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“Nobody Beats Our Price”: Examining Current Pricing Theory And Strategy Within The Sport Industry [Abstract], Jason D. Reese, Stephen Shapiro, Joris Drayer, Daniel Rascher, Jim Alexander, Timothy Deschriver

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Pricing Tactics Used By Professional & Intercollegiate Sport Organizations [Abstract], Jason D. Reese, Lacole Mcpherson

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Fixing Advising: A Model For Faculty Advising, Robert M. Crocker, Marlene Kahla, Charlotte Allen

Faculty Publications

This paper addresses mandates to fix the advising process with a focus on faculty advising systems. Measures of student success and satisfaction, administrative issues, and faculty concerns are among the many factors discussed. Regression analysis is used to explore long-voiced faculty complaints that students do not follow advice. A case study is used to illustrate changes in one department’s advising process and measures of student satisfaction are reported. A model of advising components is offered to illustrate practices suggested to realize the full potential of the advising process.

Cash Holdings Of S&P Firms Over The Past Decade, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh, Todd A. Brown

Faculty Publications

Over the past decade, financial research suggests US firms hold a significant amount of cash. This growing amount of cash has attracted attention from economists, the business press and government. A firm’s cash balance could well indicate the firm elects to hold cash rather than invest in suboptimal investments. There are trade-offs between holding too much cash and holding too little. This exploratory study attempts to find financial relationships that explain the cash held by S&P 100 firms over the decade from fiscal year 2002 to 2011.

The Self-Introduction Exhibit, Clive Muir

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Business Communication Under The Leadership Function, Clive Muir

Faculty Publications

An effective way to perpetuate an academic discipline is to identify and to define its intellectual and historical roots, then to set such roots in the foundation textbooks and courses of the discipline. In that regard, Business Communication still struggles to establish its roots when compared to other disciplines in business schools, particularly Management. For this study, we undertook an extensive review of significant scholarly works on Business Communication as a discipline. We discovered there are prevalent themes in the broader context of rhetoric, technology, culture, dissemination, and impression; and this was confirmed by our examining the tables of contents …

Can Universities Encourage Students Continued Motivation For Knowledge Sharing And How Can This Help Organizations?, Nikki Shoemaker

Faculty Publications

Both practitioners and researchers recognize the increasing importance of knowledge sharing in organizations (Bock, Zmud, Kim, & Lee, 2005; Vera-Muz, Ho, & Chow, 2006). Knowledge sharing influences a firm's knowledge creation, organizational learning, performance achievement, growth, and competitive advantage (Bartol & Srivastava, 2002; Bock & Kim, 2002; Vera-Muz et al., 2006). However, an individual's natural tendency is to hoard knowledge rather than to share knowledge (Davenport, 1997; Ruggles, 1998). So, how can knowledge sharing be encouraged?

Extrinsic rewards are believed to effectively motivate desired behaviors (Bartol & Locke, 2000). Under certain environmental conditions, extrinsic rewards are also believed to develop …

Recognizing Intellectual Capital As An Asset, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh

Faculty Publications

The revised definition of an asset by the FASB and GASB gives way to the recognition of the fair value of another off-balance sheet value. Interest in recognizing intellectual capital as an asset of the organization has grown out of dissatisfaction with traditional financial accounting and reporting directed toward manufacturing, trading of goods, and service activities which ignore the organizational asset values based on knowledge, expertise and technology. The growing interest in intellectual capital (IC) and knowledge management reflects an awareness of the need for identification, utilization, and measurement of an organizations most valuable asset. This paper identifies the importance …

Keystone Xl Pipeline, Violet C. Rogers, Jack R. Ethridge

Faculty Publications

The Keystone Pipeline and everything it entails has taken over the news and the majority of North America. Most people around the United States did not know the Keystone Pipeline already existed before all of the uproar and protesting began back at the end of 2011. The part of the pipeline that does not exist is the additional expansion, the Keystone XL Pipeline, which was proposed in 2008. Since the approval of the project in March 2010, the Keystone XL Pipeline has been a problematic proposition ever since the idea was introduced by the TransCanada Energy Company. While the project …

Does The Classroom Delivery Method Make A Difference?, Esther Bunn, Mary Fischer, Treba Marsh

Faculty Publications

This study seeks to determine if a difference exists in student performance and participation between an online and face-to-face Accounting Intermediate I class taught by the same professor. Even though students self-selected which course section to enroll, no significant difference was found to exist between the delivery method of the two courses based on the student's major field of study, gender, and whether or not they commuted to class. No significant difference is found between the assessments of the two class sections membership except the students' course performance. Contrary to prior research, the students enrolled in the online sections did …

Is The Community Health Needs Assessment Replacing The Certificate Of Need?, Pamela C. Smith, Kelly Noe

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to question the need for Certificates of Need at the state level. At the Federal level the Affordable Care Act requires hospitals must justify their community impact through a Community Health Needs Assessment (IRS Form 990 Schedule H) in order to retain their tax-exempt status. Not-for-profit hospitals will save money, time and personnel resources if the CON is combined with the CHNA and all states accept this change, no longer requiring the CON.

