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Sustainable Purchasing Practices: An Investigation Into Current Industry Awareness And Practice, Frank Palisi, Kathryne Newton, Edward Sweeney

Conference papers

This research study illustrates the importance of sustainable purchasing practices for organizations in the U.S. distribution industry and answers several important questions: what is the current awareness of U.S. organizations regarding sustainable purchasing practices; to what extent are U.S. organizations evaluating, selecting, and retaining suppliers based upon sustainable purchasing practices; and to what extent are sustainable purchasing practices being implemented by the U.S. organizations under study? With an ever increasing global economy, is it critically important for organizations to put in place sustainability practices; the biggest impact organizations can make is often in an organization’s purchasing department. The researcher begins …

Welfare Issues With Gestation Crates For Pregnant Sows

Agribusiness Reports

Throughout nearly the entirety of their 112-115 day pregnancies, most breeding sows in the United States are confined in gestation crates (also known as sow stalls)—individual metal enclosures so restrictive that the pigs cannot turn around. Crated sows suffer a number of significant welfare problems, including elevated risk of urinary tract infections, weakened bones, overgrown hooves, lameness, behavioral restriction, and stereotypies. Due to concerns for the welfare of intensively confined sows, legislative, industry, and corporate policies are increasingly phasing out the use of gestation crates.

Too Much Puff, Not Enough Push? Surf Lifeguard Simulated Cpr Performance, Kevin Moran, Jonathon Webber

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The purpose of this paper is to report on the technical competency of volunteer surf lifeguards to perform CPR on a manikin in light of their lifeguard experience, age, and gender. The CPR skills of surf lifeguards on patrol at the beginning of the 2010-11 summer season were tested on manikins by observation of CPR procedures and electronic recording of compression and ventilation skills. Almost all lifeguards (n=252) made the appropriate initial checks for responsiveness (98%). Compression skills were generally performed accurately with few technical errors (such as incomplete release). Most lifeguards (87%) over-ventilated the lungs (> 600ml) on each …

The Huntsman Post, February 2013, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Huntsman Post Issues Collection

Monthly newsletter for the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.

Logan Metro Ranked No. 1 Small City For Technology, Business, Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Charles Geraci

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

The Logan metropolitan area has — for the second straight year — been ranked No. 1 in the Milken Institute’s best-performing small cities list. A nonprofit, nonpartisan economic think tank, the institute notes that the 2012 results in general were driven by “better performance in short-term technology output and wage increases.”

Power And Politics In Organizations, Thomas W. Camm

Mining Engineering

Aristotle made the observation that man is a political animal. Engineers often like to think they are above the fray when it comes to organizational politics, but most organizational theorists believe politics is a fundamental dynamic in any group. This paper examines the various ways that people use power within organizations to negotiate the political interactions in the work place.

Why The Sec Is Delaying Adoption Of International Financial Reporting Standards, Clemense Ehoff Jr., Dov Fischer

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

In 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) formally began a process to converge Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The SEC has repeatedly delayed its decision on whether to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards as the financial reporting system for U.S. public companies, continue with the convergence project, or reject IFRS altogether. This paper will examine several key reports issued by the SEC and the Financial Accounting Foundation to gain further insight into 1) why the SEC has repeatedly delayed its decision, and 2) what the SEC …

Haworthnews (02/2013), Western Michigan University

Haworth College of Business News

• Leadership and Passion
• Fit tips for business professionals
• Use your office as a gym
• Breakfast series to feature WMU school of medicine dean
• Advertising and promotion students take first in national challenge
• Racquel Ankney B.B.A.’07 – Representing the Consumer
• Food marketing + supply chain + sales = Sara Simic: a Stryker intern success story
• Success and Safe Water

The Economic Impact Of Fort Bliss And William Beaumont Army Medical Center In El Paso County, Texas: 2013, David A. Schauer, Roberto Tinajero, David Ramirez, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

The Institute for Policy and Economic Development (IPED) at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has undertaken an economic impact study on behalf of the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of this study is to quantify the economic impacts of Fort Bliss and the William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) in the County of El Paso, Texas. Specifically, this report estimates the effects that Fort Bliss and WBAMC operations have on output, employment, and labor income within the county as of 2013. In addition, the economic impact of construction activities over the 2011-2013 period is …

