Shi and Kurt-Peker to Present Research at the 2023 CSU Faculty Research and Gregory P.  Domin Graduate Conference

Turner College associate professor of economics Wen Shi and TSYS School professor of computer science Yesem Kurt-Peker are both scheduled to present their research at CSU's 2023 Faculty Research and Gregory P.  Domin Graduate Conference, which is scheduled for November 8-9, 2023, in the Cunningham Center on CSU's main campus. Shi's research presentation focuses on the difficulties faced by Alabamians in accessing capital from traditional financial institutions such as banks and savings and loans, forcing many to rely on predatory lending practices. Using cross-sectional data in 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2020, that lower incomes and greater poverty increase the numbers of predatory lending practices-pawnshops, deferred presentiment services, and small loan providers in Alabama, while higher unemployment rates have a positive effect on deferred presentiment services concentration in the state.

Kurt-Peker's research presentation focuses on the movement of businesses toward leveraging cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure to host their applications and dynamically scale resources as business needs change. As pointed out by Kurt-Peker and her co-authors, one of whom is the TSYS School's Shamim Khan, Cloud platforms permit customers to offload the responsibilities of maintaining server racks, updating hardware, and keeping systems up to date, thus allowing customers to focus on creating their product. US Ignite, a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor, is partnering with CSU to develop an application for building fault detection (BFD) to be deployed at Fort Moore. BFD aims to achieve energy efficiency via real-time tracking of electricity consumption and occupancy in buildings. The project is designed to be deployed on the Azure Cloud with energy consumption data extracted and processed in real-time using Machine Learning. Kurt-Peker will share her work on the security component of this project.

Comments

Grant Hits Ground Running as New Turner College Marketing Intern

The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s

Jung Exploring Influence of Confucianism on Luxury Brand Performance in China, Japan and South Korea

In a recent chat with Turner Business , Turner College professor of marketing Sungwoo Jung made the point that luxury brands are gaining the degree of influence in many developing countries that they enjoy now in developed countries. He has been pondering this issue as part of his international marketing research program, which typically focuses on advertising, pioneering advantages and multi-cultural analysis. Currently, Jung is concentrating his energies on a cross-cultural analysis of brand equity that highlights luxury brands’ performance. His research finds that China, Japan and South Korea have each seen an increase in market share for luxury brands in recent years. As Jung explained to Turner Business , “These three countries share a common philosophical background – Confucianism.” With that point in mind, Jung and his coauthors are currently engaged in an investigation of how Confucianism influences consumer behavior in these three Asian countries, and how that behavior im

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International

Turner Business

Search This Blog