A Descriptive Comparison Of Two Sources Of Occupational Fraud Data, George L. Hunt

Faculty Publications

The propose of this study was to determine if the data contained in the Internal Auditor Roundtable and Fraud Finding columns are consistent with data reported in the ACFEs Report to the Nation. Cases of fraud reported in the Internal Auditor columns were analyzed, summarized, and compared to the data contained in the Report to the Nation. The results show significant similarities between the two data sources.

Quarterly Business Indicators 3rd Quarter 2014, Unl Bureau Of Business Research

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

The Quarterly Business Indicators for the 3rd quarter of 2014 continue to show a surging Lincoln economy. Most segments of the Lincoln MSA economy are growing, and many are growing rapidly.

The Lincoln MSA unemployment rate continues to decline (Figure 1) and remains half of the U.S. rate (Figure 2). Employment growth is strong. Non-farm employment, which is measured via a survey of business, grew by 2.6% in the Lincoln MSA between the 3rd quarter of 2013 and 2014 (Figure 4).

Among individual industries, construction, manufacturing, other financial services (primarily banking), health care and education, and state government employment all …

Can I Have Your Attention? Implications Of The Research On Distractions And Multitasking For Reference Librarians, Pauline Dewan

Library Publications

The media have identified the last decade as “the age of distraction.” People today find it harder to work on long, sustained tasks because distractions are eroding their attention span, fostering a culture of discontinuity. Fields as diverse as psychology, business, education, human-computer interaction, and communication studies have produced a wealth of studies on interruptions, distractions, and multitasking–research that has important implications for reference librarians. The nature of our jobs invites interruptions by the public, requires familiarity with the latest technology, stimulates curiosity about a broad range of subjects, and demands adeptness at multitasking–all factors which can atomize attention.

02. Business, University Of Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

04. Finance, University Of Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

03. Economics, University Of Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

07. Marketing, University Of Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Easing Up On Quantitative Easing, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

The U.S. Federal Reserve has pumped trillions of dollars into the economy. Is it finally going to stop the flow of cheap money?

Be Smart: Focus On Processes And Diversify, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Hedge fund managers have plenty to think about today as China transitions to a consumption-driven economy, bank financing dries up, and Washington lurches along a rocky road.

Making Big Change In Small Sizes, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Managing change can be a challenge especially for the SME with limited resources. Here are five factors that have proven to be powerful in execution.

Switching Off The Auto Pilot, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

A recent study uncovers the link between mindfulness and employee performance

Transforming The Chinese Economy, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Can China really grow by eight percent every year until 2033?

Wired And Ready For Action, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Digital connectivity has changed the business model and will allow current vertical industries to hitch their value propositions and revenue streams to other firms' offerings.

Generational Cohort Differences In Types Of Organizational Commitment Among Nurses In Alabama, April Lavette Jones

Presidential Alumni Research Dissemination Award

In hospitals in the United States, the ratio of nurses to patients is declining, resulting in an increase in work demands for nurses. Consequently, organizations face challenges with nurses' organizational commitment. Studies have revealed generational differences, as determined by birth year, in employee levels of organizational commitment in a number of organizational settings. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding the impact of generational cohorts on the organizational commitment of nurses. The purpose of this quantitative, nonexperimental, cross-sectional design was to address whether generational cohorts of nurses differed in their levels of organizational commitment, and to investigate whether …

Sixty Magazine Vol. 17, Vcu Brandcenter

Sixty Magazine

Sixty Magazine, Volume 17, from the VCU Brandcenter. "A Study in Disruption, Transformation, and the Quest for Self-Actualization."

Gluck's Restaurants, Royal Street, New Orleans, Date Unknown, Gluck's Restaurants

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.

La Florida Bar Restaurant Menu, Av. Belgica & Obispo, Havana, Cuba, Date Unknown, La Florida Bar Restaurant

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.

Oak Hills Manor, Location And Date Unknown, Oak Hills Manor, Wm.A. Petersen, Prop.

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.

Sanborns Coffee Cafe, Monterry, Mexico, Date Unknown, Sanborns Coffee Cafe

Restaurant Menus

No abstract provided.