Browsing College of Business & Public Administration by Title
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"The Muslim World and the West: the roots of conflict"
(Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 2004)An historic overview of the relationship between the Muslim world and the West since the late 18th and the early 19th centuries. -
"Origins of the Recent Wars of Choice—and Their Impact on U.S. Global Markets"
(Center for Global Trade and Development, 2006-04-06)In the first part of this study I will examine the economic implications and consequences of the recent external military adventures for U.S. global markets. After showing that such military adventures cannot be justified ... -
"The pass-along effect: investigating word-of-mouth effects on online survey procedures"
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Business Administration, 2006-07)Email petitions to complete online surveys may be forwarded beyond the intended sample. We term this phenomenon the pass-along effect and investigate it as a factor that can influence the nature and size of survey samples ... -
Perceptions of Truthfulness and Communication Anxiety in Online Employment Interviews
(Drake University, 2013-10)In organizations, the past decade has seen an increase in the popularity of Skype as a firstround employment interview tool. Due to Skype’s speed, quality, and transmittal of sound and video, it is sometimes thought of ... -
Plan, Inform, Act: Practical Solutions for Sexual Harassment Policy for Iowa Small Businesses
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Recent Volatility in U.S. Equity Markets: A Review of Key Contributing Factors and Relationships
(Drake Management Review, 2013-04)This paper is a review of volatility trends, factors, and relationships in U.S. equity markets, with emphasis on the period of time from 1980 to the present, when volatility has been at higher levels than what had been ... -
The Scored Plant Tour: Improve Performance and Lower Turnover
(Drake Management Review, 2011-10)Many job applicants, especially those applying for factory level jobs, take a tour of the facility. I characterize this commonly used recruiting device as an opportunity to gain useful selection information on the applicants. ... -
Short Term Pain - Long Term Gain? Doing Business in Egypt After the Arab Spring
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"Social vs. Military Spending: How the Pentagon Budget Crowds out Public Infrastructure and Aggravates Natural Disasters—the Case of Hurricane Katrina"
(American Society of Business and Behavioral Science, 2006-02-23)This paper puts forth (and documents) an argument that the escalating military spending at the expense of non-military public spending is steadily undermining the critical national objective of public-capital formation ... -
"U.S. Iran Policy Irks Senior Commanders: the Military vs. Militaristic Civilian Leadership"
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Uncertainty Avoidance and Consumer Perceptions of Global e-Commerce Sites: A Multi-Level Model
(Drake University, 2013-10)Online purchasing is a decision-making process that involves inherent uncertainty. Yet consumer tolerance for uncertainty differs across cultures, requiring e-vendors to decide whether to adapt websites to different ... -
Understanding Cheating: From the University Classroom to the Workplace
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Using Social Media to Build Brand Loyalty: Insights from the Designer Shoe Industry
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"Why the US is not leaving Iraq"
(Counterpunch.org, 2007-01)Powerful beneficiaries of war dividends, who are often indistinguishable from the policy makers who pushed for the invasion of Iraq, have been pocketing hundreds of billions of dollars by virtue of war. More than anything ... -
"Why we don't really know what statistical significance means: Implications for educators"
(Sage, 2006-09-15)In marketing journals and market research textbooks, two concepts of statistical significance - p values and α levels - are commonly mixed together. This is unfortunate because they each have completely different ...
