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Yes Today, No Tomorrow: Exploration of Deal Cancellations in Televised Pitch Competitions
Get PDFEarly-stage entrepreneurs exert significant efforts to secure deals with angel investors, but many are canceled during the due diligence process. Drawing upon interpersonal persuasion theory and information asymmetries in the pitch context, we investigate deal cancellations as instances of biased communication and strategic misrepresentation. We analyze a novel dataset comprising N = 1,334 pitches from the British Dragons’ Den and the German Die Höhle der Löwen format. Our examination delves into differences related to gender and team size of the involved parties, format, and level of financial risk. We find a bias against female investors, higher cancellation rates for more costly deals, and a country effect
Simulation of Autonomous Industrial Vehicle Fleet Using Fuzzy Agents: Application to Task Allocation and Battery Charge Management
Get PDFThe research introduces a multi-agent simulation that uses fuzzy inference to investigate the work distribution and battery charging control of mobile baggage conveyor robots in an airport in a comprehensive manner. Thanks to a distributed system, this simulation approach provides high adaptability, adjusting to changes in conveyor agent availability, battery capacity, awareness of the activities of the conveyor fleet, and knowledge of the context of infrastructure resource availability. Dynamic factors, such as workload variations and communication between the conveyor agents and infrastructure are considered as heuristics, highlighting the importance of flexible and collaborative approaches in autonomous systems. The results highlight the effectiveness of adaptive fuzzy multi-agent models to optimize dynamic task allocation, adapt to the variation of baggage arrival flows, improve the overall operational efficiency of conveyor agents, and reduce their energy consumption
The Application of the Sahm Rule to Determine the Likelihood of a Recession in 2025
Get PDFOver the decades a significant issue has been the degree to which expert analysts and economists have the ability to accurately predict the onset of a recession. The studies done to track trends and the early indicators of potential recessions have had mixed results that vary as much as the experts' opinions. However, one measure of predicting recessions has its supporters and proponents. The measure known as Claudia Sahm developed the Sahm Rule. This study is a twofold analysis of the Sahm Rule and its instrumentality in the analysis and predictions for the year 2025
How and When Technostress Predicts Abusive Supervisor Behavior in Remote Work: An Integrative Theoretical Framework
Get PDFTechnostress has become prevalent among employees due to the rise of remote work. While there is a plethora of research on the outcomes of technostress, its impact on abusive supervisor behavior has not been thoroughly explored. This study uses the transactional theory of stress and coping to propose a framework explaining how technostress can lead to abusive supervisor behavior in the context of remote work. The framework suggests that supervisors experience anxiety and anger as a result of technostress, which can lead them to engage in abusive behavior as a way of coping with these negative emotions. The study also suggests that supervisors' personality and moral traits can influence the relationship between technostress and abusive behavior. This framework contributes to understanding abusive supervision and expands the research on its causes and boundary conditions
Market Power in the Market for Business Locations and Firm-Specific Incentives in the U.S.
No full textThis paper proposes a transactional framework for understanding firm-specific incentives, highlighting the interplay between firms and communities in the market for business locations. This framework allows us to show how by exploiting price discrimination the firms in possession of significant market power can extract communities’ surpluses by means of various firm-specific incentives. The findings align with previously reported empirical results that demonstrate that large firms are more likely to secure firm-specific subsidies. Future research should explore the determinants of large firms’ market power and why communities prioritize attracting them over smaller firms
Influence of the Use of Emojis by Chatbots on Interaction Satisfaction
No full textChatbots are widely used for online consumer service. However, how consumers react to chatbots using emojis in human-robot interaction is not fully examined. Through two experiments, this study investigated how and when using chatbot emojis in human-robot interaction affected consumer satisfaction. Study 1 showed that emojis significantly increased interaction satisfaction, which is mediated by intimacy. Study 2 showed that consumers with hedonic consumption goals were more satisfied in the emoji-present condition than those in the emoji-absent condition. However, such differences did not emerge among consumers with utilitarian goals. These findings deepen our understanding of how chatbots using emojis affect consumer response and provide insights into how to deploy chatbots with emojis in customer service
Conceptualisation of a Transdisciplinary Resource Theory for Social Work
No full textFocusing on resources and thinking in a resource-orientated way has become a standard in social work, psychology, and psychotherapy. Various disciplinary strands are dedicated to fundamental questions of resources but are hardly connected to each other. Resource-orientation has been a fundamental element in the thinking and action approaches of social work from the very beginning. However, no resource the-ory conceptually incorporates and shapes the transdisciplinary approach of this discipline. Basic questions about what is meant by a resource, what makes a resource a resource or what significance re-sources have or should have in social policy or social work thinking and action are rarely asked. This article takes up relevant aspects from existing sociological, philosophical, psychological and social work concepts of resources, establishes conceptual links between them and develops a transdisciplinary concept of resources that can be fundamental, especially in the theory and action spectrum of social work, but not only there
Developing and Managing Non-Traditional Academic Programs: A Case Study of Northeastern State University’s Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Program
No full textTraditional academic programs such as chemistry, engineering, and business administration have long been the backbone of higher education institutions. These programs are well-established, recognized by students and parents, and supported by a strong faculty and student body. However, as workforce needs evolve, traditional academic programs may need to be modified or new programs developed to suit to emerging industries and specialized professional demands. Northeastern State University (NSU), a regional teaching university in Oklahoma with campuses in Tahlequah and Broken Arrow (BA), recognizes the importance of adapting to these changes. NSU’s Environmental, Health, and Safety Management (EHSM) program is an example of a non-traditional academic program designed to cater to regional employment needs with a student body largely populated with working adults and experienced professionals. This article aims to share key learnings, tips, and challenges encountered while developing and managing the EHSM program. While the case study focuses on EHSM at NSU, the strategies discussed can be applied to other non-traditional programs at universities aiming to meet the demands of today’s dynamic workforce
Exploring Students’ Responses to Faculty Formative Feedback in the Online Learning From a Higher Education Practitioner’s Perspective
No full textThis study explored students’ responses to faculty formative feedback in the online learning environment from a higher education practitioner’s perspective. the study examined the meaning of students’ responses and formative feedback, as well as how we can determine that students are responding to their faculty’s formative feedback. The study provided some specific factors influencing students’ responses to faculty formative feedback, some of the potential challenges associated with the formative feedback examined by the practitioner, the effects of using faculty formative feedback on students’ learning and responses in the online learning space, some of the practitioner’s observations, some of the practitioner’s faculty formative feedback statements, some observed challenges to faculty formative feedback by the practitioner, students’ responses to faculty formative feedback during and after class completion. The study hypothesized that faculty formative feedback, which includes timely, specific, clear, encouraging, motivating, and constructive criticism with actionable steps, enhances students’ perception of feedback, engagement, positive relationship with the instructor, and promotes positive responses to student learning success
Entrepreneurial Motives, Success Factors and Barriers Among SMEs in Mexico
No full textSMEs are an important part of Mexico’s economy in terms of job creation and GDP. It is therefore essential to better understand how SMEs are created and developed in order to build a stronger economy. This study aimed to determine the motivations of Mexican entrepreneurs, the success factors they value and the obstacles they face. To achieve this, this research identified and analyzed the entrepreneurial motives, success factors and obstacles experienced by a sample of 278 entrepreneurs in urban Mexico. The results show that entrepreneurs in Mexico are mainly motivated by economic goals, as four of the top six goals identified by firm owners were extrinsic. In terms of success factors, Mexican entrepreneurs favor those related to personal and product/service characteristics while difficulties related to finding reliable personnel as well as the weaknesses of the Mexican economic environment, were reported are the main obstacles by respondents