Southeast Decision Sciences Institute 2017 Programme

2017,

22nd - 24th February

Southeast Decision Sciences Institute 2017

Conference Programme

Wednesday, 22nd February
Wednesday 13:00 - 17:00	Registration Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Wednesday 13:00 - 17:00	Exhibition Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Wednesday 13:30 - 14:45	DE1 Exhibitor's Demo Session (As Needed) Venue Wando
Wednesday 13:30 - 14:45	EC1 International Economics/Banking Chaired By: Barry Pfitzner (Randolph-Macon College) Venue Harleston
Are Cities in Vietnam Distributed According to Zipf? » Barry Pfitzner (Randolph-Macon College), Trang Tran (Randolph-Macon College) Is China's Economy Impacted by the Dynamics of Oil Prices? » Zhixin Kang (University of North Carolina at Pembroke), Bishwa Koirala (University of North Carolina at Pembroke), Wenhui Chen (China University of Geosciences - Beijing) Credit Perceptions and Participation in Mainstream Banking » Rebecca Gonzalez (University of North Carolina at Pembroke)
Wednesday 13:30 - 14:45	IE1 Innovative Education Workshop 1 Chaired By: Wilma Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Are you using all of the Power of PowerPoint? » Wilma Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Wednesday 13:30 - 14:45	PS1 Managing Conflict/Law/Medical Battery Chaired By: Judith Ogden (Clayton State University) Venue Ashley
Managing Conflict When Your Workplace Does Not Have a Program » JUDITH OGDEN (Clayton State University) HAS THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF INJUSTICE THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST PRO SE LITIGANTS IN A MANNER THAT VIOLATES THE SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION? » Brad Johnson (Francis Marion University) Medical Battery: When Patient Rights Conflict with Quality of Care » Claire La Roche (Longwood University)
Wednesday 13:30 - 14:45	SS1 Business Technology/Big Data Issues Chaired By: Michael Latta (Coastal Carolina University) Venue Cooper
Business Intelligence, Analytics and ERP Training » belinda shipps (North Carolina A & T State University) No - Business Intelligence Is Not An Oxymoron Or A Big Data Technique » Michael Latta (Coastal Carolina University- YTMBA Research & Consultig) PERCEPTIONS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ON MEDICAL TOURISM » Lydia Gan (University of North Carolina at Pembroke), James Frederick (University of North Carolina at Pembroke), Donna Wiencek (Western Illinois University)
Wednesday 14:45 - 15:00	Coffee Break Sponsored by College of Business, Lander University Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:15	AC1 Accounting Issues 1 Chaired By: Greg Kordecki (Clayton State University) Venue Harleston
ALTERNATIVE THEORIES TO EXPLAIN BRITISH PETROLEUM'S RESPONSE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND REPORTING » Elizabeth D. Capener (San Jose State University), Maria Bullen (San Jose State University), Greg Kordecki (Clayton State University College of Business) THE RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL TAX CREDIT LAW GIVES BUSINESSES A COMPETITIVE WEAPON » James Alford (The Citadel) How Accountants can Fight Activist Investors » Dov Fisher (Brooklyn College)
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:15	DE2 Exhibitor's Demo Session (As Needed) Venue Wando
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:15	EC2 Economics/IT/Public Sector Chaired By: Ajay Aggarwal (Henderson State University) Venue Wraggborough
TRACKING THE S&P 500: SOME SUMMARIES AND STOCHASTIC VERSUS DETERMINISTIC TRENDS » Barry Pfitzner (Randolph-Macon College) CAN EXTENSIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY BE AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS? » William S. Thomas (University of North Carolina Pembroke), John Spillan (University of North Carolina Pembroke), Christine Bell (University of North Carolina Pembroke) Retirement Analysis » Ajay Aggarwal (Henderson State University), Frank Smith (Colorado State University)
