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Halloween 2023: It’S A Barbie World!, Jin-A Choi, Yi Luo, Bond Benton

School of Communication and Media Scholarship and Creative Works

Encapsulated in pink, Barbie epitomizes a dreamland that stimulates feelings of nostalgia, joy, and imagination, fulfilling individuals’ desire to escape. Mattel, the parent company of Barbie, and Warner Bros. through 100 or more brand collaborations (del Barco, 2023), has relentlessly swept the world with a blitz of Barbie-themed merchandises, such as Barbie dreamhouse rentals, Barbie gaming consoles, Barbie pasta, Barbie pink suitcases, Barbie apparels, bright fuchsia Xbox, Barbie boat cruise, pink burger, etc. Staggering surge for online sales of Barbie-themed products affirms the impressive upswing of online consumers’ interest in Barbie.

With the significance of Halloween, the popularity of Barbie, …

Information Systems Management, Radwan Ali

KSU Distinguished Course Repository

IS 3100 illustrates how to effectively use, manage, and participate in the development of information technology applications that support common business processes. This course focuses on the interdependence among an organization’s management, business processes, and information systems and provides hands-on experience in developing a business information system.

12th International Conference On Business, Technology And Innovation 2023, University For Business And Technology - Ubt

UBT International Conference

Welcome to IC – UBT 2023

UBT Annual International Conference is the 12th international interdisciplinary peer reviewed conference which publishes works of the scientists as well as practitioners in the area where UBT is active in Education, Research and Development. The UBT aims to implement an integrated strategy to establish itself as an internationally competitive, research-intensive university, committed to the transfer of knowledge and the provision of a world-class education to the most talented students from all background. The main perspective of the conference is to connect the scientists and practitioners from different disciplines in the same place and make …

Law And Policy In Combatting Piracy By Maritime Enforcement Agencies: A Nigerian Perspective, Sadiq Abubakar

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Drivers Of Plastic Pollution On The Lagos Coastline: Strategies For Effective Policy Implementation And Mitigation, Clement Oshiobugie Orbih

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study On The E-Navigation Government Framework: A Philippine Perspective, Orly Wong

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Combating Illegal, Unreported And Unregulated (Iuu) Fishing In Ecuador:: The Maritime Authority Approach For The Exercise Of Coastal State Rights, Daniela Andrade Tamayo

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Climate Change Implementation And Level Of Compliance With The Paris Agreement: Toward A Climate Change Resilience Port : A Case Study Of Port Corinto, Nicaragua., Jorge Alfonso Gómez Prado

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Port State Control: Banning: An Analysis Of Banned Ships From Paris Mou And Its Effect On Other Mous, Donghyeog Seo

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Establishment Of An Exclusive And Effective Maritime Tribunal In Bangladesh Under The “Territorial Waters And Maritime Zones (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act No. Xxix Of 2021)”: What Is The Necessity?, Mohammad Rayhan Uddin

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Presentation - Scaft School Awards Ceremony 2023, James Murphy

Other resources

This presentation captured the School of Culinary Arts & Food Technology, TU Dublin Awards Ceremony 2023 held in the Central Quad building on it's Grangegorman Campus, Dublin 7. The awards ceremony celebrate the magnificent achievements of the students and staff across their professional practice, new publications, research, National and International competitions, seminars, conferences and community engagement. These achievements would not be possible without the active and ongoing support of the school's sponsors (who are highlighted in this presentation). The school also remembers colleagues, students and industry figures who sadly passed away in the last year. If you interested in supporting …

School Of Culinary Arts & Food Technology Autumn Newsletter 2023, James Murphy

Other resources

The School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, TU Dublin, Autumn Edition Newsletter captured the many events, research, awards, significant contributions and special civic and community activities which the students and staff members of the school have successfully completed up to the Autumn period of 2023. The successful completion of these activities would not be possible without the active and on-going support of the 'INSPIRED' friends of Culinary Arts (school supporters) and our school's industry association supporters. If you would like to support our school and the next Generation of Food, Culinary and Horticulture students, contact us at e: scaft@tudublin.ie

Do Only Americans Own America? Foreign Investment In Agricultural Lands In The United States, Larry W. Van Tassell

Center for Agricultural Profitability

Foreign investment in the United States, while not a new phenomenon, has recently caught the attention of the American public and members of the U.S. House and Senate after an Air Force officer raised concerns when the Fufeng Group, based in Shandong, China, purchased 300 acres of farmland 12 miles from an Air Force base in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to build a corn milling plant (Javers, 2022). National security concerns prompted the U.S. Senate to propose a bill prohibiting the purchase of land in the U.S. by companies or individuals from China, North Korea, Iran, or Russia.

