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Adoption Of Cloud Computing By Firms In Kenya: The Role Of Institutional Pressures, John Otieno Oredo, James Njihia, Xn Iraki

The African Journal of Information Systems

While there is substantial literature on the adoption of IT innovations based on utility computing, there is a dearth of studies on cloud computing adoption by business organizations. Given that cloud computing adoption has been steadily increasing in Kenya, this study aim to investigate the determinants of cloud computing adoption from an institutional perspective. The relationship between institutional pressures and cloud computing adoption was evaluated and tested using structural equation modelling (PLS SEM). A firm level cross sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 93 firms in the financial, manufacturing, and ICT sectors. The results indicate that coercive and …

A Naturalistic Methodology For Assessing Susceptibility To Social Engineering Through Phishing, Paula Musuva, Christopher Chepken, Katherine Getao

The African Journal of Information Systems

Phishing continues to be a prevalent social engineering attack. Attacks are relatively easy to setup and can target many people at low cost. This study presents a naturalistic field experiment that can be staged by organisations to determine their exposure. This exercise provides results with high ecological validity and can give organisations the information they need to craft countermeasures to social engineering risks. The study was conducted at a university campus in Kenya where 241 valid system users, also known as “insiders,” are targeted in a staged phishing experiment. The results show that 31.12% of the insiders are susceptible to …

Journal Of Transportation Management Vol. 30 No. 1 Full Issue, Journal Of Transportation Management Editors

Journal of Transportation Management

No abstract provided.

Governance In A Globalised World, Richard Woodward

Books/Book Chapters

Discussions surrounding the sources of power and authority that govern the social world have taken place since ancient times. Finally, in the latter half of the twentieth century, it appeared that this debate had been decisively resolved in favour of the view that governance was the preserve of governments. This was a consequence of the ascendance in the social sciences of methodologies that presupposed human activities to correspond to the territorial boundaries of sovereign states. The privileging of sovereign territoriality did not reflect a poverty of scholarly thinking but was a by-product of their social world. (Taylor, 1996). By the …

The Drive-Inn: Producer Space For Visionaries, Portland, Corey Cabrera, Melissa Meagher, Clayton Crowhurst, Jacob Pavlik, Jarrod Howard, Spencer Stegmann

Real Estate Development Workshop Projects

Consisting of retail, industrial office, production space and a one-of-a-kind tenant amenity rooftop cinema space, the Drive-in experience metaphorically hints to the production process with space for collaboration, creation & illustration. Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all creative office space that has inundated Portland for the past five years. The Drive-in caters to a missing niche of visionary tenants with unprecedented design and shiny owner returns. Take a seat and relax. This is the Drive-in.

College Of Business Dean's Report: 2018-2019, Ryan Butt

College of Business Dean’s Reports

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Public Speaking Confidence, Skills, And Performance: An Experiment Of Service-Learning, D. Brian Mcnatt

Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Much of service-learning research has been characterized as anecdotal and testimonial with widespread calls for more empirical data to support the claimed benefits of this pedagogical tool. The present longitudinal experiment answered these calls by testing the effect of service-learning projects on several oral communication skills during a 4-month period, as well as some boundary conditions affecting this impact. The intervention consisted of involvement in 1 of 20 different team-developed service-learning projects compared to traditional research projects. This was hypothesized to boost management students' public speaking self-efficacy, lower anxiety, and improve public speaking mechanics competence along with actual public speaking …

Kontribusyon Ng Mga Pribadong Pamantasan Sa Pilipinas Sa Paglikha Ng Yamang-Kaalaman, Tereso S. Tullao Jr

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

Ang pagpapahalaga sa yamang-kaalaman ay nakaugat sa pagpasok ng ekonomiya ng kaalaman na ipinakikita sa mga pwersa ng Industriya 4.0 o Ikaapat na Rebolusyong Industriyal. Pananaliksik at inobasyon ang lumilikha ng yamang-kaalaman. Dahil ang pananaliksik ay maituturing na isang pampublikong produkto, may papel ba ang mga pribadong pamantasan sa paglikha ng yamang-kaalaman? Tinatasa sa sanaysay ang ambag ng mga pribadong pamantasan sa Pilipinas sa paglikha ng yamang-kaalaman sa pamamagitan ng kanilang publikasyon sa mga Scopus journal relatibo sa publikasyon ng mga pampublikong pamantasan. Lumalabas na napakalawak ng ambag ng mga pribadong pamantasan kahit na walang tinatanggap na tulong mula sa …

