Turner Business

The successful ability of a business to manage environmentally friendly products, particularly in an age of heightened awareness of environmental issues and stringent regulations, represents an important competitive edge.  New research by Turner College management professor Johnny Ho and colleagues from the University of New Mexico and ASML (a Dutch manufacturer) discusses how differentiation in environmental quality and customer patience impacts the choice of product introduction strategies.  As an extension of this discussion, Ho and his co-authors study the impacts of two types of technological solutions, namely, Zero Sum and Synergy, on strategies for timing the introduction of green products.  Ho’s research, which appears in a recent issue of the Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering , ultimately develops mathematical models to determine the optimal price, traditional quality, and environmental quality required to maximize profit.

Turner College faculty continue to be at the forefront of research that extends teaching and learning in their individual disciplines.   A prime example is forthcoming research on academic dishonesty by assistant professor of management Mark James and his colleagues Gloria Miller, of Austin Peay State University, and Tyler Wyckoff, of Bank of the Sierra.   James and his colleagues study 401 students in order to identify common motivations for Chinese students to plagiarize on written English assignments.   According to their analysis, the most significant factor relating to likelihood to self-report plagiarism for Chinese students is the belief in a “standard answer,” which represents the correct answer to a given question.   Moreover, students who believe that imitation of experts is important to learning are more likely to self-report plagiarism, while business students are generally more likely to self-report plagiarism than non-business students.   As the a...

The Turner College of Business has, over the past decade, established itself as a national leader in servant leadership education and scholarship.   That process began in 2010, with the inauguration of the College’s master’s program in organizational leadership, which offers a specialized track in servant leadership.  It continued with the recent founding of Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice , an academic journal specializing in the field that is edited by Turner College associate professor of management Phil Bryant .  Another stepping stone was recently added to this pathway with the publication of research by Kevin Hurt , an assistant professor of management in the Turner College.  Hurt’s research on ecosystem and egosystem leadership motivation, appearing in a 2017 issue of the International Journal of Servant-Leadership , explores leadership character from a theological perspective by introducing the virtue of biblical love as a moderator and mediator bet...

Recent research on video data analytics by TSYS Endowed Chair in Cybersecurity Paul Wang and his colleague William Kelly of Metonymy Labs may lead to a revolution in online learning by increasing interactions between students and online learning systems.   The system, known as inVideo, transforms linear videos into interactive learning objects without the need for initial viewing by a human.   As they explain in their recent publication in the Journal of Learning Analytics , inVideo uses an indexing engine that is capable of analyzing language and video frames, while its time-stamped commenting and tagging properties facilitate more meaningful interactions for students.   The early evidence, gathered from use in the cybersecurity program at the University of Maryland, indicates the inVideo is an adaptive assessment tool that boosts both student-to-student and student-to-faculty interactions in the online learning environment.