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Understanding Leadership In Small Business From The Perspectives Of Practitioners, Daniel E, Holloway Dec 2013

Understanding Leadership In Small Business From The Perspectives Of Practitioners, Daniel E, Holloway

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Many small businesses fail after 5 years, having a negative impact on local and national economies. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore small-enterprise leader-operators’ experiences regarding practices that aid sustainability beyond 5 years. Twenty small enterprise leaders in the United States Midwest who were identified as having 5 years of longevity in leading organizations with fewer than 500 employees were invited to participate. These participants shared their lived experiences through semistructured interviews conducted in-person and by telephone. The dynamic theory of leadership development was used to underpin the study. In the central research question for this study, …


When There's A Will, There Might Be A Way: The Economic Impact Of Mobile Phones And Entrepreneurial Motivation On Female-Owned Microenterprises, Han Ei Chew, Vigneswara P. Ilavarasan, Mark Levy Dec 2013

When There's A Will, There Might Be A Way: The Economic Impact Of Mobile Phones And Entrepreneurial Motivation On Female-Owned Microenterprises, Han Ei Chew, Vigneswara P. Ilavarasan, Mark Levy

Research Collection Office of Impact

Based on a survey of 598 urban microentrepreneurs in Chennai, India, we contend that access to mobile phones is a necessary but not sufficient condition for achieving certain development goals. We explicate an innovative concept, entrepreneurial expectations, and explore its linkage with mobile phones and microenterprise growth. We found that among high-expectation microentrepreneurs (14 percent of the sample) business use of mobile phones amplified the impact of entrepreneurial expectations and was associated with greater microenterprise growth.


Framing Of Business In China: East Vs. West, Xueyi Li Dec 2013

Framing Of Business In China: East Vs. West, Xueyi Li

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

China is one of the largest and most promising markets for new global business ventures. This exploratory research investigates the current news-related themes regarding business in China by comparing news originating from eastern countries to western countries. This study applied agenda-setting and framing theoretical frameworks. A mixed-method approach of both qualitative and quantitative content analyses was used to generate key themes and their related concepts. The results indicate some thematic similarities as well as differences in agenda and news framing between eastern and western news samples. This exploratory study contributes to agenda-setting and framing literature as well as by creating …


A Dynamic Programming Approach To Achieving An Optimal End State Along A Serial Production Line, Shih-Fen Cheng, Blake E. Nicholson, Marina A. Epelman, Daniel J. Reaume, Robert L. Smith Dec 2013

A Dynamic Programming Approach To Achieving An Optimal End State Along A Serial Production Line, Shih-Fen Cheng, Blake E. Nicholson, Marina A. Epelman, Daniel J. Reaume, Robert L. Smith

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In modern production systems, it is critical to perform maintenance, calibration, installation, and upgrade tasks during planned downtime. Otherwise, the systems become unreliable and new product introductions are delayed. For reasons of safety, testing, and access, task performance often requires the vicinity of impacted equipment to be left in a specific “end state” when production halts. Therefore, planning the shutdown of a production system to balance production goals against enabling non-production tasks yields a challenging optimization problem. In this paper, we propose a mathematical formulation of this problem and a dynamic programming approach that efficiently finds optimal shutdown policies for …


An Agent-Based Simulation Approach To Experience Management In Theme Parks, Shih-Fen Cheng, Larry Junjie Lin, Jiali Du, Hoong Chuin Lau, Pradeep Reddy Varakantham Dec 2013

An Agent-Based Simulation Approach To Experience Management In Theme Parks, Shih-Fen Cheng, Larry Junjie Lin, Jiali Du, Hoong Chuin Lau, Pradeep Reddy Varakantham

