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Nebraska Monthly Economic Indicators: April 19, 2013, Eric Thompson, William Walstad, Adam George

Leading Economic Indicator Reports

The Leading Economic Indicator – Nebraska (LEI-N) declined by 0.39% during March 2013. The decrease in the LEI-N, which predicts economic growth in the state six months in the future, suggests weak economic growth in Nebraska during the summer of 2013. Looking at individual components of the LEI-N, five of the six components of the LEI-N declined during March. Single-family building permits dropped, as did airline passengers counts. There was an increase in initial claims for unemployment insurance, and an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar during March. The increase in the value of the dollar would tend …

Bowling Green Gas, Oil And Refining Company - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 2700), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2700. Three certificates for shares of stock in the Bowling Green Gas, Oil and Refining Company, Bowling Green, Kentucky, and a subscription form for stock in the Consolidated Oil Corporation.

Six-Week Entrepreneurship Minor Offered Summer 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

In summer semester 2013, the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business will offer students a new opportunity to earn an entrepreneurship minor in just six weeks.

Huntsman Club, Beta Alpha Psi, Wins Two First-Prize Awards At Deloitte Best Practices Competition, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Huntsman students and officers of the accounting club Beta Alpha Psi recently traveled to Denver, Colo., to attend a Deloitte Best Practices competition and took first place in two out of three categories. They competed against teams from Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, the University of Denver, and other schools from six states in the Rocky Mountain Region.

Huntsman Club, Beta Alpha Psi, Wins Two First-Prize Awards At Deloitte Best Practices Competition, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Huntsman students and officers of the accounting club Beta Alpha Psi recently traveled to Denver, Colo., to attend a Deloitte Best Practices competition and took first place in two out of three categories. They competed against teams from Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, the University of Denver, and other schools from six states in the Rocky Mountain Region.

Entrepreneurship Club Draws Students From Across Campus To Entrepreneurship Week Events, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson, Steve Eaton

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Every year children across the country mix up their best brew, hand-letter signs, and test their parents’ support levels by opening makeshift lemonade stands. During Entrepreneurship Week, USU students, armed with a grownup understanding of marketing, were given a chance to show off how they would make such a basic sales venture successful.

Entrepreneurship Club Draws Students From Across Campus To Entrepreneurship Week Events, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Allie Jeppson, Steve Eaton

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Every year children across the country mix up their best brew, hand-letter signs, and test their parents’ support levels by opening makeshift lemonade stands. During Entrepreneurship Week, USU students, armed with a grownup understanding of marketing, were given a chance to showoff how they would make such a basic sales venture successful.

Bypassing Roadblocks To Technical Information: Locating Freely Available Technical Information For Entrepreneurs, Anne E. Rauh

Librarian Publications

If you have ever had to seek technical information, you have probably run into an information access roadblock or a pay-wall. This is a major issue for our students as they leave our universities and our subscription resources and move on to become practitioners of their field. This session will outline the different types of freely available technical information - including patents, government funded technical reports, and open access journal literature - and demonstrate how to access them. The session will also give examples of how to integrate these resources into the classroom through design projects and information seeking assignments. …

Leadership: Learning To Surf Into A Wave Of Change, Zachary Putnam

Honors Theses

In recent decades, leaders have needed to learn to surf into the wave of change. Throughout the business world, there are number of changes that are currently happening. The ideals of surfing can be used as an analogy to guide how leaders should react to these changes. Leadership is a process of influencing people, and it continues to change with the uncertainty and ambiguity in the business world today. Therefore, it is important to try to move through the five levels of leadership: position, permission, production, people development and personhood. Over the past decades, the nature, scope and intensity of …

2013-04-19 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes from April 19, 2013.

The Santa Clara, 2013-04-18, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

2013-April-18-'Wink' Smith In Performance And 'Winkshop', University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Corporate Social Responsibility, Daniel H. Brown

Senior Honors Theses

This paper will address Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its far-reaching implications. Initially, the term CSR will be introduced and defined to provide the backbone for the following discussions. The paper will address the theoretical constructs of CSR, managerial strategies for implementing CSR and the application of stakeholder theory. The thesis is built upon Dr. Archie Carroll’s four-part CSR construct. In addition, international standards of CSR, with a focus on Nike, Inc.’s actions, will be evaluated.

2013-April-18-Student Honor Show, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

2013-04-18 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes for April 18, 2013.

The Predictors And Outcomes Of Customer Loyalty In B2c E-Commerce, Rui Zhang

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Business and Public Affairs at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by Rui Zhang on April 17, 2013.

