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Bearer Negotiable Instruments: Addressing A Financial Intelligence Gap And Identifying Criminogenic Weaknesses, Hollis B. Kegg

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Bearer Negotiable Instruments (BNI) are a long-standing category of financial instruments used to transfer large amounts of money in ways that may not be subject to regulation, reporting, tracking, review, or oversight. There is limited information available on BNIs, and no evidence that any studies have been undertaken on BNIs alone, much less reported. Increasingly, BNIs are being used for illegal purposes including money laundering. This study gathers information about their characteristics, nature, purpose, legal status, and numbers. It also focuses on the crime risks associated with BNIs, the crime opportunities they facilitate, and the criminal weaknesses in the financial …

U.S. Energy Information Administration Information Resources, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Provides information about the resources produced by U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration. These resources cover energy statistics for U.S., states, the United States, and foreign countries. They also cover energy products as varied as coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, petroleum, and renewable energy.

The Economics Of Altruism: An Exploration Of Self And Collective Identity, Catherine Krempasky

Honors Projects

There is a belief that students in college often pursue an undergraduate business degree due to the money that comes with the industry. Whereas students pursuing an undergraduate degree in health and human services are believed to be more altruistic, pursuing jobs such as social work, nursing, criminal justice, and other careers that give back to communities despite their often lower-than-average salaries. While this difference in altruism is a common belief, it has rarely been a proven one. Therefore, this study seeks to examine the difference in altruism between students from the Schmidthorst College of Business and the College of …

Sino-Us Trade War, Erin Torgersen

Senior Honors Projects

China and the United States are unquestionably the two wealthiest economies in the world. These two countries alone account for almost half of the world’s wealth. As these nations battle to become the world's most powerful economy, it is no surprise high tensions have developed to complicate their relationship. China’s economy has been rapidly growing, especially in the last two decades as China is making its way towards the top of the list of strongest economies through its abundance of exports and manufacturing. Alternatively, as the U.S.’s economy has slowly decreased in the last few years, the gap between the …

Application Of Competitive Intelligence For Insular Territories: Automatic Analysis Of Scientific And Technology Trends To Fight The Negative Effects Of Climate Change, Henri Dou, Pierre Fournie

International Journal of Islands Research

Islands are fragile territories because of their geographical position. As a result, climate impacts can have serious consequences, of which some are irreversible. Therefore, it is necessary to allow insular territories to benefit from the latest scientific and technological advances in combating climate effects. The current article shows how to deal with automatic analysis of scientific information on the one hand, but also its applications via patents. We will analyse the latest scientific results as well as their possible applications using patent analysis. We will also focus on experts, laboratories, and leading companies, that are active on the field. The …

Advances In Global Services And Retail Management: Volume 2, Cihan Cobanoglu, Valentina Della Corte

University of South Florida (USF) M3 Publishing

This is the second volume of the Advances in Global Services and Retail Management Book Series. This volume has the following parts:

• Part 1: Hospitality and Tourism
• Part 2: Marketing, E-marketing, and Consumer Behavior
• Part 3: Management
• Part 4: Human Resources Management
• Part 5: Retail Management
• Part 6: Economics
• Part 7: Accounting and Finance
• Part 8: Sustainability and Environmental Issues
• Part 9: Information Technology

ISBN: 978-1-955833-03-5

Hospitality and Tourism

• Significance of VR in the spa: A spatial analysis
  • Irini Lai Fun Tang, Schultz Zhi Bin Xu, and Eric Chan
• Social media marketing in rural hospitality and tourism destination research
  • Samuel …

The Social Market Economy As A Formula For Peace, Prosperity, And Sustainability, Almuth D. Merkel

Doctor of International Conflict Management Dissertations

The social market economy was developed in Germany during the interwar period amidst political and economic turmoil. With clear demarcation lines differentiating it from socialism and laissez-faire capitalism, the social market economy became a formula for peace and prosperity for post WWII Germany. Since then, the success of the social market economy has inspired many other countries to adopt its principles. Drawing on evidence from economic history and the history of economic thought, this thesis first reviews the evolution of the fundamental principles that form the foundation of social-market economic thought. Blending the micro-economic utility maximization framework with traditional growth …

Plan De Exportación Para La Empresa Angélica Vera Boutique, Angie Carolain Pinzon Jaramillo, Gabriela Silva Andrade, Julieth Natalia Robles Sanchéz

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

En esta monografía se desarrolla un plan de exportación para la empresa Angélica Vera Boutique, fabricante de vestidos de baño y prendas de vestir para mujeres, hombres y niños, el plan de exportación está construido alrededor de su producto estrella: los vestidos de baño para mujer. La empresa no ha tenido experiencia exportadora previa, esta sería la primera y , por lo tanto, muchas de las decisiones tomadas en la estructuración del plan de exportación se basan en este hecho. Para cumplir con el objetivo de la monografía, en primer lugar se realizó un diagnóstico de la empresa que permitió …

