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Profits For Spotify, Pennies For Artists, Joshua R. Rosenberg

Capstones

Major recording labels have always been king-making investment houses. They market the music and manage the careers of artists such as New York singer-songwriter Blake Morgan, who has to fight tooth and nail to escape being mistreated financially. But digital distribution services have now come along and upped the parasitic ante. By dominating global market share and distributing millions of songs for the labels, companies like Spotify are piggybacking on the music industry’s already exploitative system and magnifying it exponentially. The more content you control, the larger the overall profit–even if the overwhelming majority of content creators are essentially starving. …

Booklet: United Way Of Northeast Florida Strategic Plan, United Way Of Northeast Florida

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

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Brochure: Memories Of Love Foundation, Memories Of Love Foundation

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

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2020-December-17-Watson Named Journal Editor, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY (Dec. 17, 2020) – Dr. Elwood Watson of East Tennessee State University was recently named co-editor-in-chief of the Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.

The journal is a distinguished international publication with editors and contributors from dozens of major colleges and universities worldwide.

Dr. Elwood Watson

Watson is a professor of history, Africana studies and gender studies in ETSU’s Department …

Book Review: Leadership -- Touching Lives, Elizabeth Gingerich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Book Review: The Commander In Chief: The Qualities Needed Of Leaders Of Freedom-Loving Nations In The 21st Century, Elizabeth Gingerich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Action Steps To Overcome Organizational Crisis, M. S. Rao

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

The purpose of this research paper is to offer innovative tools and techniques to avert corporate crises to ensure organizational excellence and effectiveness. It explains calm leadership and advocates soft leadership. It illustrates with inspiring examples of leaders including Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Boris Yeltsin, who handled substantial crises successfully. It provides a list of leaders who led during turbulent times, saved their companies from the brink of disaster, and emerged in stronger positions; several are specifically profiled: Steve Jobs, Lee Iacocca, Ed Whitacre, Isaac Perlmutter, Richard Clark, and Gordon Bethune. It explains decision-making on complex issues and crises …

Common Denominators Of Great Leadership, Emilio F. Iodice

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Transformational Leadership: Implementing A Cultural Approach In Organizations, Mostafa Sayyadi Ghasabeh

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This study provides support for the positive impact of transformational leadership on knowledge management. This article reveals that transformational leaders contribute to knowledge management by acting as effective change agents through better management of firms’ internal resources (i.e. organizational culture). In terms of mediating effects, this article shows that organizational culture is important in the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge management. The study also shows that transformational leaders not only directly impact knowledge management but, more specifically, foster a more effective culture, which positively contributes to the effectiveness of knowledge management.

University Professors As “Transformative Leaders”, Cam Caldwell, Verl Anderson

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

University professors have a moral obligation to be ethical leaders in guiding their stewards. Transformative Leadership, a concept identified in both the educational and business leadership literature, provides a valuable model for university professors to consider as they interact with students and help them to learn and to prepare for the challenges of the modern world. This paper integrates the education and business leadership perspectives of Transformative Leadership and identifies the contributions that this leadership model can contribute to the effectiveness of university professors who adopt its principles.

Building Relationships And Resolving Conflicts: Infusing Critical Thinking Into Workplace Practices, Joseph P. Hester

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

As we are now living in a world characterized as a “new normal,” nothing is more important than leaders who are adept at critical thinking enabling them to enhance their businesses by making judicious decisions while remaining sensitive to the needs of their employees. When talking about critical thinking, often neglected is the descriptor “critical.” Among other things, “critical” means significant, vital, essential, and analytical, and involving skillful judgment as to truth and merit. From the point of view of commonsense, “critical” may also imply an effort to see a problem or situation clearly and truthfully in order to make …

Fair And Stable Prices In The Age Of Greed: The Torah View, Hershey H. Friedman, Murray Mizrachi

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Much of the Jewish legal tradition deals with business ethics. This paper focuses on an overlooked precept: ensuring price stability. There is a tendency to trivialize the law mandating that prices be kept low and affordable, but in the wake of the 2020 world pandemic, these laws are more important than ever. Indeed, very few people are aware that the ninth blessing of the ancient Amida (also known as shemoneh esrei) prayer, established by the 120 members of the Great Assembly in the 5^th century BCE, is a prayer for divine protection against individuals who would raise prices …

The Process Of Establishing A Green Climate: Face-To-Face Interaction Between Leaders And Employees In The Microsystem, Ingeborg Flagstad, Svein Åge Kjøs Johnsen, Leif Rydstedt

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This study explores the processes of establishing a green organizational climate in small-scale companies. Previous studies have primarily focused on factors associated with pro-environmental behaviour in large organizations. The role of a green organizational climate—specifically, the interactional processes involved in the construction of a green climate—has largely been unexplored. Entrepreneurial small companies constitute an ideal arena in which to study the initial phase of greening processes. The present study examined the process of establishing a green organizational climate in seven small-scale Norwegian companies. This article presents a systems model that was developed to analyse how processes at different levels interact …

