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2020-Covid-19 Impact On Addiction, Bill Gatton College Of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Dr. Melton participated in a Zoom panel with Yale School of Medicine and the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on caring for patients with substance use disorders.

This was part of ETSU's participation in the Phase 1 (Jan.July 2020) pilot for Addiction Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Professionals funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support educating health professionals in evidence-based prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. SAMHSA awarded the grant for two years to the AAAP in collaboration with Yale University.

The pilot was part of the …

2019-August-01-Quillen College Of Medicine Students Assume Key Leadership Roles At National Conference, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2019-August-01-Aamir Shaikh, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

St. Charles County Lifestyle Spotlights Students, Lupone Performance, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Vlerësimi I Sistemit Financiar Në Rritjen Ekonomike Të Kosovës, Elirjeta Beka

Theses and Dissertations

Kriza financiare e fundit globale ka theksuar rëndësinë kritike të tregjeve financiare për funksionimin e ekonomive kombëtare. Investimi i biznesit është thelbësor për rritjen ekonomike. Pra, ekonomitë kërkojnë tregje financiare të sofistikuara që mund ta kenë kapitalin në dispozicion për investimet e sektorit privat. Një sektor efikas bankar dhe financiar gjithashtu siguron që sipërmarrësit të kenë qasje në kapital për sipërmarrësit Ky studim miraton qasjen e konkurrencës së Porterit për vlerësimin e tregut financiar në Kosovë. Ndikimi i këtyre dimensioneve të rëndësishme për konkurrencën kombëtare bazohet në analizën sasiore dhe cilësore të të dhënave

Ndikimi I Faktorëve Motivues Në Performancën E Punonjësve Në Ndërmarrjet E Vogla Dhe Të Mesme (Nvm) Në Mitrovicë, Laura Mehmeti

Theses and Dissertations

Ekonomia globale, dekadave të fundit është duke ndryshuar me hapa shumë të shpejtë. Kudo në botë, punonjësit përfaqësojnë një nga pasuritë më të mëdha dhe më të vlefshme për shtetin dhe ndërmarrjen. Shfrytëzimi i faktorëve motivues ka transformuar mënyrën se si bizneset i trajtojnë punonjësit, duke i bërë kështu ata më efikas dhe më efektiv. Për këtë, qëllimi kryesor i këtij hulumtimi është të “Identifikojë faktorët kryesor të motivimit të punonjësve në ndërrmarje të vogla dhe të mesme në Mitrovicë dhe të pasqyrojë në mënyrë shkencore se arritja e motivimit të punonjësve ndodh vetëm atëherë kur drejtuesit e tyre kuptojnë …

Ndikimi I Rrjeteve Sociale Në Promovimin E Produkteve Në Kosovë, Labinot Rrecaj

Theses and Dissertations

Për dallim nga periudha paraprake kur nuk ishte aq në trend apo i popullarizuar interneti njerëzit nuk ishin të implikuar të shfrytezonin mënyra të llojllojshme për të realizuar marketingun e produkteve dhe shërbimeve të tyre, rrjedhimisht promovimin e produkteve të tyre.

Më parë kompanitë qofshin ato vendore apo ndërkombëtare të cilat prodhonin produkte dhe shërbime të ndryshme, në masë të madhe si mjete për promovimin e produkteve dhe shërbimeve të tyre kanë shfrytezuar radion, gazetën, fllajerat dhe billbordet e ndryshme pa anashkaluar këtu edhe shpenzimet e shumëfishta të mjeteve financiare për të shfrytëzuar edhe promocionet televizive.

Sot, me evoluimin e …

Mënyra E Punësimit Të Burimeve Njërzore Në Kosovë- Rast Studimi Institucionet Private Dhe Publike, Miradije Hasani

Theses and Dissertations

Burimet njerëzore janë pasuria me e madhe në një ndërmarrje, pasi që i gjithë zhvillimi është i varur nga puna dhe angazhimi i tyre. Në epokën në të cilën jetojmë funksioni dhe roli i burimeve njerëzore është gjithnjë e në rritje. Përkushtimi i organizatave ndaj rritjes së performancës organizatave dhe performancës së BNJ është një domosdoshmëri për dinamikën ekonomike me të cilën ballafaqohemi. Çdo biznes ka për qëllim maksimizimin e profitit. Që kompania ta arrijë këtë duhet që përveç tjerash ta ketë në funksion dhe të zhvilluar departamentin e burimeve njerëzore. Menaxhimi është faktorë kyq për suksesin e çdo aktiviteti …

