MD-SOAR: Recent submissions
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Recognizing Project Management as an Abstract Science
(Elsevier, 2012-05-12)Researchers indicate a shift in scholarly focus from a systems perspective, to one of leadership and organizational behavior. To address increasing project failure rates, leadership theories are being implemented to improve ... -
Defining Organizational Culture for Entrepreneurs
(Elsevier, 2011-07-24)It appears that innovation, and how an organization can acquire it, is the key to being competitive in the New Product Development (NPD) marketplace. Knowledge that leads to innovation in products, unlike specialized ... -
Using Effective E-Commerce Strategies to Improve Organizational Performance
(Elsevier, 2011-11-20)This paper assesses why it’s important for businesses to make the commitment to engage in an effective e-commerce strategy. In a tough economy like the one we are currently experiencing, engaging in the pursuit of internet ... -
Managing Consumer Trust in Intercultural E-Commerce Transactions
(Elsevier, 2011-11-26)The importance of consumer trust to the success of online business transactions is well documented. An analytical look at the typical online purchase indicates the level of trust required to complete a transaction is ... -
The Impact of Technological Innovation Cycles on Organizational Learning
(Elsevier, 2011-12-04)In today’s constantly changing business environment, the ability to acquire knowledge, and to do it quickly, is often the difference between surviving and not surviving. Organizational learning is therefore being recognized ... -
Leveling E-Commerce Opportunities for Developing Countries
(Elsevier, 2011-12-31)Recent studies have raised a disturbing issue concerning the ability of developing countries to compete in the E-business marketplace. Historically, researchers have been optimistic and anticipated that E-commerce technologies ... -
Assessing the Success of Sarbanes-Oxley
(Elsevier, 2012-07-09)This paper evaluates the success that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had in the market place. It initially assesses improvements the act has made to restore public confidence in the auditing process, and their effectiveness. ... -
The Process of Capturing Innovation
(Elsevier, 2012-11-18)Due to the sheer number of market analysis tools available, no standard strategic planning methodology has been consistently adopted. Businesses can quickly lose focus and become guilty of instilling ‘form-over-substance’ ... -
Evolving Human Resource (HR) Management to Cope with Disruptive Innovation Technologies
(Elsevier, 2012-11-11)Businesses are responding to the threat of disruptive innovation technologies by upgrading their capabilities and practices. These upgrades ensure implementing organizations become more adaptable, and flexible, with respect ... -
Dispelling the Myth that Organizations Learn from Failure
(Elsevier, 2015-12-25)There are some movements within the project management profession to adopt a new posture regarding project failures. According to this new line of reasoning, failure should be embraced since it provides a learning opportunity ... -
Earned Value (EV) Management Model for Small Software Development Projects
(Elsevier, 2001-04-17)This paper describes an approach for implementing earned value (EV) management tracking on small software development projects. Small projects are difficult EV applications because work must be tracked down at the task ... -
Cultural Comparison of the United States and China from the Project Manager's Perspective
Knowledge of cultural impacts helps project managers understanding of cultural perspectives of all stakeholders. Since cultural differences can become organizational performance barriers, it is important to consider how ... -
Facebook: A Case Study of Strategic Leadership
(Elsevier, 2015-06-04)This paper is a case study validating that strategic leadership which results in a value proposition implemented on behalf of the customer has a tremendous effect on the success of business operations, perhaps even more ... -
Examining Anxiety in Swimmers: Connecting feelings from training to feelings during competitive performance.
(2020-11-30)This research sought to examine the relationship between anxiety felt during practice and anxiety felt during competition. There was no relationship found, p=.12. The inverted-U theory suggests that a moderate amount of ... -
CinematicAmbiX: Cinematic Sound in Virtual Reality
(2020-11-25)CinematicAmbiX is a three-movement piece of virtual reality art that is focused on sound for film. I sought to separate trailer sounds, foley, and ambience from their standard visual accompaniment. I chose virtual reality ... -
Book Review | On Infertile Ground: Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change, by Jade S. Sasser (New York University Press, 2018), & Gender before Birth: Sex Selection in a Transnational Context, by Rajani Bhatia (University of Washington Press, 2018)
(Catalyst, 2020-11-07)This review evaluates the contributions of two recent transnational feminist science studies monographs to our understanding of complex entanglements of reproductive justice issues. -
VoteXX: A Remote Voting System that is Coercion Resistant
(2020-10-29)Designing voting systems is notoriously difficult because both outcome integrity and ballot privacy are essential. Remote voting, including by mail or Internet, adds major additional challenges. While internet voting can ... -
Effective Teaching Strategies for Struggling Readers in the Elementary Grades
(2020-11-25)The purpose of this study was to better understand how classroom reading instruction can be improved to address the needs of struggling readers in the intermediate grades. The measurement tool was a questionnaire. This ... -
Educators Perceptions of Schema Based Instruction and Academic Self-Concept of their Learning Disabled Students
(2020-11-18)The purpose of this study was to examine how teacher implemented strategies and interventions for solving mathematical word problems can help improve the academic self- concept of students with learning disabilities. ... -
Examining the Influence of Coaches and Athletics Administrators on Athletic Trainers Delivery of Health Care.
(2020-11-26)The purpose of this study was to conduct a pilot assessment of a questionnaire that will be used in a future study to assess the influence on athletic trainers regarding the medical decision-making process for returning ...