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Exposed And Under Pressure: Why Mid-Level Leaders Aren’T Prepared For Challenges, Saumya Sindhwani, Jerry Connor, Howard Thomas

Asian Management Insights

Why mid-level leaders aren’t prepared for today’s challenges.

From Rags To Riches: Following The East Asian Blueprint By Governments And Firms, Shantanu Bhattacharya

Asian Management Insights

What governments and firms should know before following the East Asian blueprint.

A Case Study On Inventory Costing Methods, Natalie Hunton

Honors Theses

Firms use costing methods to determine the price of a product and to analyze the efficiency of resource consumption. These methods often comply with the external financial reporting rules set forth by the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), which require all manufacturing costs, including overhead, to be assigned to goods in inventory for costing purposes. However, firms can internally use alternative costing methods that do not comply with GAAP. The purpose of this case study is to understand and evaluate the costing method currently employed by a company in the Dayton, OH area1, and identify the most beneficial costing …

2017-November-Rock The Ball Art And Design Open House.Pdf, College Of Arts And Sciences, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Rock the Ball – Art and Design Open House
Where – Ball Hall, ETSU's main campus
When – November 9th from 5-7pm
What – This is our art ball, and we will be art covering almost every wall in our four-story Art and Design building located on ETSU's main campus. Also, there will be food, music, performances, and site-specific installations – all on display for our broader community.

2017-November-The Fl3tch3r Exhibit Currently On Display At Reece Museum.Pdf, College Of Arts And Sciences, East Tennessee State University, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Established in memory of Barbara and Wayne Dyer’s son, Fletcher, a BFA senior at ETSU who passed away in 2009 in a motorcycle accident, the FL3TCH3R international juried exhibit focuses on work with strong social and/or political content. In addition to providing an opportunity for socially relevant expression, the FL3TCH3R Exhibit supports the annual Fletcher H. Dyer Memorial Scholarship for an ETSU Art & Design student. Entries for the 2017 FL3TCH3R Exhibit were selected by illustrator/painter Anita Kunz, a visual artist whose work has made her one of The National Post’s 50 most influential women in Canada and whose …

Notes From The Dean: Building Relationships, Serving Our Students

Business Exchange

Interim Dean Misty Johanson says that her priorities for 2017-18 are to building relationships and to ensure that the Driehaus College of Business' programs and people serve students well. Components of accomplishing those objectives include fundraising and friend-raising, more STEM-designated master's programs and a new master's degree in data analytics.

Alumnus Profile: Double Demon Leads Business Simulation Company

Business Exchange

Reda Chafi and business alumnus with an MBA talks about Capsim Management Solutions Inc., a Chicago-based company that delivers online business simulations and learning environments for academic and corporate clients.

College News: First Business Alumni Reunion Held In China; Kellstadt Enhances Program Offerings; Coleman Entrepreneurship Center Forges New Alliance

Business Exchange

Chinese alumni meet in Shanghai for first-ever business alumni reunion; MBA program developments; STEM-designated master's degree options; renaming of Master of Accountancy to Master of Science in Audit and Advisory Services; partnership between Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and several other DePaul colleges and schools to create a DePaul mewmbers at 2112, a Chicago-based incubator for music, video and creative tecnology startups.

Millennials And The Experience-Driven Economy

Business Exchange

Millennials expect brands to create authentic, customer-centric experiences for them, no matter whether they are looking for a place to live, eat, visit or shop. This article looks at how businesses are mining data and creating marketing plans and experiences to appeal to this younger demographic.

Faculty Focus: Mark Frigo Named Ezerski Chair

Business Exchange

Accountancy Professor Mark L. Frigo has been named Ezerski Endowed Chair in the School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems, which recognizes accountancy faculty excellence. Prior to joining DePaul, Frigo led a successful career in corporate financial analysis and management consulting at KMPG, among other accomplishments.