Designing Single-Family Residences: A Study Of The Positive Impact Of Interior Design In Creating New Home Value, Shawn M. Falcone

Interior Design Program: Student Creative Activity

This study seeks to demonstrate that interior designers should be included as primary stakeholders in the home construction market. The market demand for new single-family homes in America is a relative constant. The primary stake and role that land developers, architects, draftsman, home builders, bankers, appraisers, real estate agents, and buyers have in the home construction market is clear. What is less clear is the role in value an interior designer has in the home construction market. This thesis examines the impact designers have on home value when their expertise is utilized in space planning (i.e.: layout, function, room utilization, …

The Road To Inequity Is Paved With Good Intentions: Examining The Gender Pay Gap In Equity Awards, Felice B. Klein, Ryan Hammond, Aaron D. Hill, Ryan Stice-Lusvardi

Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Using novel data from two organizations that have been recognized as leaders for their gender equality efforts, we show that even when organizers are taking active steps to reduce gender inequality in more traditional forms of pay (e.g., salary and bonuses), gender pay gaps continue to exist for equity-based awards.

Demographic Profile Of Longview, Nacogdoches, And Mount Pleasant In East Texas, Manuel Reyes-Loya, Mariyln Young, Ayush Kumar

Whitepapers and Technical Reports

The Hibbs Institute for Business and Economic Research at the University of Texas at Tyler was contacted by KVNE Christian Radio Station to conduct a Demographic Profile of various regions in East Texas: Longview Metro Area, Nacogdoches Micro Area, and Mount Pleasant Micro Area (Figure 1). KVNE Christian Radio Station is interested in understanding the demographic composition of these regions with a special emphasis in the local Hispanic population, as well as the most recent estimates on the number of Spanish speakers in each one of the mentioned areas.

2019-State Report Card For 2018-2019, University School, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2019-University School Achieves Reward Status, University School, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Computation Of The Real Effective Exchange Rate (Reer) Using The Bank For International Settlement (Bis) Methodology, M. Nakorji, E. A. Udeaja, F. U. Ismail, S. T. Zimboh, T. O. Obiezue, O. C. Asuzu

Economic and Financial Review

The importance of REER and its computation prompted this study to re-estimate the REER for Nigeria, using the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) methodology. The methodology incorporates recent developments in global trade by employing timevarying trade weighting patterns, highlights the effect of third market competitors, and provides a more comprehensive approach to capturing the effects of bilateral exchange rates through the inclusion of double export weights. The method employed the weighing scheme adopted by Turner and Van’t dack (1993) which has its theoretical underpinnings in Armington (1969). The data utilised was monthly series from October 2011 to December 2016 with …

Essays In Microeconomics, Teng Ma

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation consists of three essays of different topics in microeconomics.

Chapter 1 investigates the effect of environmental uncertainty over the issue of resource allocation in a common pool resources setting. This chapter provides a model of how agents allocate resource among abatement technology, production, and saving with an endogenously determined uncertain damage. The results of a laboratory experiment show a negative effect of uncertain damage on abatement technology adoption and a non-linear relationship between the investment in abatement technology and the self reported risk aversion. Contrary to the “common belief” that greater risk averse agents invest more in abatement …

Correlation-Sensitive Next-Basket Recommendation, Duc Trong Le, Hady Wirawan Lauw, Yuan Fang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Items adopted by a user over time are indicative ofthe underlying preferences. We are concerned withlearning such preferences from observed sequencesof adoptions for recommendation. As multipleitems are commonly adopted concurrently, e.g., abasket of grocery items or a sitting of media consumption, we deal with a sequence of baskets asinput, and seek to recommend the next basket. Intuitively, a basket tends to contain groups of relateditems that support particular needs. Instead of recommending items independently for the next basket, we hypothesize that incorporating informationon pairwise correlations among items would help toarrive at more coherent basket recommendations.Towards this objective, we develop a …

