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Participatory Organizational Development And Social Change: Microfinance Replication In Western China, Marcie Holloman, Dr. Warner Woodworth Jan 2014

Participatory Organizational Development And Social Change: Microfinance Replication In Western China, Marcie Holloman, Dr. Warner Woodworth

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Microfinance (or microcredit) is increasingly being recognized as an effective tool for promoting the socio-economic development of impoverished communities. The crisis of poverty is so great in every corner of the world that it is tempting to jump on the bandwagon of the “microcredit solution” and implement new programs modeled after successful programs elsewhere, without due regard to differing cultural and socio-economic contexts and needs. One of the major factors behind the success of the microfinance movement is its highly participatory structural design, yet there is great need for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to be innovative in designing the content and …

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Competitive Intelligence Methodologies And Ethics, Andrew Apcar Greene, Dr. Michael J. Swenson, Dr. Paul Dishman Jan 2014

Competitive Intelligence Methodologies And Ethics, Andrew Apcar Greene, Dr. Michael J. Swenson, Dr. Paul Dishman

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Competitive intelligence is a systematic and ethical program for gathering and analyzing information about your competitor’s activities and general business trends to further your own company’s goals1. When practiced responsibly it’s legal and ethical, although some companies have been known to participate in disreputable activities such as: stealing information, wiretapping phones, and burglarizing offices, among other activities – entering the more shadier realms of industrial espionage.

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Do Venture Capitalists Add Value To Small Manufacturing Firms? An Empirical Analysis Of Venture And Non-Venture Capital Backed Initial Public Offerings, Richard Brown, Dr. James C. Brau Jan 2014

Do Venture Capitalists Add Value To Small Manufacturing Firms? An Empirical Analysis Of Venture And Non-Venture Capital Backed Initial Public Offerings, Richard Brown, Dr. James C. Brau

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Venture capital funding of young and high-risk companies is a topic of great interest to both finance practitioners and researchers. A venture capitalist gives funds to privately held companies in hopes of earning a high return on the investment. Venture capitalists also provide more than money: they are viewed as sources of expert advice, both in the industry that the new firm is in, and in the various stages of developing a company. In return for their services, venture capitalists receive equity positions in the monitored firm that potentially offer enormous monetary rewards.

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The Impact Of Chinese Reunification On Hong Kong’S Future Economic Development, Anthony Lam, Dr. Bryan Sudweeks Jan 2014

The Impact Of Chinese Reunification On Hong Kong’S Future Economic Development, Anthony Lam, Dr. Bryan Sudweeks

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Asia suffered a devastating blow to its economy in February of 1997 with the Asian Financial Crisis. The Asian Tiger economies fell to currency speculation and bank debt, beginning with Thailand. Hong Kong, one of the premier business centers in Southeast Asia, was also adversely affected through trade effects. That same year, on July 1, Hong Kong ended its ninety-nine year term as a colony of the United Kingdom and returned to Chinese rule. The “one country, two systems” policy was put in place to ensure Hong Kong’s continued success. Hong Kong would remain a democracy but be part of …

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Delay Discounting Affects Entrepreneurial Intention And Action, Tyson Barrett Jan 2014

Delay Discounting Affects Entrepreneurial Intention And Action, Tyson Barrett

Research on the Hill (Salt Lake City)

Delay discounting impacts every decision a human makes when given the option of a sooner or a later receipt of a reward. This tendency results in individuals giving up bigger, later rewards for smaller, sooner ones. However, individuals differ in their level of discounting according to their innate tendency and the situation. For example, some individuals naturally discount future rewards more, resulting in preferring even smaller rewards sooner. Because delay discounting affects such a broad spectrum of decision making, the authors hypothesized that delay discounting affects when, or if, an individual intends on starting a business. If an individual starts …

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The Causes Of The Increase Of Tax Evasions In Moldova, Natalia Virlan, Dr. Gary Mckinnon Jan 2014

The Causes Of The Increase Of Tax Evasions In Moldova, Natalia Virlan, Dr. Gary Mckinnon

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The constant honest tax payment by every citizen and firm of the country is a serious problem, which arose in the Republic of Moldova (an ex-member of the Soviet Union) after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then until the present time the tax evasion by physical and juridical persons has not stopped or decreased, and the government does not know when it will.

