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Urban Parcel Logistics Hub And Network Design: The Impact Of Modularity And Hyperconnectivity, Benoit Montreuil, Shannon Buckley, Louis Faugere, Reem Khir, Shahab Derhami

15th IMHRC Proceedings (Savannah, Georgia. USA – 2018)

This paper examines how exploiting the hyperconnectivity and modularity concepts underpinning the Physical Internet enables the parcel logistics industry to meet the worldwide challenges to efficiently and sustainably offer faster and more precise deliveries across urban agglomerations, notably across the world’s megacities. It emphasizes disruptive transformations of package logistics hubs and networks, such as multi-tier world pixelization, multi-plane parcel logistics web, smart dynamic parcel routing and hub-based consolidation, and modular parcel containerization.

Dynamic Batching For Order Picking In Warehouses, Jelmer Pier Van Der Gaast, Bolor Jargalsaikhan, Kees Jan Roodbergen

15th IMHRC Proceedings (Savannah, Georgia. USA – 2018)

Dynamic batch picking is characterized by combining product demand from multiple customer orders into one pick tour where new orders are continuously received. Using modern order-picking aids, updated picking instructions can be included in the current pick tours which allows pickers to be re-routed to pick for new orders even when they already started a pick tour. We develop a mathematical model for dynamic batch picking that minimizes the order throughput time of incoming customer orders. In case of new order arrivals, we can quickly re-optimize the model and determine new updated pick tours. This allows for short order throughput …

The Impact Of College Internships On The Development Of Tacit Managerial Knowledge And Career Confidence, Kaitlyn Sawin

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Despite the large number of students completing an internship, research examining the impact of those internships on students is fairly limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential impact that internships have on students, particularly in the areas of crystallization of vocational self-concept and the development of tacit managerial knowledge. Additionally, the impact of internships on career confidence and academic behaviors – in terms of class attendance and hours spent studying – was examined. A survey was developed and administered to business students who had completed zero, one, or two internships. It was hypothesized that students who …

Advertising Appeals And Willingness To Pay For A Music Streaming Service, Katharine Baird

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Even with the rise of music streaming services, illegal downloads are costing the music industry $2.7 billion per year. The purpose of this study is to determine what types of advertising appeals will be most effective at enhancing the willingness to pay for a streaming service, thereby decreasing music piracy. This study examined college students’ willingness to pay for, willingness to recommend, interest in, and affective reaction to a music service after being exposed to a digital advertisement that employed either a rational, fear, or guilt appeal for a fictitious music streaming service. It was expected that music involvement, or …

Technological Innovation: A Case Study Of Mobile Internet Information Technology Applications In Community Management, Wan Su, Xiaobo Xu, Yangchun Li, Francisco J. Martinez-Lopez, Ling Li

Information Technology & Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

The Mobile Internet Information Technology MIIT has been widely accepted as one of the most promising technologies in the next decades, having various applications and different value positions. However, few published studies explore and examine the effects of MIIT on community management. Based on the Dramaturgical Theory, this article uses a case study method to get an insightful understanding of MIIT. This article found that the MIIT was used by grid organizations to realize technological innovation and change organizational routines and structures, but eventually it was shaped by them, so this new technology was only able to embed itself into …

Iact Undergraduate Certificate In Applied Creativity (Year 1 - 2018), Brian Laduca

IACT Certificate Program

At the Institute of Applied Creativity for Transformation (IACT) at ArtStreet, we seek to empower a creatively confident 21st-century student with the ability to discover, invent and innovate ambiguous ideas through a disruptive design process that will impact today’s ever-changing global world regardless of degree focus.

IACT is home to the nation’s first undergraduate certificate in Applied Creativity for Transformation. Open to undergraduate students of any major, the certificate is a first step in achieving the University of Dayton’s vision of innovation, applied creativity, entrepreneurship and community engagement for the common good.