Examination Of Institutional Investment In The United States Of America From 1999 To 2018, Martin R. Lefebvre

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

This thesis examines the evolution of spatial preference of institutional investors located in the United States of America for the time period of 1999 to 2018 using a mix of exploratory data analysis techniques and more sophisticated space-time and machine learning techniques such as ESRI Space-Time cube and Latent Dirichlet Allocation topic modeling. This thesis concludes that despite having the appearance of a footloose industry due to almost negligible fixed costs, institutional investors are attracted to highly dynamic urban centres and on the 20 year time horizon, appear surprisingly sticky in their location preference. This is consistent with the belief …

Incentivos De Inversión A Mercados Financieros Latinoamericanos Por Medio De Portafolios Del Sector Minero Energético, Santiago Eduardo Benítez Malagón, Camilo Casteblanco Gómez, Ricardo Andrés Córdoba Zorro

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

Los flujos de capital hoy en día tienen una tendencia de preferencia a economías desarrolladas como Estados Unidos, dejando de lado a las economías emergentes; los inversionistas del mercado financiero tienen una percepción de riesgo y baja rentabilidad para Latinoamérica; por lo tanto, se dará enfoque al sector minero energético afín de hacer un análisis comparativo de las economías desarrolladas y las economías emergentes (EME’s) en cuanto a flujos de capital. Para poder demostrar que el mercado financiero de las EME’s también puede ser atractivo, según el nivel de riesgo del inversionista, se crearán portafolios homólogos del sector minero energético …

Formulación Estratégica Para La Internacionalización De La Empresa Sistemas Robustos Sas, David Esteban Ballesteros Parra, Kevin Andrey Diaz Acevedo, Javier Eduardo Padilla Sánchez

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

Con este trabajo se busca establecer una estrategia de internacionalización para la Pyme Colombiana Sistemas Robustos S.A.S la cual brinda sus servicios en el sector eléctrico específicamente en la parte de automatización de procesos industriales en donde se busca crecer y generar valor para la misma, es por esto que mediante un estudio de mercado se ha buscado establecer dos mercados objetivos a los cuales la empresa pueda llevar acabo satisfactoriamente sus actividades, Según un estudio previo los países de Perú y Chile son quienes muestran un ambiente favorable para la incursión, basándonos en variables macroeconómicas, también realizando un análisis …

Formulación De Una Estrategia Basada En Las Tecnologías De Información Y Comunicación Tic Para La Comercialización Internacional De Productos Derivados Del Café Producidos Por Pymes, Juan Felipe Álvarez Amaya, David Felipe Cubides Suárez

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

Desde hace más de 20 años se ha hecho uso de la tecnología como herramienta para descubrir los diferentes productos que se pueden elaborar en base de café y distintas maneras de comercializarlo (Ministerio de Tecnología Información y Comunicación, 2018). Teniendo tantos productos hechos a base de café, el país se ha enfocado en unos pocos que poseen mayor demanda en mercados internacionales y que según el Programa de Transformación Productiva (PTP) son los snacks, este grupo se compone los arequipes y dulces sólidos de café. Para conocer el estado actual del sector cafetero, se analizaron los factores positivos y …

Cambridge Analytica: The Scandal On Data Privacy, Carissa Boerboom

Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics Essay Contest

Consumers need to understand the risks and consequences of sharing their lives with the world. For data analysts, even if you can create and implement a model, should you? This research paper discusses Cambridge Analytica’s methods using predictive analytics and Facebook to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election. Through examining the firm as a whole, key people involved in the scandal, methods of data collection, and Facebook’s role, the ethical boundaries of big data, predictive analytics, and data privacy are analyzed. Three perspectives were discussed in regards to ethical disparity: Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, and the consumers. Overall, this research exposes …

Digitalización De La Cadena De Suministro Y Su Aporte En Los Niveles De Competitividad: Una Propuesta Para Productos Ramo, Diana Marcela Acero Rueda, Lina Estefanía Delgado Castiblanco

Negocios y Relaciones Internacionales

La industria 4.0 ha transformado los procesos de operación al interior de las empresas encaminando las actividades hacia la modernización a través de la transformación tecnológica. Dado que, Ramo se enfrenta a un escenario muy competitivo debido al surgimiento de nuevas firmas fabricando productos muy parecidos, se pretende explicar cómo la digitalización de la cadena de suministro afecta los niveles de competitividad de esta empresa. Para lo anterior, se realiza un análisis descriptivo y documental para contextualizar cómo la adopción de nuevas tecnologías influye en el desempeño de las empresas abordando los componentes teóricos y conceptuales. Por medio de un …