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Cost-Effective Service Recovery: Knowing Which Customers To Keep, Aaron R. Brough, Dr. Kristie Seawright Jan 2014

Cost-Effective Service Recovery: Knowing Which Customers To Keep, Aaron R. Brough, Dr. Kristie Seawright

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Service failures are inevitable. When firms fail to deliver a service as promised, customers will generally be dissatisfied. Such customers will not likely do business with the company in the future. Some companies may shrug their shoulders and look for new customers. However, research shows that in many cases it is considerably more profitable for a company to keep customers who have experienced failures than to try to find new customers. Service recovery is anything companies do to recover the satisfaction and loyalty of customers who have experienced a service failure.

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Mining For Gold Inside Your Organization, J. Scott Dutcher, Dr. William H. Baker Jan 2014

Mining For Gold Inside Your Organization, J. Scott Dutcher, Dr. William H. Baker

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Making the most of the information that is available to you is what data mining is all about. Surprisingly, large numbers of organizations have yet to incorporate data mining techniques that drive many of their operations and decisions. Instead, upper management is trying to solve many puzzles without looking at the pieces. For those organizations that currently use data mining strategies, better mining methods can always be found. These missed mining opportunities have resulted in poorer service, lost revenue, security threats, and more. Data mining will be essential for the survival of businesses and organizations in the 21st Century. …

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A Study Of The Effects Of Reduced Transaction Costs And Information Asymmetry In E-Commerce, Kendall C. Hulet, Dr. Scott Sampson Jan 2014

A Study Of The Effects Of Reduced Transaction Costs And Information Asymmetry In E-Commerce, Kendall C. Hulet, Dr. Scott Sampson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Information asymmetry is usually defined as a market failure that increases transaction costs. Buyers and sellers in a typical market transaction have varying degrees of information on which to base their decisions, whether it be about the quality of the good or service, or about the optimal price of the good or service. If perfect market efficiency is the ideal, asymmetry of information usually results in too high a price being paid for a particular good or service.

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Foreign Direct Investment In Southeast Asia, Ryan S. Gifford, Dr. Stanley Fawcett Jan 2014

Foreign Direct Investment In Southeast Asia, Ryan S. Gifford, Dr. Stanley Fawcett

Journal of Undergraduate Research

One of the driving forces behind the tremendous growth that Southeast Asia has experienced throughout the past decade is foreign direct investment (FDI) from multinational corporations in industrialized nations. Southeast Asian countries have been receiving several billion dollars in FDI annually since the mid 1980s. FDI is thus largely responsible for the economic transformation that has occurred in Southeast Asia and has made it among the fastest growing regions in the world.

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2014-01-24 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council. Jan 2014

2014-01-24 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes from January 24, 2014.

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Enhancing Your Credibility As A Professional: Things To Do - Things To Avoid, Aaron W. Hughey Jan 2014

Enhancing Your Credibility As A Professional: Things To Do - Things To Avoid, Aaron W. Hughey

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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The Impact Of Gender, Ethnicity, School Setting, And Experience On Student Leadership: Does It Really Matter?, Barry Z. Posner Jan 2014

The Impact Of Gender, Ethnicity, School Setting, And Experience On Student Leadership: Does It Really Matter?, Barry Z. Posner

Management & Entrepreneurship

This research examined how gender, ethnicity, school setting, and experience influenced students' leadership practices. Significant differences were found in how student leaders behaved on the basis of these variables. However, further analyses suggested that these differences did not significantly influence the effectiveness of student leaders. That is, the most effective student leaders engaged in the five leadership practices more than the less effective leaders, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or school setting. The impact of these findings for both assessing student leaders as well as for developing their leadership capabilities is discussed, along with ideas for future studies.

