Browsing College of Business - Business Administration by Issue Date
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Place Attachment: An Investigation Of Environments And Outcomes In A Service Context
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)Place attachment refers to the process of human-place bonding; the bonding process includes both physical and social ties formed within an environment. This dissertation engages in a detailed investigation of the dimensions ... -
Graduate Business Education And Perceptions Of Employment Opportunities
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)The value of master's level business education has been previously studied primarily through cost/benefit analysis, generally confirming that MBAs make more money. This study addresses the large question of the value of ... -
Defined Benefit Pensions: Funding And Asset Allocation Choices
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)Because of their large size, defined benefit pension plans are an important component of U.S. corporate finances and capital markets. The value of pension plans comprises a sizable portion of the sponsoring firm's assets ... -
Effects Of Legitimacy, Agency, And Business Risk On Board Structure In Initial Public Offering Firms: The Moderating Impact Of CEO Incentive Alignment, CEO Power, And Stock Market Conditions
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)Board structure is generally seen as a means for acquiring resources, monitoring managerial behaviors, and enhancing firm legitimacy. Further, it is believed that the capacity of the board of directors to accomplish the ... -
Determinants Of Adverse Usage Of Information Systems Assets: A Study Of Antecedents Of IS Exploit In Organizations
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)Information systems assets are vital to the functioning and survival of organizations. Therefore, organizations expend many resources in protecting these assets. Organizations spent resources on technologies, policies, ... -
The Impact Of Property Flipping On Single Family Detached Home Prices
(Business Administration, 2007-08-23)In 2003 HUD ruled that flipped properties, which are defined as recently acquired properties that have been resold, often within days, and for a substantial profit, are ineligible for FHA insured mortgage financing. This ... -
Firm-level Entrepreneurship And Performance: An Examination And Extension Of Relationships And Measurements Of The Entrepreneurial Orientation Construct
(Business Administration, 2007-09-17)Academic research in various areas of entrepreneurship has gained momentum over the past three decades. A primary topic of interest has been the characteristics of entrepreneurial organizations, often referred to as the ... -
Consumer Perceptions Of Rebranding: The Case Of Logo Changes
(Business Administration, 2007-09-17)This dissertation explores the topic of rebranding, an important topic that has mostly been covered by practitioner journals and the business press. The focus of this research is on a specific type of rebranding - logo ... -
What Drives Firm-level Consensus Growth Forecasts? Cash Flow News Or Expected Return News?
(Business Administration, 2007-09-17)Recent findings in the finance literature document that analysts adjust their growth forecasts in response to major news, proxied by large changes in company stock price. However, Campbell and Shiller (1988) argue that ... -
Impact Of Social Capital On Buyer Supplier Relationships In A Multi-cultural Context
(Business Administration, 2010-07-19)Both manufacturers and service companies rely heavily on their suppliers to provide quality products and services. The management of these suppliers can be critical to the success of an organization. In this research ... -
Temporary Network Development Capability In High Velocity Environements: A Dynamic Capability Study Of Disaster Relief Organizations
(Business Administration, 2011-03-03)Organizations involved in crisis relief after a natural disaster face the multifaceted challenge of significantly changing needs of their various stakeholders, limited, ambiguous and even incorrect information, and highly ... -
Knowledge Management In Higher Education In Thailand
(Public Administration, 2013-03-20)This study examines how knowledge management (KM) is applied to higher education in Thailand, and it will also examine whether higher education in Thailand is ready to combine KM with their educational missions in terms ... -
Individual Human Capital And Performance: An Empirical Study In Thailand
(Business Administration, 2013-07-22)According to the resource-based view of the firm, human capital is a source of sustained competitive advantage of the firm (McMahan, Virick, & Wright, 1999; Wright & McMahan, 1992; Wright, McMahan, & McWilliams, 1994; ... -
A Management Dashboard Model For Supply Chain Cost Estimations
(Business Administration, 2014-03-12)As many organizations are unable to alter existing accounting systems for an Activity Based-type costing requirement, a "Dashboard" Costing Model is proposed. The model will 1) empirically verify management assumptions ... -
It's A Matter Of Give And Take: Exploring The Role Of Knowledge Transfer In The Supply Chain
(Business Administration, 2014-07-14)Firm interdependence within supply chains continues to grow. This is driven by the need to leverage tangible and intangible resources within the supply chain for innovation, process management, customer satisfaction and ... -
Effects Of Operations And Innovation Strategy Fit On Company Performance
(Business Administration, 2014-12)For a company to survive long-term, it must be able to innovate and develop new products and services. There are two types of broad innovation classifications: exploration and exploitation. These two types of innovation ... -
DATA VISUALIZATION IN EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS: AN OVERVIEW OF METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES
(2015-11-30)Exploratory data analysis (EDA) refers to an iterative process through which analysts constantly ‘ask questions’ and extract knowledge from data. EDA is becoming more and more important for modern data analysis, such as ... -
Moderating Effects of Institutional Logics on Strategic Response to Coercive Institutional Change
(2015-12-07)Using institutional theory, the study examines the relationship between compliance behaviors and attitudes of small business owners and managers toward external coercive institutional change pressures. Organizations can ... -
The Influence of Social Capital On Project Success Outcomes and the Moderating Role of Project Complexity
(2016-08-12)Social capital has been found to benefit projects and project teams in organizations. However, the research literature is unclear about the extent to which these benefits may be negatively impacted by project complexity. ... -
Social Media Use at Work
(2017-05-05)Social media use permeates everyday life, including work lives of employees. Banning social media use at work may is not entirely possible, therefore it is pertinent to question whether all social media use is detrimental ...