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Perceptions Of The North American Free Trade Agreement And Mexican Migration: “What Is The Relationship Between Trade Liberalization And Labor Mobility?”, Colin Gonzalez

Political Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

In an effort to understand the effectiveness of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the author uses previous academic literature to assesses the success of the North American Free Trade Agreement’s primary and peripheral goals. To understand how North American citizens, perceive NAFTA and their future relationship with one another, the author uses survey data to analyze attitudes of American and Mexican citizens towards trade liberalization (NAFTA) and labor mobility. Regression analysis reveals that there is a positive relationship between labor mobility and trade liberalization for Mexican citizens but not for American citizens. This is a significant finding that contributes …

Distilling Managerial Insights And Lessons From Ai Projects At Singapore's Changi Airport (Part 2), Steve Lee, Steven M. Miller

Asian Management Insights

Since 2017, Changi Airport group (CAG) has initiated a host of pilot projects that use connective and intelligent technologies to enable its move towards digital transformation and SMART Airport Vision. This has resulted in a first wave of deployment of AI and Machine Learning-enabled applications across various functions that can better sense, analyse, predict, and interact with people.

Ndikimi I Online-Marketing Në Zhvillimin E Firmave Të Vogla Dhe Të Mesme, Arijeta Morina

Theses and Dissertations

Në këtë temë do të trajtoj çështjen e ndikimit të marketingut online apo siç është i njohur dhe ndryshe marketingu digjital në firmat e vogla dhe të mesme. Tendenca e të shpjeguarit të marketingut në sferë digjitale apo të kohës së tashme, pra të kohës së internetit si dhe krejt karakteristikat në vijat më të thjeshta të elementeve e përkufizojnë marketingun e konkretisht marketingun online si pjesë e pandashme e suksesit në biznes në kohët e sotme. Po ashtu rrjedhimisht do të trajtoj të metat dhe përparësitë e të bërit biznes në kontekstin e marketingut online. Do të isha jo …

Aplikimi I Marketingut Përmes Rrjeteve Sociale, Blerina Mehija

Theses and Dissertations

Rrjetet sociale janë njëra prej risive ose inovacioneve virtuale më të mëdha të periudhës aktuale në të cilën po jetojmë dhe atyre po ju referohemi si risi ose inovacione për shkak të lehtësive të mëdha që ato po ofrojnë, sidomos në aspektin e komunikimit duke tejkaluar në performancë dhe efikasitet të gjitha mjetet e nëparshme të komunikimit. Por, krahas komunikimit ndërmjet njerëzve, këto rrjete sociale kanë mundësuar komunikim shumë të lehtë dhe efikas edhe ndërmjet bizneseve dhe klientëve të tyre, gjë që ka nxitur shumicën e biznesve që një pjesë të marketingut të tyre ta fokusojnë në rrjetet sociale dhe …

Procedurat E Regjistrimit Dhe Obligimet Tatimore Të Bizneseve Në Kosovë, Blend Berisha

Theses and Dissertations

Shumë individë ndërmarrin hapat për të nisur ndonjë biznes, por janë të paktë ata që mbijetojnë luftën e egër dhe të pamëshirshme të tregut të lirë. Kosova ka nevojë më shumë se kurrë të ngrisë përkrahjen për hapje dhe inicim të bizneseve të reja të i josh të rinjtë inovator dhe sipërmarrës me shpirt ndërmarrësie që të hapin biznese të reja për të ofruar mundësin për punësim më të madh sidomos të të rinjve ku në Kosove ekziston një papunësi e madhe dhe vetëm sektori privat investimet e huaja dhe shpirti ndërmarrës mund te rrisin ekonomin dhe ofrojnë vende të …

Social Class And Perceptions Of Unethical Behavior In An Organizational Setting, Jake Grawe

Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this study was to explore whether social class of third-party adjudicators or perpetrators affected punitive decision-making in unethical workplace scenarios. It was hypothesized that third-party adjudicators would grant leniency towards lower-class perpetrators as well as towards perpetrators who shared their own social class. Results showed that there was no significant difference in the perception and assignment of punishment for different social class perpetrators, nor did the results show that leniency was granted to perpetrators who shared adjudicators’ social class. Although the study did not confirm the initial hypotheses, unexpected trends did arise within the study and are …

