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Winona State University Campus Life Blog: 2013-2022, Winona State University

Winona State University Blogs

The Winona State University (WSU) Campus Life Blog includes articles and entries from October 2013- October 2022. Note: there may be format coding in the document.

Winona State University Wellness Blog: 2013-2023, Winona State University

Winona State University Blogs

The Winona State University (WSU) Wellness blog includes articles and entries from February 2013-February 2023. Note: there may be format coding in the document.

Exploring Clustering Patterns In Msmes And Large Enterprises In Maharashtra: Analyzing Industrial Dynamics Using Cluster Coefficient And Other Economic Indicators, Priyanshu Bist

2024 REYES Proceedings

The paper discusses an attempt to explore and assess the economic clustering in Maharashtra by focusing on the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) and large enterprises in six major districts, namely Konkan, Nashik, Pune, Aurangabad, Amravati, and Nagpur. Cluster coefficients, total number of workers, and other economic indicators of units were considered to understand how industries are spread and perform regionally. Our research was a combination of exploratory and descriptive research, ensuring the data to be garnered had already been collected from the reports and records of the governments concerned and of industries. This entails that we have a …

Ua1c11/128 Lucian Flora Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photographs and postcards removed from Lucian Flora's World War II scrapbook.

Ua35/3 Provost's Message, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

2024 Provost's Messages issued to faculty & staff via email. Discussions of Biochemistry, death of Craig Cobane, awards, freedom of speech, Graduate Studies, Registrar, Research & Commercialization, Gordon Ford College of Business, and Ogden College of Science & Engineering.

A Survey Of Retail Trade Patterns In South Dakota: 2014-2023, Rand E. Wergin

Faculty Publications

This paper provides an analysis of retail sales and retail trade in the state of South Dakota for the ten years 2014 to 2023. This analysis will provide information to community leaders in the cities and towns of South Dakota. Retail pull is an economic indicator that provides a measure of community’s economic health and its ability to attract shoppers, both shoppers from its own community and from other communities. A community that has a healthy retail economy is generally able to attract shoppers from its own community as well as surrounding communities.

Perceiving Less But Wasting More: The Relationship Between Perceived Resource Scarcity And Consumer Food Waste, Bonnie Simpson, Rhiannon Macdonnell Mesler, Katherine White

Management and Organizational Studies Publications

Consumers' food-related behaviors often culminate in significant food waste. Surprisingly however, limited attention has been given to psychological reasons why this occurs. Across four studies, this research suggests that, because perceived resource scarcity activates a resource acquisition goal, under conditions where product scarcity is not present it leads consumers to engage in inaccurate over-acquisition of resources (i.e., food), resulting in greater waste. Studies 1a (quasi-experimental field study) and 1b (lab experiment) test the role of perceived resource scarcity in predicting food acquisition and waste. Studies 2a and 2b are correlational and measure household food waste to demonstrate that resource acquisition …

The Electric Vehicle Supply Chain Ecosystem: Changing Roles Of Automotive Suppliers, Sandeep Jagani, Erika Marsillac, Paul Hong

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

The automotive industry is evolving due to the increasing adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs). This transition has impacted automotive vehicles and led to profound changes in the supply chain ecosystem. Through a comprehensive review of the available literature and industry reports, this research investigates the automotive industry’s transition towards EVs and subsequent supply chain transformation, focusing on the changing roles of automotive suppliers. In this paper, we assess these transformations from economic, environmental, and strategic viewpoints. We examine the impact of these changes on supplier relationships, supplier OEM collaboration, and new entrants’ potential for disruption, as well as propose strategies …

Balling On A Budget, Charles John Wheelan

ENGS 15.11: Design and Education

In this lesson students will learn the basics of budgeting and itinerary creation to be broadly applied to any future trips. Students will spend time brainstorming locations in the world they want to visit and then attempt to build a budget spreadsheet from scratch. After more lecture and review, students complete the lesson by working in pairs to craft a sample itinerary using online resources and a budgeting spreadsheet.

