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NCCU business professors, Drs. Erastus Karanja, Aditya Sharma, and Ibrahim Salama co-authored an article for Scientometrics, “What does MIS survey research reveal about diversity and representatives in the MIS field? A content analysis approach” (a top tier academic publication). The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which survey-based research articles reflect diversity in MIS research and to evaluate representativeness in journals in the MIS field. Atty Barry Shuster, business instructor, is the co-investigator on the manuscript, “New Classification System for the U.S. Restaurant Industry: Application of Hedonic and Utilitarian Continuum Model.” The manuscript has been accepted for publication to the Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, which is a top tier academic publication.
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ERASTUS KARANJA, DONNA M GRANT Journal of Information Systems Education
6/4/2020
Project Management (PM) capability continues to be a highly desired skill set in many for-profit and not-for-profit organizations across a range of industries. However, the PM field faces a talent gap, and one approach that may increase the interest in PM education is having a learner-centered pedagogy. A learner-centered pedagogy seeks to create a community of learners through the implementation of several initiatives namely, sharing power between the teachers and the students, providing multiple assessments and evaluation avenues, specifying clear feedback mechanisms, and articulating a rationale for the course by tying the course content to the learning outcomes. The goal of this research is to conduct a descriptive content analysis to examine the nature and content of the PM syllabi to gain a better understanding of how they reflect and communicate the attributes of a learner-centered pedagogy and thus help in improving the learning, teaching, and delivery of the PM curriculum. This study makes use of a sample of 76 PM syllabi gathered in 2018 from instructors affiliated with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) schools in the United States. The results have implications for the academy and the PM practice and call for improvements in the design and content of PM syllabi by including language and activities that foster the creation of a community of learners, mechanisms for offering periodic feedback, and consistent teacher-student interactions. Furthermore, it is suggested that the assessments and evaluations should be tied to the learning outcomes and incorporate “real world” experiential projects.
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GRANT TITLE: “Global Supply Chain of Medical Equipment: Vulnerability Assessment, Emergency Response Tool, and Financial Impact Analysis”
DR. KAYVAN MIRI LAVASSANI (PI) & DR. RAJ IYENGAR (CO-PI) Advanced Center for COVID-19 Related Disparities
2020
This grant provides an opportunity for the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Business Ecosystem Lab (IEBE Lab), to lead a team of researchers from North Carolina Central University, Arizona State University, and UNC-Chapel Hill to conduct a large scale study on the global supply chain of medical equipment. Dr. Kayvan Miri Lavassani, Director of the IEBE Lab noted that “motivated by the effects of COVID-19 on global supply chains and operations, our IEBE Lab will utilize various data mining, big data analytics, and network science techniques to explore the financial and operational effects of the network structure and interruptions on the global supply chain of medical equipment”.
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HAEYOUNG JEONG Journal of Consumer Behaviour
01 July 2020
Food waste is a global crisis that paradoxically exists alongside food scarcity. A promising solution to these connected problems of food insecurity and food waste is upcycled foods. Upcycled foods are made from ingredients that are usable but generally discarded. While upcycled foods can help reduce food waste, little is known about the best market strategy for these foods. This research investigates how consumers from different generations perceive upcycled foods. Our findings show that Gen Z, Gen Y, and Baby Boomers have higher intentions to purchase upcycled foods while Gen X shows lower intentions to purchase because of quality concerns. The present research also explores lifestyle patterns of each generation. Based on lifestyle analyses, positioning strategies for upcycled foods are proposed.
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STEVEN W. DAY Journal of US-China Public Administration
June 2020
Theoretically framed by upper echelons theory, this paper aims to synthesize the current knowledge on top managers in family firms and to suggest valuable future research avenues. The purpose is to investigate the relationship between family firms, innovation capacity. This study will examine how innovation capacity is affected by family involvement and other characteristics of the top management teams (TMTs) of family firms. This article examines the management characteristics in a family firm and their affect on the innovation and sustainability of the firm. Familiness is examined to provide further insights and measures of top management teams (TMTs) in explaining the firm’s capacity to innovate. Things like family Involvement, size, and age of the firm along with other TMT demographics are investigated. . To understand innovation in family-owned businesses, the focus will be on the capacity including innovative activities such as research and development, number of patents, and new product development. Specifically, this research will investigate the significance of innovation management and how it is influenced by the TMT characteristics of family firms. This work contributes to the field by developing a better understanding of innovation and sustainable competitive advantage within family firms. This paper will advance the research on strategic innovation in a family firm as well as shed light on the failure of innovation management literature to recognize the importance and deliberately integrate family firms into the literature.
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STEVEN W. DAY International Journal of Business Research
March 2020
This study describes the case study of a Black South African sustainable entrepreneur who formed a new venture in Cape Town after the Apartheid. The purpose of this article is to further investigate entrepreneurial activities in South Africa. It is often presumed that the black population of South Africa has a low participation rate in entrepreneurial activities and a low level of ambitions regarding self-employment. This study examines a case of how the South African Tourism and Hospitality industry cultivated an entrepreneur and a small successful restaurant by the name of Africa Café. Although the founder was a black South African and had to overcome racism and adversity associated with the Apartheid era, he still managed to grow a successful business that continues to expand operation today. This paper presents the accounts of the successful entrepreneur, Mr. Hector Mbay and the strategy he used in developing a sustainable small business in Cape Town, South Africa. The data collection in this study involved administering inductive interviews and analyzing the information after. The interviews were conducted with the owner Mr. Hector Mbay. He was chosen because of his direct and hands on experience with the sustainable development of the Africa Cafe. The examination of this particular individual and his unique business model is essential because it further substantiates previous research undertaken in other contexts and paradigms on the components of sustainable entrepreneurship. The purpose of this paper is to review and extend the current literature by further developing an integrated model of sustainable entrepreneurship.
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PO-JU CHEN Tourism Geographies
May 2020 (Online - Early Access )
While controversial in the past due to concerns over job losses and data privacy, the adoption of robotics and artificial intelligence in travel and tourism will likely continue after the COVID-19 pandemic becomes less serious. Business practitioners and scholars are to seize this opportunity to develop robotic applications that enhance consumer experiences, the protection of natural and cultural resources, citizen participation in tourism development decision making, and the emergence of new ‘high-touch’ employment opportunities for travel, tourism and hospitality workers.