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:15	IE2 Innovative Education & Teaching Pedagogy Chaired By: Cynthia Knott (Marymount University) Venue Ashley
EDUCATING COLLEGE BOUND MILLENNIALS: LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE STUDENTS » Mahesh Vanjani (Texas Southern University) Information Systems Undergraduate Curriculum: A Study in Self-Assessment for Program Viability » Albert J. Wynne (Virginia Commonwealth University), Elena Olson (Virginia Commonwealth University) Developing a Curriculum: The Development of a Doctoral Program in Cybersecurity » Cynthia Knott (Marymount University), Donna Schaeffer (Marymount University), Patrick Olson (National University)
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:15	IE3 Innovative Education Workshop 2 Chaired By: Annie Stith-Willis (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Technology-Based Instructional Supplements for Your Class - How are They Changing Instruction and Learning Outcomes? » Annie Stith Willis (Virginia Commonwealth University), Wilma Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Wednesday 15:00 - 16:15	SS2 Educational Innovations Chaired By: Stan Vinson (Lander University) Venue Cooper
PROVIDING WHAT STUDENTS NEED; NOT WHAT IS EASIEST FOR FACULTY: IN-DEPTH STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE STRATEGY COURSE » Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University), J. Kay Keels (Coastal Carolina University), Nicholas Rhew (Coastal Carolina University) No One Is as Smart as Everyone – A Japanese Proverb: The Story of a High-Performing Work Team A Case Study » Stan Vinson (Lander University Greenwood South Carolina) Curriculum Revision to Address a Changing Health Care Environment » Peggy Johnson (Lander University Greenwood South Carolina)
Wednesday 16:15 - 16:30	Break Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Wednesday 16:30 - 17:30	SEINFORMS Council meeting Venue Edisto
Wednesday 17:30 - 17:35	Short Break Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Wednesday 17:35 - 18:45	SEDSI and SEINFORMS joint meeting Venue Edisto
Wednesday 19:00 - 21:00	SEDSI Officers/volunteers reception (Sponsored by the School of Business, Citadel) Venue Citadel
Thursday, 23rd February
Thursday 07:30 - 08:30	SE DSI Council meeting Venue Ansonborough
Thursday 08:00 - 18:00	Registration Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Thursday 08:00 - 18:00	Exhibition Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Thursday 08:00 - 08:45	Breakfast Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Thursday 08:45 - 10:00	AC2 Accounting Workshop Chaired By: James Alford (The Citadel) Venue Harleston
Assessing Your Company's Ethics Profile » James Alford (The Citadel)
Thursday 08:45 - 10:00	DA1 Lessons Learned and Data Resources for Quantitative Analysis and Statistics Instruction Chaired By: Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Lessons Learned and Data Resources for Quantitative Analysis and Statistics Instruction » Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), William Miller (Georgia College), Chris Lowery (Georgia College), Ping Wang (James Madison University), Binshan Lin (Louisiana State University Shreveport)
Thursday 08:45 - 10:00	EC3 Economics Issues Chaired By: Gary Hackbarth (Valdosta State University) Venue Wando
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF PERCEIVED COMMUNITY IMPACT AND MEDIA INTEREST ON ENVIRONMENTAL SPILL REPORTING » Gary Hackbarth (Valdosta State University), Marko Horn (Valdosta State University) Impact of Business Climate and Quality of Life on Employment of South Carolina: Evidences from Panel Cointegration, GMM, Dynamic OLS (DOLS) and Dumitrescu Hurlin Panel Causality Tests » Muhammad Mustafa (South Carolina State University), Haile Selassie (South Carolina State University) Distance as a Determinant of Trade Costs: A Different Type of Distance Puzzle? » David Buehler (Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg), Roger White (Whittier College)
