Emerging Challenges in Business, Optimization, Technology, and Industry

Part I. Business Track

1. Strategic Management for the Twenty-First Century
Gerard W. Cleaves

2. Deconstructing the Appeal of Toxic Leaders
Tiffany Keller Hansbrough

3. Corporate Venturing: Implications in a Globalized Environment
S. Stein Smith

4. Creating and Developing a Sustainable Resort Development in a World Heritage Site: A Case Study of Cusco, Peru
Willy A. Aroca

Part II. Information Technology Track

5. E-Voting Technologies Usability: A Critical Element for Enabling Successful Elections
Jeffrey Hsu, Gary Bronson

6. Big Data Revolution: Is It a Business Disruption?
Mohamed K. Sheriff

7. Facilitating the Exploration of Open Health-Care Data Through BOAT: A Big Data Open Source Analytics Tool
A. Ravishankar Rao, Daniel Clarke

Part III. Optimization Track

8. Optimal Production Planning Strategy for Deteriorating Items in Terms of Emission Tax, Pollution, and R&D Investment
Lotfi Tadj, Ajay K. Garg, Abdelouahed Hamdi

9. Optimal Selection of Superlative Candidates for Open Positions Using Linear Programming
Abdelghani Bouras

10. Social Implications of Carbon Credit Trading—A Case Study
Satyendra Arya, Ajay K. Garg, Rakesh K. Mudgal

11. Measuring the Economic Integration of Immigrants—A Cross-National Comparison Between Canada and Germany
Isabella Krysa, Sharmistha Nag

Part IV. Management and Global Issues Track

12. Educating for Change in Mindset and Worldview on Sustainability: One Teacher’s Story
Kent D. Fairfield

13. Social and Environmental Justice: The Management Challenge of Repurposing Business
Gerard Farias

14. Understanding Factors Affecting University Student’s Adoption of E-learning Systems in NCR
Sanjiv Mittal

15. Gender Differences and Perceived Efficacy of Humor Styles in the Workplace
Gwen E. Jones, Stephen E. Bear

16. How “Congruent” Are You?—University Seniors’ Sense of Self and Career Enactment
Özen Aşik-Dizdar

17. Study of Driving Factors of Entrepreneurship Intention Among Management Students
Tushar Mahajan, Sonia Gupta

Avainsanat: Business and Management, IT in Business, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Operations Research/Decision Theory