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Multi-Task Setting Involving Simple And Complex Tasks: An Exploratory Study Of Employee Motivation, Maia Jivkova Farkas Jan 2014

Multi-Task Setting Involving Simple And Complex Tasks: An Exploratory Study Of Employee Motivation, Maia Jivkova Farkas

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this study, employees are given autonomy in effort allocation across two tasks - complex and simple tasks, where the return to the organization is significantly higher for the complex task requiring high skill than for the simple task requiring low skill. An unavoidable feature of multi-task settings is that effort expended on one task detracts from effort that can be expended on another task. This effort trade-off among tasks becomes problematic when the returns from different tasks are unequal, with important consequences for a firm's overall performance. The design of management accounting control systems in such multi-task setting is …

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Barriers To Microenterprise Initialization, Growth, And Success, Marie Bakari Jan 2014

Barriers To Microenterprise Initialization, Growth, And Success, Marie Bakari

2010-2016 Archived Posters

Entrepreneurs are vital to the economic stability of any community. This applied business research was an exploration of the coping strategies of African American microentrepreneurs to the barriers that impede business initialization, growth, and success. Participants’ narratives were the sources of data. Findings revealed ways to change the business support dynamic for this group.

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Graduate Bulletin, 2014-2015 (2014), Minnesota State University Moorhead Jan 2014

Graduate Bulletin, 2014-2015 (2014), Minnesota State University Moorhead

Graduate Bulletins (Catalogs)

No abstract provided.

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2013-2014 Financial Summary, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office. Jan 2014

2013-2014 Financial Summary, Morehead State University. Budget & Financial Planning Office.

Morehead State University Financial Summaries Archive

2013-2014 Financial Summary of Morehead State University.

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Shedding Gender Stigmas: Work-Life Balance Equity In The 21st Century, Erica M. Southworth Jan 2014

Shedding Gender Stigmas: Work-Life Balance Equity In The 21st Century, Erica M. Southworth

Faculty Creative and Scholarly Works

The gender stigma of work-life balance (WLB) policies as concessions for mothers and female caregivers originated with the push by the Women’s Movement for gender workplace equity in the late 20th century. Unfortunately, this perception continues in the 21st century and retains the additional stigma of employee participation in these policies–—regardless of gender–—as a detrimental career move. Thus, home and work responsibilities for professionals of all genders who desire more occupational flexibility remain unreconciled. Despite this dominant national and international outlook, this article encourages new century organizations and profes- sionals to reject the traditional perception of occupational inequity through gender- …

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Wired And Ready For Action, Singapore Management University Jan 2014

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.

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Generational Cohort Differences In Types Of Organizational Commitment Among Nurses In Alabama, April Lavette Jones Jan 2014

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 …

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An Analysis Of The Effects Of The 2003 And 2011 Acgme Work Hour Rules On Medical Resident Satisfaction At An Independent Academic Medical Center, Rachael E. Trout Jan 2014

An Analysis Of The Effects Of The 2003 And 2011 Acgme Work Hour Rules On Medical Resident Satisfaction At An Independent Academic Medical Center, Rachael E. Trout

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this research was to determine what effects, if any, the 2003 and 2011 ACGME work hour rules had on medical resident satisfaction at an independent academic medical center in the United States. This research analyzed results of a survey administered by an independent academic medical center utilizing its own instrument of measure. Items reviewed to determine self-perceived satisfaction included questions related to program director effectiveness, resident input, quality of life, and satisfaction with program. Four comparisons were reviewed and analyzed for statistical significance utilizing the Mann-Whitney U non-parametric test for independent samples. The results indicated neither the …

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Stewardship In The Interests Of Systemic Stakeholders: Re-Conceptualizing The Means And Ends Of Anglo-American Corporate Governance In The Wake Of The Global Financial Crisis, Zhong Xing Tan Jan 2014

Stewardship In The Interests Of Systemic Stakeholders: Re-Conceptualizing The Means And Ends Of Anglo-American Corporate Governance In The Wake Of The Global Financial Crisis, Zhong Xing Tan

Journal of Business & Technology Law

No abstract provided.