Thursday 08:45 - 10:00	MO1 Management Issues Chaired By: Amit Shah (Frostburg State University) Venue Ashley
Salary Expectations and Salary Realities: An Analysis of University Students in Spain and Singapore » Amit Shah (Frostburg State University), Michael Monahan (Frostburg State University) Opportunities and Perils: Launching a Micro Business » Joshua Brooks (Lander University Greenwood South Carolina), Alan Treeter (Lander University Greenwood South Carolina), Stan Vinson (Lander University Greenwood South Carolina) STRATEGY VERSUS STRUCTURE: A CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL PERSPECTIVE » Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University)
Thursday 08:45 - 10:00	MO2 RETIREMENT Chaired By: Robert Herring (Winston-Salem State University) Venue Wraggborough
INVOLVEMENT OF PROFESSORS IN ACADEMIC PURSUITS IN RETIREMENT--A SYMPOSIUM » Robert Herring (Winston-Salem State University), Jim Pope (Duale Hochschule Baden-Wuerttemburg), Brooke Saladin (Wake Forest University), Albert J. Wynne (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Thursday 08:45 - 10:00	MP1 Graduate Student Paper Session 1 Chaired By: Julie Ann Williams (University of West Florida) Venue Kiawah
PREDICTING THE TOP THREE FINISHERS OF THE 2016 KENTUCKY DERBY USING LOGISTIC REGRESSION » Andrew Bristow (Virginia Commonwealth University), Shane Olson (Virginia Commonwealth University) Gender Discrimination in the Workforce: Its Impact on Businesses and Employee Performance » Janeth Gabaldon (Savannah State University), Yashikiya Harley (Savannah State University), Jerry Greene (Savannah State University), Suman Niranjan (Savannah State University) Who can you trust? Identifying signals of trust in supply chain relationships » Ryan Kentrus (University of Maryland University College)
Thursday 08:45 - 10:00	SS3 SEINFORMS@SEDSI Symposium Chaired By: Michael Latta (Coastal Cariolina University) Venue Cooper
DO BUSINESS SCHOOL TEAM PROJECTS MEET STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD OF WORK » Michael Latta (Coastal Carolina University- YTMBA Research & Consultig), Merrill Boyce (Coastal Carolina University), P R (Dick) Drass (Coastal Carolina University), David Fink (Coastal Carolina University), J. Kay Keels (Coastal Carolina University)
Thursday 10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break Sponsored by Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina Wilmington Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Thursday 10:15 - 11:30	SEDSI Business Meeting Venue Harleston
Thursday 11:30 - 11:35	Short Break Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Thursday 11:35 - 12:50	SS4 SEINFORMS@SEDSI Workshop Chaired By: Marilyn Smith (Winthrop University) Venue Cooper
Resources for Teaching Sustainabiltiy » Marilyn Smith (Winthrop University)
Thursday 11:35 - 12:50	SS5 SEINFORMS@SEDSI Panel Chaired By: Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University) Venue Ashley
The Application of the Business Canvas for Private Independent School and its Use in Curriculum: PANEL DISCUSSION OF APPLICATION OF NEWER ENTREPRENEURSHIP TOOL » Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University), Leann Mischel (Coastal Carolina University), April Spivak (Coastal Carolina University)
Thursday 11:35 - 12:50	UP1 Undergraduate Student Paper 1 Chaired By: Elizabeth Rasnick (Georgia Southern University) Venue Kiawah
SOME DRIVE-THRU'S ARE 'MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS' » Teresa Fábregas (Mount St. Mary's University), Kevin Kelly (Mount St. Mary's University), Martin Grenchik (Mount St. Mary's University) Causal variables in Oman's GDP Growth Rate 1995-2014 » Michael Gannon (University of North Carolina at Pembroke) Unintended Consequences of Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) Standards » Tyler Hogan (Presbyterian College)
Thursday 11:45 - 13:00	SEDSI Officers Lunch Venue Ansonborough
Thursday 13:30 - 14:45	AS1 Workload Reassignment/Channel Assignment/Container Management Chaired By: Burcu Adivar (Fayetteville State University) Venue Wraggborough