Ai Gets Real At Singapore's Changi Airport (Part 1), Steve Lee, Steven M. Miller

Asian Management Insights

Ranked as the best airport for seven consecutive years, Singapore’s Changi Airport is lauded the world over for the efficient, safe, pleasurable and seamless service it offers the millions of passengers that pass through its facilities annually. Much of Changi Airport’s success can be attributed to the organisation’s customer-oriented business focus and deeply embedded culture of service excellence, combined with a host of advanced technologies operating invisibly in the background. The framework for this technology enablement is Changi Airport Group’s (CAG’s) SMART Airport Vision—an enterprise-wide approach to connective technologies that leverages sensors, data fusion, data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI), …

Asian Luxury Retail Is Human, Stéphane J.G. Girod

Asian Management Insights

Digital giants such as Alibaba and Amazon, and online luxury specialists like Farfetch, Yoox and Net-a-Porter are thriving in Southeast Asia. Yet, even as online commerce sales is rising five times faster than the overall market, forecasters agree on one thing: online sales for luxury will flatten at around 25 percent of the total market by 2025.1Farfetch was bracing itself for this plateau when it clinched a partnership with Chanel in 2018. Their goal is to become the leading luxury retail operating system.

A Recipe For Success: Asia's F&B Franchising, Kek Sin Koh

Asian Management Insights

Asian food and beverage (F&B) brands are exploding in popularity all over the world. Since 1999, Asian fast food restaurants have grown by 500 percent globally, making it the single fastest-growing food category, outstripping the growth of the next four, i.e. Middle Eastern, Chicken, Pizza, and Latin.1 At the same time, there is a huge opportunity for F&B franchising in Asia Pacific—over the past decade, the sector has flourished with the entry and expansion of both international and Asian brands, and in 2016, the restaurant industry in this region was estimated to be worth some US$1.5 trillion.2 Going forward, there …

Against All Odds, William Heinecke

Asian Management Insights

William Heinecke, the founder and Chairman of Minor International, a Bangkok-based multinational company operating in hospitality, restaurants and lifestyle brands distribution, shares his journey as an American-born Thai businessman and serial entrepreneur.

Beyond The Buzzword, Ryal Wun

Asian Management Insights

According to Jen Boynton, vice president of member engagement at 3BL Media, “Corporate responsibility is simply a way for companies to take responsibility for the social and environmental impacts of their business operations.”1Looked at this way, corporate social responsibility (CSR) can, in effect, include a whole gamut of business practices and policies that make a business socially accountable—to itself, its stakeholders, and the public. These activities can range from philanthropy and environmental consciousness to ethical labour practices.

Family Togetherness, Navneet Bhatnagar

Asian Management Insights

Family-controlled businesses are the dominant form of business organisation across the world, and particularly so in many Asian countries. A major challenge that family businesses face is the lack of togetherness or cohesion among the members of the owner family, especially across generations. This often leads to confusion, differences and confl icts within the family and poses a serious threat to the sustained growth and long-term survival of the business. Lack of family togetherness also puts the founder’s legacy at risk. Breakups and splits in large business families have the potential to create macro-level disturbances, especially given their massive scale …

Managing Across Borders In Asia, Richard R. Smith, Suee Chieh Tan

Asian Management Insights

Across many countries in Asia, we are witnessing local leaders rise to the level of country leader or managing director in their home country. However, when it comes to taking on regional roles in global fi rms, many of these leaders are unable to work effectively across borders. In other words, there were some skills or factors that allowed them to be successful in one country, but were not transferable to others.

Responsible Leadership, Flocy Joseph

Asian Management Insights

An array of scandals has rocked the world in recent times, such as financial malpractices (Arthur Andersen, Lehman Brothers, the LIBOR scam), unethical practices (FIFA mismanagement), and environmental damages (Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Volkswagen emission controls). All of which the critics of capitalism are not unhappy to report and embellish in great detail. The competing goals of a quest for power, meeting ethical standards, maintaining profitability, securing dwindling resources, and adapting to global environmental change have created an increasingly complex business canvas for leaders to navigate. The acceleration of environmental and social challenges exert pressure on corporate leaders to …

Surecash: Promoting Financial Inclusion In Bangladesh, Aurobindo Ghosh, Lipika Bhattacharya

Asian Management Insights

The street scene of honking cycle rickshaws, jaywalking pedestrians and precariously tilting buses in crowded Dhaka was an easy distraction. It was December 2017 when Matteo Chiampo, an advisor to the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP),1 was writing an advisory report on the future growth strategy for SureCash, a mobile financial services (MFS) company in Bangladesh. Brainstorming for questions, and not answers, was something he had not tried before. Nevertheless, Chiampo tried to focus on the questions he had on his mind—questions that he believed would give novel and transformative insights on the way forward.