Pay And Relative Income Within Couples, Kevin F. Hallock

Economics Faculty Publications

In "U.S. Labor Market Challenges Over the Longer Term," labor economist David Autor shows that the fraction of young adults who are currently married plummeted, dropping by 30% to 70% depending on gender, education and race/ethnicity (paper prepared for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, 2010). At the same time, women's labor earnings have steadily increased. An interesting and provocative new working paper, "Gender Identity and Relative Income Within Households", by Marianne Bertrand, Emir Kamenica and Jessica Pan (working paper, November 2012), tries to determine how these two trends are related. One of the things Bertrand, Kamenica and Pan focus …

Order On Plaintiff's Motion To Dismiss Certain Counts Of Defendant Mcdiapers Inc.'S Counterclaims (United Community Bank), John J. Goger

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

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Rëndësia E Trashëgimisë Në Biznesin Familjar, Krenar Rrecaj

Theses and Dissertations

Po ju jap një paralajmërim. Po që se jeni një ndër ata persona që pajtoheni plotësisht më këndvështrimin që kanë të tjerët për Biznesin Familjar, të cilët e paraqesin Biznesin Familjar si një fenomen në të cilin janë të punësuar vetëm anëtarët e familjes duke u angazhuar me orë të tëra për një jetesë modeste, dhe asgjë më shumë, ju rekomandoj të mos e lexoni më tej këtë punim!

Por, në qoftë se jeni ndër ata miliona njerëz që shohin lajmet e përditshme duke dëgjuar se Biznesi Familjar u bë si burim i punësimit për shumë persona ( jo vetëm …

Ndikimi I Reklamës Në Sjelljen E Konsumatorëve, Xheneta Hamza

Theses and Dissertations

Të gjithë ne jemi konsumatorë të cilët me çdo kusht mundohemi t’i kënaqim nevojat dhe dëshirat tona. Në kohën kur të gjithë jemi të ekspozuar ndaj medieve, në një formë apo tjetër, kompleksiteti i zgjedhjes veç sa vjen dhe rritet. Në tërë këtë spektër mundësish qëllimi ynë kyç është të bëjmë përzgjedhjen e duhur me mjete të arsyeshme.

Rëndësia për ta kuptuar lidhjen dhe ndikimin e reklamës në sjelljen e konsumatorit si dhe bashkëveprimi i këtyre dy elementeve do të jenë tema kyçe e këtij punimi.

Konsumatori është faktori kyç në botën e marketingut dhe sjellja e tij në treg …

Investing In The ‘New Economy’: Mutual Fund Performance And The Nature Of The Firm, Swasti Gupta-Mukherjee

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Although stock returns of intangibles-intensive firms tend to exceed physical assets-intensive firms, risk-adjusted returns of actively managed mutual funds significantly decrease (increase) with their portfolios’ exposure to intangibles-intensive (physical assets-intensive) firms. Fund managers tend to exhibit skill when they focus on difficult-to-value (e.g. small) firms, except when the firms are intangibles-intensive. In sum, the worst-performing funds are in areas of the market which seem to offer ample opportunities for professional investors due to exacerbated mispricing. The negative impact of investments in intangibles-intensive firms on fund performance appears to be driven by extrapolation bias and decreases with learning from experience.

Implications Of Caritas In Veritate For Marketing And Business Ethics, Thomas A. Klein, Gene R. Laczniak

Marketing Faculty Research and Publications

In an effort to assess the latest thinking in the Roman Catholic Church on economic matters, we examine the newest encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth) for guidance concerning marketing and business strategy. Core ethical values, consistent with historical Catholic Social Teachings (CST), are retained. However, some important nuances are added to previous treatments, and, reflecting the mind of the current Pontiff, certain points of emphasis are shifted to account for recent global developments. Key areas of consistency and differences (as we perceive them) are spelled out along with some brief commentary on the evolution …

Commercial Property Rent Dynamics In U.S. Metropolitan Areas: An Examination Of Office, Industrial, Flex And Retail Space, Maria R. Ibanez, Anthony Pennington-Cross