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this paper, we illustrate how massive agent-based simulation can be used to investigate an exciting new application domain of experience management in theme parks, which covers topics like congestion control, incentive design, and revenue management. Since all visitors are heterogeneous and self-interested, we argue that a high-quality agent-based simulation is necessary for studying various problems related to experience management. As in most agent-base simulations, a sound understanding of micro-level behaviors is essential to construct high-quality models. To achieve this, we designed and conducted a first-of-its-kind real-world experiment that helps us understand how typical visitors behave in a theme-park environment. …


In Search Of The Impactful And The Interesting: Swings Of The Pendulum?, Timothy Adrian Robert Clark, Steven W. Floyd, Mike Wright Dec 2013

In Search Of The Impactful And The Interesting: Swings Of The Pendulum?, Timothy Adrian Robert Clark, Steven W. Floyd, Mike Wright

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In this article we reflect on our time as editors of JMS during the period 2003-09. First we describe the context as we saw it on assuming editorship of the Journal and the actions that we took to improve the quality of scholarship published in the journal in order to set JMS on the trajectory to become a world-leading Journal. We articulate our view of what quality means in this context and observe that we eschewed the USA-Europe divide. Rather, to be publishable, all papers had to meet the highest standards relative to their epistemological assumptions. Finally, we address two …


The Anthropology Of Family Business: An Imagined Ideal, Alex Stewart Nov 2013

The Anthropology Of Family Business: An Imagined Ideal, Alex Stewart

Management Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


How The Internet Has Revolutionized Video Marketing, Dylan D. Sheldon Nov 2013

How The Internet Has Revolutionized Video Marketing, Dylan D. Sheldon

Senior Honors Theses

From the creation of film to the streaming of digital media, moving pictures have always been a premier medium of marketing. Today, the use of video in marketing offers an experience unlike any other for consumers by engaging them in an entertaining, yet informative, format. In the past few decades, the surge of the Internet has chan From the creation of film to the streaming of digital media, moving pictures have always been a premier medium of marketing. Today, the use of video in marketing offers an experience unlike any other for consumers by engaging them in an entertaining, yet …


Why The Madness On Black Friday?, Donelson R. Forsyth Nov 2013

Why The Madness On Black Friday?, Donelson R. Forsyth

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

Black Friday's climb from marketing ploy to popular craze resists easy explanation. A day of sleeping late, leftover turkey and trimmings and football seems to easily outgun one spent battling strangers to save a few bucks on this year's cool new toy or gizmo, but last year nearly a quarter of a billion Americans chose the check-out line and not the couch. Why?


Business Student Rispoli Publishers The Young Enrepreneur, Lindenwood University Nov 2013

Business Student Rispoli Publishers The Young Enrepreneur, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Sawan Kapoor, Haenicke Instititue For Global Education Nov 2013

Sawan Kapoor, Haenicke Instititue For Global Education

International Alumni

Few people who knew Sawan Kapoor when he was in high school would have guessed that he would someday be a very successful businessman, let alone earn the title of chief executive officer of an international business by the age of 30.


Newman Center To Host Collection Drive For Tornado Victims, Lindenwood University Nov 2013

Newman Center To Host Collection Drive For Tornado Victims, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


2013-November-26-Heritage Day, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Nov 2013

2013-November-26-Heritage Day, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-November-26-Moorman Nih Grant, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Nov 2013

2013-November-26-Moorman Nih Grant, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-November-26-Fall Jazz, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Nov 2013

2013-November-26-Fall Jazz, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-November-26-Basler Lecture 12/13, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Nov 2013

2013-November-26-Basler Lecture 12/13, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-November-26-Brass Knuckles, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Nov 2013

2013-November-26-Brass Knuckles, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements, Framework For Performing And Reporting On Compilation And Review Engagements, November 26, 2013, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Nov 2013

Comment Letters On Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements, Framework For Performing And Reporting On Compilation And Review Engagements, November 26, 2013, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Omnibus Proposal, Proposed Revised And New Interpretations, November 26, 2013 Comments Are Requested By January 27, 2014, Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2023, November 26, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee Nov 2013