Zero Textbook Cost Syllabus For Fin 4093 (Corporate Credit Risk), Michele Costello

Open Educational Resources

The course will provide students with an overview of key concepts in corporate credit risk through the lens of a commercial banking risk analyst. Students will be assigned a company to follow throughout the semester and will be required to use the tools of the course to build their own credit rating analysis in a term paper due at the end of the semester. Topics including country risk, industry risk, market risk, business risk (financial and management), and structure risk will be explored through lectures, industry publications, and access to industry analysis and tools. Upon completion of this course, students …

An Asean Digital Single Market: Boosting The Aspiration For A Single Market In The Digital Era, Paul John M. Pena

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

Advancements in information and communications technologies have changed the way individuals, firms, and nations create and exchange value across borders. Value comes in the form of goods, services, information, and data, but may also include talent, capital, ideas, and even culture. Southeast Asia is a thriving digital economy with the prospect of becoming a US$200B economy by 2025. However, new forms of protectionist measures arise, which may impede the free flow of value within the region. An aspirational digital single market concept and the changing dynamics of digital trade are explored. A digital economic integration framework that is interoperable, inclusive, …

Managing Projects For More Efficiency In The Healthcare And Payment Industry: Determination Of Key Characteristics And Skills Of Successful Project Managers, Dale Irvin Troutman

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The drive to reduce healthcare costs while maintaining or improving patient care quality is being pushed on medical care providers and healthcare payment organizations. Many of these organizations do not currently have the necessary expertise or processes needed to successfully implement the required changes to reduce costs while maintaining quality. Project management is a function that can be used to deliver projects to reduce costs in these healthcare related organizations. Knowledge of the key characteristics and skills of successful project managers can be used by managers of project managers and human resources individuals that hire project managers in their selection …

Economics Newsletter - August 2019, Raj Soin College Of Business, Wright State University

Economics Newsletters

As six page newsletter from the Department of Economics at Wright State University documenting the current affairs of the department.

Sensemaking In The Process Of Inquiry: A Qualitative Case Study Of A Networked Improvement Community, Bethany Fillers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There are persistent and pervasive issues plaguing American education, and almost seventy years of educational reform efforts have failed to adequately improve educational outcomes for many of America’s children. Networked improvement communities (or NICs) are a type of social organization created to address such problems and are proposed as an effective and efficient way to organize improvement efforts. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the sensemaking experience of a newly-formed networked improvement community as members engaged in inquiry around a chosen problem of practice. During network initiation, NIC members engage in experiences to collaboratively identify and …

Phishing Websites Detection Using Machine Learning, Arun D. Kulkarni, Leonard L. Brown, Iii

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Tremendous resources are spent by organizations guarding against and recovering from cybersecurity attacks by online hackers who gain access to sensitive and valuable user data. Many cyber infiltrations are accomplished through phishing attacks where users are tricked into interacting with web pages that appear to be legitimate. In order to successfully fool a human user, these pages are designed to look like legitimate ones. Since humans are so susceptible to being tricked, automated methods of differentiating between phishing websites and their authentic counterparts are needed as an extra line of defense. The aim of this research is to develop these …

Carrots And Sticks Of Whistleblowing: What Classification Trees Say About False Claims Act Lawsuits, Tammy Cowart, Kurt Schulzke, Sherry Jackson

Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, and Business-Law Faculty Publications and Presentations

Whistleblower lawsuits under the federal False Claims Act have markedly increased over the past decade. While the amount of individual settlements and judgments vary, over time the government has paid out an average of about 15% of its recoveries as awards to whistleblowers. This investigation used a classification tree algorithm to analyze a sample of recent False Claims Act qui tam settlements, identifying several factors that distinguish larger settlements from smaller ones. Notably, the public or private status of corporate defendants, the federal judicial circuit in which the case is settled, type of case, case duration, relator status, and whether …

An Analysis Of The Evolving Intellectual Structure Of Health Information Systems Research In The Information Systems Discipline, Langtao Chen, Aaron Baird, Detmar W. Straub

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The rapid evolution of health information systems (Health IS) research has led to many significant contributions. However, while the Health IS subset of information systems (IS) scholarship has considerably grown over the past two decades, this growth has led to questions regarding the current intellectual structure of this area of inquiry. In an effort to more fully understand how Health IS research has contributed to the IS discipline, and what this may mean for future Health IS research in the IS domain, we conduct an in-depth evaluation of Health IS research published in mainstream IS journals. We apply citation analysis, …