Innovation: Does Asia Need Newton Or Edison?, Rajendra K. Srivastava, Philip Zerrillo

Asian Management Insights

Ask who has contributed the most to innovation over the past five centuries and you might get very different answers. On one end, you would have to consider Sir Isaac Newton, who was one of the most influential scientists of our time. A philosopher, physicist and mathematician, Sir Newton was the leader of the scientific revolution, and his work at Cambridge University laid the groundwork for many of the world’s greatest inventions. And on the other end, you have Thomas Alva Edison, who attended school for a total of 12 weeks in his life. This self-taught inventor with nearly 1,100 …

Securing The Corporate Sustainability Advantage, Havovi Joshi

Asian Management Insights

The UN Global Compact is the largest sustainable business initiative in the world, with more than 70 local chapters that work with close to 10,000 companies, large and small, across the world. With 3,000 stakeholders, we are a true multi-stakeholder initiative. We were founded 19 years back by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, with a view to giving the organisation a human face. So Mr. Annan put forward Ten Principles relating to UN conventions—spanning human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. These principles constitute the foundation of what we think of as corporate sustainability, and all companies that join the UN …

Profit People And Planet, Havovi Joshi

Asian Management Insights

On behalf of the Editorial Board of Asian Management Insights, its authors and readers, I would like to thank our outgoing Editor-in-Chief, Dr Philip Zerrillo, who founded the magazine and invested signifi cant efforts to advance its profi le these past five years.

The Tenure Process: A Qualitative Content Analysis Of Tenure Standards And Application Processes At The Eight State Funded Universities In Mississippi, Claudia Parker

Honors Theses

The tenure application process is a very important period in any university faculty’s professional career and can be a very stressful event. The results of a faculty’s tenure application will determine whether they will have continued employment at their current university, if they will be required to take another probationary year, or if they will need to seek employment elsewhere. Due to how important this process is, any information associated with this process and the required documentation must be properly managed, easily accessible, and easy to understand. This qualitative analysis develops a list of best practices through a review of …

Analysis Of S&P 500 Sector Etfs, John Haire

Honors Theses

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are a diversified pool of assets that trade on an exchange and track an index. Tracking error is the difference between a portfolio's returns and the benchmark or index it was meant to mimic. Investors want the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to track the benchmark very closely or have the tracking error as low as possible. This paper looks at the tracking errors of different S&P sector ETFs by using the average absolute differences in monthly returns between the ETF and its benchmark index. The results indicate that the Technology and Real Estate sectors have the …

Involvement Of College Football Fans At The University Of Southern Mississippi, Cameron S. Kenney

Honors Theses

The modern college football market faces several challenges including the fact that game day attendance numbers have continued to drop for the past few years and show no signs of slowing down. Understanding the psychological involvement of sports fans could play a major role in improving attendance numbers and providing consumers with a greater experience during football games. The primary goal of this research was to determine predictors of sports involvement among Southern Miss football fans. Another goal was to determine which facets of involvement predicted return intentions. With those who had attended a home Southern Miss football game in …

J Mich Dent Assoc May 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 features an interview with Dr. Margaret Gingrich, MDA president, the MDA's partnership with TDSC, The Dentists Supply Company, and more on our 100th anniversary celebration.