Omnibus Proposal, Proposed Revised And New Interpretations, November 26, 2013 Comments Are Requested By January 27, 2014, Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2023, November 26, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Ethics Executive Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements, Framework For Performing And Reporting On Compilation And Review Engagements, November 26, 2013,Comments Are Requested By May 2, 2014; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2013, November 26, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Nov 2013

Proposed Statement On Standards For Attestation Engagements, Framework For Performing And Reporting On Compilation And Review Engagements, November 26, 2013,Comments Are Requested By May 2, 2014; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 2013, November 26, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 2013

Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As with all American traditions, if it happened once or twice it is one. Therefore I present my traditional Thanksgiving piece.


Collaborative Competitive Intelligence: A Knowledge Base System Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen Nov 2013

Collaborative Competitive Intelligence: A Knowledge Base System Approach, Yu Liang Chi, Tsang Yao Chen

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

This study develops a collaborative decision support system to enhance the enterprise competitive intelligence (CI) decision process. A CI knowledge model is constructed by identifying concepts of and relations among instance types, decision models, rules of thumb, and weighting of organization functions. The system consists of: 1) a Domain Ontology of concepts and instances to express the knowledge categorization structure; 2) a Task Ontology to express an objective-oriented knowledge framework to express the combination of questions; and 3) Semantic Rules to develop the logical steps for problem solving. The case experiment results of high Decision Correctness Rate and Departmental Weighting …


Inefficiency In Exports, Ishrat Husain Dr. Nov 2013

Inefficiency In Exports, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Pakistan’s merchandise exports have declined from 0.18 percent in 1990 to 0.14 percent of the world export market in the last twenty five years. India’s share has tripled from 0.57 percent to 1.78 while Bangladesh’s share has risen from 0.05 percent to 0.14 percent in the same period. Pakistan’s exports, which used to be only one third of India, have fallen to one tenth and Bangladesh, which used to lag behind with its exports being only one third of Pakistan’s in 1990, exceeded our exports level last year. At the turn of the millennium, 97 percent of merchandise exports used …


Comment Letters On Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Preparation Of Financial Statements, Compilation Engagements, Association With Financial Statements, October 23, 2013, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee Nov 2013

Comment Letters On Proposed Statements On Standards For Accounting And Review Services, Preparation Of Financial Statements, Compilation Engagements, Association With Financial Statements, October 23, 2013, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Review Services Committee

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

No abstract provided.


Lindenwood Chips In --Mo' Cowbell Race Helps Library District, Lindenwood University Nov 2013

Lindenwood Chips In --Mo' Cowbell Race Helps Library District, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


2013-November-22-Bold Warrior Challenge, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Nov 2013

2013-November-22-Bold Warrior Challenge, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


2013-11-22 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council. Nov 2013

2013-11-22 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes from November 22, 2013.


Free Christmas Walk Event Happening December 1, Lindenwood University Nov 2013

Free Christmas Walk Event Happening December 1, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Study Of Administrator And Special Education Teacher Perceptions Of Special Education Teacher Attrition And Retention, Danielle Angelina Sheldrake Nov 2013

A Comparative Study Of Administrator And Special Education Teacher Perceptions Of Special Education Teacher Attrition And Retention, Danielle Angelina Sheldrake

Dissertations and Theses

This mixed methods study identifies perceived causes of and solutions to the attrition of special education teachers. Researchers have documented that special education teaching positions encounter higher attrition rates than their general education peers (Katsiyannis, Zhang, & Conroy in Olivarez & Arnold, 2006; Mitchell & Arnold, 2004; Otto & Arnold, 2005; Stempien & Loeb, 2002). More than 66 administrators and 200 special education teachers/Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSAs) employed in the Portland, Oregon metro area (Washington, Clackamas, and Multnomah counties) completed a survey on special education teacher attrition and retention and identified what they believed are the causes of high …


2013-November-21-Rosetta Stone Special, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Nov 2013

2013-November-21-Rosetta Stone Special, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.