How Dimensions Of Internationalization Shape The Mne's Renewal Capability: Multidimensional And Multilevel Considerations, Monica Riviere, A. Erin Bass

Management Faculty Publications

We investigate the theoretical and empirical implications of internationalization as a multidimensional and multilevel construct and its relationship to the renewal capability of the firm. Theoretically, internationalization describes a diverse range of cross-border activities by the multinational enterprise (MNE), and thus carries with it multiple dimensions of depth, breadth, and speed. Empirically, internationalization contains both within- and between-MNE variance, each with potentially different effects on the MNE's renewal capability. Using a unique, longitudinal dataset of 94 MNEs, we find support that each dimension and level of internationalization relates differently to the renewal capability of the MNE. At the within-level, the …

“Can Entrepreneurs Sell Their Firms And Still Own Them?”: The Adoption Of Dual-Class Structures And Their Effects On Ipo Performance, Nitin Kumar Singh

Management Dissertations - Archive

Dual-class Structures enable entrepreneurs to separate voting rights and cash-flow rights in arbitrary proportions to exercise control of the firm. Dual-class structures allow entrepreneurs to retain the benefits of being private and reap the benefits of going public. This dissertation identifies the governance, firm-specific, and strategic antecedents of firms that adopt dual-class structures and determines its effect on IPO performance. This study finds that firms that adopt fewer governance mechanisms, have a greater number of insiders, are younger, have a higher level of sales, pursue risky strategies (such as internationalization, acquisition, and innovation) are more likely to adopt dual-class structures. …

Consumers' Awareness And Perceptions Of Luxury Counterfeits, Murphy Aycock

Apparel Merchandising and Product Development Undergraduate Honors Theses

Counterfeiting is a global phenomenon. Because counterfeiting has drastically increased over the past several decades, it is easier for consumers to obtain counterfeited merchandise without any penalties. As the seriousness of the issue increases, companies and scholars suggest that consumer education and awareness may reduce the impact of counterfeit manufacturing.

Recently, the luxury goods industry has become one market that is highly affected by counterfeiting, due to their popularity with consumers (Phau, Teah, & Lee 2009). Based on a thorough analysis of literature, many factors have been examined that influence consumers’ attitudes and purchasing intentions towards luxury counterfeits. Results show …

New Sheriff In Town: Antecedents And Consequences Of Effective Lead Independent Directors, Dinesh Hasija

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This paper examines a relatively new form of board leadership structure, the Lead Independent Director (LID), that has not received much attention in the corporate governance literature. This role was adopted in 2003 by most large US firms as a result of stock exchange mandates and pressure from institutional investors. From an agency theory perspective, this new form of leadership structure was designed to give additional control to independent directors, thus enhancing the monitoring function of the board. However, according to symbolic management theory, firms may adopt such a structure merely as a response to institutional pressures, thus making no …

Collaborative Speculation And Overvaluation: Evidence From Social Media, Adam Barrett Booker

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

I use data from StockTwits and Twitter to provide evidence that investor attention on social media in the period before earnings is related to short-term overvaluation, consistent with bullish investors herding around common information. In the 2 to 60 days after earnings, returns for companies in the highest quintile of pre-earnings announcement investor attention are 4.2 percent lower than those of companies in the lowest quintile. I find evidence that the negative post-earnings drift result found in this study is related to investors waiting until after earnings are announced to enact costly arbitrage strategies. I further examine intra- and inter-network …

Fields And Consumer Groups: The Layered And Overlapping Roles Of Culture, Brandon James Mcalexander

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The first essay investigates Bourdieu’s conceptualization of fields and its use in the marketing literature. It suggests that fields do not exist in isolation, but rather work together in a number of different possible configurations. Fields are reconceptualized as dominated, overlapped, unrelated, contrasted, and co-constituted, rather than completely distinct and opens a new theoretical space for interpretive researchers in marketing. The second essay is a descriptive ethnography of a local fab lab. The essay describes in rich detail the ways in which new skills are developed in a shared work environment, and contextualizes the findings using practice theory as a …