Technological Mediated Applications At Sacred Heritages: Usefulness And Challenges- A Managerial Perspective, Vreny Enongene

Conference papers

The rapid development of technologies introduces smartness to all organisations and communities (Buhalis, & Amaranggana, 2014. P. 553), for which sacred heritages are no exception, as evident in their increasing use of technological mediated applications towards enhancing the visitors experience and data generation. This development in the use of technological applications, has in part been triggered by the identified changing needs and expectations of contemporary sacred site visitors, as well as their importance and role in changing the nature of the consumers expectations and the nature of the visitor’s experience.

Thus, applying these smart tourism concept in addressing the changing …

A Proposed Framework For Measuring The Effectiveness Of Social Media: A Study Of Irish Tourism, Colm Barcoe

Practitioner Journals

Over the past five years, visitations of American holidaymakers to Ireland have grown exponentially owing to the online strategies of Tourism Ireland, a Destination Marketer (DMO) with a meagre budget which is extended by their understanding of best practices to maximise their monetary allowance. This suggested framework incorporates a range of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as financial, marketing and operational that offer a scale of measurement from which the Irish DMO can monitor the success of each promotional campaign when targeting the US and Canada. These are presented not as final solutions but rather as suggestions based on empirical …

The Changing Identity Of Fast Food; A Plant Based Solution, Maggie Niemann

Whittier Scholars Program

The purpose of this study is to create a business plan to assess the feasibility of creating a vegan fast food chain which provides quality food, a low environmental footprint, and social responsibility. To determine this feasibility, my objectives are to look at the market and trends of veganism and fast food, the workability and environmental impact of sourcing food locally, and the social impact a restaurant like this could have. Within my business plan and research, my main product objectives are to offer healthy and satisfying menu options while displaying a less commercial but still appealing marketing strategy. My …

Marketing Leadership In A Knowledge Economy, Myles Bassell, Sonia Lambert

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Often the most valuable assets of a marketing driven firm are intangible assets such as a brand name, intellectual capital, and the expertise and knowledge of employees. The new breed of marketing leaders understand that it is important for employees to collaborate and be engaged and that leaders must be agents of change, creative, ethical, and global thinkers who can create learning organizations. The research reveals that organizations that are going to thrive in the knowledge economy are those that have marketing leaders who can build learning organizations, encourage diversity, and ensure employees are engaged in meaningful work.

A Theoretical Framework Of Sports Team’S Well-Being: An Integrative Perspective Of Emotional Intelligence And Equivocality On Trust And Happiness, Drew Sannes, Wooyang Kim

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Abstract – The purpose of this study is to develop and provide an integrative conceptual model of sports teams’ well-being to achieve a win-win situation of happiness for all stakeholders of sports teams, grounded in role theory and commitment-trust theory. We first conceptualized the well-being as an ultimate consequence by exploring sub-dimensions of happiness and provide relevant propositions linking with the respective antecedents. Second, we explored the effect of antecedents of sports team’s well-being in the spectrum of the anchor between positive and negative sides on the resultant outcomes – i.e., trust and happiness. Third, we examined the role of …

The Inherently Flawed Relationship Between Physicians And Pharmaceutical Companies’ Gifts: Tanstaafl*, David P. Paul Iii

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Pharmaceutical companies frequently give practicing physicians and physicians-in-training an assortment of free “gifts,” ranging from pens to stethoscopes to continuing medical education. In an ideal world, these gifts would not compromise, or even seem to compromise, physicians’ decision-making. Unfortunately, as we live in a non-perfect world, this paper examines how physicians have been shown to perceive such gifts, the pharmaceutical companies’ position regarding these gifts, what the theory of gift-giving and gift-receiving tells us about this behavior, and what the future may hold as healthcare becomes more transparent.

Generation Solutions Of Lynchburg (B), Francis Record Whitehouse Jr. 5448264

Atlantic Marketing Journal

This case was developed to support classroom discussion of a market choice problem. Students are asked to make a recommendation on the market areas that a small entrepreneurial organization should enter next. Tabular data is provided to support demand estimation for selected geographic areas.

