Browsing by Department "Business Administration"
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A facies-scale chemo-lithostratigraphic composite profile of Del Rio claystone through Austin Chalk deposition, late Cretaceous, central Texas, USA
(2016-05)Late Cretaceous deposition (Comanche/Gulfian Series) across the San Marcos Arch of central Texas is characterized by both aluminosilicate- and carbonate-dominated mudrock successions. Twelve drill cores were recovered from ... -
A guide to entrepreneurship training programs for women in low and lower-middle income countries
(2018-06-21)This thesis proposes an evidenced-based model for an entrepreneurship training program aimed at women in low and lower-middle income countries. The model was informed by a meta-synthesis evaluation of seventy-seven similar ... -
The acquisition of Florida Gas Company by The Continental Group
(1981)On August 28, 1979 1 the shareholders of Florida Gas Company approved an Agreement and Plan of Merger with The Continental Group, Inc. The acquisition of Florida Gas was the last step in a decade-long strategy initiated ... -
Alignment of Patient and Primary Care Practice Member Perspectives of Chronic Illness Care: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
(2014-03)Little is known as to whether primary care teams' perceptions of how well they have implemented the Chronic Care Model (CCM) corresponds with their patients' own experience of chronic illness care. We examined the extent ... -
Analysis of the size, accessibility, and profitability of international defense sales in times of U.S. budget uncertainty
(2015-05)Immediately prior to and following cuts to the U.S. defense budget in 2013, executives and board members from Lockheed Martin, Boeing, BAE Systems, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics specifically cited the ... -
Applications of innovative finance in impact investing for the EdTech incubator ecosystem development in South Africa
(2020-06-24)Many current challenges exist for the EdTech sector in South Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. These include limited financial support; lacking education policy and the government support to create and enforce good policy; ... -
Arctic resource development : a public affairs approach
(2014-05)The Alaskan Arctic region is estimated to hold the largest undiscovered Arctic oil deposits---about 30 billion barrels. Realizing this immense potential, however, will not be easy, as firms face technical, political and ... -
Are American political parties obsolete?
(2020-08-17)This report examines the history of American political parties and if they have become an obsolete force in current day politics. The report uses historical context to explain today’s partisan divides as well as how a loss ... -
Balanced scorecards, mental models, and organizational performance: a simulation experiment
(2002)Organizations are heavily investing in enterprise-wide information systems and performance scorecards intended to improve strategic decision making. However, there is a need for better evidence that using these technologies ... -
Bayesian Estimation of Intensity Surfaces on the Sphere via Needlet Shrinkage and Selection
(2011)This paper describes an approach for Bayesian modeling in spherical datasets. Our method is based upon a recent construction called the needlet, which is a particular form of spherical wavelet with many favorable statistical ... -
Bayesian variable selection for GLM
(2002)I consider the problem of variable selection for Generalized Linear Models (GLM). A great deal of effort has been expended in variable selection for linear regression models and many selection criteria have been proposed ... -
Best practices for economic development in metropolitan areas in post-recession eras
(2016-05)Metropolitan areas have established themselves drivers to the national economy, and contributors to the overall global economy. For instance, of the 3 million U.S. jobs created in 2014, 94 percent were produced in metro ... -
Big data and wearable technology : the impact on the health and fitness industries and their marketing strategies
(2016-05)The focus of this professional report will be to discuss the cross-section of big data analytics and wearable technology. The report takes an in-depth look at industries benefiting from big data analytics as well as from ... -
Black, brown, and green : racial diversity and leadership in Southern environmental nonprofits
(2020-05-07)In the growing field of diversity, equity, and inclusion, ceilings abound. From glass to bamboo, these ceilings have important consequences for management - specifically, keeping gender and racial minorities in low-level ... -
Bringing "E" to corporate America : the drivers of e-business adoption and its impact on firm performance
(2001-08)Across industries, firms are actively engaged in the adoption and integration of e-business tools and practices to better manage their internal processes, as well as their interfaces with the external environment. While ... -
Challenges to implementing sectoral workforce programs and proposed changes for this model
(2011-05)The focus of this professional report is sectoral workforce development programs. Sectoral programs represent a fairly recent innovation in workforce development. Rather than train a low-skilled worker for low-skill job ...