The Investment Potential Of Modern Hip Hop Artists, Kyle Garuccio

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Popular modern hip-hop artists are often seen flaunting custom jewelry, pricey cars, expensive personal collections, and other highly-depreciative luxury items. The influence of hip hop culture on the spending habits of its members is responsible for these traditional portrayals. Members of the hip hop community feel the need to mold to the norms established by its history and momentous idols. If those who identify themselves as members of the hip hop community invested their money in the financial markets and instruments, they may have the opportunity to grow their income at a much larger rate. I propose possible market investment …

Help Wanted: Inside The Role Of A Community Development Lending Policy Editor, Robert Spichiger

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Students receiving professional degrees are often less motivated than their peers to graduate from the Renée Crown University Honors Program at Syracuse University. One possible explanation for this is that these students are discouraged by the requirement of writing an academic thesis. To remedy this issue and motivate more students from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management to graduate from the Honors Program, this project aims to serve as an example to future business students of one possible way to structure a professional thesis.

This paper is a critical reflection of the skills one develops while working at a …

Communicating For Project Management Success: Pro-Tips From Accidental Project Managers, Annie Bélanger, Preethi Gorecki, Jesus Espinoza

Presentations

Library professionals are often asked to lead projects; yet, few are given the training to proceed with confidence. This session will address major aspects of a successful project communication and management: understanding how to propose projects; skills and tools to initiate, plan, and manage projects efficiently and effectively; and knowing how to wrangle the tasks that make up projects. We will also cover how to communicate and lead through influence within a project team setting.

Taking Flight – May 2019, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Message From the Dean
• Alumni Spotlight -- Brittany Haught
• Alumni Recognized for Local Community Service
• Georgia Southern MBA to Host Open House Events in Savannah
• College Celebrates Its Graduates
• Hospitality Students Experience Industry Through Hands-on Involvement
• Parker College of Business Logistics Department Moves up in World Ranking
• Management Faculty Debuts on "Bananas Unpeeled," Shares Team Research Results
• Parker College of Business Logistics Students Win at Annual IANA Competition
• Logistics Students Present Research; Ph.D. Student Recognized
• Eight Honors Students Present Research to University

Evaluation Of Herd Size Management Strategies, Colson A. Tester

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is comprised of two studies examining the effects of price signal based herd size management strategies on profitability of cow-calf operations. Herd size management strategies were evaluated across the previous two cattle cycles, 1990-2014, using a fixed land resource and included a variety of production scenarios. These scenarios varied in terms of stocking rates, fertilizer applications rates, and calving season. Each scenario was also analyzed both with and without weather effects on forage production. Weather effects were simulated using a production index derived from satellite imagery across the observed 25-year period. Three herd size management strategies: i) constant …

Producer Preferences For Alternative Irrigation Practices In The Arkansas Delta, Robert Edward Rosene

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

We use a bivariate sample selection model to address peer network effects on participation in and/or intensity of use of land being irrigated by alternative irrigation practices in the state of Arkansas. As groundwater in the state becomes more limited, the use of scientific scheduling, flowmeters, and more efficient row crop water application systems will allow producers to better manage water resources. We find relatively large, positive relationships between belonging to a peer network of the same irrigation practice and participation in that practice. Intensity of use of alternative irrigation techniques is mostly influenced by which crop type the practice …

An Examination Of The Perception, Role And Impact Of Student-Led Clubs And Organizations On Student Development, Engagement And Success: A Small-Sample Study Of Extreme Users And Extreme Non-Users Using Service Innovation Methods, Bailey Coppedge

Honors Theses

The purpose of this study was, first, to research what involvement in student-led clubs and organizations (SLCOs) contributes to student development, engagement, and success. Second, to understand the perceptions that students at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga have about SLCOs and their impact on the students’ development, engagement, and success. I posed three research questions: 1) What is the perception of SLCOs from the perspective of both uninvolved students and extremely involved students? 2) What drives students to become engaged in SLCOs? 3) What impact does involvement in SLCOs have on students’ development and success? My goal in conducting this research …

A Proposal And Potential Use-Case For The Transition From Gig City To Smart City, Andrew Cox

Honors Theses

Over the past decade, smart city concepts have been gaining attention from scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in both developed and developing nations. A recent proliferation of publications has involved a multitude of disciplines, but have focused almost entirely on the potential for smart cities to change the way cities are managed, operated, and planned. However, there has been little published on the tangible benefits of a specific smart city initiative, nor many use-case studies following smart city initiatives. This paper aims to propose a transition from Gig City to smart city via technological advancement in the form of ICT to …