Colton Hicks and Dr. Nile Hatch, Department of Business Management Abstract: In this paper we develop a method to be able to recognize opportunity for a new entrant in a Bertrand Oligopoly market based upon industrial organization. We infer from the demand curves of competitors if opportunity for a new entrant exists and the necessary […]
Autobiographical Life Experiences: Counterfactual Thinking and Meaning
Weston Hadlock and Dr. Katie Liljenquist, Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy The initial goal of this study was to explore the different effects of counter-factual thinking on one’s assignment of meaning to life. The creation of these ‘what-if’ scenarios for many people has often been associated with regret. We, however, hypothesized that constructing these […]
The Earlier the Longer: How Disproportionate Time is Spent on Patients Discussed Early in Attending Physicians’ End-of-week Handoffs
Lyndon Garrett and Dr. Curtis LeBaron, Organizational Leadership and Strategy CO-AUTHORS: Michael D. Cohen, PhD; Roy Ilan, MD, MSc; Lyndon Garrett; Curtis D. LeBaron, PhD; Marlys K. Christianson, MD, PhD Hospital handoffs have been recognized by both regulators and researchers as a locus of potential communication failure with risks to patient safety and quality of […]
Why Do Companies Begin Issuing Earnings Guidance?
Artem Davletshin and Dr. Ted Christensen, School of Accountancy One of the key voluntary disclosures managers can provide to investors is an earnings forecast prior to the end of the accounting period. An earnings forecast (often called earnings guidance) can help investors and financial analysts to more easily forecast future performance and to make more […]
Leveraging the Collective Intelligence of a Large Group in Managerial Decision-Making
James Carlson and Dr. Teppo Felin, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Department Marriot School of Management Crowdsourcing is a term used to describe an emerging new set of activities that organizations engage in to leverage the power of the Internet in bringing people together. Crowdsourcing generally consists of placing some type of “open call” on the […]
Message Enhancement Techniques for Business Writing
Sierra Sloan and Dr. William Baker, Management Communications The business world requires efficiency and accuracy to be profitable, and poorly written business communications can waste time and resources. Thus, any research that seeks to enhance the effectiveness of writing has the potential to yield significant personal and organizational improvement. While most writing-analysis studies examine the […]
The Emergence and Importance of Savings-Led Microfinance
Misty Lefrandt and Dr. Todd Manwaring, Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance This research was used by the conveners of Opportunity Collaboration, an international poverty alleviation conference, to assess the value of inviting savings-led microfinance programs to the 2010 event. The major considerations are a) what is the basis for a savings-led model, b) what is […]
Micro-finance Projects in the Yucatan Peninsula
Dario Espinoza and Dr. Warner Woodworth, MSM In December 2009, I visited three cities within the Yucatan Peninsula to investigate the government’s efforts in providing micro-finance opportunities to citizens in struggling areas. My purpose in visiting these areas was to evaluate the success of the government’s micro-loan projects, to report on their status, and to […]
Stock Market Overreaction and Unnecessary Risk
Todd M. Yost and Dr. Steven Thorley, Marriott School of Business Management The original hypothesis behind this study was that the stock market would overreact to news events. So when positive news about a specific company develops the stock price would increase more than would be rational. Conversely when the news was negative the price […]
Report on Status of Mycobacterium Ulcerans (Buruli Ulcer)
David R. Nielsen and Dr. Warner Woodworth, Business Management First discovered in 1947 in a small community in Australia, the Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium Ulcerans) has become the third largest mycobacterial disease in the world, next to leprosy and tuberculosis. Dobos et al. estimate that the severity of the Buruli Ulcer will soon reach that of […]
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