A Grants Administration Application Identifying the Best Path to Optimality » Megan Wydick Martin (Virginia Tech), Cliff Ragsdale (Virginia Tech) Analysis of Significant Success Factors in YouTube Channels » Delphia Schoenfeld (Fayetteville State University), Burcu Adivar (Fayetteville State University) OPTIMIZATION OF EMPTY CONTAINER MOVEMENTS FOR FREIGHT FORWARDERS » Burcu Adivar (Fayetteville State University), Didem Hepgulum (DSV - Global Transport and Logistics)
Thursday 13:30 - 14:45	DA2 Effective use of Software for Statistics Instruction Chaired By: Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Effective use of Software for Statistics Instruction » Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Julian Parris (JMP), Patrick Barbera (Pearson)
Thursday 13:30 - 14:45	IE4 Innovative Education & Teaching Pedagogy Chaired By: William Kline (Pennsylvania State University) Venue Harleston
TEACHING DATA VISUALIZATION WITH TABLEAU: CASE OF "TOPBABYNAMES" » Helen Moshkovich (University of Montevallo), Alexander Mechitov (University of Montevallo) An Exercise to Introduce Memorandum Components in a Quality Management Lecture » Julie Ann Williams (University of West Florida), Kristine Gallamore (University of West Florida)
Thursday 13:30 - 14:45	MP2 Graduate Student Paper Session 2 Chaired By: Cheryl Aasheim (Georgia Southern University) Venue Wando
Grouping Students According to IT-Related Ethical Behavior: An Application of the Clustering Algorithm » Sushmita Khan (Georgia Southern University) Antecedents of Job Satisfaction and Work Engagment: Mediating the Role of Cognitive And Affective Response » Kimberly Crawford (Savannah State University), Leigh Davis (Savannah State University), Kristen Dixon (Savannah State University), Suman Niranjan (Savannah State University) Repeatability and Reproducibility: A Study to Analyze the Precision of Assessing Tooth Preparations » Kimberly Deranek (Nova Southeastern University), Steve Kramer (Nova Southeastern University), Sharon Siegel (Nova Southeastern University)
Thursday 13:30 - 14:45	SC1 Issues in Supply Chain Management Chaired By: Kim Whitehead (Anderson University) Venue Ashley
Qualitative examinations of supply chain collaboration and their contribution to the research stream » Kim Whitehead (Anderson University) PRODUCTIVITY-DRIVEN APPROACH TO INTEGRATED BIOMASS-TO-BIOFUEL SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN » Jae-Dong Hong (South Carolina State University), Shadae Taylor (South Carolina State University), Devin Rambert (South Carolina State University)
Thursday 13:30 - 14:45	SS6 Financial /Heuristics Decision Making Chaired By: Ali Nazemi (Roanoke College) Venue Cooper
What a Time-Series Model Implies about Trading Strategies » Joshua Brooks (Lander University Greenwood South Carolina), Lili Chen (Lander University) Age-Based Solution for Classification of Mutual Funds » Ali Nazemi (Roanoke College) Heuristics in Business and Economics » Reza Kheirandish (Clayton State University), shabnam Mousavi (Johns Hopkins University)
Thursday 13:30 - 14:45	UP2 Undergraduate Student Paper 2 Chaired By: James Gibson (East Carolina University) Venue Kiawah
Electronic Word of Mouth in Social Media: Effects on Businesses » Troy Jones (Savannah State University) Stimulating Creativity Through Mindfulness Practices Within the Information Systems Curriculum » Nibal Aridi (Virginia Commonwealth University), Ginny Ross (Virginia Commonwealth University) Advertising and Gender: How Does One Affect the Other? » Amber Felton (Savannah State University)
Thursday 14:45 - 15:00	Coffee Break Sponsored by Department of Business Administration & Economics, Presbyterian College Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Thursday 15:00 - 16:15	AC3 Data Security/AIS Chaired By: Elizabeth Lowry (Bon Secours Health System, Inc.) Venue Wraggborough