The Covid-19 Pandemic And Work From Home, 2019-2021, Maryam Raja, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Economic Development & Workforce

This fact sheet presents data from the American Community Survey (ACS) Report, “Home Based Workers and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected commuting patterns and workplace systems. The data examine how the pandemic shifted norms in work culture and conditions in Mountain West states and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).

Measuring Monetary And Non-Monetary Roi At Mmc Opex, Suneela Nayak, Natalia Johnson, Rebecca A. Brookes, Jill Shiroki

Operational Transformation

Operational Excellence (OpEx) is a data driven approach to department based continuous improvement, minimizing costs, increasing efficiencies, engaging staff in a shared quality agenda and assuming a proactive approach to maintaining facilities. The OpEx platform assists in strengthening efficiency and patient safety at Maine Medical Center (MMC) by demonstrating alignment of goals across the entire organization. A recent publication by BMC Health services “… found that the ROI concept in healthcare QI aligned with the concepts of value and benefit, both monetary and non-monetary.”2. Currently, OpEx does not have a system in place to track these values. We are looking …

Dynamics Of Employee Motivation And Employee Performance In Banking Sector, Muhammad Shoaib Hassan

Business Review

Employee motivation in banking has become one of the most considerable issues as every firm wants to make optimistic usage of their available human resources motivating them to achieve boosted performance. The study aimed to investigate the employee motivation dynamics in Pakistan conventional banking sector for employee performance circulating an adopted questionnaire online, considering 180 respondents as the sample size using a convenience probability sampling technique with a valid response rate of 78.89%. The findings employing SEM analysis using Smart PLS3 revealed a positive impact of employee motivation training and intrinsic rewards on the performance of bank employees. Furthermore, the …

2023-10-26 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate meeting minutes from October 26, 2023.

2023-10-26 Faculty Senate Newsletter, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate newsletter from October 26, 2023.

Corruption And Reforms: A Dynamic Panel Data Study, Jeff Jacob

Day of Scholarship

In a previously published paper we emperically showed that rather than democracy, a country's quality of institutions, like contract enforcement, have a statistically significant and positive impact on economic growth. During my sabbatical, I am working on a follow up paper in which is examining the effect of democracy on the control of corruption in a sample of more than 120 countries, spanning 40 years of data. Using GMM based dynamic longitudnal data analysis methods, we find that democratic quality, spesifically, the accumalted stock of democratic capital in a country has a sgnificant impact in reducing government corruption. We also …

A Reconciliatory Approach To Marketing: A Case Of The Marginalized, Mauvalyn Bowen

Day of Scholarship

This paper integrates the use of Biblical principles in the discussion about marketing practices and shares a vision for ways that marketing can be reconciliatory and God-honoring. It further detailed some perspectives of how marketing may be considered in the context of the kingdom of God. An example of a case of “the marginalized” was presented to demonstrate the redemptive nature of marketing. The paper then concludes with a call for Christian educators to do some heavy lifting in presenting the discipline of marketing to students to empower them to be cupbearers and future shapers.

Using Private Equity To Acquire Multifamily Assets, Drew Whitson

Day of Scholarship

In Spring of 2023 Endurus Capital, a Minnesota-based private equity real estate firm, raised approximately $10M of private investor funds to purchase a 94 unit townhome in Columbus, Ohio for $20M. The project focused on both the total capital stack (sourcing of debt and equity), investor projected return, as well as the use of funds for deferred maintenance and property improvements. Detailed information related around risk management and investments criteria will as be included as well as an overview on the multifamily asset class.