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Empowered And Engaged: Exploring Social Media Best Practices For Nonprofits, Tessa Warner, Alexis Abel, Frauke Hachtmann Jan 2014

Empowered And Engaged: Exploring Social Media Best Practices For Nonprofits, Tessa Warner, Alexis Abel, Frauke Hachtmann

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Although nonprofits see value and potential in social media, many have not yet mastered social media and harnessed their full potential. This phenomenological study sought to identify the best social media strategies and tactics for effectively engaging existing and potential donors, volunteers and stakeholders, according to social media nonprofit professionals. Six themes emerged: listening to the audience; engaging instead of fundraising; sharing relevant, valuable and actionable content; being honest, accessible and responsive; using social media as part of a multi-channel strategy; and that measuring is mandatory.

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2013-2014 Morehead State University Audit Report, Morehead State University. Accounting And Financial Services Office. Jan 2014

2013-2014 Morehead State University Audit Report, Morehead State University. Accounting And Financial Services Office.

Morehead State University Audit Reports

2013-2014 Audit Report for Morehead State University.

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Incorporating Religiosity, Spirituality, And Mindfulness Into The Professional Development Of Residence Life Staff, Monica Burke, Lacretia Dye, Jill Duba Sauerheber, Aaron W. Hughey Jan 2014

Incorporating Religiosity, Spirituality, And Mindfulness Into The Professional Development Of Residence Life Staff, Monica Burke, Lacretia Dye, Jill Duba Sauerheber, Aaron W. Hughey

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Global Pathways: Cultural Competence Curriculum Presentation, Monica G. Burke, Ric Keaster, Hideko Norman, Nielson Pereira Jan 2014

Global Pathways: Cultural Competence Curriculum Presentation, Monica G. Burke, Ric Keaster, Hideko Norman, Nielson Pereira

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Global Pathways: Cultural Competence Curriculum Module, Monica G. Burke, Ric Keaster, Hideko Norman, Nielson Pereira Jan 2014

Global Pathways: Cultural Competence Curriculum Module, Monica G. Burke, Ric Keaster, Hideko Norman, Nielson Pereira

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

The College of Education and Behavioral Sciences (CEBS) received funds to create a task force to determine the best strategies to ensure that students have an opportunity to understand their discipline in a global context. The CEBS Global Pathways Initiative Committee created a generic module on globalization principles that can be integrated into any course in all program areas. These curriculum materials provide a basic introduction to existing knowledge regarding cultural competence. They are designed to provide instructors with accurate information that can easily be integrated into existing undergraduate and graduate-level courses, including courses in psychology and education. In so …

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Craving Alcohol, James Peter Murphy Jan 2014

Craving Alcohol, James Peter Murphy

Conference papers

Individuals involved in the treatment of alcoholism for decades have argued that men and women crave alcohol essentially because they enjoy the effect it offers. This effect is so mysterious that, while adults will confess that these cravings are potentially dangerous to their health and wellbeing, during consumption their reasoning and belief of these facts will alternate between the true and the false. In essence these individuals' alcohol cravings life actually seems to them the only normal life. Some will demonstrate conditions of discontentment, irritability and restlessness, until they can regain the experience and ease obtained by consuming a couple …

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Employment Opportunities And Skills Requirements For Construction And Property Surveying 2014 - 2018, Roisin Murphy, Stephen Walsh Jan 2014

Employment Opportunities And Skills Requirements For Construction And Property Surveying 2014 - 2018, Roisin Murphy, Stephen Walsh

Reports

In Autumn 2012, a number of Society members expressed their increasing struggle to find qualified graduate surveyors to fill vacancies in their practices. At the same time, members working in academic institutions reported a severe reduction in the number of students enrolling on surveying courses at third level.

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Abc Analysis For Inventory Management: Bridging The Gap Between Research And Classroom, Handanhal Ravinder, Ram B. Misra Jan 2014

Abc Analysis For Inventory Management: Bridging The Gap Between Research And Classroom, Handanhal Ravinder, Ram B. Misra

Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

ABC analysis is a well-established categorization technique based on the Pareto Principle for determining which items should get priority in the management of a company's inventory. In discussing this topic, today's operations management and supply chain textbooks focus on dollar volume as the sole criterion for performing the categorization. The authors argue that today's businesses and supply chains operate in a world where the ability to deliver the right products rapidly to very specific markets is key to survival. With suppliers, intermediaries, and customers all over the globe, and product lives decreasing rapidly, this focus on a single criterion is …

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