Held for Ransom, the Latest Cybersecurity Threat » Elizabeth Lowry (Bon Secours Health System, Inc.) THE DOORS ARE CLOSED BUT THE WINDOWS ARE OPENED: A REALISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY » Howard Hamilton (Florida Atlantic University) USING REAL DATA TO ENHANCE LEARNING IN AN ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS COURSE » Karen Mattison (Presbyterian College)
Thursday 15:00 - 16:15	DA3 Experiences with and Recommendations for using R for Statistics/Analytics Instruction Chaired By: Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Experiences with and Recommendations for using R for Statistics/Analytics Instruction » Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Buddy Bilbrey (Lander University), Tobin Turner (Presbyterian College), David Stephan (Two Bridges Instructional Technology)
Thursday 15:00 - 16:15	IE5 Innovative Education and Teaching Pedagogy Chaired By: Chris McCart (Roanoke College) Venue Harleston
Short-term Travel to China: Planning and Pitfalls » Michelle Hagadorn (Roanoke College), Chris McCart (Roanoke College) MBA Program Portfolio Approach to Assist Students in Career Transition » Linda Christie (Marymount University) The Transforming Power of Undergraduate Research: An Observation » Derald Wentzien (Wesley College), Kasey Thompson (Woodbridge Middle School)
Thursday 15:00 - 16:15	PS2 Teaching Business/Student Success Chaired By: Elena Olson (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Wando
TEACHING THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS TO THE CLINICAL SIDE » Gary Hackbarth (Valdosta State University), Kelly Gamble (Valdosta State University) Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Some Academic Factors as Institutional Antecedents of Student Success in U.S. Universities » Avinandan Mukherjee (Clayton State University), C. Julian Gnana Dhas (Sri Krishna Arts and Science College), Heather Chaney (Clayton State University) How much time should be spent on each of the four major areas of competency in the new MSIS 2016 model curriculum? » Albert J. Wynne (Virginia Commonwealth University), Joseph T Cipolla (Virginia Commonwealth University), Elena Olson (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Thursday 15:00 - 16:15	SC2 Goal Programming/Heuristic Solution Improvement/Kernel Search Algorithm Chaired By: Kamran Moghaddam (Clayton State University) Venue Ashley
Multi-Objective Preventive Maintenance and Replacement Scheduling in a Manufacturing System using Goal Programming » Kamran Moghaddam (Clayton State University) Heuristic solution improvement using optimization » Robert Nauss (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Jeremy North (Murray State University) A Stochastic Kernel Search Algorithm for Solving Hard Integer Linear Programming Problems » Jeremy North (Murray State University), Robert Nauss (University of Missouri-St. Louis)
Thursday 15:00 - 16:15	SS7 Information Technology/Cybersecurity Issues Chaired By: Donna Schaeffer (Marymount University) Venue Cooper
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cybersecurity Curriculum » Donna Schaeffer (Marymount University), Cynthia Knott (Marymount University), Patrick Olson (National University) EXPLORING WEB AND MOBILE DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: A CONSENSUS-BASED PILE SORT METHODOLOGY » Sam Wainford (Georgia Southern University), Adrian Gardiner (Georgia Southern University), Cheryl Aasheim (Georgia Southern University), Paige Rutner (Georgia Southern University) MONITORING TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR LIFE: A WORK IN PROGRESS » Pamela Galluch (Roanoke College), Marta Miller-Serrano (Roanoke College), Chris Lassiter (Roanoke College)
Thursday 15:00 - 16:15	UP3 Undergraduate Student Paper 3 Chaired By: Julie Ann Williams (University of West Florida) Venue Kiawah
Effect of Knowledge Management (KM) on Organizational Success » Lisa Baez (Savannah State University) Advertising under the Umbrella of Perception: Stereotypical Advertising » Daniel Gardner (Savannah State University) Neuromarketing and Psychology in Advertising: Exploring Connections » Amber Evans (Savannah State University)