Finance Faculty Research and Publications

This paper is concerned with the market rental rate for space offered by commercial property and how that rental rate evolves over time. Rental rates reflect the value of the services provided by the property and can have a significant impact on the ability of its owners to make monthly debt obligations. We investigate commercial property rent dynamics for 34 large metropolitan areas in the U.S. The dynamics are studied from the second quarter of 1990 through the second quarter of 2009 and the results are compared across four property types or uses (office, industrial, flex, and retail). There is …

Center For Real Estate Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 1, Portland State University. Center For Real Estate

Center for Real Estate Quarterly

Table of Contents:
--Summary and Editorial by Eric Fruits (p. 2-3)
--Central Oregon Real Estate Forecast by Ron Ross (p. 4-7)
--Residential Market Analysis by Evan Abramowitz (p. 8-33)
--Multifamily Market Analysis by Evan Abramowitz (p. 34-40)
--Office Market Analysis by George McCleary (p. 41-54)
--Retail Market Analysis by George McCleary (p. 55-61)
--Industrial Market Analysis by George McCleary (p. 62-69

The Beartooth Highway: 2012 Summer Use And Image, Jake Jorgenson, Norma P. Nickerson, Kara Grau

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

The Beartooth Highway is a 68-mile travel corridor that reaches nearly 11,000 feet in elevation with sweeping vistas of snow-covered ridges, high plateau views, lakes and trails. A 54-mile segment of the road is designated as the Beartooth All-American Road, one of only 31 All-American Roads highlighted as the most scenic byways in the United States. No visitor research had been conducted on the Beartooth Highway, therefore, the overall purpose of this report was to investigate traveler characteristics on the Beartooth highway including demographics, residency, activities, image, and travel patterns in the region with the gateway communities of Red Lodge …

Mt Scorp: Public Recreational Use Study 2012, Norma P. Nickerson, Elizabeth Covelli Metcalf

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

The purpose of the Public Recreational Use Survey was to understand the current outdoor recreation facility uses by Montana residents.

Tls Newsletter Volume 7, Edition 5. February, 2013, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society

Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter

Inside the Newsletter: TLS Presdient's Corner Brandon Little. TLS Meeting--Harness the power of a professional network, Wednesday, February 20th. Upcoming Events. Launching a Successful Career in Logistics--The Journey Starts at UNF. Get to Know Mark Smill. TLS On Tour--Vistakon Henry Schein Distribution Center. Life after graduation with Paula Nelson.

Say Pays! Shareholder Voice And Firm Performance, Vicente Cuñat, Mireia Gine, Maria Guadalupe

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

This paper estimates the effect of increasing shareholder “voice” in corporations through a new governance rule that provides shareholders with a regular vote on pay: Say on Pay. We apply a regression discontinuity design to Say on Pay shareholder proposals to deal with prior expectations and the endogeneity of internal governance rules. Adopting Say on Pay leads to large increases in market value (5.4 percent), firm profitability, and long-term performance. In contrast, we find small effects on the level and structure of pay. This suggests that Say on Pay operates as a regular confidence vote, increasing efficiency, and market value.

A Multi-Restart Iterated Local Search Algorithm For The Permutation Flow Shop Problem Minimizing Total Flow Time, Xingye Dong, Ping Chen, Houkuan Huang, Maciek Nowak

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A variety of metaheuristics have been developed to solve the permutation flow shop problem minimizing total flow time. Iterated local search (ILS) is a simple but powerful metaheuristic used to solve this problem. Fundamentally, ILS is a procedure that needs to be restarted from another solution when it is trapped in a local optimum. A new solution is often generated by only slightly perturbing the best known solution, narrowing the search space and leading to a stagnant state. In this paper, a strategy is proposed to allow the restart solution to be generated from a group of solutions drawn from …

Women And Leadership In Bahrain, Susan R. Madsen, Linzi J. Kemp

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

Most leaders in public, private, and social sectors across the globe now acknowledge the importance of developing both men and women for formal leadership positions, and scholars (e.g., Bass, 1990; Bennis, 1989) have conducted leadership studies for decades in various disciplines (e.g., education, management, psychology) to better understand how to effectively do this. Within the human resource development (HRD) field, Kowske and Anthony (2007), Ardichvili and Manderscheid (2008), and Madsen (2009, 2012a, 2012b) have specifically highlighted the importance of studying leadership development within the United States of America and beyond. Yet, studies coming from any discipline about developing women leaders …

