<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Sustainability implies using, developing and protecting resources in such a manner that enables society to meet current needs and provides that future generations will be able to meet their needs, from the joint perspective of economic, environmental and social objectives. Sustainable resource use implies a concern for intergenerational equity in the long-term decision making of society. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the concepts of sustainable development from the perspective of infrastructure resource allocation, and in particular for sustainable transportation. The concept and methods of assessing sustainable transportation are discussed. Most state transportation agencies use performance measures to define specific transportation strategies rather than having a comprehensive sustainable transportation policy. Planning for transportation sustainability requires a paradigm shift changing the way people think about and solve transportation problems. </span></span></p>
This paper examines the impact of lecture capture technology on the performance of advanced undergraduate business students in economics courses. The sample consists of 244 students at a midsized regional institution located in the Southwestern region of the United States. The dependent variable is percentage score on a comprehensive final exam in advanced economics courses. The empirical model employed controls for effort, grade point average, standardized test scores (SAT/ACT), gender, ethnic background, age, major, and transfer students. Effort measured via homework score as a proxy, grade point average, ability measured via standardized test scores, academic major, and access to lecture capture are the five model variables that are positive and statistically significant. Age and classification as a transfer student are the two statistically significant variables with a negative coefficient. The demographic variables associated with African-American, Hispanic, and gender are not statistically significant determinants of performance on the final exam. The results indicate that students completing economics courses with access to lecture capture score approximately three percent higher on the final exam, holding other factors constant.
This case applies undergraduate intermediate microeconomic competition fundamentals to the situation of a dominant local firm competing against a national company. The case presents details of a donut company with multiple locations in a mid-sized city competing against a national chain with more than 175 stores. Price, location, attribute differences, firm-service differentials, and differentiated subjective image in the form of advertising are the primary forms of competition explored in the case.
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