Thursday 16:15 - 16:30	Coffee Break Sponsored by Department of Business Administration & Economics, Roanoke College Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	AS2 Multi-Server Queueing Systems/Data Mining/Graph Presentation Chaired By: Binshan Lin (Louisiana State University) Venue Wraggborough
LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS AND DYNAMIC BUFFER SIZING IN MULTI-SERVER QUEUEING SYSTEMS » Daniel Myers (Rollins College) Gini-based Classification and its Applications in Data Mining » Binshan Lin (Louisiana State University Shreveport) Influence of graph presentation format on user's decision making behavior » Dong-gook Kim (Dalton State College), Chongwoo Park (Augusta University)
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	DA4 Perspectives on Statistics Instruction for Analytics and Data Science Chaired By: Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Perspectives on Statistics Instruction for Analytics and Data Science » Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Zhixin Kang (University of North Carolina at Pembroke), Joan Donohue (University of South Carolina), Andrew Bristow (Virginia Commonwealth University), Lydia Gan (University of North Carolina at Pembroke)
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	IS1 Assistive Technology/Software Only Companies Chaired By: Renu Singh (South Carolina State University) Venue Wando
A case study on the feasibility of assistive technology in helping people with disabilities in daily living » Melanie A. Greene (Pace University), James Lawler (Pace University), Jenna R. Hager (Pace University) WITHER SOFTWARE? ARE SOFTWARE ONLY COMPANIES VIABLE? » Patrick Olson (National University), Donna Schaeffer (Marymount University) Digital Media Adoption: A Case for Digital Assistance Program for Micro Agribusiness Enterprises » Renu Singh (South Carolina State University)
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	PS3 Issues in Health Care Management Chaired By: William Miller (Georgia College) Venue Harleston
Impact of WeChat Use among Cancer Patients' Informal Caregivers: An Exploratory Intervention Study in China » Lucky Xue (East Carolina University), Hanxi Zhang (Fudan University), Ming Yuan (Jiangyin People's Hospital), Huigang Liang (East Carolina University) Assessing Outsourcing Strategy on quality and performance of US Long-term Healthcare » Christie Chen (University of Tennessee at Martin), Monty Taylor (University of Tennessee at Martin) The impact of information management and relationship quality on healthcare industrial vending machine implementation and use: A preliminary empirical analysis » Mauro Falasca (East Carolina University), John Kros (East Carolina University), Jon Kirchoff (East Carolina University)
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	SC3 Social Responsibility/Inventory Policy Improvement Chaired By: Shona Morgan (North Carolina A&T State University) Venue Ashley
ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE EXTENT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT » Ryan Atkins (Nova Southeastern University) IMPROVING THE INVENTORY POLICY OF A LOCAL BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA » Marilene van Schalkwyk (Fayetteville State University), Caitlin Ray (Fayetteville State University), Dhruv Kalas (Fayetteville State University), Burcu Adivar (Fayetteville State University) Analyzing Inventory and Primary Resources in the Supply Chain » Richard Monroe (Longwood University)
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	SS8 Business Education Chaired By: Michelle Hagadorn (Roanoke College) Venue Cooper
AN OVERVIEW OF JEFF SELINGO'S THERE IS LIFE AFTER COLLEGE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS FACULTY » Suzie Smith (Presbyterian College) The Role of Colleges and Universities in Students' Financial Well-Being » Michelle Hagadorn (Roanok) GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING THE VALIDITY OF A STATISTICAL STUDY IN A GENERAL EDUCATION STATISTICS COURSE » Aniekan Ebiefung (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Thursday 16:30 - 17:45	UP4 Undergraduate Student Paper 4 Chaired By: Laquanda Leaven (North Carolina A&T State University) Venue Kiawah
