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EDITORIAL: Will the Real Driver Please Step Out of the Car!

EDITORIAL: Will the Real Driver Please Step Out of the Car!

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has defined five distinct levels for self-driving AVs, which range from controlling specific tasks such as parking and braking (level 1) to where the vehicle is fully autonomous with no steering wheel or other human controls (level 5).

By Owen P. Hall, Jr., PE, PhD
Economics, Editorials, Entrepreneurship / Innovation, Ethics, Information Management/Technology (IT)
Spiritual Leadership

Spiritual Leadership

Often, a company’s competitive advantage depends on how intelligent the firm is at observing and interpreting the dynamic world context in which it operates.

By Louis W. (Jody) Fry, PhD and Eleftheria Egel, PhD
Economics, Ethics, Leadership, Management, Sustainability
GBR Special Issue: Spiritual Leadership

GBR Special Issue: Spiritual Leadership

Living in a complex world and moving into the smart machine age, the need for good leadership is even greater; spiritual leadership provides a compass to navigate through difficult decisions.

By Kenneth Ko, PhD, GUEST EDITOR, Associate Dean, Graziadio School of Business
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics, Ethics, Global Business, Information Management/Technology (IT), Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Sustainability
Bringing the Human Spirit to Business Leadership

Bringing the Human Spirit to Business Leadership

Major shifts are required in leadership awareness and in how organizations are run and managed in order to solve the complex issues facing today’s business.

By Soren Eilertsen, PhD
Economics, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
How Religious Beliefs Influence Financial Decision-Making

How Religious Beliefs Influence Financial Decision-Making

A review of the interaction of finance and religion shows not only has there been a long historical relationship between them, but religion continues to influence financial decision-making.

By Jillian Alderman, PhD, Joetta Forsyth, PhD and Richard Walton, PhD
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Decision Sciences, Economics, Global Business, Leadership, Management
How Sound are the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Recoveries?

How Sound are the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Recoveries?

In this article, the authors report findings on changes in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s mortgage loan quality by analyzing over 15 million loans from 2001-2015.

By Dongshin Kim, PhD and Abraham Park, PhD
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics
Paths to Improved Business Growth When the Federal Reserve’s Policies are Ineffective

Paths to Improved Business Growth When the Federal Reserve’s Policies are Ineffective

Practitioners of all sized companies are reassessing their expectations that the Federal Reserve can effectively stimulate growth and planning accordingly.

By Donald M. Atwater, PhD, Darrol J. Stanley, DBA and Ben Clune, MBA Candidate
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics
Building Positive Organizational Communities

Building Positive Organizational Communities

Fostering a sense of high-involvement community strengthened by high-quality connections may be the recipe for competitive advantage in today’s marketplace.

By Andre S. Avramchuk, PhD, CGEIT
Economics, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
What Can Managers Learn from Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists?

What Can Managers Learn from Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists?

This article reviews the primary roles of venture capitalists and relays key management advice from Silicon Valley VCs normally reserved for their portfolio firms.

By Mark V. Cannice, PhD
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics, Interviews, Management
The Great Escape from Global Poverty

The Great Escape from Global Poverty

Managing well matters in fighting against poverty; research finds the processes of everyday business has potential to improve the well-being of the global poor.

By Walker Wright, MBA
Economics, Global Business, Management
Corporate Earnings

Corporate Earnings

When does earnings management become earnings manipulation, and when does earnings manipulation become outright misrepresentation? This is an important question.

By Steven R. Ferraro, CFA, PhD and Richard Powell, JD, PhD, CPA
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics, Information Management/Technology (IT), Leadership, Management
Using Small Baskets of Financial Assets to Estimate Exchange Rates

Using Small Baskets of Financial Assets to Estimate Exchange Rates

Companies operating in managed exchange rate environments may be able to use a similar proxy to establish suitable prices and to profit from currency speculation.

By Marilyn B. Misch, PhD and Dean V. Baim, PhD
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics, Global Business
Is There a Free Lunch in Commission Free ETFs?

Is There a Free Lunch in Commission Free ETFs?

This study investigates how holding and transaction costs can affect the cost calculus of commission-free ETFs and provides a recommendation on how to minimize costs.

By James DiLellio, PhD, MBA and Philip M. Goldfeder, PhD
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics
Doing Business with the Untrustworthy

Doing Business with the Untrustworthy

Empirical observations, laboratory experiments, and game theory offer guidance for a prudent person doing repeat business with potentially untrustworthy partners.

By Jonathan L. Burke, PhD
Accounting / Finance / Investing, Economics, Management, Strategy
Hiring Disabled Workers

Hiring Disabled Workers

Too often the ability of the community of disabled persons to constructively contribute to society and the recognition of their need to do so is overlooked.

By Michael Cafferky, DBA MDiv
Economics, Ethics, Human Resources, Management, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior
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