2013 February, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for February of 2013.

Step By Step: The Benefits Of Stage-Based R&D Licensing Contracts, Pascale Crama, Bert De Reyck, Zeger Degraeve

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We examine how a licensor can optimally design licensing contracts for multi-phase R&D projects when he does not know the licensee’s project valuation, leading to adverse selection, and cannot enforce the licensee’s effort level, resulting in moral hazard. We focus on the effect of the phased nature typical of such projects, and compare single-phase and multi-phase contracts. We determine the optimal values for the upfront payment, milestone payments and royalties, and the optimal timing for outlicensing. Including multiple milestones and accompanying payments can be an effective way of discriminating between licensees holding different valuations, without having to manipulate the royalty …

Adding Small Differences Can Increase Similarity And Choice, Jongmin Kim, Nathan Novemsky, Ravi Dhar

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Similarity plays a critical role in many judgments and choices. Traditional models of similarity posit that increasing the number of differences between objects cannot increase judged similarity between them. In contrast to these previous models, the present research shows that introducing a small difference in an attribute that previously was identical across objects can increase perceived similarity between those objects. We propose an explanation based on the idea that small differences draw more attention than identical attributes do and that people’s perceptions of similarity involve averaging attributes that are salient. We provide evidence that introducing small differences between objects increases …

Short Selling And The Price Discovery Process, Ekkehart Boehmer, Juan Julie Wu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We show that stock prices are more accurate when short sellers are more active. First, in a large panel of NYSE-listed stocks, intraday informational efficiency of prices improves with greater shorting flow. Second, at monthly and annual horizons, more shorting flow accelerates the incorporation of public information into prices. Third, greater shorting flow reduces post-earnings-announcement drift for negative earnings surprises. Fourth, short sellers change their trading around extreme return events in a way that aids price discovery and reduces divergence from fundamental values. These results are robust to various econometric specifications, and their magnitude is economically meaningful.

Adjusting Medical School Admission: Assessing Interpersonal Skills Using Situational Judgement Tests, Filip Lievens

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Context: Todays formal medical school admission systems often include only cognitively oriented tests, although most medical school curricula emphasise both cognitive and non-cognitive factors. Situational judgement tests (SJTs) may represent an innovative approach to the formal measurement of interpersonal skills in large groups of candidates in medical school admission processes. This study examined the validity of interpersonal video-based SJTs in relation to a variety of outcome measures. Methods: This study used a longitudinal and multiple-cohort design to examine anonymised medical school admissions and medical education data. It focused on data for the Flemish medical school admission examination between 1999 and …

A New Look At The Corporate Social-Financial Performance Relationship: The Moderating Roles Of Temporal And Inter-Domain Consistency In Corporate Social Performance, Heli Wang, Jaepil Choi

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The authors develop the argument that the establishment of good stakeholder relations is influenced not only by a firm’s having a high level of corporate social performance but also by its ability to deliver consistent social performance. Therefore, both level and consistency in corporate social performance should have significant financial implications. More specifically, the authors suggest that level and two types of consistency in corporate social performance—temporal consistency and interdomain consistency—interact positively to influence a firm’s financial performance. Using a sample of 622 firms and 2,365 firm-year observations based on the Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini, & Co. data, the authors found …

Rules Or Consequences? The Role Of Ethical Mind-Sets In Moral Dynamics, Gert Cornelisson, Michael Ramsay Bashshur, Julian Rode, Marc Le Menestrel

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Recent research on the dynamics of moral behavior has documented two contrasting phenomena—moral consistency and moral balancing. Moral balancing refers to the phenomenon whereby behaving ethically or unethically decreases the likelihood of engaging in the same type of behavior again later. Moral consistency describes the opposite pattern—engaging in ethical or unethical behavior increases the likelihood of engaging in the same type of behavior later on. The three studies reported here supported the hypothesis that individuals’ ethical mind-set (i.e., outcome-based vs. rule-based) moderates the impact of an initial ethical or unethical act on the likelihood of behaving ethically on a subsequent …