The Effects of Anthropomorphic Advertising » Neychea Colvin (Savannah State University) The Digital Age: Advertising on Social Media and Its Effectiveness » Shayanna Bonner (Savannah State University) Social Media Advertising: Xenophobia and Implications on Interpersonal Closeness with Foreigners » Rafaella Gavino (Savannah State University)
Thursday 17:45 - 18:15	Distinguished Service Award Recipient Meeting Venue Kiawah
Thursday 18:30 - 20:30	President’s Reception Sponsored by Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech Venue Tent/Courtyard (Stono Ballroom, if it rains)
Thursday 18:30 - 20:30	USP Undergraduate Student Posters Sponsored by College of Business, Clayton State University Chaired By: Laquanda Leaven (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) Venue Tent/Courtyard (Stono Ballroom, if it rains)
Friday, 24th February
Friday 08:00 - 11:30	Registration Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Friday 08:00 - 11:30	Exhibition Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Friday 08:00 - 08:45	Breakfast Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Friday 08:45 - 10:00	AC4 Values Chaired By: Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University) Venue Harleston
GUIDING VALUES AND THE COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF COLLEGE STUDENTS » Janice Black (Coastal Carolina University), Jacob Voegel (Coastal Carolina University)
Friday 08:45 - 10:00	DA5 Enhancing the Value of Analysis through Effective Skills and Communication Chaired By: Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Enhancing the Value of Analysis through Effective Skills and Communication » Mary Malliaris (Loyola University Chicago), Mary Dunaway (University of Virginia), Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Wilma Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Friday 08:45 - 10:00	MK1 Lobbying/Globalization/Attitude Toward Women Managers Chaired By: Tope A. Bello (East Carolina University) Venue Wando
U.S. Based Lobbying Efforts and the Liability of Foreignness » william kline (Pennsylvania State University), Richard Brown (Pennsylvania State University) The Role Of Culture And Gender-Based Differences In The Attitudes Toward Women As Managers » Cody Logan Chullen (East Carolina University), Tope Bello (East Carolina University) LIKE THE DESERTS WISH FOR RAIN, AMERICA'S LOCAL ECONOMIES WISH FOR MANUFACTURING: LOCAL ECONOMIES MUST REINVENT THEMSELVES » Stacy Barnes (Averett University)
Friday 08:45 - 10:00	MO3 Business Education/Financial Performance/Pearl Jam vs. Ticketmaster Chaired By: Alexander Michitov (University Of Motevallo) Venue Wraggborough
CURRENT STATE OF RUSSIAN BUSINESS EDUCATION » Alexander Mechitov (University of Montevallo), Helen Moshkovich (University of Montevallo) The Role of Lobbying Intensity, PAC Formation and Political Connections on Financial Performance in the Oil and Gas Industry » Richard Brown (Pennsylvania State University) Vertical Pressure as a Mechanism to Combat Monopolistic Bargaining Power: The Case of Pearl Jam Versus Ticketmaster » Richard Brown (Pennsylvania State University)
Friday 08:45 - 10:00	SC4 Demand-Driven SCM/LPT heuristic/Pop-Up Supply Chain Chaired By: Elizabeth Rasnick (Georgia Southern University) Venue Ashley
VALUE CREATION THROUGH EFFECTIVE DEMAND-DRIVEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM LONG-RUN STOCK PERFORMANCE » Xun Li (Nicholls State University), Qun Wu (University of Nevada), J Field (Nicholls State University) Posterior worst-case bounds for LPT schedules » Johnny Ho (Columbus State University), Ivar Massabo (Universita della Calabria), Giuseppe Paletta (Universita della Calabria), Alex Ruiz-Torres (Universidad de Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras) A Case Study of a Pop-Up Supply Chain » Elizabeth Rasnick (Georgia Southern University)
