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Growing Your Business And Creating A Market For Your Product, Ned Roberto

Center for Business Research and Development

This 14th Consumer Coping Behavior Survey is a nationwide survey of consumers regarding their recurring purchases of 144 product and service categories. In 2008, it became nationwide covering the four study areas of NCR, Balance Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

The New Requirements Relating To Going Concern Evaluation And Disclosure Provide A Critical Improvement To The Financial Statements Taken As A Whole, Achraf A. Seyam, Sharon Brickman

Publications and Research

The going concern principle assumes that an entity will continue to exist into the future. This assumption implies that the entity will not be compelled to end their operations, liquidate their assets, or go into bankruptcy. It is an integral assumption in financial statements since it allows for the deferral of recognition of certain expenses until a period of time into the future, when the company is still assumed to exist. Members of management, as well as financial statement auditors, are required to identify signs that could indicate that an entity will not be able to continue their operations into …

Disability Visibility And Stigma Threat: Effects On The Performance, Stress, And Self-Control Of Disabled Workers, William Brice

Open Access Theses

Having a stigmatized disability is a depleting experience. For those with a disability, there are many factors that contribute to potential performance decrements in any given situation. Visibility of the disability, and the stigma connected to the disability are two such factors—which I argue based on research on motivation, regulation, and stress, contributes to the regulatory depletion experienced by disabled individuals. I conducted an experimental study where participants took part in a workplace simulation. Participants were given an artificially simulated disability and both the visibility of the disability and the stigmatizing nature of the disability were manipulated. I found a …

Customer Satisfaction Index Of Singapore 2015: Full Year Overview, Institute Of Service Excellence, Smu

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

The Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) computes customer satisfaction scores at the national, sector, sub-sector, and company levels. The CSISG serves as a quantitative benchmark of the quality of goods and services produced by the Singapore economy over time and across countries. The fourth quarter results mark the end of measurement for CSISG 2015. Singapore’s 2015 national score was computed using the data collected during these four quarters.

Green Building Retrofits In A Corporate Setting, Edward M. Snook Jr.

Sustainability and Social Justice

Buildings influence human consumption levels and lifestyles, require resources for creation and operation, and occupy physical space in the environment. This study examines if energy efficient buildings provide sufficient benefits to overcome costs in a certified green building project and the ways that tenants and owners can work together to accomplish retrofit projects and LEED certification in existing buildings. The results of the LEED feasibility analysis demonstrated that the office building studied could achieve Silver or Gold certification with little or no infrastructure and process change cost. Additionally, benefits exist for both the building’s owner and tenant, and costs can …

Haworth College Of Business News (03/2016), Haworth College Of Business

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A Response To “Transaction Cost Economics On Trial Again”, Michael Schermann, Philip Yetton, Helmut Krcmar

Information Systems and Analytics

We appreciate the careful and thoughtful commentary on Schermann et al. (2016) by Lacity and Khan (2016). Their commentary caused us to reflect on some of the underlying assumptions guiding our research. In the spirit of Lacity and Khan (2016), we do not attempt to defend our research and ‘win’ the conversation. Instead, we build on their insights to contribute to this potentially fruitful conversation among IS scholars started by Lacity and Khan (2016). We are grateful for the invitation from the Journal of Strategic Information Systems (JSIS) to do this.

Federal Home Loan Bank Advances And Small Business Lending, Travis R. Davidson, W. Gary Simpson

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

Adequate credit availability for small businesses is an important public policy issue because small businesses are essential for employment and economic growth for the economy. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 includes a provision that could potentially support financial institutions in the provision of credit to small businesses through the use of advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) system that are secured with small business loans. We explore the relation between FHLB advances to financial institutions and the provision of loans to small businesses. We find a positive link between the change in FHLB advances and the change in …

Commercial Bank Small Business Lending Pre And Post Crisis, Kevin T. Jacques, Richard Moylan, Peter J. Nigro

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

We analyze small business lending at U.S. commercial banks, how it has changed over time and how it differs by bank size. Specifically, we examine the impact of government policy intervention on small business lending in the aftermath of the financial crisis. We find several important results. First, we find that the Troubled-Asset Relief Program’s (TARP) $200 billion Capital Purchase Program (CPP) had little impact on the banks that received capital injections’ small business lending. Second, the Small Business Loan Fund (SBLF) lending program appears to have been a success as banks participating in the loan fund increased their lending …

The Big Short, Elizabeth Armon

Communication Studies

The Big Short (McKay, 2015), adapted from the non-fiction novel The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis (2010), follows three separate but parallel stories leading up to the United States housing crisis of 2008. On a macro-level, the film brilliantly depicted the creation, and the ultimate burst, of the credit and housing market bubble. However, on a micro-level the audience is given an opportunity to realize and empathize with the internal struggle that many of the main characters faced as they grappled with the fact that their financial gain from shorting the market came with the caveat …