How State-Level Affirmative Action Bans Affect Underrepresented Students’ Opportunities And Outcomes, Jackie Sullivan

Research on Capitol Hill

This study replicates a study by Peter Hinrichs; which found affirmative action bans negatively affect within institution graduation rates for minorities and the fraction of minorities who graduate from selective institutions. Since then, five more states have implemented affirmative action bans. (Figure 1)

Although the effects of affirmative action bans are not clear, research suggests underrepresented minority students (black, Hispanic, and Native American) experience:

• Lower graduation rates overall
• Lower graduation rates from quantitative-intense degrees
• A higher likelihood of being first generation college student

Research supports the economic value of higher education for students, colleges, and society, and its ability to …

Big Data And The Commoditization Of Analytics: Engaging First-Year Business Students With Analytics, Amir Hassan Zadeh, Shu Schiller, Kevin Duffy, Jonathan Williams

Management Information Systems Faculty Publications

The age of data analytics requires "data scientists” across a wide range of business disciplines with deep knowledge of how to manage and analyze vast amounts of data to support decision-making. As a result, new analytical tools are being taught in the Management Information Systems (MIS) or business analytics (BA) programs to foster students’ development of this critical competency. Three waves of analytics tools are considered froman experiential perspective including how to introduce analytics to first-year business students using an advanced data analytics software package with multiple techniques and data flow interface. SAS Enterprise Miner is used to teach technical …

Competencies And Strategies Utilized By Higher Education Leaders During Planned Change, Dawn Aziz

Wayne State University Dissertations

In a mixed methods study designed to explore the competencies and strategies utilized by self-described successful leaders of public, four-year U. S. institutions, this study confirmed that there was little difference among academic and non-academic leaders in their approach to successful change beyond that found in terms of non-academic preference for resilience and an academic preference for personal learning. Both leaders (N=47) showed high agreement for the nine proposed competencies, five of which were statistically higher in perceived importance (personal learning, resilience, emotional engagement/creating a safe space, networking/coalition building, and project management). Adapting Bolman and Deal’s four frames (2013) as …

Perspectives On Sabbaticals And Job Satisfaction In Nonprofit Organizations, Beth Anne Spacht

School of Professional and Continuing Studies Nonprofit Studies Capstone Projects

For mission-driven organizations with limited resources to invest in employee salary and development, retaining top talent is a critical challenge. The monetary toll of turnover is particularly harmful to small organizations, which make up 66.3 percent of the nonprofit sector. To keep staff satisfied and incentivized to stay, nonprofits need to innovate creative new strategies to retain employees. The nonprofit sabbatical, a period of rest and renewal given to reward years of service, is one possible solution to reduce burnout and reward longevity. This exploratory study investigated the benefits and challenges of nonprofit sabbaticals in relation to theories of job …

Voice Over Internet Protocol (Voip) Best Service Provider Decision Making With Using Hierarchical Decision Model (Hdm), Fayez Alsoubaie

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

Most technical researchers expect VoIP will lead the future communications. VoIP services are offered by a wide range of providers based on the customer’s intended business or corporate need. It is thus plausible for any entity to do a well detailed research on selecting best VoIP provider that would maximize the efficiency of their work. In a hierarchical structure of a given organization the choice of VoIP is determined by the number of users through the different protocols, number of devices that are required to attain a complete network, the most lucrative choice will also be based on multi criteria …

Bossy, Abrasive And A Bit Too Aggressive : The Unique Double Bind Of Agentic Women In The Workplace, Lindsay Ciancetta

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Women who violate the female gender role norm of communality by acting agentically have been found to experience social repercussions, such as decreased likability (Eagly & Wood, 2012). This phenomenon has been defined as the backlash effect (Rudman, 1998). The current work draws upon this idea and expands the area to a qualitative criterion, specifically written performance appraisals, and explores the relationship between the backlash effect and individual outcomes of perceived supervisor support, affective organizational commitment and turnover intentions. The results of a mixed qualitative and quantitative analysis of a sample of 400 written performance evaluations from two organizations provide …

The Impact Of Ceo And Board Hr Expertise: Results Of The 2018 Hr@Moore Chro Survey, Patrick M. Wright, Frank I. Mullins, Donald J. Schepker, Anthony J. Nyberg, Spenser Essman