Connections: Internships Pave A Path To Success

Business Exchange

Two DePaul business alumni discuss how they used DePaul's Kellstadt Career Management Center and the DePaul Career Center when they were still in school to obtain internships that led to full-time employment.

Giving Back: A Legacy Of Gratitude

Business Exchange

Jim Ryan, an 1987 MBA graduate and president of DePaul's Board of Trustees, established with his wife the James T. and Michelle A. Ryan Family Scholarship to fund tuition and expenses for graduates of the Chicago Jesuit Academy to provide access to a high-quality education to people who might otherwise not have it.

Examining The Paradox Of Part-Time Employees Working Overtime, Hsin Ning Yong, Jochen Reb

Asian Management Insights

Examining the paradox of part-time employees working overtime. Many studies have revealed that employees on part-time work arrangements are voluntarily working either longer hours or more intensively than what they had contracted for. So why do part-time employees work overtime? And why is it important for organisations to understand the rationale for such behaviour? Despite the increasing relevance of part-time employment, there is little research on how to structure the work, engage, develop or retain part-time employees. For organisations to effectively manage these relationships, they need to first understand what drives part-timers to work above and beyond their contracted capacity

How Attachment Influences Users’ Willingness To Donate To Content Creators In Social Media: A Socio-Technical Systems Perspective, Jinlin Wan, Yaobin Lu, Bin Wang, Ling Zhao

Information Systems Faculty Publications

As a relatively new behavior, donation to content creators in social media has become very popular in the last few years. Different from traditional donation to nonprofit organization or victims, donation to content creators in social media has received little attention from academic researchers. On the basis of the socio-technical systems framework and attachment theory, this study develops a model to investigate the effects of social and technological factors on users’ donation behavior. Our results indicate that donation intention is determined by the emotional attachment to the content creator and functional dependence on social media, which are influenced by both …

A New Way To Improve Logistics Efficiency And Aircraft-Onground Recovery, Katia Regina Goncalves, Erica Maria Dias Ferreira Cruz Grudzinski, Fabio Pinto, Carlos Alberto De Queiroz, Gilson Macedo Dos Santos

Graduate Student Works

The objective of this project was to bring more efficiency to logistics, improving time of Aircraft-on-Ground (AOG) recovery and developing possible saving for airlines operations. There proposed goal was to develop a system that would allow airlines to easily visualize an available space at the aircraft cargo bay on a desired flight and book its company materials (COMAT) on it, still respecting all appropriate regulation and the final availability of space.

This project was inspired by an existing system called MyIDTravel that allows jointed airline’s personnel to buy available tickets with low fares. The objective was to develop something similar …

An Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of The Criteria To Determine The Levels Of Compensation, Promotion And Other Benefits For The Crew Members And Its Effects On Airlines, Customers, And Crew, Danilo Andrade, Thiago Branco, Diogo De Carvalho, Alexandre Gandini, Priscila Hernandez

Graduate Student Works

This study analyzes the effectiveness of management of flight crewmembers’ careers based entirely on seniority. The research evaluated if it is possible, through the exclusive use of seniority criteria, to recognize and compensate high-performance crewmembers. Although the seniority model indeed creates stability and predictability for managers and crew members, the employee's performance is not considered in career development, failing to recognize and reward good performance. The statistical analysis showed that the seniority does not have direct relationship with the performance of the crew member. Results also showed that crew who were promoted in seniority criteria, would not have been selected …

Will War's Nature Change In The Seventh Military Revolution?, F. G. Hoffman

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines the potential implications of the combinations of robotics, artificial intelligence, and deep learning systems on the character and nature of war. The author employs Carl von Clausewitz’s trinity concept to discuss how autonomous weapons will impact the essential elements of war. The essay argues war’s essence, as politically directed violence fraught with friction, will remain its most enduring aspect, even if more intelligent machines are involved at every level.