Auditing Under The Influence: The Role Of Client Gender In Audit Negotiations, Jennifer Hamrick

PhD in Business Administration Dissertations

Client characteristics, one antecedent to auditor judgments (Hurtt, et al. 2013), have considerable influence on auditor-client negotiations of proposed audit adjustments, and ultimately audit quality. Client gender is one specific characteristic that has received recent attention for its influence on financial statement conservatism and audit fees. However, there is little empirical evidence on the influence of client gender on auditor-client negotiation outcomes. Client gender is expected to influence auditor judgments such that auditors are expected to propose lower audit adjustments to male (vs. female) clients due to the lower source credibility typically assigned to females (Kray, Galinsky, & Thompson, 2002; …

Leveraging Railroad Land Grants And The Benefits Accruing In The New Economic Landscape, Brian Gurney, Joshua P. Hill

Journal of Transportation Management

Unlike most companies, the major railroads in the United States have proven highly resilient to the vicissi- tudes of the market. We argue that this is due neither to the unique nature of rail haulage nor to superior management acumen. Rather this solidity is due to an immense wealth transfer to the railroads in the nine- teenth century that has dramatic impacts in the present. Moreover, the government protection and encouragement that rail grants represent did not end in the nineteenth century. It continues and represents an intangible asset that, while not on railroads’ balance sheet, is very real indeed.

Back Matter, Journal Of Transportation Management Editors

Journal of Transportation Management

No abstract provided.

U.S. Federal Regulations And Motor Carrier Profitability, Ahren Johnston

Journal of Transportation Management

This study explores the impact of recent federal regulations, such as Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010, Hours of Service Changes, Environmental Regulations, and electronic logbooks on motor carrier profitability. Quarterly data from 2004–2015 from U.S. publicly traded motor carriers isused to estimate the temporal trends on various financial ratios after controlling for general economic and carrier specific characteristics. Results of the analysis reveal that motor carrier profitability was declining between 2004 and 2009 but has been improving since that time.

Teaching Supply Chain Management: A Proposal For Future Research On Using Real World Sports And Other Analogies, Jeff A. Rightmer

Journal of Transportation Management

Teaching supply chain management (SCM) to undergraduates that are not Supply Chain Management majors can be difficult. This often is the case when teaching a business school core course that all majors must take. The motivation of these non-SCM students is sometimes just to pass and move on to their major course of study. Using a number of cases and examples from the real world that the students can relate to may help increase attention and learning. The increased interest level may give students a better understanding of supply chains. This article discusses approaches to teaching the core course with …

A Conceptual And Qualitative Study Of Outsourcing Criteria And The Role Of Emotions In Decision-Making: The Case Of Equine Sports Transportation Outsourcing, Stefan E. Genchev, Gordon T. Gray, Stacia Wert-Gray

Journal of Transportation Management

For years, transportation outsourcing was considered a formal transaction-cost economics decision with little or no consideration for additional factors. This limiting perspective provides the stimulus for the current qualitative study, which examines additional factors affecting the transportation decision. For this article, the equine industry is studied in order to gain a better understanding of additional factors that go into decision- making. In-depthinterviewswithhorseownersandtrainersintheequineindustryrevealedthat,inaddition to a detailed cognitive assessment of transporter capabilities, the outsourcing decision involves a considerableemotionalcomponent. Thesefindingcouldbenoteworthyforanumberofindustries,suchas household goods, museums, fine art (paintings, statues, sculptures), antique furniture (including pianos), collectibles of all kinds, and other high involvement luxury items.

From The Editor, John C. Taylor

Journal of Transportation Management

No abstract provided.

How Equitable Is The Education Finance System In New York State?, John Yinger

Center for Policy Research

This policy brief provides an overview and evaluation of the education finance system in New York State. The brief addresses four broad topics: student performance disparities in New York State, the nature of the New York State education finance system, the contributions of the New York foundation aid formula to educational equity, and the benefits to all taxpayers in New York State from education finance reform.