The Bluebox Practicum: Integrating Technology, Culture, And Academic Service-Learning, Charles Braymen, Dustin Ormond

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Advancing education in marginalized communities has been more difficult compared to more privileged communities due to the lack of infrastructure, which in part results in an absence of educational materials. The BlueBox Project was created to minimize this divide by bringing a wealth of information to these communities. Using a small digital computer, faculty, staff, and students across many disciplines built the BlueBox, a stand-alone digital library which hosts an array of books, articles, educational games, and videos to inspire learning in a variety of subjects including science, technology, math, music, and literature. The BlueBox is powered by solar energy, …

Market Value Analysis Of Takashi Murakami's Artwork Under Howard Becker's Theory, Liu Yi-Ding

MA Theses

This paper is an analysis about the artist Takashi Murakami. As a representative of the corporate artist, he is favored by the Art business world while being criticized by many people. This paper adopts American sociologist Howard Becker's art world theory as a research tool to observe that the construction of Murakami and his art market is not the growth of genius, but the result of collective cooperation. Based on two decades of data on the art trade, Murakami has made his unique brand of ultra-flat theory and otaku work. These labels, along with internalization and external marketing, eventually gave …

Productos Deshidratados A Base De Frutas Exóticas Colombianas, Una Oferta Exportable Con Potencial Dentro Del Marco Del Tratado De Libre Comercio Con Estados Unidos, Rodrigo Andrés Fuentes Meléndez, Cristian Camilo Rondón López

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

El mercado estadounidense es muy atractivo por contar con un alto consumo de Snacks, a base de fruta deshidratada, ricos en contenido de antioxidantes, vitaminas y fibra; obedeciendo a las actuales tendencias de consumo enfocadas a buenos hábitos alimenticios y a una vida saludable. El consumo de frutas secas está liderado por Estados Unidos con una participación del 9.1% del total mundial, mostrando una tendencia al alza. Este cambio en los hábitos alimenticios se le atribuye a la generación de conciencia frente a la importancia de una buena alimentación para contrarrestar las enfermedades como la obesidad, diabetes, entre otras; generadas …

It’S Garfield’S World, We Just Live In It: An Exploration Of Garfield The Cat As Icon, Money Maker, And Beast, Iris B. Engel

Senior Projects Fall 2019

No newspaper comic character enjoys a larger international audience than Garfield. While newspaper comics have been infiltrating the homes of readers in the United States since the 1880s, Garfield has made more of an impact than any other. Brought into existence by Jim Davis in Muncie, Indiana in 1978, Garfield has now gone world-wide. Breaking Guinness world records for most syndicated newspaper comic strip, Garfield has made over 800 million dollars in comic sales alone, making it the largest grossing newspaper comic strip to date. Recognized globally, Garfield is an international icon. Despite these laudations, there has never been an …

Addressing Infrastructure Gap Via Public-Private Partnership In Nigeria, Chiedu Ndubisi

Bullion

This paper is arranged in nine Sections. It commenced by examining the issue of the nature of infrastructure and the implication for financing. It also looked at the catalytic role of infrastructure on economic growth and development, including the debilitating implication of its negligence by policy makers. next, the paper attempted at establishing the nexus between infrastructure and economic growth and development.

High Or Low? The Value Of Transitional Paintings By Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, And Mark Rothko, Monica Peacock

MA Theses

Transitional works of art are an anomaly in the field of fine art appraisals. While they represent mature works stylistically and/or contextually, they lack certain technical or compositional elements unique to that artist, complicating the process for identifying comparables. Since minimal research currently exists on the value of these works, this study sought to standardize the process for identifying transitional works across multiple artists’ markets and assess their financial value on a broad scale through an analysis of three artists: Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko. The results reveal that transitional paintings by these artists are high in …

Geopolitics Of Rare Earth Elements, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Rare earth elements (REE) contain unique chemical physical properties such as lanthamum, are found in small concentrations, need extensive precise properties to separate, and are critical components of modern technologies such as laser guidance systems, personal electronics such as IPhones, satellites, and military weapons systems as varied as Virginia-class fast attack submarines, DDG-51 Aegis destroyers, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and precision guided munitions. The U.S. has some rare earth resources, but is heavily dependent on access to them from countries as varied as Afghanistan, Bolivia, and China. Losing access to these resources would have significant adverse economic, military, and …

Fss 2020 Financial Markets Programme: Progress So Far, Charles Ohamara

Bullion

The Financial System Strategy (FSS) 2020 is a national reform program aimed at developing and transforming Nigeria's financial sector into a growth catalyst to fast track the achievement of the Vision 20:2020 and engineer Nigeria's evolution into on International Financial Centre. The strategic objectives of FSS2020 are to strengthen and deepen the domestic financial markets, enhance the integration of domestic financial markets with the external financial markets and supporting the reals sector. To attain these objectives, the key regulators of the Nigerian financial system come together under the leadership of the Central Bank of Nigeria and crafted the vision to …