Good Times, Bad Times: Small Business Social Responsibility And Community Crisis Response In Small To Midsized Communities, Amber Monique Chatelain

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

It is common practice for small businesses to support their local communities through social responsibility and citizenship behaviors. Small business response to local crisis events and participation in relief efforts can serve as an indicator of the company’s awareness of community events and signal to customers their embeddedness in and commitment to the local community. Using primary data and an experimental methodology, this dissertation examines customer perceptions of small business’ response to community crisis. Specifically, this study examines customer perceptions of trust and loyalty, and customers’ purchase intent for small businesses that participate in socially responsive behaviors in the face …

Worker's Rights, Vijay Pereira, Daicy Vaz, Arup Varma

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This chapter discusses the rights of workers. It focuses on Bangladesh, China, India, and Vietnam.

Letter From The Faculty Editor, Beth Kegley

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Disney+ Kingdom : Essays On Nostalgia, Representation And Branding, John Perlich, David Whitt

BSU Faculty PubCast

Listen to a conversation with Dr. John Perlich (Bemidji State) and Dr. David Whitt (Nebraska Wesleyan), editors and contributors on the book Disney+ Kingdom: Essays on Nostalgia, Representation and Branding. It is a collection of essays that examines a variety of Disney+ content.

Credit: Podcast produced by Tammy Bobrowsky (Bemidji State). Music "Collaboration"by Radioontheshelf, 2025 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0).

Timing Matters: Applying Musicians’ Insights To Business, Ray Haeng Soo Seol Edd, Barry Van Zyl Mba

Faculty Works

Timing, a critical aspect in social contexts and human cognition, has been extensively studied across diverse fields, such as biology, neuroscience, and business. However, there is a lack of interdisciplinary approaches that offer fresh perspectives on how timing works. Music performance, being inherently temporal in nature, presents a unique opportunity to bridge this gap and explore timing mechanisms in a multifaceted context. This research explores how professional musicians understand and utilize timing in their training and artistic development, and how these insights can be applied to business contexts, bridging the two fields to understand timing more comprehensively. Through a qualitative …

Are Healthcare Stocks A Safe Haven During Covid-19? : An Analysis Of Stock Return And Sector Segmentation Across Developed And Emerging Markets, Attani Tuwatchai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study examines whether the healthcare sector functioned as a safe haven during the COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing its time-varying correlation with major market indices across developed and emerging economies. Utilizing a multi-method approach—centered on the DCC-GARCH model and supported by OLS regression—the research investigates how health crises and public policy responses influenced sector-level market dynamics. The analysis focuses on three main areas: the evolution of correlation structures before and during the pandemic, the influence of pandemic-related factors on correlation strength, and differences between developed and emerging markets. Although a Probit model was initially applied to estimate the likelihood of …

Thinking About Starting A Franchise Business? Think Again, Carmen Cotei, Joseph Farhat

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

This study aims to explain the survival and exit outcome of franchise startups compared to other types of startups. Small business owners choosing to become franchisees have high expectations about business survival since “franchise is a proven business model that carries less risk.” Using the Kauffman Firm Survey, we examine the survival patterns and M&A exit outcomes of a large sample of U.S. independent and franchise businesses started in 2004 and tracked over time for eight years. Our study provides unique results on the likelihood of survival and M&A exit of franchises relative to other startups. Although franchise businesses start …

Money Doesn’T Grow On Trees: How Financial Literacy Is Learned And Developed Within American Childhood, Nate Lewis

Soaring: A Journal of Undergraduate Research

Financial literacy refers to the ability to process and utilize economic information to make informed decisions for their wellbeing. Given concerning indicators of financial outcomes within the United States, it is crucial to understand how and when strong financial behavior is developed. Efforts to enhance financial education have explored incorporating financial concepts into children’s literature and games. Yet, research indicates that financial literacy is far more rooted in the habits learned from one’s family, despite the emphasis often placed on schooling and socioeconomic status. It is therefore evident that efforts to promote financial literacy must always involve empowering family members …

Prediction Of Carbonation Capacity Of Scms Using Ensemble Learning Method, Kangyi Cai, Jian Liu, Edward Mwanza, Mahelet G. Fikru, Hongyan Ma, Donald C. Wunsch