Reports

As aspects of a firm’s human capital, such as talent, executive compensation, executive succession, and culture, become more prominent on the radar screens of Boards of Directors (BODs), the role of the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) has grown in importance. Correspondingly, in recent years boards have been increasing the number of CHROs who serve as directors to ensure that at least one human capital expert is part of the board mix. This report attempts to determine the extent to which some HR expertise exists with either the CEO or the board, and if so, the extent to which it …

The Chief Human Resource Officer: Exploring The Counselor, Confidante, And Coach Role, Patrick M. Wright, Anthony J. Nyberg, Donald J. Schepker, Spenser Essman

Reports

The 2018 HR@Moore Survey of Chief HR Officers again tracked how CHROs spend their time in seven roles identified when the survey was first developed. The results indicate minor changes, with CHROs spending more time with boards of directors and slightly less time as counselor/confidante/coach. In terms of the Chief Executive Officer’s agenda for HR, talent still tops the list by a significant margin. However, for the first time in the survey’s history, culture has risen to the second most popular agenda items, indicating a qualitative change in the requirements of CHROs. While quantitative data suggests that executive leadership team …

B.S. In The Boardroom: Benevolent Sexism And Board Chair Orientations, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

• Dynamics of the board chair—CEO relationship differ when the newly appointed CEO is female as opposed to male • Board chairs are more likely to develop a collaborative relationship with female CEOs than with male CEOs • As female representation on the board increases, board chairs are less likely to develop a collaborative relationship with newly appointed female CEOs

Board Committee Overlap And Ceo Compensation, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

Overlaps between compensation and audit committee directors lead to lower total CEO compensation and a higher percentage CEO compensation comprised of base salary. • When new overlaps are created, CEO compensation is lower and base salary is higher as a percentage of compensation. • Committee overlap effects on compensation are greater for companies with more conservative accounting practices.

Ceo Succession's Effects On Performance And Strategy, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

CEO succession is positively related to changes in organizational strategy and negatively related to short-term company performance. • Inside CEOs initiate fewer strategic changes and exhibit better long-term performance than outside hires. • Whether a succession was planned or forced did not affect subsequent strategic change or better performance.

Cfos Mimicking The Ceo, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

CFOs who match the CEO’s speech pattern receive higher compensation and are more likely to earn a board seat. • Behavioral mimicry enhances the CFO’s position more when the CEO has greater power within the company. • • Mimicry by the CFO leads to more acquisitions which are a) greater in value, b) paid for with more stock, c) received more poorly by investors, and d) less value creating.

How Male Predecessors Affect The Success Of Female Ceos, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

Success for female CEOs is influenced by prior CEO behaviors who are almost exclusively male CEOs. • Firm success is greater when predecessors cede more control to female CEOs and this is more important for incoming female CEOs than incoming male CEOs. • Firm success is greater for incoming female CEOs when predecessor CEOs provide mentoring and post succession partnering.

Human Capital Matters, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

Both firm-specific and general training may provide financial returns for firms • Recognition for training investments improves firm performance • Investments in R&D, physical capital, and advertising efforts enhance financial returns tied to training investments

Investor Reactions To Ceo Retirement Announcements, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

CEO retirement announcements create considerable uncertainty regarding company future and yield a negative investor response, on average, of 41 basis points. • The use of uncertainty reducing language positively influences investor responses to CEO retirement announcements. • Positive language in CEO announcements also evoke a more positive investor response to retirement announcements.

Manager Political Beliefs And Gender Inequality, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

More liberal law partners (based on political donation rates) select a higher percentage of female associates. • Associates with more liberal supervising partners have greater gender parity in promotion rates. • Political ideology of male law partners appears to be more influential in affecting gender hiring and promotion differences than it does for female partners.

Peer Ceo Characteristics And Organizational Imitation, Center For Executive Succession

Research Briefs

Companies are likely to imitate the strategic behaviors of peers with charismatic CEOs, but less likely to imitate peers with narcissistic CEOs. • The imitation of charismatic CEOs is even more likely in industries which are highly dynamic in nature. • Experience in an industry domain dampens the imitative behavior of companies whose peers employ charismatic or narcissistic CEOs.