Lindenwood Hires Vice President For Intercollegiate Athletics, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

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Faktorët Që Ndikojnë Në Zhvillimin Ekonomik Të Vendeve Të Zhvilluara, Në Zhvillim Dhe Në Tranzicion (Rast Studimi: Kosova), Donika Ismaili

Theses and Dissertations

Mund të themi që termi zhvillim ekonomik ka qenë gjithmonë prezent gjatë viteve. Që nga shekujt e lashtë rritja dhe zhvillimi ekonomik i vendeve ka qenë objektivi kryesor. Ku edhe atëherë kanë dominuar problemet e tilla si papunësia, pabarazia, varfëria etj. Kur bëhet fjalë për zhvillimin ekonomik të një vendi pasojnë pyetjet e tilla si: Çfarë ka ndodhur me varfërinë? Çfarë ka ndodhur me pabarazinë? Çfarë ka ndodhur me papunësinë? Nëse këto të trijat kanë pasur rënie atëherë mund të themi padyshim që kjo ka qenë një periudhë zhvillimi i vendit, në fjalë në të kundërten do të ishte e …

Marketingu Në Mediat Sociale: Mundësitë Dhe Sfidat, Palush Doda

Theses and Dissertations

Gjatë viteve të fundit kemi parë një rritje të madhe të mediave sociale e që është për shkak të rritjes së numrit të përdoruesve të internetit dhe platformave të ndryshme në mbarë botën. Përderisa shumë e më shumë njerëz fillojnë të përdorin internetin, ata fillojnë të lidhen me njëri tjetrin nëpërmjet platformave të ndryshme, disa prej tyre janë Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etj. Mediat sociale ofrojnë mundësi të madhe për marketerët që të bashkveprojnë me audiencën në kohë reale. Aty, konsumatorët dhe kompanitë mund të komunikojnë me njëri tjetrin pa marrë parasysh kohën dhe pa vonesa, si dhe pa nevojen e …

Classics In Entrepreneurship Research: Enduring Insights, Future Promises, Vishal K. Gupta, Dev K. Dutta, Grace Guo, Golshan Javadian, Crystal Jiang, Arturo E. Osorio, Banu Oskazanc-Pan

Management Department Faculty Journal Articles

Academic inquiry into entrepreneurial phenomena has had a rich history over several decades and continues to evolve. This editorial draws attention to the classics: seminal articles that make profound contributions to the development of an academic field in entrepreneurship studies. We focus on the formative years of entrepreneurship research, specifically the 1970s and 1980s, to identify classics using a key informant approach that surveys members of the journal editorial board. Each nominated classic is introduced and discussed by an editorial board member, with particular focus on research opportunities that may be pursued going forward. Analyzing classics allows for the recognition …

Issues In Corporate Communication And Measurement., Williams D. Kareem

Bullion

This paper examines the concept corporate communications and measurement. After a definition of the concept and a brief review of related literature the paper identified three categories of communication namely management communication, organisational communication and marketing communication. This is followed by a literature review of corporate communication concepts which in also consists of 3 important elements: management instruments or tools; internal and external communication; and Stakeholders or audiences. The paper further examines implications of corporate of corporate communication; corporate communication process; and why measure corporate communications under which measurement and evaluation components and commons measure processes and the likely metrics …

2016-March-01-Katie Mccall, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2016-March-01-Radio Astronomy, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Metro Meals On Wheels Treasure Valley Employs A Low-Cost Routing Tool To Improve Deliveries, Andrew S. Manikas, James R. Kroes, Thomas F. Gattiker

IT and Supply Chain Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this paper, we discuss a project in which we developed a spreadsheet-based system that interfaces with a no-fee driving-directions application programming interface to quickly and accurately build a travel time and distance matrix and then rapidly determine near-optimal delivery-route schedules using a modified genetic algorithm. To the best of our knowledge, the method we used to create the travel matrix had not been employed previously in an academic study. The tool was tested and refined in a humanitarian setting—a local branch of the Meals on Wheels Association of America (now Meals on Wheels America), an organization that combats hunger …

Preparation, Compilation, And Review Engagements, March 1, 2016, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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Why Use Multiple Choice Questions With Excess Information?, Jason Bergner, Joshua J. Filzen, Mark G. Simkin

Accountancy Faculty Publications and Presentations

The examinations administered by accounting instructors, professional certification examiners, textbook writers, and preparatory accounting software all routinely include multiple-choice (MC) questions with excess (yet related) information. Despite their widespread use, little is known about how MC questions with excess information (hereafter MCE questions) affect student test performance. Based on an empirical analysis of the tests of 374 students in two introductory accounting classes at a single university, we found that average performance was lower on MCE questions than non-MCE questions, but was sensitive to the overall difficulty of the tested concept. We also found no significant difference in the power …

The Kelsey, Jennifer Arnold, Scott Holden, Lisa Wise, Cameron Brown, Alec Lawrence, Marc Strabic, Darrin Brightman, Alex Joyce, Kerry Steinmetz, Cameron Chester, Adam Seidman, Jeff Hubbard

Real Estate Development Workshop Projects

Master in Real Estate Development Program students produce a development plan for a property site in Bellevue Washington. They form a real estate development team and produce an original development plan, including the development concept, the market analysis, the conceptual design, economic analysis, capital and operations budget, and management plan.