Economics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The utilization of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) subjected to carbonation processing represents a viable strategy to mitigate anthropogenic CO₂ emissions associated with concrete production, potentially contributing to the achievement of carbon neutrality. However, existing studies have limitations in effectively predicting the varying carbonation capacities of different SCMs, a gap that this research aims to address. Recent research efforts focused on the carbonation of waste-material-sourced SCMs are reviewed, along with a comparative discussion on diverse carbonation methods. A detailed data set encapsulating the properties of SCMs, and carbonation configurations was compiled. At the same time, six ensemble learning models were …

Facilitating Factors For Female Leadership In Finance, Haleigh Woloszak

Honors Program Theses

High levels of gender inequity remain in finance leadership positions. This research is interested in the factors that facilitate female leadership in finance roles as opposed to the challenges women face in this industry. Through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, this paper explores the education, career development, organizational practices, professional support networks, and personal factors of successful women in finance. Commonalities among interviewee’s responses suggest that capabilities, one’s perspective on their career, personal support and domestic responsibility, and workplace relationships play a role in the success of the women in our sample. Additionally, participants discuss in depth specific organizational and …

Exploring The Motivators Of Medical Tourism By Americans, Sebastian Uribe

Honors Program Theses

The purpose of this study was to look at the factors that influence Americans' decisions to engage in medical tourism (going overseas for medical treatment). The research aimed to empirically analyze the key criteria motivating Americans to participate in medical tourism. This involved a comprehensive examination of factors such as cost considerations, waiting times, the availability of procedures, and possible destinations. The study utilized both primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected by the means of a Qualtrics survey, in which a representative US respondent´s sample was used to test the various underlying hypotheses. A mixed-methods approach was …

Collaborative Testing Dataset 1, David Kunsch

Business Faculty/Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Prioritize Working On The Business – Not In The Business, Carol Wittmeyer

Business Faculty/Staff Publications

NSRA retailer owners are busy. Buying seasons come and go. Business requirements, such as tax payments, cannot be put off with penalties. Focusing on employees is always a priority for success and they can take time to manage, train and inspire. For example, there are times when employees cannot get to work and owners need to cover the floor, where they often started their careers. Competition is tough, so paying attention to the industry and thinking about important business strategies such as inventory planning and advertising spending have to be a priority. Stores are often open six to seven days …

The Role Of Ai, Big Data And Predictive Analytics In Mitigating Unemployment Insurance Fraud, Siddikur Rahman, Md Abu Sayem, Shariar Emon Alve, Md Shahidul Islam, Muhammad Mahmudul Islam, Arifa Ahmed, Mohammed Kamruzzaman

Finance, Economics, and Data Analytics

The fraudulent claims for Unemployment Insurance (UI) have also risen massively in the United States especially during the onset of COVID-19 pandemic with billions of dollars that were lost. These approaches applied formerly in fraud detection and prevention have been challenged by new and advanced fraud systems. For this reason, AI, Big Data and Predictive Analytics are now crucial for improving fraud mitigation in UI programs. The aim of this research is to understand how far AI, Big Data and Predictive Analytics have been utilized, for how effective they are and the barriers they pose in tackling unemployment insurance fraud …

The Transformative Impact Of Business Intelligence On Unemployment Insurance: Enhancing Decision Making And Operational Efficiency Through A Mixed-Methods Approach, Md Abu Sayem, Fariba Chowdhury, Supti Charkabarty Shadhana, Jerry W. Ferry, Ahmed Selim Anwar

Finance, Economics, and Data Analytics

Background: The increasing complexity and demands of Unemployment Insurance (UI) systems necessitate innovative approaches to enhance Decision Making (DM) and Operational Efficiency (OE). Business Intelligence (BI) offers potential solutions by providing data-driven insights that can transform the administration of UI. This study examines the impact of BI on UI, focusing on DM as a mediator and OE as a moderator, within the framework of the Resource-Based View (RBV) theory.