Business Professor Makes Student Success Priority, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Stacey Worster

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

From his career beginnings working as a technical engineer to raising a family and going back to school for his MBA, Dan Holland's life has been full of unexpected turns. However, students won't find him complaining.

Honors Convocation Sunday At J. Scheidegger Center, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Roche’S Clinical Trials With Organs From Prisoners: Does Profit Trump Morals?, Judith Schrempf-Stirling

Management Faculty Publications

This case study discusses the economic, legal, and ethical considerations for conducting clinical trials in a controversial context. In 2010, pharmaceutical giant Roche received a shame award by the Swiss non-governmental organization Berne Declaration and Greenpeace for conducting clinical trials with organs taken from executed prisoners in China. The company respected local regulations and industry ethical standards. However, medical associations condemned organs from executed prisoners on moral grounds. Human rights organizations demanded that Roche ended its clinical trials in China immediately. Students are expected to review the economic and ethical issues regarding the outsourcing of clinical trials to controversial human …

Female Career Progression & Maternity Leave: An Irish Exploration, Collette O'Connor, Angela Wright

Dept. of Organisation & Professional Development Publications

The persistent existence of the 'gender pay gap' in organisations, and the lack of females at executive level position in Ireland due to motherhood is the context for this paper. In particular, this study seeks to investigate why women's careers are impacted by childbearing. The study investigates if there is a correlation between taking maternity leave, and women's career progression in the work place. The increasing length of maternity leave benefits and flexible work arrangements results in elongated absence of females from the workplace. This leads to stereotypical role emergence by both men and women. Women take on the main …

2013-04-17 Executive Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Executive Council Meeting Minutes for April 17, 2013.

Huntsman Student Chosen To Job-Shadow U.S. Chairman Of Pricewaterhousecoopers, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

When Trevor Lund applied for an internship at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Salt Lake City he hoped to gain valuable experience in public accounting and secure a job. He didn’t think, however, he’d end up flying to New York City to learn directly from the company’s U.S. chairman and senior partner Bob Moritz.

Alumni Anthony Lemon And Jill Aoki Win Prestigious "Sells Awards" For Top Cpa Exam Scores, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

Just 39 people out of more than 92,000 candidates who took the Uniform CPA Examination in 2012 scored above 95.5 on all four sections, and two of those high scorers were graduates of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

More Than 100 Students Travel To Six Countries On Global Learning Experiences In Spring 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Vijay R. Kannan

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

What do the Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer, Nike, the Reserve Bank of India (India’s ‘Fed’), and Toyota have in common?

Logan Ranked Number One Small U.S. City For Technology And Business, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

For the second year in a row, Logan was named as the best-performing small city in the country by the nonprofit Milken Institute. The prize is calling attention to the growing number of international high-tech firms attracted to Logan and Cache Valley.

Lindenwood University And Fellowship Of Christian Athletes To Honor Youth Of The Year, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Malpractice Claims For Endoscopy, Lyndon V. Hernandez, Dominic Klyve, Scott E. Regenbogen

Mathematics Faculty Scholarship

AIM: To summarize the magnitude and time trends of endoscopy-related claims and to compare total malpractice indemnity according to specialty and procedure.

METHODS: We obtained data from a comprehensive database of closed claims from a trade association of professional liability insurance carriers, representing over 60% of practicing United States physicians. Total payments by procedure and year were calculated, and were adjusted for inflation (using the Consumer Price Index) to 2008 dollars. Time series analysis was performed to assess changes in the total value of claims for each type of procedure over time.

RESULTS: There were 1901 endoscopy-related closed claims against …

2013-April-16-Farmers Market’S First ‘Farm Talk’ Features Discussion On Contaminant-Free Gardening, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Order On Defendants' Petition In Equity To Enforce Settlement Agreement And To Enjoin Plaintiffs From Enforcing Judgment (Khan And Choice Care Occupational Medicine Et Al.), Alice D. Bonner

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.

Behavioral Intervention To Reinforce Correct Youth Employee Behavior At A Nonprofit Boy Scout Summer Camp: A Case Study, Joshua Kallen

Honors Theses

A reinforcement plan was implemented to improve employee adhesion to set parameters in performance at a 24-hour employment scenario. The reinforcement plan successfully negated the extinction effects of the contingency across the 4 week quasi-experimental period which showed improvement compared to qualitative baseline data. These findings suggest that the reinforcement plan, rather than punishment contingencies, is a more effective tool for encouraging employee participation in activities which participation is aversive.