How Do The Trans-Pacific Economies Affect The Usa? An Industrial Sector Approach, Takeshi Yagihashi, David D. Selover

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper studies how the Trans-Pacific region affects the US economy in terms of business cycle transmission. We use a large data set consisting of disaggregated sectoral industrial production indexes from selected countries in the region and employ a factor-augmented vector autoregression (FAVAR) approach to analyze the transmission of shocks in different industries. We find that a positive output shock in the entire Trans-Pacific region has positive effects on the majority of US manufacturing sectors. We also find that sectoral shocks in five sectors of the Trans-Pacific region have a large impact on the overall US economy. Three of the …

Informational Efficiency And The Reaction To Terrorism: A Financial Perspective, Nicholas Roland

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The purpose of this study is to measure the message terror organizations hope to convey using the financial markets as a proxy of measurement to determine patterns within the marketplace and the effects on the terrorists’ ability to deliver a desired message due to the increased use of digital devices and access to instantaneous news, seen over the past decade. Using death count, geographic location, and event type, this study identified 109 attacks between 1985 and 2015 to be analyzed against 5 market indices and 5 securities. Measuring the effects within a 10-day sample window from the time of the …

Importancia De La Denominación De Origen Del Bocadillo Veleño En Hoja De Bijao Como Estrategia De Diferenciación Competitiva, Yessica Yuliana Peña Castellanos, Andrea Johanna Muñoz Suárez

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

La elaboración de este documento se enfoca en el análisis de las ventajas de diferenciación competitivas que podrían obtener las fábricas ubicadas en la Provincia de Vélez y Ricaurte buscando un desarrollo de la región con la obtención de la denominación de origen para el bocadillo veleño empacado en hoja de bijao y embalado en caja de madera. El bocadillo veleño es un producto autóctono de Colombia originario de este territorio el cual se diferencia de otros productos por sus características especiales. Dada su incidencia en la región se ha visto un alto grado de asociatividad en la cadena de …

Plan De Negocios Para La Creación De La Empresa Fabricante De Bolsos Y Accesorios De Vestir A Partir De Neumáticos Fuera De Uso Renew S.A.S, Mónica Alejandra Rodríguez Otálora, Jenny Marcela Morales Riveros

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

El plan de emprendimiento adjunto consiste en la creación de la empresa RENEW S.A.S. que tendrá como actividad económica la fabricación, comercialización y exportación (a Brasil) de bolsos, billeteras y cinturones para hombre y mujer elaborados a partir de neumáticos. Dicha iniciativa empresarial nace de la necesidad de darle un nuevo uso a los neumáticos fuera de uso, los cuales después de terminar de su vida útil representan un gran problema medioambiental para la sociedad, dado que este producto tarda más de 500 años en degradarse y su quema u desecho produce afectaciones al medio ambiente y a la salud …

Plan De Negocio Para La Comercialización De Derivados Del Marañón (Mermelada, Fruta, Deshidratada Y Nuez) Anacardier, A Nivel Local Con Miras A Exportar A Estados Unidos, Paola Andrea Patarroyo Godoy, Mónica Alexandra Rodríguez Amaya

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

No abstract provided.

Rediseño De La Política De Cobertura Cambiaria Para La Empresa Ocati S.A, José Luis Páez Mortigo, Juan Felipe Perdomo Luengas, Sergio Alejandro Rocha Quiñones

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

En este trabajo de grado, se busca rediseñar la política de cobertura cambiaria de la empresa Ocati S.A; la investigación en este trabajo dio a conocer los antecedentes, la situación actual de la compañía y el resultado de la utilización de contratos forward, para la estabilización del ingreso de la empresa. Luego de la contextualización de la empresa y analizar el riesgo que enfrenta a la hora de monetizar sus ingresos en moneda extranjera, se hizo un análisis en base a los estados financieros de la empresa Ocati S.A, donde se logró observar una estrecha relación de los ingresos de …

Plan De Negocios Para La Creación De La Micro-Cervecería Madero S.A.S, Jeisson Fabián Díaz Garnica

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

No abstract provided.

Plan De Negocios De La Empresa Hamano Dedicada A La Elaboración De Artículos Y Accesorios Decorativos, Personalizados, Hechos En Madera, Para Comercializar En Las Ciudades De Bogotá Y Nueva York, Yennyfer Paola Gualteros Campo, Henry Velandia Parra

Finanzas y Comercio Internacional

No abstract provided.