në të drejtën biznesore dhe biznesin në përgjithësi është shumë …

How Stories In Memory Perpetuate The Continued Influence Of False Information, Anne Hamby, Ullrich Ecker, David Brinberg

Marketing Faculty Publications and Presentations

People often encounter information that they subsequently learn is false. Past research has shown that people sometimes continue to use this misinformation in their reasoning, even if they remember that the information is false, which researchers refer to as the continued influence effect. The current work shows that the continued influence effect depends on the stories people have in memory: corrected misinformation was found to have a stronger effect on people's beliefs than information that was topically related to the story if it helped to provide a causal explanation of a story they had read previously. We argue this …

Screened Out Of Housing: The Impact Of Misleading Tenant Screening Reports And The Potential For Criminal Expungement As A Model For Effectively Sealing Evictions, Katelyn Polk

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

Having an eviction record “blacklists” tenants from finding future housing. Even renters with mere eviction filings—not eviction orders—on their records face the harsh collateral consequences of eviction. This Note argues that eviction records should be sealed at filing and only released into the public record if a landlord prevails in court. Juvenile record expungement mechanisms in Illinois serve as a model for one way to protect people with eviction records. Recent updates to the Illinois juvenile expungement process provided for the automatic expungement of certain records and strengthened the confidentiality protections of juvenile records. Illinois protects juvenile records because it …

Why Is Las Vegas Busy Everyday? A Behavioural Analysis Of Impact Investors’ Attitude And Decision-Making Process, Isha Shah

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Remarking a discrepancy in the statistics of a growing influence of impact investment and yet its restrictive inclusion in the financial market has encouraged this inductive research to take an alternative approach to address the impact investment market. In an emic perspective, this study aims to assess the factors motivating individuals and institutions to pursue impact investment. Further, it also investigates some elements that guide the decision making of the investors in this field. The qualitative nature of the research demands exceptional secondary sources and it is rendered more credible with the inclusion of three relevant primary sources. The analysis …