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Title: COMMITMENT, TRUST, KINSHIP – BUILDING A LEGACY THROUGH SUCCESSION PLANNING
Author: Rolan, Lisa
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Entrepreneurship
Description: This dissertation deals with the incumbent's commitment to the family firm and the degree of formalization of a succession plan and how trust and kinship strengthen or weaken the relationship. This dissertation argues that the incumbent's commitme...

Title: DOES INCREASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY INCREASE THE BUSINESS VALUE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY?
Author: Turovlin, Alan
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Information technology, Industrial management, Accounting
Description: Firms believe their investments (of time and money) in IT increase their IT capabilities that, in turn, improve their competitive position in the marketplace. But to invest, firms need to understand how IT capability impacts business value. This d...

Title: Do ethics matter? A moderated model for effects of ethical climates on unethical behavior in organizations
Author: McCorvey, Kellie
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: This research empirically examined the impact of psychological ethical climates on unethical behavior within organizations via a survey-based quantitative study of working adults in U.S. firms. Ethical climate types within an organization were hyp...

Title: Does Gender Matter? A Moderated Model for Family Climate and Psychological Ownership of the Family Firm as Experienced by Next-Generation Family Members.
Author: Shike, Sarah
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Entrepreneurship
Description: While most family business leaders want their offspring to take over the family business, most next-generation family members choose to pursue opportunities outside their families’ businesses. This research aims to understand how internal family d...

Title: Dynamic Capabilities of Research Universities and the Innovation Performance Through Technology Transfer
Author: Bibi, Ghazala
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: ABSTRACTDYNAMIC CAPABILITIES OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES AND THE INNOVATION PERFORMANCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Under the direction of DR. KELLERMANNS This research paper explores the relationship between dynamic capabilities and innovation perfo...

Title: Exploring The Effect of Mentoring Programs for Both Private and Public Sectors: Formal and Informal Relationships
Author: McCrowre, Rodney
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: Studies on mentoring projects have highlighted the polarization of subjects, unique to the role of mentoring relationships, the role of that mentor, and the influences of those groups through an individual's journey toward career development. This...

Title: I AM AN OWNER NOW, SO WHAT? THE INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION
Author: Wilhelm, Benjamin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Management
Description: Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) are a form of employee share ownership, where employees participate in the financial results of the company in an indirect way through allocation of ownership shares as a benefit plan. While employee ownership...

Title: Moderating Effect of Political Affiliation, Kinship Ties, Environmental Munificence and Environment Uncertainty in the Relationship Between Institutional Trust and Entrepreneurial Orientation.
Author: Henriques, Tchijica
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Entrepreneurship, Industrial management
Description: Micro-entrepreneurship constitutes undeniably an important development strategy in developing countries. Earlier empirical studies have shown it generates 20 to 45% of full-time employment and 30% to 50% of rural household income in Africa. Howeve...

Title: SMALL - AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES’ CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PROCESSES IMPACT ON FIRM PERFORMANCE MODERATED BY ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION
Author: Branner, Katrice
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: Many studies investigate the factors that impact small and medium-sized enterprise performance. In this dissertation, the research model suggests that customer relationship management processes are a multi-dimensional construct that can be a sourc...

Title: THE EFFECTS OF VETERAN IDENTITY STRAIN, PTSD, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON VETERANS’ JOB SATISFACTION
Author: Gory, John
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: ABSTRACTJOHN ARTHUR GORY. THE EFFECTS OF VETERAN IDENTITY STRAIN, PTSD, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT ON VETERANS’ JOB SATISFACTION(Under the direction of DR REGINALD A. SILVER) Military veterans transitioning from the Armed Forces to the civilian workforce ...

Title: TRUST IN CONSUMER ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN VIRTUAL FINANCE ASSISTANTS: A TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL PERSPECTIVE
Author: Nashold, Blaine
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Information technology, Banks and banking
Description: While numerous studies have investigated technology acceptance through the classical technology acceptance model (TAM), little empirical research has touched on the emerging technology trend of financial technology or "fintech". More specifically,...

Title: The Proposal's Forgotten Effect on Project Risk and Performance
Author: Haynes, Lawrence
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: The Request for Proposal (RFP) process is used extensively for the procurement of products and services internationally by government and industry. The United States Government (USG) is the largest customer in the world, and yet, this important pr...

Title: The influence of socialization, family and sex on newcomer outcomes in a dirty work context
Author: Ruiz Munoz, Delia
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: Dirty work refers to occupations and job activities that are likely to be observed as repulsive or degrading. Dirty work has fueled a substantial body of research. The bulk of the literature focuses on psychological mechanisms used by experienced ...

Title: Toward a Synergetic Organization: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities, Social Capital, and Digital Maturity in Organizational Resilience During Disruption
Author: Kangala, Anand
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Management
Description: Firms must continually adapt themselves to survive and outperform competition during rapidly changing environments, both predictable and unpredictable. The dynamic capabilities theory provides a framework for firms to renew and adapt their organiz...