Friday 08:45 - 10:00	SS9 Accounting Education/Tax Chaired By: Bill Pollard (Appalachian State University) Venue Cooper
Tax Policies that Encourage Tenant Medical Office Building Green Utility Retrofits » Billie A Brotman (Kennesaw State University) Including Activity-Based Costing Constructs in a Survey of Accounting Course » Bill Pollard (Appalachian State University) Teaching Cost Accounting: A Focus on Bad Debts and Purchases Discounts in the Cash Budget » Bill Pollard (Appalachian State University)
Friday 08:45 - 10:00	UP5 Undergraduate Student Paper 5 Chaired By: Daesunng Ha (Marshall University) Venue Kiawah
Airline Quality Considerations and Indices: Improving the Approach to Customer Satisfaction Surveys » Ryan McNeil (Mount St. Mary's University) PREDICTING IMDB SCORE: AN APPLICATION OF DECISION TREES » Geanna Torres (Georgia Southern University), Kennitha Cochrum (Georgia Southern University), Jonathan Covington (Georgia Southern University), Tiffany Carpenter (Georgia Southern University)
Friday 10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break Sponsored by Department of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University Venue Hayne Street Gallery
Friday 10:15 - 11:30	DA6 Providing Students with Proper Knowledge and Skills for Analytics and Big Data Chaired By: Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University) Venue Edisto
Providing Students with Proper Knowledge and Skills for Analytics and Big Data » Robert Andrews (Virginia Commonwealth University), Cory Hutchinson (Louisiana State University), Kellie Keeling (University of Denver), Robert Stine (University of Pennsylvania)
Friday 10:15 - 11:30	MO4 Manager Emotional Intelligence/Data Envelopment Analysis/Mindfulness Strategies Chaired By: Lissa Velazquez (Roanoke College) Venue Wando
Acting and Performing: The Influence of Manager Emotional Intelligence » L. Melita Prati (East Carolina University), Joy Karriker (East Carolina University) Should Strategy Researchers Use Data Envelopment Analysis? » william kline (Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg), Fang-Chun Liu (Stevens Institute of Technology) Does Mindfulness Have a Place in Business Organizations? » Lissa Velazquez (Roanoke College)
Friday 10:15 - 11:30	SC5 Relief Supply Dist./Security Provisions in Service/Micro-Manufacturers Chaired By: Cheryl Aasheim (Georgia Southern University) Venue Ashley
The Integrated Disaster Medical Assistance Team Scheduling and Relief Supply Distribution Problem » Shengbin Wang (North Carolina A & T State University) Exploring Security Considerations in Service Environments » Shona Morgan (North Carolina A & T State University), Rhonda Hensley (North Carolina A & T State University) An Examination of Etsy Shops as Online Micro-manufacturers » Richelle Oakley (Savannah State University), Mitchell Church (Coastal Carolina University)
Friday 10:15 - 11:30	SS10 Supply Chain/Inventory Issues Chaired By: Daesunng Ha (Marshall University) Venue Cooper
Knowledge sharing - an imperative for successful supply chain collaboration - An empirical Analysis » Anu Mathews (Anderson University) The Effect of Nonlinear Inventory Turnover Ratio on Inventory Management Efficiency » Daesung Ha (Marshall University) Maximizing Asset Recovery: Establishing a Disposition Decision Tool » Kim Whitehead (Anderson University), Edmund Prater (University of Texas at Arlington)
Friday 10:15 - 11:30	UP6 Undergraduate Student Paper 6 Chaired By: Renu Singh (South Carolina State University) Venue Kiawah
Small Business Meets the World of Social Media » Alexis Baird (S) The Halo Effect: Celebrity Influence within Popular Culture » Howard Wilson (Savannah State University) Advertising on Social Networking Sites: Does Social Media Affect Consumer Decision Making? » Tyler Dawson (Savannah State University)
Friday 12:00 - 13:45	President’s Lunch Sponsored by Department of Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech Venue Charleston Ballroom

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