Browsing City University of Seattle by Degree Field "Business Administration"
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Building Better Organizational Rebrands: Exploring the Employee Viewpoint
(2019-03-13)Organizational brands can be powerful, and it is risky to rebrand and potentially alienate stakeholders with a change (Abramovich, 2014). Yet, despite its high failure rate and cost, rebranding has become commonplace (Zhao, ... -
CEO Succession planning in small community banks: A qualitative case study of a Pacific Northwest bank
(2019-05-27)The research case study purpose was to explore a single chief executive officer (CEO) succession at a small community bank through a qualitative investigation to identify relationships between the succession planning process ... -
The Effects of Early Succession Planning in Family Businesses
(2022-06-06)Succession planning is a tool that can determine the sustainability of family-owned businesses (Muskat & Zehrer, 2017; Tang & Hussin, 2020). While studies exist on family businesses’ succession planning, little research ... -
Identify the Causes of Voluntary Attrition for Highly Valued Technology Employees
(2021-10-29)Growing competition and increased IT job opportunities have imposed organizations to reduce the attrition of their highly-valued employees. Retaining employees will help organizations save money and time spent recruiting ... -
Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Financial Performance of Pharmaceutical Companies: A Quantitative Study
(2021-07-21)To compensate for the potential steep revenue loss due to expiring patents, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been identified as a possible business strategy to replenish the acquiror’s product pipeline in the pharmaceutical ... -
Integrating an innovative organizational culture with cultural intelligence in multicultural teams: A case study of an international student team
(2019-04-13)Addressing innovation and multicultural teams separately is no longer an option for companies since both are essential for a company to stay competitive and thrive. Although studies such as Cox, Lobel, and McLeod (1991) ... -
Knowledge Management Readiness for System Implementation in Small and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
(2021-10-21)The purpose of this study is to develop a knowledge management (KM) readiness framework to implement KM initiatives in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam based on the knowledge management capability (KMC) ... -
Mitigating perceived external export barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises that sell and manufacture "Made in the USA" consumer apparel products in Washington State
(2020-03-02)The rapid decline of the U.S. apparel industry has not gone unnoticed by U.S. politicians and decision-makers, yet the vertical disintegration of apparel manufacturing is still commonplace in America. Robock (1993) and ... -
Performance-Based Incentives Relative to Organizational Objectives in the Unionized Railroad Industry
(2021-05-17)Researchers have reported a direct correlation between motivation and extrinsic incentives to increase performance in the workplace. Extrinsic motivators such as compensation, promotion opportunities, and professional ... -
Sustaining Microbreweries Beyond 5 Years
(2022-02-07)Small Business Administration (SBA, 2020a) reported from 1994–2018, an average of 67.6% of new employer small businesses survived at least 2 years. During the same period, the 5-year survival rate was 48.8%. The general ...
