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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

Do Accounting Firm Consulting Revenues Affect Audit Quality? Evidence From The Pre- And Post-Sox Eras, Ling Lei Lisic, Linda A. Myers, Robert Pawlewicz, Timothy A. Seidel

Accountancy Faculty Publications

In recent years, public accounting firms have experienced a steady increase in the proportion of their revenues generated from consulting services. Although growth in consulting revenue following the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act (SOX) has been generated primarily from services provided to nonaudit clients, regulators have expressed concerns about the potential implications of this increase for audit quality. In contrast, accounting firms assert that the expertise developed by their consulting professionals helps them to provide better quality audits. We examine the relation between the proportion of accounting firm consulting revenue to total revenue and audit quality and investor perceptions of audit quality. Because …

Human Capital Resource Development In Teams: Antecedents, Consequences, And Scale Development Of Human Capital Resources, Jieun Park

Theses and Dissertations

Although a large body of human capital research supports the critical role of human capital resource (HCR) in unit performance, very little research has paid attention to how to measure HCR, where HCR originates, and how HCR influences team performance. Given the lack of a measure that reflects the unique characteristics of HCR (e.g., transformation of individual KSAOs through emergence processes), I develop and validate a new comprehensive HCR scale. I test a 14-item scale with a sample of 97 undergraduate students in 24 teams. Results show this scale is internally consistent, reliable, and valid. In addition, drawing on human …

Mapping Consumer Cognition And Emotions: A Neuroscientific Approach, Dongjun Rew

Theses and Dissertations

Although the rival theories for consumer decision making process, cognitive perspective and experiential perspective, have successfully contributed to the marketing discipline, there is an alternative point of view that cognition and emotions work together for a decision or even a behavior. However, the methodological limitation has been a big hurdle that interrupts insightfulness and fruitfulness of marketing research, especially in consumer research. This study thus aims to develop a brain map and functional connectivity of consumer decision making and emotions to show physiological and neurological evidence that emotional behaviors and cognitive behaviors are associated when consumers decide a behavior by …

Consumers And Augmented Reality In Shopping And Services: Drivers And Consequences, Atieh Poushneh

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation investigated the effect of augmented reality on user experience and also the mediation effect of user experience in the relationship between augmented reality and the outcome variables including user satisfaction and user’s willingness to buy/user’s willingness to use augmented reality. Three studies were conducted in three different contexts, including buying consumer products, entertainment services and vehicle service use. The results indicate that augmented reality significantly and positively influence user experience, and user experience fully mediates the impact of augmented reality on user satisfaction and user’s willingness to buy/ user’s willingness to use augmented reality. Further, the results showed …

The Importance Of Leadership Motivational Activities In Encouraging International Students To Return To Their Tier 1 Universities, Eric Hall

Dissertations

Abstract

The problem is international students are not returning to their undergraduate Tier 1 institutions during a period when quality student enrollment is essential, and there is scant research on academic advising strategies that can be used to combat international student attrition at these universities (O’Keefe, 2013). Studies have often lumped all international students together and made efforts to attract more international students, but the reasons why international students chose research universities, and returned, were not being investigated in this manner (Hegarty, 2014).

The purpose of this proposed study was to gain an understanding of the decision-making and reasoning processes …

Researching Digital Life Together, David I. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

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Researching Digital Life Together, David I. Smith

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

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2019-July-01-Quillen College Of Medicine 1 Of Only 9 To Offer New Mission Act Scholarship, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Success Factors Impacting Artificial Intelligence Adoption --- Perspective From The Telecom Industry In China, Hong Chen

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

As the core driving force of the new round of informatization development and the industrial revolution, the disruptive achievements of artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly and comprehensively infiltrating into various fields of human activities. Although technologies and applications of AI have been widely studied, and factors that affect AI adoption are identified in existing literature, the impact of success factors on AI adoption remains unknown. Accordingly, the main study of this paper proposes a framework to explore the effects of success factors on AI adoption by integrating the technology, organization, and environment (TOE) framework and diffusion of innovation (DOI) theory. …

Depository And Lending Institutions: Banks And Savings Institutions, Credit Unions, Finance Companies And Mortgage Companies, July 1, 2019; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Aicpa Professional Standards As Of July 1, 2019, Volume 1: U.S. Auditing Standards-Aicpa (Clarified), U.S. Attestation Standards -- Aicpa (Clarified), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

AICPA Professional Standards

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Aicpa Professional Standards As Of July 1, 2019, Volume 2: Statements Of Position — Auditing And Attestation, Statement Of Position — Accounting, Accounting And Review Services, Accounting And Review Services (Clarified), Code Of Professional Conduct, Bylaws, Valuation Services, Consulting Services, Quality Control, Peer Review, Tax Services, Personal Financial Planning, Continuing Professional Education, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

AICPA Professional Standards

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Investment Companies, July 1, 2019; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Investigating Managerial Priority Of Environmental Inputs And Outputs In Public Assembly Venues, Walker Ross

Theses and Dissertations

This study was focused on understanding how managers of public assembly venues prioritize the various manager-perceived environmental inputs and outputs of the operation of their building when making decisions on environmental sustainability. Such research is necessary as there was little to no understanding of the operational impacts of sport on the natural environment. A survey of managers of public assembly venues that utilized the best-worst scaling method of experimental design and analysis was utilized to gather data that appropriately addressed the research question posed by this study. Findings suggest that managers prioritize the environmental inputs and outputs of their buildings …