The Paradox Of Leadership Coaching In A Vuca World, Raymond L. Forbes

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

What does it feel like to be living right in the middle of a major paradox? Disorienting? Confusing? Unbalancing? One of the definitions of a Paradox is a situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities. For many organizational leaders today dealing with paradox has become a recurrent feature of executive life. The contradictory features may arise in the form of a choice between apparently diametrically opposed alternatives. In fact, in the worst case, the best available options might all be equally undesirable. This uncertainty over paradox seems to be reflective of the many quandaries confronted by leaders …

2023 Celebration Of Scholarship, Creativity, And Engagement, Todd Bruns, Diane Highland

Programs

Annually, Eastern Illinois University honors faculty achievements in the areas of research, creativity, and engagement. This year, the list of faculty accomplishments is again truly impressive, reflective of an engaged faculty committed to excellence and the ongoing pursuit and creation of knowledge. A number of these accomplishments occurred in collaboration with our students, who serve as co-authors, research assistants and partners in bringing these activities to fruition. Indeed, in some cases these professional ambitions transpired over the course of many years, and are a testament to persistence and tenacity--ensuring that these works extend to a broader community of scholars that …

2023-10-25 Statement From The Department Of English And Modern Languages, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

A Statement from the Department of English and Modern Languages submitted to the Faculty Senate on October 25, 2023.

2023-10-25 Scholarship Appeals & Advisory Committee Revisal, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., Scholarship Appeals & Advisory Committee.

Faculty Senate Records

A proposed revisal of the Scholarship Appeals & Advisory Committee description submitted on October 25, 2023.

Navigating The Ethical And Legal Terrains Of Ai Tool Deployment: A Comparative Legal Analysis, Roland Akindele, Stella Jesuloluwa Adewuyi

Communications of the IIMA

The pervasive influence of technology has revolutionised numerous sectors across the globe, underscoring the need for a comprehensive evaluation of the tools that technology has engendered. Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a prominent technological tool, has exceeded expectations and proven immensely beneficial to humanity. Consequently, it is imperative to scrutinise the ethical and regulatory frameworks governing its application. This paper employs a doctrinal methodology to analyse the regulatory landscape and ethical guidelines surrounding AI technology in Nigeria and some selected jurisdictions. The findings highlight the necessity of establishing a robust governance system to govern the utilisation of this transformative technology. In …

The Influence Of Hybrid Working In The Context Of Agile Software Development Within The Dutch Financial Sector, Joris Zomerdijk, Benny De Waal

Communications of the IIMA

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated remote working and working at the office. This hybrid working is an indispensable part of today's life even within Agile Software Development (ASD) teams. Before COVID-19 ASD teams were working closely together in an Agile way at the office. The Agile Manifesto describes 12 principles to make agile working successful. These principles are about working closely together, face-to-face contact and continuously responding to changes. To what extent does hybrid working influence these agile principles that have been indispensable in today's software development since its creation in 2001? Based on a quantitative study within 22 Dutch …

A Framework For Building Cognitive Knowledge Management Systems, Samir Jarjoui, Renita Murimi

Communications of the IIMA

Knowledge Management Systems (KMSs) are a critical component of economic development and growth. The accumulation and effective utilization of knowledge capabilities allow firms to create value and improve competitiveness. However, recent technological advances in KMSs have outpaced research in this area, which continues to be siloed and characterized by a lack of cohesive frameworks and a limited focus on cognitive learning. This paper provides a conceptual framework for the development of cognitive KMSs. The proposed framework comprises of strategy, people, processes, learning, and technology that are designed to improve knowledge management and organizational memory.

Palestinian Journalists' Trends Towards Freelance Platforms As An Alternative Of Traditional Work In Journalistic Work And The Gratifications Achieved "A Field Study", Amin Wafi Prof.

Middle East Journal of Communication Studies

This study aims to identify the trends of media students towards the use of digital freelancer platforms in media work as an alternative to traditional journalism by knowing the degree of interest of students in digital freelancer platforms. The degree to which they are exposed، the reasons for exposure، the most important subjects to which they are exposed، the most important platforms they pursue، the most important skill needs، motivations، and stimuli that drive them to deal with freelancer platforms as an alternative to traditional journalism. It is a descriptive study and applied the survey curriculum in the framework of …

The Dilemma Of Empty Halls, Joanna Lauer

Musical Offerings

Today, live classical concert attendance is low, a fact which threatens the careers of professional musicians. This paper examines recent statistics of classical concert attendance, theories as to why attendance rates are low, marketing methods for target audiences, and finally, recommendations to solve the dilemma of empty concert halls. To encourage concert attendance, classical music must be tastefully marketed to present-day audiences through the experience of technically excellent, musical, and interesting live performances. Ultimately, the relationship between art and its audience (the consumer) reveals that the key to the dilemma is the audience.