The students' plan demonstrates and applies mastery of the development concepts and tools learned through their Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) coursework. The Center greatly appreciates the support of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the Building and Owners Management Association (BOMA), and numerous private sponsors …

2016-March-01-Developing Leaders, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2016-March-01-Mentor Of The Year, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2016-March-01-Trogen: Wallethub, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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External Management Reserve: Overview And Performance Of Major Asset Classes For The Period 2000-2016, Mujtaba Muhammad Farouk, Abdurrahman Abdullahi

Bullion

This paper discusses in detail, various asset classes available to both active and passive reserves managers and analyse the performance of the asset classes held mostly by central banks. Following an introduction, the paper is structured as follows: Section two reviewed literature on reserves management, including motives and what guides the decisions of the investment committee in determining asset classes. Section three analysed the various asset classes that reserves managers invest in, while section four evaluates the major central banks' asset classes' performance over the lost fifteen years covering the period before and after the 2008 global financial crisis. Section …

Is The Discovery Of Oil A Curse Or A Blessing To Nigeria?, Ahmed S. Saidu, Saidu B. Aliyu, Umar A. Zubair

Bullion

The discovery of oil in commercial quantity in Oloibiri in Niger Delta in 1955 opened a new chapter in the economic landscape of Nigeria. Before the discovery of oil resources, agriculture was the main source of government revenue. Over the years however, revenue from oil export become the backbone of the economy. The annual budget, which defines economic direction the country charts, is solely based on crude oil revenue. This situation can be likened to one putting his eggs in one basket. And it is exactly this situation that has become the major source of agitation by oil producing areas …

The Impact Of Relationship Marketing (Rm) On Relationship Quality (Rq): Empirical Evidence From Commercial Bank Customers In Nigeria., Sunny E. Ekakitie

Bullion

The study set out to determine the impact of Relationship Marketing (RM) on relationship quality (RQ), with respect to the services Nigerian banks deliver to their clients. Three hypotheses were formulated to drive the study. Survey research design was adopted using a 48-item Likert style questionnaire to capture the opinions of valued clients. The study covered the six geo-political zones in Nigeria with 4 states drawn randomly from each zone. Extensive literature on RM and RQ were reviewed. Models/theories were lucidly discussed with the study evolving the quality/customer satisfaction model which is a modification of Zineldin's (2006) technical and functional …

Treasury Single Account System And Economic Juche: The Nigerian Experience., Kingsley Imandojemu

Bullion

This paper critically examines the nexus between the full implementation of the Treasury Single Account System (TSA) and Economic emancipation in Nigeria. Using data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin, the study employed the use of explorative analysis. Findings emanating from the research indicate that the full implementation of TSA is capable of rejuvenating the drive for economic emancipation in Nigeria. Therefore, this paper has recommended policy reforms to serve as an operational framework for the full implementation of TSA, being one of the pre-conditions of optimal resource utilization and economic autarky.

Do Education, Spending Habits And Planning Habits Affect Investing Habits?, Miran Simunic

Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the influence of formal education, spending habit, and planning habit on investing habit, while controlling for age, gender, income, and self-perception of financial knowledge. The previous studies tested the influence of education on certain money management skills or investing habits, but none of them explored the influence of formal education, spending habit and planning habit on investing habits. This thesis explores this influence of those three independent variables with control variables on a sample that represents the entire population of the United States. The testing is performed on the data from 2012 …

Development And Validation Of A Rule-Based Time Series Complexity Scoring Technique To Support Design Of Adaptive Forecasting Dss, Monica Adya, Edward J. Lusk

Management Faculty Research and Publications

Evidence from forecasting research gives reason to believe that understanding time series complexity can enable design of adaptive forecasting decision support systems (FDSSs) to positively support forecasting behaviors and accuracy of outcomes. Yet, such FDSS design capabilities have not been formally explored because there exists no systematic approach to identifying series complexity. This study describes the development and validation of a rule-based complexity scoring technique (CST) that generates a complexity score for time series using 12 rules that rely on 14 features of series. The rule-based schema was developed on 74 series and validated on 52 holdback series using well-accepted …