Keep 'Em Fighting: Chris-Craft's Contribution To Wwii, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces clamored over the sides of large troop ships into 4126 landing craft, many of those LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel), and prepared to storm several beaches of northern France in Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day. Preparation for this day started in the early 1942 as companies throughout the United States converted their factories from peacetime to wartime production. In Michigan, all three Chris-Craft Corporation plants quickly converted from pleasure boat building to building boats for the war effort full time. Together, the three plants would become part of the America’s arsenal of democracy …

A Hybrid Plithogenic Decision-Making Approach With Quality Function Deployment For Selecting Supply Chain Sustainability Metrics, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Abdel-Basset, Rehab Mohamed, Abd El-Nasser H. Zaied

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Supply chain sustainability has become one of the most attractive decision management topics. There are many articles that have focused on this field presenting many different points of view. This research is centred on the evaluation of supply chain sustainability based on two critical dimensions. The first is the importance of evaluation metrics based on economic, environmental and social aspects, and the second is the degree of difficulty of information gathering. This paper aims to increase the accuracy of the evaluation. The proposed method is a combination of quality function deployment (QFD) with plithogenic aggregation operations. The aggregation operation is …

Development Of Research Administration And Management System For Higher Education Institutions In Developing Countries: Case Study Of Durban University Of Technology, Misheck Nyirenda, Oludayo Olufolorunsho Olugbara, Sibusiso Moyo

The African Journal of Information Systems

Research information management has become an essential activity for higher education institutions (HEIs) worldwide as a mechanism to aggregate, curate, utilize and improve the transparency of information about research. It has led to the evolution of proprietary software systems for administering and managing research information in HEIs. However, the literature reveals that most proprietary software systems are usually inflexible, costly to maintain and do not adequately satisfy the dynamic requirements of HEIs in developing countries. Consequently, the demand for current information systems is to incorporate a high degree of formalism into software development processes to produce correct, flexible, usable and …

Modeling Green Ebusiness Adoption Among Small And Medium Tourism Enterprises In Tanzania, Juma James Masele

The African Journal of Information Systems

This study was set to model Green eBusiness adoption among SMTEs in Tanzania, right from sourcing, operations, and to end-of-life-management. The study employed the use of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze quantitative data collected from 240 respondents selected from 80 SMTEs in Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, and Zanzibar, who were in operations for at least three years. Although there were twelve hypotheses formulated, only seven hypotheses (with constructs Self-Efficacy, Effort Expectancy, Facilitating Conditions, Coercive Pressures, Intention to Use both to commitment and to Green eBusiness, and Commitment towards Green eBusiness adoption) were revealed significant. Others (with constructs Performance …

The Role Of Institutional Pressures In The Adoption Of E-Procurement In Public Institutions In Developing Countries: The Case Of Lesotho, Salah Kabanda, Nteboheleng Pitso, Meke Kapepo

The African Journal of Information Systems

Benefits of E-Procurement are now well documented as experienced by both public and private organizations. Yet, in developing countries, and more so in Africa, few organizations have reported benefits of E-Procurement. Whilst institutional pressures are instrumental in shaping organization’s actions and outcomes with regard to technology adoption, few studies have examined their role in E-Procurement adoption in African public sector organizations. This study situated in Lesotho, seeks to examine the rational for E-procurement adoption in the public sector and identifies institutional pressures that affect successful adoption. Following an interpritivist approach, this study identifies (1) perceived benefits of efficiency and transparency …

Newsletter Summer 2019, College Of Business &. Information Systems

BIS Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Squeezed Out Of The Marketplace: Legal And Policy Issues Pertaining To Airline Seating Configurations, Daniel Friedenzohn, Stephen Shrewsbury

Publications

The quality of airline service in the United States has received a significant amount of attention since the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 went into effect. Much of that attention has been negative due to efforts by the airlines to find ways to increase revenue by charging for services that were once included in the price of a ticket, such as charging for checked luggageI and other add-on fees for passengers. 2 Given the high level of competition during much of this period, it was certainly expected, and to some extent understandable, that carriers would attempt to find new revenue …

Credit Ratings And The Cost Of Issuing Seasoned Equity, Garrett A. Mcbrayer

Finance Faculty Publications and Presentations

I examine the effects of issuer credit ratings on the costs associated with seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). The evidence from a panel of SEOs from 1990 to 2014 shows that when firms issue seasoned equity, those with issuer credit ratings pay reduced investment banking fees. I confirm these results by conducting a propensity-score matched-sample comparison analysis of firms that obtain new, long-term issuer credit ratings with an unrated control group. Controlling for known determinants of SEO fees, I find that firms that obtain a new credit rating before issuing seasoned equity pay significantly reduced investment banking fees. In economic terms, …

The Federal Reserve Lowered Their Rate…Why Do We Care?, Manuel Reyes-Loya

Hibbs Brief

In this issue of the Hibbs Brief, we discuss what a decision by the Fed to change this rate means for the economy and how the changes also impact on our daily lives.