Methods: A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining quantitative and qualitative data. Surveys were administered to UI professionals to collect quantitative data, which were analyzed using regression, mediation, and moderation techniques. Qualitative …

Remote Work, Social Exchange Theory, And Firm Performance, Christopher Mise

Doctor of Business Administration Dissertations

Since Covid-19 pushed workers out of traditional offices and into a remote setting, many have encouraged continuation of its practice post-pandemic. Academic literature reports that employees are happier working remotely and that organizations can benefit from their outcomes. This potential mutual benefit has led some researchers to posit that social exchange theory (SET) may be explain the relationship. To determine if SET is situationally descriptive, this research includes two studies. The first study investigates whether remote workers report higher SET traits than their counterparts in traditional offices. The study used a survey from a representative sample and found that remote …

Risky Business: Executive Compensation Attributes And Enterprise Risk Management, Stephanie Austin-Campbell

Doctor of Business Administration Dissertations

Banks are among the most powerful corporations across the globe. The banking sector is the lifeblood of the economy, and excessive bank failure can have devasting consequences for economies worldwide. The economic crisis of 2008 began in the U.S. and encapsulated other countries. Using regression analysis models, this study examined the relationship between specific executive compensation elements and the organizational strategies used to manage enterprise risk through the lens of Behavioral Agency Theory (BAM). BAM is incorporated into the study to explain how different forms of executive compensation influence executives’ tendencies to appropriately mitigate gains and losses. Historically, incurred agency …

A Review Of Hybrid Cyber Threats Modelling And Detection Using Artificial Intelligence In Iiot, Yifan Liu, Shancang Li, Xinheng Wang, Li Xu

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has brought numerous benefits, such as improved efficiency, smart analytics, and increased automation. However, it also exposes connected devices, users, applications, and data generated to cyber security threats that need to be addressed. This work investigates hybrid cyber threats (HCTs), which are now working on an entirely new level with the increasingly adopted IIoT. This work focuses on emerging methods to model, detect, and defend against hybrid cyber attacks using machine learning (ML) techniques. Specifically, a novel ML-based HCT modelling and analysis framework was proposed, in which regularisation and Random Forest …

‘Within The Reach Of Everyone’: Tracing The Global Strands Of Herrman, Sternbach & Co.’S 1880s Imitation Furs, Laura Johnson

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Long before faux furs became trendy, vegan-friendly materials, weavers and textile designers in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe developed a range of woven goods that offered the haptic qualities of animal pelts. Surprisingly, given their popularity, little research has focused on imitation fur production and consumption at the turn of the twentieth century and its earlier roots. This paper traces the strands linking a group of textile samples donated by New York merchant H. Herrman, Sternbach & Co. in 1884 to (what is today) the Smithsonian National Museum of American History through connecting threads of global production, innovation, and consumption. …

Environmental Metrics In Action: Exploring U.S. Superfund Sites Affiliated With The Fashion Industry, Nidia K. Trejo

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Little is known of Superfund sites, long-term clean up sites, affiliated with the apparel and footwear supply chain in the United States. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) manages the clean up of contaminated sites that pose a significant risk to human health and the environment under the Superfund program. A site can become contaminated if hazardous waste from industrial operations are mismanaged or dumped into the environment, in an uncontrolled manner. In this study, a proposed Superfund site (Mohawk Tannery in Nashua, New Hampshire), an active Superfund site (Ciba-Geigy Corp. in Toms River, New Jersery), and a …

Dreams Intertwined In Strands Of Silver And Gold: Hidden Stories Of Home-Based Women Zardozi Artisans Of Bhopal, India, Meeta Siddhu, Anjali Karolia

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

This paper examines the experiences of home-based women zardozi artisans in Bhopal, India, who use traditional embroidery skills to create fashionable products. It highlights the role of the traditional craft sector in promoting women's empowerment, enhancing economic well-being, and supporting sustainable development in the Global South. Through ethnographic research, including literature review and interviews, the study reveals the resilience of these artisans, many of whom come from low-income backgrounds with limited education. Despite modest earnings, their craft contributes to their families' status and elevates women's roles within households. The findings suggest that the handicraft sector can provide viable economic opportunities …