The Relative Risk Performance Of The Islamic Sukuks Over The Conventional Bonds: New Evidence From Value At Risk Approach, Mariam Hareb Humaid Belhaymah Aldhaheri

Business Administration Dissertations

Sukuk are financial instruments similar to bonds that are compliant with Shari’ah (Islamic law). Since their inception in 2002, sukuk markets have experienced dramatic growth rates, attracting the attention of investors, analysts, and researchers alike. Despite Islamic bonds (thereafter termed sukuk) successfully holding their place in the international bond markets, this dissertation’s literature survey reveals that few empirical studies have undertaken a risk analysis of sukuk markets from the investors’ perspectives. Conventional bonds and sukuk as financial instruments are both exposed to various types of financial and market risks. This dissertation’s purpose is to engage in a risk analysis of …

Beyond Personal Control: When And How Executives' Beliefs In Negotiable Fate Foster Entrepreneurial Orientation And Firm Performance, Evelyn W. M. Au, Xin Qin, Zhi-Xue Zhang

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Negotiable fate, the belief that fate imposes boundaries within which personal actions can shape outcomes, is rooted in Chinese collective wisdom. This belief is hypothesized to prompt executives to use of available resources to create opportunities by directing their attention to controllable aspects of unpredictable environments. Thus, executives' endorsement of negotiable fate beliefs is expected not only to enhance firm-level entrepreneurial orientation, but also to positively predict firm innovation and financial performance. We further expect these mediation effects to be stronger under dynamic environments. Studies of top executives in China support the theorized moderated-mediation model. By providing evidence for its …

The Search For Meaning Amid Tasks Galore And Race To Be First, David Chan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

For most, life is a busy pursuit.But it is good every now and then to take the time to reflect on why you dowhat you do.

Scoping Job Enlargement With The Cultural Dimension Of Individualism: An Industrial, Mark Wm. Cawman

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Job satisfaction and sustainable job performance require managers to find the right balance between job enlargement and the division of labor in designing the optimum scope of work toward a continuum of employee engagement. This dissertation explores the cultural dimension of “Individualism” and its’ implication in this balance. If a manufacturing line is transferred from the United States (91 mean individualism score) to China (20 mean individualism score) does the scope of the work need to change to ensure that a greater population of workers is engaged and that they have work passion toward sustained performance (Hofstede, n.d.)? Does the …

2017 November, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases from November of 2017.

Taking Flight – November 2017, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Message From the Dean
• Alumni Spotlight – Bryan Saxton
• BB&T Emerging Leaders
• Tifton Alumni & Friends Cheer on Eagles Together
• Finance Association Hosts Managing Director of Invesco & Staff Director of the Federal Reserve Bank – Atlanta
• Southern Investment Association Attends 1906 Gala
• Students Learn Business Etiquette on the Golf Course
• 11 Annual Southeast Georgia Community Bank Symposium
• Dean’s Advisory Board/Young Alumni Board Fall Meetings
• Become a Mentor to Our Business Students
• Be A Hero for the College of Business
• Second Annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony
• BIG Café
• The Economic Development Administration Selects Georgia Southern to Run a University Center

Role Of Information Sharing In Supply Chain Management To Enhance The Capabilities Of A Defense Firm In The Uae: The Case Of Tawazun Subsidiaries., Majida Abdou Saeed Ahmed Alazazi

Business Administration Dissertations

The manufacturing firms and service delivery vendors in the UAE have recently realised the importance of supply chain management (SCM) applications, but they are still not entirely used for improving firms' performance, capability, and market competitiveness. This study highlights the capacity of information sharing in supply chain management to enhance the capabilities of Tawazun's subsidiaries as key players in the UAE defence industry. Personal interviews were conducted with (20) top and senior managers working in four of these subsidiaries. The qualitative analysis of their statements revealed that information sharing across different SCM departments is strategically important in enhancing firms' capability, …

The Determinants Of Entrepreneurial Success In Oman: A Holistic Approach, Mohammed Abdallah Saif Al Muqbali