Three Essays In Firm Financing Decision, Gerard Savio Pinto

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is composed of three essays on financing decisions by firms. The first essay examines the cost of borrowing in the syndicated loan market for recent IPO firms. We find evidence of informational rent extraction by IPO underwriters that lend to firms after going public. The (informed) lender affiliated to the IPO underwriter on average earns a 5% higher abnormal payoff (interest) than an unaffiliated lender. When these loans commence trading on the secondary market, loans originated by affiliated lenders increase by 97 bps more than loans originated by unaffiliated lenders. Thus, the primary and secondary market evidence supports …

Multiple Concurrent Framing Effects: Evidence From A Risky Tax Decision, Ethan Gregory Lamothe

Theses and Dissertations

Prior research finds an individual’s end of year tax position is framed by expectations (e.g., prior year tax position) and withholding position (i.e., refund vs additional taxes due), and suggests individuals concurrently maintain and are influenced by multiple reference points. In this study, I examine a theoretical explanation for how multiple reference points can influence an individual’s decisions even though the shape of the prospect theory value function is based on a single reference point. Specifically, I predict expectations influence decisions through a risky choice framing effect which is caused by diminishing sensitivity in the prospect theory value function while …

Intelligent Software Tools For Recruiting, Swatee B. Kulkarni, Xiangdong Che

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

In this paper, we outline how recruiting and talent acquisition gained importance within HRM field, then give a brief introduction to the newest tools used by the professionals for recruiting and lastly, describe the Artificial Intelligence-based tools that have started playing an increasingly important role. We also provide further research suggestions for using artificial intelligence-based tools to make recruiting more efficient and cost-effective.

Determinants Of Cloud Computing Intentions To Use: Role Of Firm’S Size, Managerial Structure And Industrial Sector, Shailja Tripathi

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Currently many companies are adopting cloud computing to accomplish their diverse purposes and to create an elastic and responsive environment that can rapidly respond to new business requirements. This paper attempts to investigate the factors influencing cloud computing adoption from the managerial perspective with inclusion of size of firm, organizational structure and type of industry as control variables. The model is developed with various technological, economic and cognitive factors that affect the behavioral intention to use cloud computing using technology acceptance model (TAM).Questionnaires were randomly distributed to around 1000 senior managers of various firms in India. Hierarchical multiple regression (HMR) …

Table Of Contents Jitim Vol 28 Issue 2, 2019

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Table of Contents JITIM 2, 2019

New Perspectives On M&A Research, Zhefei Li

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Corporate acquisition is among the most important strategic tools wielded by managers to achieve competitive advantage. Acquisition may create strategic values for the acquirer by gaining market power through industry consolidation, diversifying into rapidly growing industries, entering into emerging markets, and most importantly by combining unique valuable resources from acquirer and target. Despite the many appealing aspects of the motive for acquisition, however, meta-analytical studies suggest that though highly beneficial for the target firm’s shareholders, acquisition on average destroys acquirer shareholder values. to understand the determinants of acquisition performance success, it becomes imperative to study the antecedents as well as …

Family As A Source Of Inequality Reproduction In Organizations: The Role Of Family Impact On Work In Explaining The Class Ceiling, Pooja Mishra

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Being born into a poorer family is associated with lower socioeconomic attainment even when people are provided with identical educational and job opportunities, a pattern known as the “class ceiling.” The class ceiling is generated within organizations, but specific reasons causing this effect are not well understood. I propose that one important explanation why employees from poorer families do not fare as well as their more fortunate co-workers concerns differences in families themselves. I integrate research from sociology and psychology explaining challenges faced by families with scarce resources with organizational research on specific pathways through which families can interfere with …

Role Of Financial, Human And Social Capital In Survival Of Start-Ups, Tiong Kiat Wong

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

In new business ventures, growth in itself is often not the main intention in the beginning, but rather a mean to ensure survivability first, follow by sustainability and secure profitability. Not all small businesses survived over time and are always confronted with the liability of newness and contending externalities such as fierce competition and internal limitations like resources to survive. Only about half of newly founded start-ups survived after 5 years.

The presence or absence of resources and the critical role it plays on the effect of venture’s survival, provides substantive advancement in understanding of organisational theory and management practice …

J Mich Dent Assoc July 2019

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Every month, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association brings news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA’s 6,200+ members across the state. No publication reaches more Michigan dentists! This month's issue presents the 2019 MDA Award winners, outgoing MDA president Dr. Deb Peters' presidential address, and the 2019 MDA Annual Session in words and photos.

A Comparative Analysis Of Teacher Self-Efficacy Score Of Online Business Faculty Based On Educational Background, Michaelia Renee Black

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study examined the faculty efficacy of online business faculty of adult students. It compared the differences in efficacy of business faculty who are trained in teaching, with some sort of educational degree, and faculty who are only credentialed in their discipline. The study also considered the effects on faculty efficacy that teaching experience plays. The research question asked: Is there a difference between the teacher efficacy scores of online business faculty members who have a teaching degree and those who do not have a teaching degree? The setting for the study was an online business program designed for adult …

Effect Of Cultural Differences On Budgetary Slack, Shawn L. Robey

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Budgeting enables the firm to allocate resources among subunits (Braun & Tietz, 2018). Gallani, Krishman, Marinich, and Shields (2018) noted that providing employees an opportunity to misreport private information is a disadvantage of employee participation in the budgeting process. Research suggests that perceptions of unfairness can result in increased misreporting by subordinates (Fisher, Peffer, Sprinkle, & Williamson, 2015). Individuals value fairness and equity in resource allocation settings (Drake, Matuszewski, & Miller, 2014). Ethics Position Theory (EPT) suggests that people’s reactions in morally toned situations can be traced to variations in their intuitive, personal moral philosophies. According to Forsyth, O'Boyle, and …

2019 July, Morehead State University. Office Of Communications & Marketing.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for July of 2019.

2019-07-01 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for July 1, 2019.