“Jiffy” – The Right Mix For Business, Ritch Eich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Spiritual Leadership: The Challenge, Joseph P. Hester

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

China: Covid 19 Control – A Response For Global Emulation?, Lin Chen

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

Winter/Spring 2021

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Call For Papers

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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Looking Towards The Sky: Cloud Computing From A Conceptual To An It Industry Game Changer, Jordan Bani

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

Cloud computing is highly embraced and identified as one of the major innovations in the computing field in recent years. The main goals of this article, which is based on literature reviews and personal work experience, are to present an overview of the conceptual idea of cloud computing, the cloud computing delivery paradigms, common roles in cloud computing, the most mentioned advantages of adopting cloud computing in enterprise environments, the main criticisms facing cloud computing, and recommendations for ensuring the success of cloud computing implementation and adoption, in order to inform and educate business managers, IT managers, and higher education …

Ransomware - A Strategic Threat To Organizations, James Frost, Alan R. Hamlin

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

Ransomware is a strategic threat to government, business, and academic organizations. It has both short term and long term consequences, requiring strategic planning to create defenses, assess options, and create policies.

The purpose of the study is to answer three questions: What is the strategic risk of cyberattack to organizations? What are the current attitudes and practices of executives who are vulnerable to such threats? What are specific options that organizations should consider to prevent and deal with possible incidents in the future? The article is thus comprised of the following components: A) a history of the development and complexity …

Walmart Impact On The Finance And Insurance Industry, Steven C. Hall, Suzanne K. Hayes, Laurie Swinney

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

Purpose

This paper investigates the effect of Walmart presence on professional service firms within the finance and insurance sector. This paper also discusses the finance and insurance industry’s place within the Walmart ripple effect—changed retail sector leads to changed professional support services resulting in altered levels of social capital within the community.

Design/Methodology

The study uses county-level data from the state of Nebraska to examine the relationship between cumulative Walmart exposure and the number of firms, number of employees, and payroll levels within the finance and insurance (F&I) sector. These same variables are also investigated within two specific F&I industries—insurance …

Monetary Impact Of National Exchange Carrier Association Tariffs On Internet Access Cost In Rural Areas, Tim Obermier, Angela K. Hollman

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

This study examines the monetary impact of tariffs on consumer internet access via a digital subscriber line (DSL). Historically, the Communications Act of 1934 mandated that telephony services be provided to everyone, without exclusion. With the rapid emergence of the internet, the Connect America Fund was recently implemented to ensure equal access to both voice and broadband services. Since many telephony companies have emerged as internet service providers, DSL internet service is often bundled together with a landline telephone, especially in rural areas. This study examines the total cost of such bundled DSL internet service across the classes of cities …

Letter From The Editors

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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Table Of Contents

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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Editors And Reviewers

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

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Venku Becomes Iten's Latest Investor Readiness Program Graduate, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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2020-December-16-Leadership Tennessee Next, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY – (Dec. 16, 2020) Dr. Adam S. Green, chief of staff at East Tennessee State University and secretary of the Board of Trustees, has been named to the third class of Leadership Tennessee NEXT, a program designed to offer personal and professional career development for Tennessee’s best and brightest early and mid-career professionals.

The third class of Leadership Tennessee NEXT is welcoming 29 rising professionals from every region of the state, representing a host of professional sectors and industries. Over the course of the program, participants will have opportunities to grow their professional skills and connect to a …

The Trend Of Digital Currency By Mining And Analysis Of Patent, Feiyang Qu

Master of Science in Computer Science Theses

Digital currency is a novel topic. Due to the publicity of the Internet and the investment value of the digital currency itself, many people hope to participate in the digital currency-related financial market. However, many people still hold a wait-and-see attitude at this stage. The main reason is that digital currency is a relatively new field of financial investment, and there is no scientific system and rigorous data to provide investors with sufficient information. In this paper, we designed a framework based on a natural language processing model to calculate the innovative capabilities of digital currency-related companies, which can help …

Financial Management And Financial Well-Being Of Newly Married Couples: Practices And Knowledge, Leylawati Joremi

Student Works (2020-2029)

Prudent financial management is a critical factor to achieve better financial well-being. The failure of many individuals in managing their finances, resulting in bankruptcy, distress and divorce. Recognizing the importance of financial management practices as a roadmap towards future financial well-being, a study on young and newly married couples is imperative. This study intends to attain a profound understanding of financial management practices among urban Malays young couples. This study also deliberates the understanding of these couples on financial well-being. It takes the phenomenological approach and analyses qualitative data collected through a series of in-depth interviews. The interviews explore the …

Leslie French Seidman [Inducted 2020], American Accounting Association

Accounting Hall of Fame Brochures

No abstract provided.