Si Ndikon Cilësia E Institucioneve Në Konkurrueshmëri Ekonomike – Analizë E Rastit Të Kosovës, Artan Ramadani

Theses and Dissertations

Pas vite e vite avansimi jashtëzakonisht të shpejtë të teknologjisë dhe ekonomisë, duke e bëre botën gjithnjë e më shumë një treg të madh global, erdhën edhe nevojat për studimin e faktorëve të cilat i ndihmojnë ndërrmarrjeve dhe bizneseve që operojnë në shtete se çka i bën ato më konkurruese në tregjet nacionale, dhe rrjedhimisht, duke analizuar këto, vjen një studim substancial se cka i bën shtetet më kompetitive, më të prosperueshme. Që nga viti 2004, Banka Botërore i liston vendet në bazë të indekseve të tyre të konkurrueshmërisë, ndërsa problematika qëndron në faktin që Kosova si shtet nuk është …

Paraja Elektronike (Rast Studimi Shteti I Kosovës), Ajda Berisha

Theses and Dissertations

Punimi shtjellon temën “Paraja Elektronike” (Rast studimi shteti i Kosovës)

Qëllimi kryesor i punimit është të analizojë se si do të ndikoj përdorimi i transaksioneve elektronike në Kosovë, reagimin e shtetit, si dhe ndryshimet e përfitimet që do të sjellë në ekonomi për qytetarët dhe ndërmarrjet. Janë përdorur shumë materiale të ndryshme si para. Duke filluar së pari nga shkëmbimi, e deri te metalet të çmuara dhe përdorimi i sotëm i parave letre. Megjithatë, inovacioni teknologjik është duke e shkaktuar përdorimini e parasë së gatshme.

Synimi i punimit është të reduktohet paraja e gatshme për uljen e një ndër problemve …

Ekonomia Dhe Disekonomia E Shkallës Në Mikroekonomi Rast Studimi: Procredit Bank, Blert Podvorica

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi i hulumtimit është paraqitja e vështirësive dh e alternativave të profitit në sistemin bankar në Kosovë. Hulumtimi ka për qëllim të tregoj sa është e rëndësishme përzgjedhja e investimeve për zhvillimin e një biznesi ku ky zhvillim duhet të e adresoj biznesin në ekonomin e shkallës dhe jo të rris shpenzimet. Metodat hulumtuese të përdorura për zhvillimin e hulumtimit janë metodat sekonda me të dhëna kuantitative për arsye se kemi cilësuar besueshmërinë e lartë të dhënave nga sektori bankar, jo se janë sektori me etikën me të lart por kanë shtatë shtresa ligjore që mbikëqyren në operacionet që i …

Eksporti Dhe Importi I Kosovës Me Vendet E Rajonit Si Dhe Ndikimi I Taksës, Blina Jashari

Theses and Dissertations

Zhvillimi ekonomik I një vendi varet nga shumë faktor, por një faktor kyç është eksporti në vendet e tjera. Eksporti nënkupton shitjen e mallrave dhe shërbimeve në vendet e tjera. Pra sa më shumë që një shtet ta ketë të zhvilluar eksportin aq më I zhvilluar dhe më i fuqishëm ekonomikisht do tëjetë ai vend. Kur tregu vendor nuk përmbush nevojat dhe kërkesat e konsumatorëve atëherë për të përmbushur këto nevoja duhet blerë produkta jashtë vendit pra të bëjmë import të mallrave. Edhe pse me emërtime shumë të ngjashme ekporti dhe importi janë pothuajse të kundërta sa më e zhvilluar …

Taking Flight – July 2019, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Message from the Dean
• Alumni Spotlight: Callie Gordon Cramer
• Georgia Southern in the Fastlane
• Georgia Southern's SHRM Student Chapter Receives National Award
• Better Fresh Farms and the Metter Incubator