Business Administration Dissertations

The literature on determinants of entrepreneurial success calls for additional research especially in GCC countries where studies in this field are limited. There is not yet clear consensus upon the right set of determinants for entrepreneurial success. Studies conclude that the set of determinants of entrepreneurship success can be vary from country to country depending on a country’s economic or market conditions, business trends, culture, human capital, natural resources and demographics. This study investigates determinants of entrepreneurial success in Oman. It also looks at two moderators, alertness to opportunity and intrinsic motivation, with the purpose of finding their impact on …

A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Servant Leadership And Age On Organizational Commitment In Faith-Based Organizations, Frank Deno

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Servant leadership has grown slowly over the past four decades as an organizational style of leadership. Servant leadership is an excellent style for developing followers into their full potential, as it focuses first on the individual, while simultaneously developing capacity to achieve organizational goals. The workforce is constantly circulating, with older workers retiring and younger workers coming into the workforce. There are many factors influencing workers’ commitment to their organization, age is one of these factors and perception of leadership is another. Younger workers have different needs and different motivations than older workers. Faith-based organizations are a smaller segment of …

Corporate Crisis Advertising: A Framework Examining The Use And Effects Of Corporate Advertising Before And After Crises, Benjamin Ho, Wonsun Shin, Augustine Pang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

While corporate advertising has been widely studied as a promotional tool, few studies have examined how it can be used in a corporate crisis situation. In 2013, Kim proposed a conceptual framework for examining stakeholders’ evaluation of pre-crisis corporate advertising, using the inoculation and reactance theory. The framework, published in Journal of Marketing Communications, suggested that pre-crisis advertising can increase audience resistance towards negative news of an organization and decrease audience resistance towards future corporate advertisements from the organization. The present study expands on Kim’s work to develop the corporate crisis advertising (CCA) framework. In addition to the inoculation and …

Dissecting Arbitrage Costs, F. Y. Eric Lam, Chishen Wei, K. C John Wei

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper systematically examines the impact of nine popular arbitrage costs measures on cross-sectional mispricing based on ten well-known and robust anomalies. We show that binding arbitrage barriers slowly change over time. In early years with few publications documenting return anomalies, arbitrage costs have tiny impact even though mispricing is present. As anomalies become more widely known, arbitrage costs impact mispricing substantially. Arbitrage risk, ambiguity of fundamental value, round-trip broker’s commission plus bid-ask spreads, and stock loan supply are binding on arbitrageurs. Only arbitrage risk is binding if larger cap stocks are emphasized. In recent years when market quality improves …

Does Ethical Orientation Matter? Determinants Of Public Reaction To Csr Communication, Kyujin Shim, Myojung Chung, Young Kim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Employing an experiment study (N = 256), this study examines how individuals ethical orientation (deontology vs. consequentialism) and CSR message frame (normative vs. strategic) influence corporate hypocrisy perception and negative communication intentions toward a given company. Findings demonstrate that deontological ethical orientation and strategic CSR frame induce stronger corporate hypocrisy perception and negative communication intention than do consequential ethical orientation and normative CSR frame. In addition, deontological ethical orientation moderated the effects of CSR frames on negative communication intention toward the company. Implications for both public relations scholarship and practices are discussed.

Permanent Price Impact Asymmetry Of Trades With Institutional Constraints, Chiraphol N. Chiyachantana, Pankaj Jain, Christine Jiang, Vivek Sharma

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Dynamic institutional trading constraints related to capital, diversification, and short-selling asymmetrically affect the incorporation of new information as reflected in the permanent price impact of their trades. The sign of the permanent price impact asymmetry between institutional buys versus sells is positive at the initial stage of a price run-up and reverses due to changing constraints with a prolonged price run-up in a stock. Idiosyncratic volatility, analyst forecast dispersion, trading intensity, price dispersion, and bullish market conditions further sharpen the initial asymmetry, as well as its reversal after a price run-up.